We had two speaking groups this morning, both super important!
Our first group of speakers were the inspiring Betty, Melinda and Dorothy from Special Olympics. They came in preparation of July 1st and our Pancake Breakfast. The Chilliwack region plays host to approximately 90 athletes and 32 coaches. Bonnie and Melinda came showing off a small bit of their hardware and to update us on all the accomplishments of local athletes are achieving at Regionals, Provincials, Nationals and Worlds!
They also came in celebrating the Sardis Kiwanis Clubs 36 year relationship with Special Olympics in Chilliwack! A special shout out from our lovely ladies went out to Jacques and Brian!
We are super excited to see everyone again on Saturday for the annual Canada Day Pancake Breakfast! Keep up the awesome ladies!
Our second guest of the morning was Sue Attrill, City of Chilliwack counsellor and Executive Director of the Chilliwack Hospice Society!
Sue's first update to us was about the events and going-ons with Hospice. They have purchased a new building as they have outgrown their current residence. Hospice has also been working hard to make sure grief counselling and supports are in place for all age demographics. Sue reminded us of the Hospice's gala event on Spetember 16 at the old Ag Rec and she hopes to see some of us there. Sue was then extra awesome and gave us a quick update about the City and it's workings as well as taking questions. Things like the Garrison development, homelessness, Vedder expansion, and the new bridge were all discussed. Without a doubt, Chilliwack is growing!

From there we had our club updates which included:

• A brief update from Arley about Super Reader
• A reminder the Board Meeting is this Tuesday at 7pm
• Peter had thank you letters and cards from our scholarhip receipents
• Ev brought a beautiful, thoughtful card from Sardis Doorway to share
• Canada Day events- Friday set-up 6pm at the Evergreen Hall, 6:30am Saturday for the main event at Evergreen Hall, and all day with the trailer at Townsend
• Do't forget that our Conference is coming up in Kennewick! Register now!
  

We wrapped it all up with Happy Bucks!

Happy Birthday to Fran H. this week and Happy Anniversary to the Brelands this week too!

Till next week!
Michelle

This morning we welcomed Jeff Martin from the Chilliwack Fire Department Honour Guard. We found out that the Chilliwack FD is the hub in the Valley for all fire departments. Once a month, this volunteer Honour Guard hosts practice at Heritage Park and they perform honour guard services for all emergency service departments. This reality comes from the fact that these firefighters, who are all volunteers are the only active honour guard.  Jeff came with a request to get funding to help their fundraising efforts to purchase proper honour guard uniforms. We will of course take this request into consideration at the next board meeting.




Other Club Communications included:

• A Super Reader update
• Elementary Track Meet is June 22 for the trailer
• Carnival Day at Promontory is June 24 for the trailer
• A card was circulated for Phil Matthews to say hello
• Sheila had a Key Club update
• We also had a recap from the District Council Meeting from Abbotsford
  

Thank you for all you do, Till next time

Michelle

Happy Birthday this week to Charlein Kalau and Shirley Isbister!

Updates from around our club are:

• Super Reader - Arley needs support for the last few assemblies, let him know!
• Canada Day - it's coming soon, sign-up next week
• Soap and Stuff for Ann Davis - keep it coming, we need wash clothes and toothbrushes the most
• DCM (7pm) and CLE(5pm) at Yale Secondary June 19
• Convention in Kennewick, if you are interested, let Michelle know
• July 4 - Chilliwack Public Library - Board Meeting at 7pm
• Soup Kitchen this past weekend, 142 clients served
  
• Trailer will be out Sunday June 18 at the Father's Day Run/Walk - call George for details
  

June is always an excellent time to reflect on the mission of Kiwanis - Serving the Children of the World. This is because June is the end of the academic year, and for many of the youth we support, it means new beginnings are coming!
Today we had members of the GW Graham Key Club join us this morning. They were in attendance by special invite because this is a special bunch of students. Sheila and Barry invited them and had gifts and certificates to present the Key Clubbers because they are graduating and some of these talented, dedicated and amazing young people have been there since the beginning! You could tell they all cherish their time spent in the GW Graham Key Club because there were tears and smiles. A super special morning for sure!
Thank you Sheila and Barry for being the perfect mentors and thank you Key Clubbers for being you!
Barry wrapped our meeting with a wonderful, powerful musical number "My Father's Son". Thank you everyone for continuing to be awesome!
Talk soon.

Michelle

Another awesome morning celebrating our Students of the Month! We also broke an attendence record having 53 individuals in attendance! It was an absolute honour to have the students, families and staff from GW Graham, Mount. Slesse Middle and FVDES all celebrate the amazing work and accomplishments these students have demonstrated!
Not only that we have the first ever Students of the Month from FVDES, so it is noce to see the program growing and students of all schools being recognized.
The teachers and administrators all outlined that this group of students are dedicated volunteers in the community, and ambassadors for their schools. They show dedication, energy, empathy, compassion, drive and care for everything and everyone around them.
We are a very lucky group of people to be able to recognize and celebrate all these amazing indivduals in one room!

Other club updates include:

• CLE @5pm on June 19 at Yale Secondary
  
• District Council Meeting @7pm June 19 at Yale Secondary
  
• Dennis survived Charm School (A++)
  
• Arley has some Super Reader dates
  
• We had a presentation to M2W2 to help them continue their work
  
• THe Board Meeting for June is cancelled
  
• Christmas In July is scheduled for July 22
  
• Soup Kitchen at the United Church this Sunday.
  
• Shred-A-Thon was a huge success
  

Thank you for all you do! For the good of Kiwanis,

Michelle