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Celebrating Our Youth Pt.I

1/31/2017

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"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
~ Mary Tyler Moore


 What a day!
We were pretty spoiled today! We had the Students of the Month from Sardis Secondary and Vedder Middle School at our meeting to recognize and celebrate their dedication and achievements. These kids are awesome, the list of things they have accomplished or that they are doing already is incredible!
If the future belongs with these students, we are lucky and fortunate.
As for updates, Arley needs help with Super Reader assemblies, so if you can help support him, please get in touch! The Kiwanis Kurling Bonspiel is coming up in Abbotsford! We had an Interclub with Chilliwack last Thursday! I was informed we brought the party! Soup Kitchen is coming up too!
Are we interested in doing Kiwanis Pancake Day? March 7? In partnership with IHOP? Let me know! Sign Up Will Be Soon!
Also Board Meeting on February 7, do not forget.
I also circulated a Budget questionaire as part of our consolidation efforts, if you were not at the meeting you will find an attached copy. Your input is critical, and appreciated.
Peter finished our meeting with a fun round of trivia and some prize distribution with our Students of the Month, also a fun time! 
Thank you for all you do, all you continue to do, and all you have done!

Till Tuesday!
Michelle
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17/52 

1/24/2017

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"On particularily rough days when I am sure I cannot possibly endure, I like to remind myslef that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good."
~Unknown

Communications:
  • A reminder of the Valerie Tunbridge memorial tea this week.
  • Canadian Diabetes, St. Mary's School, and SIGN all sent us some mail, which was circulated for review
  • Super Reader- Arley is always looking for help and volunteers for assemblies, so please let him know if you are interested in helping or can help
  • Do not forget the Key Club Bottle Drive account at the Sardis Bottle Depot, help them attend their Portland Conference, account number #123
  • ORN we are coming up on the end, thank you to everyone who helped and participated, please send your thoughts and reflections to Derek
  • February 14 - Key Club will be attending to have a Inter-Club
  • Students of the Month are January 31 and February 6, it will be a full house!
  • IHop Pancake Day is March 7, watch for more information coming soon!
  • Vic continues to recover and same for Courtney's dad, so we continue to give our wishes of strength to them both
  • Next week you will see some budget/ committee worksheets, please take the time to evaluate the projects we do so we can more forward, and/or be even better
Program:
One of the Kiwanis madates is YCPO, which stands for 'Young Children Priority One', we had the privilege of welcoming Mary Ives from a branch of CYC, and Effective Parenting. She came with a celebration of 20 years of support and partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Sardis and to talk to us about their programs here in Chilliwack. One program that she showcased was the Circle of Security. Circle of Security is relationship based parenting program developed by clinical professionals over a period of 20 years. It provides parents with a roadmap to understanding their children’s needs as well as a guide on how to get there. It is practical, understandable and portioned out in bite-size chunks. The method minimizes the shame and blame cycle and teaches parents reflective functioning. Building on strengths without ignoring the struggles. Circle of Security® trained  facilitators are  leading this series.

The 8 week program will take place 9:00am – 11:00am at Sardis Family Place. Childcare is provided.
Her presentation was followed by some great questions! We are very fortunate to have such a service here in Chilliwack. 
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Be sure to check out our Instagram feed, @fvekiwanis to get photos and updates of all we do!
Till next time, all the best, yours in Kiwanis,

Michelle
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Half.Way.To.February. 

1/17/2017

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." - MLK Jr.
Communications:
  • A card was circulated for Valerie Tunbridge, the meeting voted on sending a donation to the Spina Bifida organization in her name from our Club for all her work for the cause.
  • GW Graham Bottle Drive - Thank you Barry and team!
    They have an account set-up at the Sardis Bottle Depot, so bring your empties in from the holidays and help the Key Clubbers attend District Convention in Portland.
  • Super Reader Assemblies have started - Thank you Arley and team!
    66 students at Robertson last week, 374 at Promontory
  • Soup Kitchen
    Saturday past was January's soup kitchen, 139 meals served.
  • Operation Red Nose - Thank you Ken, Derek, Ann and team!
    Final touches and clean-up items left, thank you for all your hard work and dedication. A small crew is finishing up with the shadow boxes and evaluation of this year.
  • Students of the Month - Thank you Peter!
    Peter pleasantly reminded us that we have Students of the Month coming up on January 31 and February 7. First one in our new location, so maybe try to be early for a seat.
No guests this week, instead we focused our attentions on brushing up on our Facebook networking skills. Lots of fun little tricks were learned and many of us made new Facebook friends! Thank you Courtney and Kiefer for helping guide the learning and answer questions!

Till next week, cheers,
Michelle
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Shining Sun

1/10/2017

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"Keep your face always towards the sunshine- and the shadows will always fall behind you."
~Walt Whitman

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From: http://7-themes.com/collections/hdq-sunshine-wallpapers/
I am pretty sure we have all the snow in all the world! So we'll break it up with this lovely sunshine!
Today we send our strength to Vic M. for a safe and healthy recovery. We also welcome back Shirley in good health! Dennis has also returned from his vacation.
We had updates from our Board meeting, Super Reader (assemblies are about to start), and Operation Red Nose (reminder the volunteer reception is on January 11- aka tomorrow). An update about the GWG Key Club Bottle Drive that was cancelled, they now have an account set-up at the Sardis Bottle Depot, so you can make your donation there!
The program today was an update about the Saturday Soup Kitchen and how the Sardis and Chilliwack clubs are coping. So far so good, but soup kitchen will come up at our budget meeting in February.
Other then that nothing too much new to report!

Make it an awesome week, see you all tomorrow!
Michelle
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.Happy.New.Year.

1/3/2017

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"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." ~Frank Zappa
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Welcome to the New Year and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!
We celebrated the birthdays of George and Ev, as well as Barb M, double celebrations all around for them and their families!
We had updates from ORN- do not forget the volunteer reception on January 11, and Super Reader, Arley has a list of assemblies that are already booked. Sheila is getting information on the Salvation Army food sort. A reminder we have our January Board Meeting at the Chilliwack Library at 7pm!
A note of rememberance, Valerie Tunbridge, long-time Chilliwack Kiwanian, passed away over the holiday season. When we get details of the service, we will let you know.

Today, our guest speakers were Dr. Rob Lees and Dr. Melanie Maddill from Chilliwack Youth Health Centre. We supported them last year, helping to purchase medical practice calibre computers. This allowed them to be self-sufficient away from their main practices. We also CYHC also now provides full clincial counselling, making them even more connected to our youth in crisis in Chilliwack. Both Dr. Maddill and Dr. Lees agreed, youth mental health, especially in the areas of anxiety and depression are the most in need. They talked about a documentary showing on January 24 called Screenagers (click the title to open the link to watch the trailer), maybe something some of us may want to catch. Dr. Lees also outlined a new initiative, HeadSpace, a travelling counselling service, CYHC hopes to get off the ground. I know I look forward to hearing more about all their initiatives and programs, hopefully we can support them more in the future.

A note, the GW Graham Bottle Drive scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled! To be rescheduled at a later date, when it's warmer. However, they do have an account set up at the Sardis Bottle Depot. When you return your recyclables there, you can ask to credit account #123 to help out the Key Club.

Till tonight, and next week, stay warm and stay safe,

Michelle


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