Happy Halloween everyone! It is not too often we get Halloween on a Tuesday but this is our year and the challenge was issued!
Look at this good looking crew!

Updates from the floor today included: correspondence from the Salvation Army, the Canadian Foundation, ORN update, Food Safe certification update, and a reminder that Key Club will be in attendance next week. Additionally, not only was it Halloween, and a costume extravaganza, but we also had a few awards and the installation of our newest member. It was a great meeting to relax and reconnect with our fellow members.

We also celebrated the birthdays of Arley and Joene, as well as Ev and Joene's anniversary.

We wrapped up the morning with a reminder to slow down and watch for all the littles out and about for Halloween and a fabulous round of Happy Bucks!
Till next week, I hope it is a great one!

Michelle

"FEAR has 2 meanings:

• Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything and Rise
  

It's your choice!

Special guests today included past Key Club president Gillian, Lt.G. Dennis, Judy B, Ken W, and Ev, fully suited.

Updates from the floor include:

• Soup Kitchen this past week served 164 clients including 6 children
• We received correspondence from the YMCA and the Chilliwack Hospice that was circulated
• Ken W from the Chilliwack club came to visit and announce their Christmas party date
• ORN - Volunteer applications have been emailed out, we are a go
• Kiwanis Housing - Bob from the Chilliwack club thanked everyone for their time and diligence in assisting with the house inspections
• Gillian provided an update on her crazy amazing schedule, nice to see our Key Clubbers still continuing their service outside of high school
• Bahath calendars are available for purchase

Our program was Lt. G. Dennis, making his official visit to our club and providing insight and the vision of the Pacific Northwest for this coming year. It's nice to see and share in all the amazing that is happening around the PNW!

We wrapped the day up with birthday wishes for Roger this week and a round of Happy Bucks!
Make it an amazing week!

Michelle

This morning we welcomed guest, Don Armstrong from the Salvation Army. He brought us updates from the Food Bank and Christmas hamper drive. We also learned how this year was extremely taxing on volunteers and services with all of the forest fires that blazed across our province. We also learned that they are working on building a new temporary shelter to help those homeless individuals during the winter months. 
The Chilliwack Salvation Army anticipates 1700 hampers will be distributed and the problem is that currently, the shelves are bare. They are trying a new fundraising campaign, and the hope is that we can provide some extra assistance this year in getting those shelves filled. In addition, there will still be the Adopt-A-Family that will happen this year for another 250 families. 
Clearly there is a lot of need in Chilliwack! 
Hopefully, we can put our minds together and help get something organized to relieve the burden a bit.  

Updates from Committees and the Floor:

• We welcomed Larry, a potential new member and friend of Kiwanis! He is a member of the road warriors and we look forward to his friendship and dedication through this new year.
• Operation Red Nose - a new to us weekend has been added, we are adjusting our calendars appropriately.
• Awards Night is October 12 at the Cheam Golf Course. $30 per person at the door or in advance to Michelle 5:30 Mingler, 6:15pm Dinner. Please let Michelle know if you are attending so we can plan accordingly. 
• Super Reader - 12 schools involved for this year. Arley is going away on vacation, Doug is looking after it all. Thank you Doug! Also happy to report, left over French shirts are going to make a trip across the pond to Africa and Haiti. 
• Bahath Centre - Calendars for sale $15 each.
• Also shared a thank you card we received from the YMCA. 
• Lt.G - InterClub opportunities coming up next week, Lynden and Golden Ears. Let Dennis know if you can join him. 

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Wrapped it all up with Happy Bucks and warm wishes to George and Fran and Ken and Anne who celebrate their anniversaries this week!

We wrapped the whole thing up with a round of Happy Bucks! Make it a great week and Happy Thanksgiving!
Michelle

Upcoming Dates: (we will also be working on a calendar online):
October 5 - YMCA Ground Breaking
October 12 - Awards Dinner at the Cheam Golf Course 5:30pm Mingler; 6:15pm Dinner
October 28 - Kiwanis One Day
November 24,25 - ORN Weekend 1
December 1,2 - ORN Weekend 2
December 8,9 - ORN Weekend 3
December 15,16 - ORN Weekend 4
December 22,23 - ORN Weekend 5
December 31 - ORN New Year's Eve
January 4 - ORN Volunteer Reception