KIWANIS CLUB OF ANN ARBOR EDITOR CLIFF SHELDON PUBLISHER ALAN DAILEY Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor February 10, 2014 Volume 5, Issue 18 Today’s Program... Jennifer Martin spoke to us about The Educa- tion Project, which is a project of the Washte- naw intermediate School District. The objec- tive is to ensure that students experiencing homelessness or temporary living conditions are able to enroll, regularly attend and succeed in school. Jennifer said that there are over 1300 students in this category in Washtenaw County including over 300 in the Ann Arbor Public School District. WISD works with all 10 school districts in the county and well as 9 charter schools. The services provided include advocacy, transportation ser- vices, school supplies, case management, housing crisis assistance, clothing and holiday gift giving. WISD works with other area non-profits including Ozone House, IHN, SOS Community Services and Safe House. Jennifer ran out of time before showing a video, but the following is a link that should take you there: http://youtu.be/kfXOvIfg1_w President: John Dahl Vice-President: John Goff Treasurer: Cliff Sheldon Secretary: Jeanette Okuley Immed. Past Pres. Mark Wishka Board Members: Gordon Beeman Alan Burg Dan Burroughs Alan Caldwell Andrea Kotch Duda Robert Johnson Martha Petroski Gretchen Preston Sheridan Springer John Schenk Next Week’s Program… Gordon Beeman and Committee: All you ever wanted to know about the recent Kiwanis Member Survey
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KIWANIS CLUB
OF ANN ARBOR
EDITOR
CLIFF SHELDON
PUBLISHER
ALAN DAILEY
Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor
February 10, 2014 Volume 5, Issue 18
Today’s Program...
Jennifer Martin spoke to us about The Educa-tion Project, which is a project of the Washte-naw intermediate School District. The objec-tive is to ensure that students experiencing homelessness or temporary living conditions are able to enroll, regularly attend and succeed in school. Jennifer said that there are over 1300 students in this category in Washtenaw County including over 300 in the Ann Arbor Public School District. WISD works with all 10 school districts in the county and well as 9 charter schools. The services provided include advocacy, transportation ser-vices, school supplies, case management, housing crisis assistance, clothing and holiday gift giving. WISD works with other area non-profits including Ozone House, IHN, SOS Community Services and Safe House. Jennifer ran out of time before showing a video, but the following is a link that should take you there: http://youtu.be/kfXOvIfg1_w
President: John Dahl Vice-President: John Goff Treasurer: Cliff Sheldon Secretary: Jeanette Okuley Immed. Past Pres. Mark Wishka Board Members: Gordon Beeman Alan Burg Dan Burroughs Alan Caldwell Andrea Kotch Duda Robert Johnson Martha Petroski Gretchen Preston Sheridan Springer John Schenk
Next Week’s Program… Gordon Beeman and Committee: All you ever wanted to know about the recent Kiwanis Member Survey
Announcements… MORE REALLY BIG NEWS: The following resolution was approved by an
81 to 7 vote: "The membership of the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor accepts and approves the recommendation of the Long Range Planning Committee and the Board of Directors to purchase 100 N. Staebler Road from Sheridan Books, per the letter of intent and the sales agreement to be signed, assuming all the contingencies are met or removed to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors." The vote by paper ballot followed years of work of the Long Range Planning Committee. Dan Dever answered several questions from the members prior to the vote. As President John Dahl said, “now the real work begins.”
Dave Drake reminded us of the February 19th Morning Edition meeting at 8:30 at Glacier Hills. John U. Bacon will be the speaker. We should see if it will be possible for Letitia Byrd to attend
Guests at our Club…
Our speaker was 100% of our guests.
The Kiwanis Thrift Sale
• Since 1927
• Over $3.5 Million in Community Service Funding
• Thousands of Lives Touched
This is what we call HOME… now in our 93rd
year.
