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May 2011 Programs
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May 3rd - Judith Ivan, will speak about the reader advisory services the library provides and talk about new books that are available.
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May 10th - Pastor John Warstler, It's Pastor recognition day. Pastor Warstler is a musician who lifts spirits with Reverent instrumentals
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May 17th - Aktion Club Re-Cap 11 years of Aktion Club, local club building and MI
District update.
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May 31st - Robin Mauer Director of Rainbow Resale Shop will talk on volunteerism as our Kiwanis Club will be recognizing two special persons for their years of Community Service.
Club Officers
President Ken Kline
President Elect Leah Oleson
Immediate Past President Larry Minch
Secretary Bob Rajewski
Treasurer Zane Carter
Assistant Treaurer Jeff Rogers
Directors
Kim Broch
Dave Burzyck
Gloria Barnes
Jim Carano
Roger Postmus
John Young -
Kiwanis International
From the founding in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, Kiwanis International now comprises 600,000 members — men, women boys and girls — worldwide.
Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis and its youth-oriented Service Leadership Programs serve communities in more than 80 countries and geographic areas.
In 1940, one year after Kiwanians established the Kiwanis International Foundation as a legal entity, Walter Zeller made the first donation: 25 silver dollars that he hoped would turn into the foundation’s nest egg.
This donor’s dream came true: Auctioned for US$625, those coins launched the Kiwanis International Foundation’s worldwide service efforts.
Iodine Deficiency Disorders Project
In its first global campaign for children, the Worldwide Service Project for IDD, Kiwanis worked to virtually eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the leading preventable cause of mental retardation. Today, about 70 percent of the people in the developing world have access to iodized salt, and UNICEF has hailed this project as one of the greatest public health triumphs of the 20th century.
The Eliminate Project
The latest international project announced in June of last year is The Eliminate Project. to eliminate maternal/neonatal tetanus. Today in 40 countries around the world, one newborn dies every 9 minutes from tetanus. That’s equivalent to 160 newborns every single day. By partnering with UNICEF, Kiwanis will bridge the funding gap and provide 387 million vaccine doses to 129 million mothers and their future babies, effectively eliminating maternal/neonatal tetanus from the Earth by the year 2015.
MNT is easily prevented by a series of three vaccinations to women of childbearing age, costing roughly US$1.80.The Eliminate Project: Kiwanis eliminating maternal/neonatal tetanus will raise US$110 million over the next five years to fill the funding gap required to provide an estimated 387 million doses of the vaccine.
The Eliminate Project will deliver life saving vaccines to the most vulnerable women and children in the world: those in remote and difficult to reach areas; conflict zones; and with little access to healthcare.