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WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT THE KIWANIS CLUB OF SUN CITY/AGUA FRIA | |
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CALORIES -- TINY CREATURES THAT LIVE IN YOUR CLOSET AND SEW YOUR CLOTHES A LITTLE TIGHTER EVERY NITE. | |||||||
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THE FOLLOWING IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
YOUTH SERVICE ACTIVITIES DURING AN ADMINISTRATIVE YEAR |
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KIWANIS PANCAKE BREAKFAST..... (2011-12 ADMIN YEAR) | |||||
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WE DID IT AGAIN! WE HAD A GREAT CROWD AT OUR PANCAKE BREAKFASTTHIS YEAR AS SHOWN
BY THIS SMALL SECTION OF THE HALL. |
AND AGAIN, WE HAD SOME GREAT HELP FROM OUR KEY CLUBBERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE PICTURED HERE.
GREAT KIDS TO WORK WITH! |
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PAST PRESIDENT ED AND HIS WIFE ANNETTE
AT THE BREAKFAST. | ED HAS HAD A ROUGH PAST FEW MONTHS AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM OUT AGAIN. ANNETTE IS OUR NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND IS DOING A FINE JOB! | ||
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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY. (2011-12 ADMIN YEAR) THIS PAST CHRISTMAS, OUR CLUB PURCHASED GIFTS FOR THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB. PRESIDENT MATT WENT TO THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY TO DELIVER OUR GIFTS AND TOOK THESE PICTURES. | |||||||
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HAVING DINNER | |
AFTER THE DINNER, THERE WAS ENTERTAINMENT PUT ON BY THE BOYS & GIRLS. |
AND THEN THEY LINED UP TO SEE SANTA CLAUS AND RECIEVE THEIR GIFTS.
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SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS FOOD BOXES.. (2011-12 ADMIN YEAR) |
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THE SALVATION ARMY'S NEW HOME, FORMERLY THE WEST VALLEY ART MUSEUM.
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IN THE FOOD BOX OPERATION BEFORE MOVING THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO THE NEW LOCATION. A VIEW OF THE FOOD BOX PACKING AND SOME OF THE
KIWANIANS AT WORK AT THE NEW LOCATION. OVER 700 BOXES WERE PACKED.
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SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING..... (2011-12 ADMIN YEAR) |
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ART WALTHER(l) AND MATT ALDERSON RINGING THE SALVATION ARMY BELLS, A PROJECT TAKEN ON BY THE
AGUA FRIA KIWANIS EVERY YEAR SINCE THE EARLY 1980's.
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SEE'S CANDY..... |
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SEE'S CANDY.....ONE OF OUR MAJOR FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SUCCESSFULLY
FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND SUN CITY.
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SOUTWEST DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS DIVISION 13.... | |
| (l-r)ART WALTHER, GOVERNOR BOBBIE DAVIS | and MIKE McKINNEY AT THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT LUNCHEON, HELD NOV 18, 2011 AT THE UNION HILLS COUNTRY CLUB. OUR KEY CLUBS FROM CENTENNIAL AND SHADOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS AND THEIR SCHOOL SPONSOR. |
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THE FIRST BURRITO BREAKFAST.... | |
| A VIEW OF THE CUSTOMERS ENJOYING THEIR BURRITO BREAKFAST. |
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE KEY CLUBBERS FROM THE CENTENNIAL AND SHADOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLS. GREAT HELPERS! THANKS KIDS! |
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DEDICATIONS.... | ||||||
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Since 1989, every time a new Habitat for Humanity home is dedicated locally,
Agua Fria Kiwanis has presented a new American Flag (like the one above) to fly over the new home. | During the administrative year, each time a dedication is done, the occasion will be noted here. (Past President Art Walther, Capt., USN retired, has, for the past few years, done a superb job of presenting these flags on behalf of Agua Fria Kiwanis.) ******** |
NOVEMBER 2, 2011...7249 W. CHERYL, PEORIA, | THE MEHMETI FAMILY, FATHER ALBAN AND MOTHER SAFETE AND THEIR 2 SONS ARDIAN AND ARLIND ARE THE NEW OWNERS OF THIS HOME. THEY ARE ORIGINALLY FROM KOSOV AND EMIGRATED HERE BECAUSE OF THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT THAT THE WAR HAS PLACED UPON THEIR COUNTRY. ALBAN WORKS AS A STOCKER AT A LOCAL MARKET. ******** |