ASSIGNMENTS for the COMING WEEK:
Announcer | Dale Leslie Officer of Day | Dale Leslie Dockers | volunteers are needed Warehouse Bob Gray, Martha Petroski, Gordon Beeman, Bryce Bab-
cock and Nick Dever Sorters | Alan Burg and Ken Hillenburg Hardware | Steve Pezda, Bill Hallock and Dan Dever Furniture | Mel Williams, Mike Dabbs and Paul Klinger Shoes & Sports | Dave Drake and John Kidle Men’s Clothing | John Bassett and Dick Smit Electronics | Bill Robb and kinfolk Lamps | Dennis Powers and Rob Schultz Antiques | Alexis and Betsy Ford Beds & Toys | Lee Bachman and Gretchen Preston Office & Medical | Jim Mattson and lot Vouchers | Jim Wheaton, Dave Hughes, Pat Buhrer, Marianne Clauw, Bob Johnson and Bob Carr Invocation | Martha Petroski Greeters | Andrea Kotch Duda, Al Engerer, Ken Hillenburg and Joe Medrano Hospitality | Jane Talcott Cashier | Martha Petroski
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Fines and Happy Dollars… Fines: Dan Dever fined all on the north, south east and west sides of the room just be-cause….. and to help meet the budget. Happy Dollars: Kathy Barden-Perlberg put in $5 for brother Bob who was hoping to entice a sub at furniture this Saturday, and Mike Dabbs stepped up . Chris Winkler was happy that Editor Cliff Sheldon has possibly saved him from a car accident. Jane Talcott contributed a buck to endorse the computer whiz David Wisniewski who helped out Wash-tenaw Camp Placement (Jane has contact info). Gary Donner was happy for his math teaching son who was admitted to a Ph. D program and so there will be a doctor in the fam-ily. Ron Williams was glad to be back at the meeting after 8 weeks of dealing with an ill-ness with a really long name. Jim Kane was happy that things are going well for U.S.A. at the Olympics. Fred King contributed $20 for missing out on the recent spaghetti dinner and a Friday the 13th buck. Don Clewell was happy to celebrate his 46th wedding anniver-sary. Max Ziegler was trying to form and interclub at an upcoming Caribbean Princess cruise. Betsy Ford was happy because of daughter’s wedding and mother’s visit. Dale Les-lie was pleased that Steve and Wendy Hiller’s daughter led the pledge of allegiance at MSU with president Obama in attendance. Fred Sanchez gave Chris Winkler a couple of mini Porsches and was happy for son and grandson Federico. Al Engerer showed off the Hardware Department donation of “Wash Away Your Sins” bubble bath which he auctioned off to high bidder Martha Petroski (draw your own conclusion). John Dahl happy for Wisconsin BB victory. Cliff Sheldon was happy for John Goff who is coaching his grand-son’s basketball team in Dexter, and for Harry and Carmen Cross and the Cross Founda-tion that were honored for their long-time support of the Ann Arbor Symphony. Dave Drake was doubly happy. Dave and Marilyn were delivering Meals on Wheels, became stuck and a passing tow truck driver pulled him out and declined any fee. Dave then no-ticed he had a flat tire and the same tow driver changed the tire for the same price as the first service. Those Kiwanis bumper stickers pay off!
Stuff You Should Know… Fines Collected: $26.75 Happy $ Collected: $95.00 Attendance today: 88 Last Week Sale Revenue: $ 4,164 plus $2,184 at the warehouse for a grand total of $7,348 Voucher team served 12 families with $1,953 in merchandise
Hospitality Information… Jane Talcott reported the sad news that Jeanette Okuley’s sister passed away. Details will be shared as soon as they are available. Letitia Byrd is at Glacier Hills and recently fell. RJ Taylor is recovering from foot surgery. Thoughts and prayers and cards are appreciated by our friends and members with medical challenges, and the list includes Gene Glysson and Jerry Brown’s son Randy. Jane welcomed back Ron Williams who had been out for several months because of illness.
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Children of the
World… our
motto, our
mission”
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The Warehouse Sale is now open 10am-1pm every Saturday!
Other News... Lynne Lande inducted new member Alan Oman, Early Child-hood Development Director at Washtenaw intermediate School District . Alan is a former Kiwanian from Midland, and was spon-
sored by Al Dailey who said we could always use more Alans.
Angell Elementary We need to start one of these for middle schoolers!
WISD Aktion Club
Huron High School Pioneer High School
University of Michigan Circle K
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