April 6, 2010

Cynthia and Tamara brought along a "goodie bag" for every member at this weeks meeting that included the latest 2010 Illinois Travel Guide, a souvenir post card depicting a Macomb or McDonough County scene, a brochure about historic county barns and a copy of the new Macomb and McDonough County maps. They said bringing in visitors helps keep the city vibrant.

Next week: April program chairman Heidi Collins will introduce John Vigezzi of Macomb Travel who will talk about the travel industry and transportation.

Treasurer Tim Moss said we have signed up more Pancake Day booster sponsors than we did last year with a few still pending. This was the deadline for getting sponsors names in so they can be printed on the placemats that will be at every table. Debbie says we have a lot of volunteers for the morning hours and could use a little more help over the noon hour and in the evening.

President Debbie Vandemark presided and recapped last weeks board meeting where a number of actions were taken. Debbie reported that the board approved:
a $200 donation for Project Wee Care playground improvements.
a $400 donation to the Macomb High School band to provide a new outfit for one band member as part of their Operation Band Aid fundraiser to get all new uniforms.
participating in the Kiwanis International Skip A Meal project. We'll pass the hat at next weeks meeting and ask for for a suggested $5 donation from members. Funds will be matched by Kiwanis International and used to satisfy hunger and children in need.

In other board action, Hy Vee has requested five boxes of Kiwanis peanuts to give away during a special promotion. They will buy the peanuts and give us a donation.
For the Kiwanis "One Day of Service", we will count our Junior Olympics as our event. Junior Olympics will be Saturday, May 8, at 1PM. Setup is at Noon.
New member induction ceremony will be May 18.

Upcoming dates:

Friday, April 23, we needed a reader to read books as part of our Picture Book of the Month program and Becky Almon volunteered.
Saturday, April 24, the Abingdon Kiwanis is having their Pancake Day. Debbie is putting an interclub together.
June 12 the Galesburg Kiwanis Club will host a golf tournament. 12:30 shotgun start followed by dinner. Cost is $45 per person.
June 14, the Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Development will be having their golf outing and we've been invited to participate and sponsor a hole.
June 22, the Chicago White Sox is teaming up again with the I-I District for the 5th annual "Kiwanis Grand Slam" for a game against the Atlanta Braves. All Kiwanis members and their families get a special deal on tickets.

Lots of happy people again this week. We received "Happy Buck$" from Becky Almon, Tim Moss, Joe Vandemark, Jack Elfrink and Debbie Vandemark.

Click here to see a digitally enhanced picture of our proposed new Chandler Park playground.

Click here to see an artists rendering of how the proposed bricks will be displayed in front of the playground.

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