MICHIGAN DISTRICT

FEBRUARY 2014

NOTE: There are 7 pages in this newsletter.

Susan Devon, AKTION Administrator

Email: susancdevon@gmail.com

We’d like to feature what your club is doing! Please send article(s) and photo(s)

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR 45 DAYS BEFORE A SPECIFIC EVENT

to Susan Devon, AKTION Administrator at

susancdevon@gmail.com.

USEFUL LINK FOR PAYING

AKTION CLUB DUES http://www.aktionclub.org/News/13-10-29/

Annual_dues_important_answers.aspx

AKTION CLUB TEE CONTEST

Once again this year, Aktion Club members have a great opportunity: the AC Tee Con-test! Here’s your chance to design the new Aktion Club T-shirt. Put your creativity to work and submit your design for considera-tion. After all, who better to promote Aktion Club and its values than Aktion Club mem-bers?

The winning design will be sold in the Kiwa-nis Store for a whole year, and the winning designer will receive a free T-shirt. In addi-tion, the winning club will earn a prize of $200! For complete details go to: http://www.aktionclub.org/News/14-01-27/THE_AC_TEE_CONTEST.aspx

MARK YOUR

CALENDAR!

WE ARE PLANNING ANOTHER TRIP

TO SEE THE LANSING LUGNUTS

PLAY ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 30.

GAME TIME IS 12:05PM.

RESERVED SEATS ARE $10 EACH.

MORE DETAILS LATER. THIS IS

ALSO THE LUGNUTS SUMMER FUN DAY EVENT!

SLP Conference Breakout Session Re-

sources

The presentations and handouts that were used during the breakout sessions at the 2014 SLP Conference are now available online.

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GUIDELINES FOR WORKING WITH AKTION CLUB

MEMBERS: ADVISOR BACKGROUND CHECK OPTIONS

The new Guidelines for Working with Aktion Club members requires Kiwanis advisors to have a background clear of criminal history. Now there’s a new option for Kiwanis members. Safe Hiring Solutions can provide an in-dividual’s background check beginning at US$19.95. (Additional fees based on where the applicant resides or has resided in the past could apply.) Safe Hiring Solutions also provides the background checks for the Kiwanis Inter-national office. Check out our list of suggested options for background checks or contact the Kiwanis member services team at 1-800-KIWANIS, ext. 411, and at memberservices@kiwanis.org for details.

2014 BOWL-A-THON INFO

Please check out the 2014 Bowl-A-Thon events

happening in Michigan this Spring!

Page 3 AKTION Club of Detroit Helping Out

Page 4-6 Northern Michigan AKTION Club Bowl-A-Thon

Page 7 Jackson AKTION Club Bowl-A-Thon

Aktion Club of Detroit Helping Out

2014 AKTION CLUB BOWLING ELIMINATOR*

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014

11:00A.M. – 1:30 P.M

Mayflower Lanes

26600 Plymouth Road, Redford, MI

$15.00 per bowler

Price includes two games of bowling, shoe rental and lunch

Make checks payable to Aktion Club of Detroit Helping Out

Register your club by calling or emailing names of those attending

Pat DeCarlo pdecarlo@casscommunity.org 586-883-2277

Jeanette Harris jharris48@yahoo.com 248-752-7147

Jerry Jones Jerjo52@yahoo.com 313-522-4422

DEADLINE: April 7, 2014 - - Early is best

*This is a fund raiser for The ELIMINATE Project.

It only takes $1.80 to protect a mom against tetanus.

Pizza Prizes

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NORTHERN MICHIGAN AKTION CLUB BOWL-A-THON

The Aktion Club of Gaylord would like to invite you to the

third Annual SCAW Bowl-a-thon.

When: Tuesday March 18th 2014

Time: 10am- 1pm

Where: Gaylord Bowling Center 1200 Gornick Ave. (off of Wisconsin Street)

Gaylord, Mi. 49735

Cost: $15.00 per person, includes 1.5 hours of bowling, shoes pizza, salad, pop and SCAW

donation ($10.00 for meal and $5 for the SCAW donation)

There will be a 50/50 drawing (tickets are 50 cents for 5 or an

arm’s length for $1.00.

There will be door prizes and a traveling trophy for the club

planning the 2015 Bowl-a-thon.

Northern Michigan Aktion Club Bowl-A-Thon

Registration Form Tuesday March 18th 2014 10am- 1pm

Gaylord Bowling Center 1200 Gornick Ave. (off of Wisconsin Street) Gaylord, Mi.

49735

$15.00 per person, includes 1.5 hours of bowling, shoes pizza, salad, pop and

SCAW donation ($10.00 for meal and $5 for the SCAW donation)

$10 for Staff or Chaperone

__________________________________________________________________

Organization_______________________________________________________

Contact person Name________________________________________________

Phone ___________________ Email____________________________________

We will have ____________ participants in our party

Please fill in the list of members, staff and chaperones on the next page and mail

both of pages and your check payable to the Aktion Club of Gaylord to

Community Home and Health Services657 Chestnut Court Gaylord Michigan no

later than March 7th.

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Club Name:

Names (Please Print)

Check one

box only for

each name

Barrier Free Facility

Accessibility Needs

Please Specify

Aktion Club Chaperone

$10

Each

Member

$15

Each

Staff

$10

Each

TOTALS

Mail Check for TOTAL AMOUNT DUE to

Aktion Club of Gaylord and mail it to Com-

munity Home and Health Services, ATTN:

Lynn, 657 Chestnut Court, Gaylord, MI

49735 to arrive before March 7, 2014.

Jackson Aktion Club Bowl-A-Thon The Jackson Aktion Club will be hosting a Bowl-A-Thon on Saturday, March 22, 2014.

Registration will start at 10am with bowling starting at 11am. The event will be held at

Airport Lanes, 3501 Wildwood Ave., Jackson, MI 49202 (note this is a different place

than last year).

This is a fantastic opportunity for clubs to show off their bowling skills as well as support-

ing a fundraiser for Sleeping Children around the World (SCAW) and the ELIMINATE

project. For more information on these projects go to www.scaw.org/about/index.html

and http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/home.aspx

This year we will be able to donate $6 from each bowler’s cost to the ELIMINATE and

SCAW programs. Any additional donations collected by club members can be sent in with

Jackson Aktion Club donations. All donations will be credited to the member’s club. Club

member donation sheets are available on request.

Cost: $15 per bowler which includes 2 hours of bowling, shoes, 2 slices pizza

and pop.

Non-bowlers: $10 includes 2 slices pizza and pop.

Awards & Prizes: Awards and prizes will be given as well as a 50/50 drawing.

Please RSVP to Cheri by March 10th, via email at

cherijohnson03@gmail.com or call 517-879-9058.