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Griffith Center for Children Barb Richie Senior Meals Drivers Meal Delivery Location Mennonite Church - Hwy 105 Delivery Days Tues, Wed, Thurs Future Program Announcements June 17, 2017 Career Starter Program Ted Bauman Thanks to Jim Murphy June 24, 2017 El Pomar Thayer Tutt Scribes June 10 Paul Gourley June 17 Bob Hayes June 24 Dennis Beasley July 1 Tom Van Wormer Member Concerns RF Smith said Wayne Claybaugh had a rough week. Wayne was having some blood chemistry issues early in the week and then suffered a stroke. He was in a hospital in Denver and has returned home, but he is now in hospice care. RF asked that we keep Wayne and RaeJean in our prayers.
Thanks to Dennis Beasley Upcoming Programs Jim Clemans thanked God for his presence during the loss of recent club members and again with this upsetting news of Wayne Claybaugh. Jim asked for continued blessings on the families of Steve Plank and Frank Matthews, and certainly for RaeJean in the coming difficult days and weeks. Jim noted that D-Day in the WWII liberation of Western Europe began 73 years ago at Normandy and asked that our prayers be heard for the thousands that fought in the battle and those that died. Jim asked for blessings on our club. Gov Vaughn led the Pledge of Allegiance. June 17, 2017 Career Starter Program Ted Bauman June 24, 2017 El Pomar Thayer Tutt July 1, 2017 Colorado Mounted Patrol Lt. Joseph Clark July 8, 2017 Member Bio's Called the meeting to order at 8:00 am. President RF Smith RF's thought of the day from Khalil Gibran: "Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit."
Guests Thanks Larry Young Board of Directors 2015-2016 Rose Fortune introduced her husband Randy. Glad to have you join us! Board of Directors 2016-2017 President - RF Smith President Elect - Barb Broshous Immediate Past President - Rich Strom Secretary - Mike Luginbuhl Jerry Losey introduced Jim Hatley who recently helped Jerry after a power outage. Jim has done a lot of pro-bono work for the community. Thanks for joining us!
Treasurer/ CFO - Jack Fry Sergeant-at-Arms - Paul Short VP - Programs - Larry Young VP - Memberships - Bob Hayes VP- Fundraising - Barrie Town VP - Public Relations - Steve Stephenson Rich Sayer introduced us to his fiancé Sunny Davis. Great to have you with us! VP - Service Leadership Program - Max Williams VP - Community Service - Cheryl Wangerman Dir - Bingo & Raffles - Mark Zeiger Dir - Granting and External Relations - Jim Taylor
Dir - Member Recognition - Ron Mangiarelli Dir - Plans, Analysis, & Resources - Russ Broshous Dir - Special Needs - Rich Munsell Dir - Interclub & Social - Marian Taylor Special Thanks To Therapy dog Quincy accompanied Sharon Williams. Despite appearances, Quincy was fully engaged during the meeting. He also made several new friends. ANNOUNCEMENTS Club business: Bonnie Nasser for photographs Mark Zeiger said we made $6,100.05 on our "must go" Bingo night last week! Pete Peterson provided a 4th of July parade update. Major participants include the Renaissance Festival, Air Force flyover, Air Force Band, Littleton High School Band and hopefully Bagpipes. He said we need help with: 1) Banners and signs; 2) Parade marshals (see Gordan Sill); 3) South-end security (see Mike Luginbuhl); 4) Post Office transportation (see Dennis Daugherty). There is a standing meeting every Thursday morning at Wesley Owens at 10:30. There will be one more big organizational meeting at Woodmoor Country Club, Thursday, June 22 at 10:00 am. A Senior Leadership Program meeting immediately followed our meeting on Saturday. The Rocky Mountain Kiwanis conference is from August 3-6 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Play golf on the 3rd, with convention events on the 4th and 5th, and training on the 6th. Register at http://www.rmdkiwanis.com/.
