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Welcome to our new digs!

After weeks of discussions and research...

The Sardis Kiwanis Club is excited to announce we have changed locations for breakfast. We are now meeting every Tuesday morning at 7am at the IHOP on 45466 Yale Road.

Here we go!
Election Day for our 2018/2019 Board of Directors! 
Our Club is so active and so busy in our community our Board of Directors help maintain excitement and a vision for the upcoming year. Our Board members work tirelessly to ensure everything works well and communicates openly to make sure all details are taken care of. 

To Al P and Bill W. thank you for your time and dedication to making our club the best ever. 
As per the election today, here is your 2018/19 Board of Directors. 
President
Michelle S. 
Vice President
Kiefer M. 
2nd Vice President
Peter B. 
Secretary
Courtney B. 
Treasurer
Ken S.
1 Year Directors
Barry D. 
Sheila S. 
Doug H. 
2 Year Directors 
Pat M. 
Doug M. 
Gilllian H. 
Immediate Past President
Dennis S. 

Thank you to all the candidates and we all look forward to working together throughout the 2018/19 Kiwanis year! 

In other Kiwanis updates and news: 

• Congratulations to Vic M celebrating 50 years of married bliss this week! 
• Happy Birthday to friend of Kiwanis Mary L too this week! 

Key Club has started making Comfort Dolls, which is awesome! Gillian presented a thank you card and blanket for our support of the Elevate Volleyball team. And we are a go for Operation Red Nose this winter season so watch for emails and request for support. 

• May 1 - Board Meeting at the Chilliwack Library 
• May 2 - Walk and Knock, 5:15 at Vedder Middle 
• May 2 - McDonalds Day 
• May 12 - Run for Mom 
• May 12 - Chilliwack Birthday Party 
• May 24 - Key Club Tea at 3:30 in the Pit 

Thank you for making today, and every day awesome team! See you next week! 

Michelle 

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

 Busy day in the neighbourhood this morning!

We were visited by Pat and Daphne from Riding for the Disabled, some GWG Key Clubbers (Zoey, Leah, Gillian and Jordan) and Natalia Porro.
Natalia delivered a bagful of Komfort Dolls.

• Thank you Natalia!

Zoey, Leah, Jordan and Gillian came to give us an update from DCON 2017 in Portland (Presentation, some photos removed to fit, Sorry Gillian, below). The GWG ladies said it was "... an amazing opportunity with amazing spirit..."

• Don't forget Key Club needs help Saturday 10am at GWG for their Bottle Drive.
• Also if you have bottles the Sardis Bottle Depot has an account for them, #123.

Pat and Daphne from Riding for the Disabled were on their farewell tour, and celebrating their 34th breakfast with us!

• See the images above of their card to us.
• After 34 years, the Pacific Riding for the Disabled is closing. Hoping for the best, but closing. The ladies brought albums of all the adventures since 1983, it was touching and amazing. A wonderful flashback from many of our members.
• These ladies have done amazing work throughout our community and estimate thousands of children have been supported because of their program, Chilliwack is blessed to have women like Pat and Daphne.

Other updates included:
- Moments and information from the Bahath fundraiser Monday night (check out the Facebook page for photos)
- Super Reader, assemblies under control and Arley with all the details, he shared some great photos too, check out Instagram for them.
- Nominations for elections open next Tuesday, April 18, Ernie will have the nomination sheet.
- McHappy Day is coming up on May 3rd.
- Knock and Walk is on May 3rd.
- Inside ride at W.J. Mouat is on May 4th, Dennis has all the information.
- Soup Kitchen on Saturday past served 139 meals.
- Going to start collecting toiletries for Ann Davis, the specific list will be in your emails.

Of course, we are coming up on the busy season!
Talk soon, and have an amazing one!

Michelle

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

I wish each and every one of you, and your families' a very restful and memory filled Christmas with all the celebrations and joys that make Christmas the most magical time of the year.
All my best,
Michelle