NOVEMBER 10, 2011...7423 W. VOGEL AVE., PEORIA, | THE GOMEZ FAMILY CONSISTING OF RUBY, A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO, HAS NEVER HAD A CONSTANT HOME. AFTER A DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD AND NEVER KNOWING WHERE SHE FIT IN, RUBY HAS DREAMED OF OWNING A HOME WHERE HER CHILDREN ARE SECURE AND IN A STABLE ENVIRONMENT. SHE WORKS FOR MVD AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. HER DAUGHTER, ARIZA IS IN FIRST GRADE AND HER SON, PAUL, IS A THRIVING AND HAPPY TODDLER. |
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NEW OFFICERS, 2011-12 INSTALLED | |
| NEW LT. GOV OF DIVION 13, JOE DeBLASI SPEAKING TO THE AGUA FRIA CLUB AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW OFFICERS. |
THE NEW OFFICERS FOR 2011-12 (L-R) ARE: KEVIN NAEF, 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT; MIKE McKINNEY, PRESIDENT-ELECT; MATT ALDERSON, PRESIDENT; BILL ANDERSON, TREASURER AND DICK VEAZEY, SECRETARY. |
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GRANT GIVEN TO RONALD McDONALD HOUSE | |
| President-Elect Matt Alderson presents a grant to | Tamara Bohannon, director of development for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix. "Improving the lives of children is central to the mission ofthe global Kiwanis organization and this is why our club supports the important work of the Ronald McDonald House of Phoenix", noted Matt. |
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ANOTHER NURSING SCHOLARSIP AWARDED | |
| President-Deignate, Mike McKinney presents the club's most recent nursing scholarship to student Rachel
Schweitzer-Gibbon, who attends the Maricopa Nursing program located at the Banner Boswell Nursing Education Center, Honoring Ruth Hoover, RN.
She thanked the club for their generous support. Ms. Schweitzer-Giblin will graduate in December, 2011.
Like many of the program's nursing students, Ms.Schweitzer-Giblin juggles her nursing education while working part-time at an area
hospital and raising two preschool children with her husband.
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SENIOR CENTER GRANT | |
| PAST PRESIDENT ART WALTHER PRESENTS A CHECK | TO IVY SHIRLEY, DIRECTOR, BANNER OLIVE BRANCH SENIOR CENTER. LOOKING ON IS SARA VILLANUEVA, GIFT OFFICER, SUN HEALTH FOUNDATION. |
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KEY CLUB, 2010-11 | |
| THE OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL
KEY CLUB, | SPONSORED BY THE AGUA FRIA KIWANIS CLUB. |
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NURSING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | |
| Tiffany Williams, the recepient of our Nursing Scholarship | this year, receives her nursing pin at the RN pinning ceremony. Agua Fria Kiwanis is proud to have had a part in helping her achieve this worthy goal. |
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TERRIFIC KIDS, 2011... FROM DYSART UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS PROGRAM, INSTITUTED BY KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL, WAS ADOPTED BY AGUA FRIA KIWANIS IN 1999. IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS TO REWARD STUDENTS FOR THEIR ACHIEVMENTS THAT MAY GO UNNOTICED SUCH AS SHOWING RESPECT FOR SCHOOL PROPERTY AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS AROUND THEM. THEY WERE SELECTED BY THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. | |
| TERRIFIC KIDS FROM LUKE ELEMENTARY | EL MIRAGE ELEMENTARY'S TERRIFIC KIDS |
| TERRIFIC KIDS FROM DYSART ELEMENTARY | ALL OF THE TERRIFIC KIDS |
| THERESA HEATHERLY, DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY SERVICES
FOR DYSART SCHOOLS, | THANKING THE KIWANIS FOR THE TERRIFIC KIDS PROGRAM. |
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GRANT GIVEN TO SALVATION ARMY (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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SALVATION ARMY MAJOR TOM FORD IS PRESENTED A CASH GRANT FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT MATT ALDERSON TO SUPPORT SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE ARMY'S BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. |
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NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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TAL RICE AND KEVIN NAEF, CO-CHAIRS OF THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE INTRODUCED 4 NEW MEMBERS JOINING THE AGUA FRIA KIWANIS CLUB. PICTURED (L-R) TAL RICE, ALAN BRADEEN, BILL ANDERSON, CATHY ELLSWORTH, DARYL LUND AND KEVIN NAEF. NOT PRESENT WAS NEW MEMBER PAUL PETERSON. |
