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For the Kids Pt. 1

5/30/2017

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
~Brian Herbert

Some mornings you just cannot help but feel in awe of all the amazingness that occurs with our students in schools everyday.

This morning we celebrated the Students of the Month from Vedder Middle and Sardis Secondary.

We celebrated amazing talents and dedication in athletics, academics and art. We heard about their accomplishments in outdoor education, drafting, volunteer, leadership and agricultural.

Three of our celebrated students are exchange students from Italiy, Austria and Spain.
I also learned after our meeting one of our Sardis Secondary students has been accepted for exchange to France for next academic year!

A great morning by all!

Other Updates:

The Bellingham Kiwanis club is hosting its annual Theatre Night on Thursday, June 8. Social and silent auction begin at 6:00; the curtain goes up at 7:30. This year's play is Noises Off. Costs are $20 for single tickets or $35 for doubles. Contact Lisa McCoy at lisa@lisamccoy.com to confirm your tickets.
Canada Day is almost here, Al is on top of all the planning, he will keep us posted.
Chilliwack's birthday party was a huge success, thank you to everyone who attended to celebrate.
Also Chilliwack's clothing sale was a great fundraiser, thank you to everyone who supported them in their efforts, your support is appreciated.
Don't forget the Sardis Secondary Key Club is hosting a tea for us Thursday at Sardis Secondary at 3:15, see you there.

Till next week,
Keep it awesome,

Michelle

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May Days

5/25/2017

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"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
~ Albert Einstein

Happy Birthday to Vic and Jack this week!

Communications and Updates:

A sweet card came in fromt he GW Graham Key Club seniors, give it a read!
- That being said, Key Club is coming to visit us June 13!
Super Reader, Arley has the last of the days for assemblies, talk to him about your availability.
Canada Day, July 1, is coming at us quickly, Al is on it and will keep us posted. Thank you Al!
Sardis Secondary Key Club Tea is June 1 at 3:30pm at the SSS library.
Trailer will be at Vedder Park for the walk for MS arounf 9:30am on Sunday May 28.
Saturday Night is the Chilliwack Club's birthday celebration at the Capital Restaurant at 5:30pm.
Don't forget Chilliwack's clothing sale is Friday and Saturday! Help them out, give them a visit at the Salvation Army!

We welcomed back Dr. Rob Lees. Dr. Lees is visiting us again to pick up our donation towards the Chilliwack Youth Mental Health Initiative of making counselling services available during public functions. We are excited to continue supporting this organization. Thank you Dr. Lees and Dr. Madill for all you do for our youth in Chilliwack.

Our guest speaker today was Ivana Ferris from the Chilliwack Branch of the BCSPCA. Ivana shared stories and exciting programs that the SPCA offers for kids to have opportunities to work with animals. Also the school work programs they offer for 'Be the Change' days, already hosting Mount Slesse and GW Graham. We also learned about the community spaces the SPCA is making available including the tent we are helping to purchase with our donation and with the creation of their new multipurpose room.
Ivana also recommended their Wine for Whiskers fundraiser (Click link for more information). She also reminded us that September 10 is Paws for a Cause.
We are very fortunate to have such dedicated individuals dedicated to education and animals.

Thank you for all you do!
See you next week,

Michelle

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Spring Showers

5/16/2017

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"I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions."
~ Stephen Covey

Welcome Back!

Can you believe we are mid-May already!?!

This morning we had Dean Mercer speak to us from the Salvation Army Youth Ministries, specifically he was there to give us an update on Camp Sunrise.
Camp Sunrise gives under privileged children a chance to attend camp in Gibsons, BC. He had an awesome powerpoint that gave some of the specifics about why this camp is so critical in some childrens' lives. Their goal, to be able to make camp possible for the kids is to fundraise $12,000.
Dean also let us know that Salvation Army is hosting a fundraising afternoon at the Lynnwood on June 10.
Can we get 4 or 5 of us together to attend?
At the end of it all, we were able to present Dean with a cheque, in which I think we are able to send 5 or 6 kids to camp this summer!

Other Updates:

Final Super Reader Assemblies are all booked, the home stretch is here - June 5 to June 26, contact Arley for more details
Run for Mom
- Thank you to everyone who came out, check out the Facebook page for photos from the event! We are hearing rumblings that they may have been able to break their $20k fundraising mark- super exciting news for the hospital!
Soup Kitchen - 134 meals were served with lots of volunteers, thank you everyone for your monthly dedication!
Sardis Key Club
- Sardis Key Club is looking to host a tea for all us Kiwanians on June 1st at the Sardis Library, they want to meet us all before the year is out, and what a wonderful opportunity, I hope to see everyone there.
Clothing Sale
- A reminder, we are supporting Chilliwack in their efforts to raise money for their Super Reader hot dog lunches, so if you can attend the clothing sale or buy a voucher that goes a long way to supporting them. Spread the word about the clothing sale too.
Trailer Dates - We have some dates for the trailer
- May 28, the MS Walk at Vedder Park, details coming soon.
- June 22, District Track Meet, at Sardis Secondary details coming soon.
- July 1, Canada Day, details coming soon.
- July 8, Townsend Park, Fast Pitch tournament, details soon.
- July 15, Hot Rods and Classics Show, details soon.