The Peak Challenge 14er hike to support the Griffith Center will be in mid August, likely at Uncompahgre Peak. Our best athlete, Jim Murphy, has details. Our next social mixer is July 7th, and the Christmas party is scheduled for December 6. See Ed Tomlinson to sign up for the Integrity Bank charity golf tournament scheduled for June 16. Cost is $100-120. The Griffith Golf Tournament is on June 29, so save the date. We support the tournament with Marshals, etc. Rich Rima has the sign-up sheet. There are openings on the board for Tri-Lakes Cares. RF Smith has application forms. Tom "Media Master" VanWormer for Media Services HAPPY BUCKS Rich Hicks K-News Editor rich7100@comcast.net MHKC Service Recognition Kiwanian of the Year Fred Fletemeyer was happy for the birthday party he and his family they are going to throw for his father. His Dad is 97 and is the last surviving officer of his WWII battalion that was at Guam, Saipan and Okinowa. 2016 Larry Young 2015 Mark Zeiger 2014 RF Smith 2013 Tom Nelson 2012 Ron Heard
2011 Bonnie Biggs 2010 Dennis Daugherty 2009 Ed Kinney 2008 Don Johnson 2007 Ted Bauman 2006 Glenn Scott 2005 Dick Durham 2004 Benny Nasser 2003 Sharon Williams 2002 Bill Cook 2001 Jim Taylor 2000 Rich Rima 1999 Rich Lybolt 1998 Jack Johnson 1997 Larry Cheatham 1996 Ed DeValois 1995 Paul Bacalis 1994 Jerry Losey 1993 Denny Myers 1992 Bill Tope 1991 Max Williams 1990 Dick London 1989 Len Dodson 1988 Dave Turner 1987 Charlie Emmons 1986 Bill Dudman 1985 George Goddu 1984 Jim Carroll 1983 Rev John Snyder Happy Frank Bittinger is headed to Texas next week with his grandson Joseph to tour several prospective colleges. Joseph's first choice remains the Air Force Academy. Joseph has attended 47 meetings of our club! *Additional Sertoman of the Year or Kiwanian of the Year designates include: Dexter Peak, JoAnn Peak, Steve Hall - Sunset Sertoma Club, Darlene Loudermilk & Joe Ashby 25 Year Legion of Honor
Jo Carroll, Ed DeValois, Chuck Dunham, Steve Hall, Joe Howard, Jerry Losey, Max Williams Barb Richie was thrilled to have a happy buck to thank us for another Soapbox Derby on Sunday. She was also thrilled that they were able to add a couple extra kids as drivers in the Derby! 30 Year Legion of Honor Ben Bellis, Mark O'Regan, Fred Roeming, John Snyder, Cliff Sparrow, Bud Sterling 35 Year Legion of Honor Joe Ashby, Watt Hill, John Swofford 4th of July Parade is Powered by RF Smith had a happy buck since his son-in-law, Ricardo, just passed his local qualification checkrides and is now a fully qualified Air Traffic Controller in the tower and radar at Málaga, Spain. Congratulations! Integrity Bank and Trust is the Corporate Sponsor for the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club 4th of July Parade Monument Hill Kiwanis Club Corporate Sponsors There are two free, easy ways to donate money to the MHKC - without paying a nickel out of your own pocket. One is by getting a gift card (available from Mike Wangeman that comes with $5 credit) for Safeway or Kings Soopers. You can then indefinitely add money to the card. Also, at Amazon.com Smile, you can designate Monument Hill Service Club as your charity organization and purchase items through Smile. Then Amazon donates.5% of all your purchases to our club. BIRTHDAYS Partners in Service Integrity Bank Lewis-Palmer School District 38
Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Tri-Lakes Women's Club Tri-Lakes Cares Gold Sponsors JJ Tracks Tri-Lakes Printing Steve Hall provided humor and member birthdays for the next week. Larry Young Steve Stephenson Brian Bush Dennis Daugherty Benny Nasser Wave's End Services, LLC Silver Sponsors Hunter-Wolff Gallery Progressive Drawing June 10, 2017 Winner this week is: The Wine Seller
Warren Moore Kiwanis Progressive Drawing Stats: Date of drawing: 6/10/17 Chips this drawing: 10 Carry over from last week: $0 Today's 1/2 ticket sales: $23 Total for today's drawing: $23 Amount won & donated back: $0 Amount won and kept by winner: $0 Available for next week's drawing: $23 Chips for next week's drawing: 9 Kiwanis Program - June 10, 2017
Griffith Center for Children Barb Richie Scribe: Paul Gorley Barb Ritchie, CEO of the Griffith Center for Children "Chins Up," presented the program to explain how the Center fulfills its mission of "Strengthening Colorado Communities One Family at a Time." Griffith Center for children began in 1927 in Denver. The founder, Emily Griffith, was a respected educator who believed that every child deserves positive experiences and opportunities to prepare him or her to live a productive life. She began taking orphaned and delinquent boys into her home and with the help of the Kiwanis Club of Denver, built the first Emily Griffith Home for Boys. Barb explained that the organization had a rural property in the foothills near Larkspur, but it became too expensive to maintain and operate, so it moved into Colorado Springs. They have provided numerous programs to help students in need find a sense of purpose and direction in life. They currently operate a school in Colorado Springs that has approximately 50 students who otherwise had found it difficult to progress in a normal classroom environment. The Griffith Center also offers a program to help lower student truancy rates in the regular schools by means of a "walking bus" where volunteers walk with students who might otherwise be afraid to walk on their own to school. They also provide a service of
supervised intervention where counselors can be with children to meet with a parent in a split or divorced parental situation. Clients come to them through Social Services and there is a very active foster care program that has also been established. They offer temporary care for babies and foster homes to prepare for potential adoption. A video to overview the Center was shown and detailed that there have been over 40,000 children and families helped by the Center's services over the 90 years of the Center's existence. The video highlighted some of the programs that Barb explained such as teaching parenting skills, school truancy prevention, foster care program and training, creating student learning plans, establishing community partnerships, and teaching basic life skills to both kids and parents. Barb explained that our previous Kiwanis Foundation grants have been very helpful in buying equipment to enhance their educational programs. Happy Trails! See you Saturday at: Lewis Palmer D-38 Administration building (a.k.a. Big Red) 146 Jefferson Street, Monument, CO 80921. Please use the West or North entrances!