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PAST LT. GOVERNOR HONORED (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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MURIEL LUNDY, PAST LT. GOVERNOR OF DIVISION 13, SOUTHWEST DISTRICT KIWANIS AND PAST PRESIDENT OF AGUA FRIA KIWANIS, IS PRESENTED THE DISTINGUISHED LT. GOVERNOR AWARD BY PRESIDENT-ELECT MATT ALDERSON. |
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CAMP KIWANIS GRANT (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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ACTING PRESIDENT MATT ALDERSON HAS JUST PRESENTED A CHECK TO JOE DeBLASI TO BENEFIT THE SOUTWEST DISTRICT'S CAMP KIWANIS, LOCATED NEAR GALLUP, NM. |
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LEGION OF HONOR (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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TED OLSON, AGUA FRIA KIWANIS HISTORIAN, RECEIVES THE LEGION OF HONOR FOR 35 YEARS OF KIWANIS MEMBERSHIP FROM THE SOUTHWEST DISTRICT LT. GOV. HARRY SHAPIRO. (we gotta hang our banners straighter) |
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DAILY NEWS SUN'S BIG BOOK SALE (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
| AFTER PUTTING IN MANY MAN HOURS SORTING BOOKS INTO VARIOUS CATEGORIES, WE ARE HELPING THE SUN CITY DAILY NEWS SUN PREPARE THEIR PARKING LOT WITH TABLES AND TABLES OF BOOKS. ONLY A PORTION OF THE TABLES ARE SHOWN HERE. |
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LIESURE TIME ANNUAL PICNIC, MARCH 2011 JANE & ROD, THE CATERERS
| SOME HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATION GOING ON
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PLAY BALL!! (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) | |
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SPRING TRAINING, 2011. | |
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AS A FUND RAISING PROJECT, WE HELPED THE PEORIA DIAMONDBACKS CLUB WITH THEIR PARKING FOR THIS YEAR'S SPRING TRAINING AGAIN. ALTHO TOUGH ON OLD LEGS, WE ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE AND THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER. (Fund raising is the way Kiwanians raise the money to fund our many charitable activities.) | |
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READING IS FUNDAMENTAL(RIF) A MAJOR EMPHASIS PROJECT OF KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL. (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) We returned to the Peoria Elementary and Alta Loma Elementary Schools for our annual RIF project. These books are bought by Agua Fria Kiwanis and are given to the children to be taken home. This project is accomplished over a 3 period, January, February and March. | |||
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AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN READ TO AND RECEIVED THEIR BOOKS, THE
ALTA LOMA | PRE-SCHOOLERS(L) AND THEIR TEACHER GET READY TO SING THEIR THANKS TO THEIR READERS WHILE THE PEORIA YOUNGSTERS GATHER FOR A FORMAL PICTURE WITH THEIR TEACHER. | |
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NURSING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT... (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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RACHEL SCHWEITZER-BIGLIN, A RECIPIENT OF THE AGUA FRIA KIWANIS NURSING SCHOLARSHIP, SPEAKS TO KIWANIANS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND THANKS THE CLUB FOR THE FINANCIAL HELP. THIS CLUB PROVDES GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE SUN HEALTH FOUNDATION, THE NONPROFIT FOUNDATION RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING COMMUNITY GIFTS FOR THE NURSING PROGRAM. | |
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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE DINNER (2010-11 ADMIN YEAR) |
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Representatives from the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Agua Fria – and a young beneficiary of services provided by the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) – are pictured before serving a homemade dinner to RMH guests that the Kiwanians prepared. The Ronald McDonald House offers food and shelter to out-of-town families receiving medical services for their critically ill children. Pictured seated, (l-r)Gordy Schempp, Diane Jezek-Powell, a young patient, Ronald McDonald, Matt Alderson; standing (l-r), Bob Portillo, Beth Ann Schempp, Ruthann Welander, Ben Glassely, Kevin Naef. |
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WE CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER AT THE VALLEY VIEW FOOD BANK IN YOUNGTOWN, AZ. FOLLOWING ARE VIEWS FROM OUR TRIPS OVER THERE...... | |||
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AN AMERICAN TREASURE, MT. RUSHMORE | ||
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