With that, we finished on Happy Bucks and for the Good of Kiwanis, See you soon,

Michelle

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Business In the Front

5/9/2017

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"Focusing on the positive is a state of mind which, for many people, is a muscle that must be worked."
~ C. Pinckley

Happy Birthday for Ken and Greg! And Happy Anniversary to the Sawatskys this week!
And a big Sardis Kiwanis welcome back to Elizabeth Bennett!

Today is the day!

Elections all around!

Our provincial election is today so be sure to take the time to get out and vote!
We also had our club elections for the 2017/2018 Kiwanis year.

And all business today!

We Your incoming Board Members are:
President - Michelle S.
Vice President - Peter B.
Secretary - Courtney B.
Treasurer - Ken S.
1 Year Director - Bill W.
1 Year Director - Al P.
1 Year Director - Kiefer M.
2 Year Director - Doug H.
2 Year Director - Barry D.
2 Year Director - Sheila S.
Past President - Dennis S.

Congratulations and Thank you to everyone!
We are still in need of a 1st Vice President, so please talk to Peter, Ernie or Michelle if you are interested. We would love for you to join us on the Board!

Updates and Communications

Board Meeting tonight 7pm Chilliwack Public Library
Soup Kitchen coming up this Saturday, talk to Sheila S.
Clothing Sale- In support of Chilliwack Kiwanis and their Super Reader hot dog days we have vouchers available, please support. Sheila has the vouchers
Run for Mom - coming this weekend, May 13, set up starts at 8am! Hope to see everyone out, contact Pete S for more detials.
McHappy Days were a huge success! Thank you to all our members who made it out and thank you to Arley for organizing us this year.
Knock and Walk - 27 boxes of food were collected for the Food Bank. Huge shout out to the newly formed Sardis Key Club for the extra hands and support! We are all looking forward to working with you in the future!
Dennis S is getting a group together to attend the Clearbrook celebration on Thursday, contact him with details.
Inside Ride at W.J. Mouat and Abbotsford Senior raised $14,500 for Kiwanis Children's Cancer Program, thank you to all our riders who attended.

Lastly, Elizabeth gave us an update on the Pacific North West Foundation and shared all the unreal things they do and support. More importantly though she came delivering gifts.
Our own Dennis S. received his coveted Red Jacket as our incoming Lientenant Governor for the upcoming year!
Congratulations Dennis!

And just like that we are done and off to a busy weekend all around! Hope to see you all out!
Till then, get out and vote and have a wondeful week,

Michelle

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We Met Superman.

5/2/2017

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"Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence of only trial and error experience, humans have learned through mistakes."
~B. Fuller

Good Morning!

What a treat today!
In the four years I have been a member, I have never had the opportunity to hear a member of the BC Ambulance Service speak...
This morning, we had Tony Fryer speak to us not as a member of Chilliwack Search and Rescue, but as an Advance Life Support Paramedic.
Interesting fact that Tony shared- it was our own Brian C that helped him to the path to become a Paramedic.
We also heard how closely Paramedics work with the Fire Department, Police, Doctors and Hospitals.
We heard how Chilliwack had over 20,000 calls last year with 6-8 Paramedics on each shift. Our ground ambulances travel more then 2 million kms a year. We heard about the challenge that our 'local' commute times cause.
When we got to ask questions, we learned that one day Tony got to be Superman to a little boy, and helped him cope with the situation at hand.
So we met a true Superman today!

Thank you Tony for all you do for our community!

Even with all the craziness Chilliwack deals with we are so lucky to have our first responders and other groups that are all about making Chilliwack a better place. Thank you to all of you!
See you next week,
Michelle

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For the Kids Pt. 1

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
~Brian Herbert

May Days

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
~ Albert Einstein

Spring Showers

"I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions."
~ Stephen Covey

Business In the Front

"Focusing on the positive is a state of mind which, for many people, is a muscle that must be worked."
~ C. Pinckley

We Met Superman.

"Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence of only trial and error experience, humans have learned through mistakes."
~B. Fuller

Sardis Kiwanis Club

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For the Kids Pt. 1

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."~Brian Herbert

May Days

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." ~ Albert Einstein

Spring Showers

"I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions."~ Stephen Covey

Business In the Front

"Focusing on the positive is a state of mind which, for many people, is a muscle that must be worked." ~ C. Pinckley

We Met Superman.

"Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence of only trial and error experience, humans have learned through mistakes."~B. Fuller

Sardis Kiwanis Club

Archives

Categories

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
~Brian Herbert

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
~ Albert Einstein

"I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions."
~ Stephen Covey

"Focusing on the positive is a state of mind which, for many people, is a muscle that must be worked."
~ C. Pinckley

"Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence of only trial and error experience, humans have learned through mistakes."
~B. Fuller