Peter B was at the helm today, I just needed to not be at the front of the room. Thank you everyone for your strength and encouragement. We are taking it one day at a time.
We had a whole assortment of guests and speakers as we welcomed the Chilliwack Club-Welcome Ken, Delphine, Bob and Chris to our new location and the team from Chilliwack Community Services- Diane, Shirley and Julie.

As for club updates, do not forget:

• May 1 - Club Elections for the new Board for the 2018/ 2019 year 
  
• May 1 - Board Meeting at the Chilliwack Public Library
  
• May 2 - Knock and Walk - Pete S for all the details
  
• May 2 - McDonalds Day
  
• May 12 - Run for Mom
  
• May 12 - Chilliwack Kiwanis Birthday Dinner @ the Capital 5:30 doors open, Dinner at 6pm, $26pp
  
• May 24 - Key Club Tea at Sardis Secondary in the Pit at 3:30.
  
• Thank you to all those involved with scholarships, your dedication is appreciated.
  
• Thank you to all those who keep Super Reader running smoothly at all our schools.
  
• Thank you to all those who attended the Bahath fundraiser.
  

For the good of Kiwanis, we celebrated with Happy Bucks and a few good laughs, keep being amazing everyone, see you next week,

Michelle

So much is on the go right now!
I hope everyone gets the chance to slow down and enjoy the days.
Some club updates include:

• Soup Kitchen happened this last weekend, 101 service hours provided with 137 clients fed.
• Do not forget we have the Bahath fundraiser tonight. I look forward to seeing everyone there.
• May 24 at 3:30 we have the Key Club Tea in the Pit at Sardis Secondary.
• Knock and Walk - Pete S has all the details and sign-up
• Run for Mom - Pete S has all the details and sign-up
• Thank you to all that attended the SIGN dinner fundraiser in Abbotsford, you helped raise over $5000 and Jack was in attendance.
  

As guests today we had the Chilliwack Sea Cadets. They presented their program to us, and talked about how critical it is that organizations and institutions change to evolve with the current times. The Sea Cadets promote active service, commitment and loyalty. The Sea Cadets are also actively fundraising to help build up their reserves to continue to provide on water training opportunities and certifications. If you are interested in attending their fundraiser on May 26 at 11:30 at the Chilliwack Landing Centre.
We finished with a fantastic round of Happy Bucks.
For the good of Kiwanis, make it a great week.

Michelle

Other club updates from today include:

• Thank you to the House committee for all their work on changing locations.
• Plowing Match for April 14 has been POSTPONED due to the condition of the fields, stay tuned for the re-scheduled date.
• Bahath fundraiser in on April 17, we have two tables attending
• Inside Ride at WJ Mouat is on April 18 @1pm, carpools are being organized
• Soup Kitchen needs help 8:30-10:30 on Saturday April 14, contact Sheila if you are available.
• Scholarships are done, and students have been selected for another year. Thank you to our members who are attending grad ceremonies to hand these out. Also thank you to all those members that sat on the committee this year to select our recipients.
• Do not forget Club Elections are on May 1, 2018
• Still a few seats available for Food Safe certification on May 20, contact Doug H as soon as possible if you are interested.
• Walk and Knock, for the Food Bank is May 2, 5:30-8, mark it in your calendars.
• McDonald's Day is also May 2, 9am to 7pm.

We finished the morning with Happy Bucks and a few great laughs! As always, if there is anything else, just send me an email, drop me a phone call or text me and I will get it added to our agenda.

Thank you for all you do!
Yours in Service,
Michelle

"I alone cannot change the world, but I cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
~Mother Theresa

After a social media experiment, our weekly post updates will be resuming!
We sure did miss updating you all, we will get old posts up soon too!
We hope everyone had a wonderful and peaceful Easter break. If you have kids in school, we hope Spring Break was adventurous and memorable!

Today's program we welcomed Lena and Stephanie from the Chilliwack Museum Classroom program. Last year, when Matthew Francis came to our club to promote the museum, we were all in to help get students there. We donated $500 to help the museum- help schools with transportation costs so all students had the opportunity to be introduced to the history of Chilliwack.
Needless to say we learned the program was a huge success, and many schools were able to attend with the little extra help we provide. This year the museum has expanded their school orientated programing to include the "Classroom in Residence" program (Click here for the story from the Chilliwack Museum blog). This program gives students a one week intensive program to research, discover and work in the archives and history of Chilliwack. From our presentation, it sounds like it will be a very in demand program in the future.
Thank you to Lena and Stephanie for your time and visit, we appreciate it and we are definitely looking forward to seeing more from the Chilliwack Museum and Archives in the future.
We wrapped up our meeting with a fantastic round of happy bucks and best birthday wishes to Barry and Pete.

Club Updates:

• Support our Sardis and GW Key Club with a stop at Superstore Saturday April 7 as they are bagging groceries for donations to KCCP (Kids Cancer Program) from 10am till 4pm
• Super Reader assemblies Round 2 dates have been set, Arley with all the details
• A reminder that the Bahath fundraiser is on April 17, we have 2 tables and they are both sold out now
• The last group of scholarships will be reviewed this week and next, contact Peter for more information
• The latest SIGN newsletter was circulated for everyone's review
• A reminder we are collecting empty and clean egg cartons for the Salvation Army food bank, please bring them in any time
  
• Soup Kitchen on May 12 is CANCELLED
  
• We have an opportunity to get Food Safe certified on May 20, contact Doug H for all the details, he needs to know very soon if you are interested
  
• Great work to all our members who participated in Club Networking last week, one with the Chilliwack and one with Bellingham

Thank you all, make it a great week, for the good of Kiwanis, see you next time.
Michelle