Preston Kiwanis

April Service Day and Health Fair Re-Cap

2011-04-20T12:39:00.001-07:00

April 12th was a day of SERVICE provided by our local Kiwanis club and the Preston High School student body and staff. The day of service was a great success with everyone participating as planned. The club members who did all of the leg work for the High School in preparation for this event did a great job, along with those in attendance that day serving after service snacks of cookies and water. Thank you Molly, Amy and Jennifer along with their children Karlie, Malia, and Addison for helping serve over 650 high school students. Some of the service included the following:
Cleaning up Benson Park and Oneida Stake Academy
Helping out at Heritage Home
Removing x-mas lights from State Street
Cleaning Franklin Park
Helping out at the FCMC Nursing Home
Cleaning up local recreational hot-spots

April 16th was the FCMC annual Health Fair. Our Kiwanis club sponsored two booths. One to introduce the community to the "Eliminate" program, along with getting to know our local Kiwanis chapter and what we do in our community. The other booth was dedicated to bike safety, specifically the proper use and wear of helmets. It was well attended and everyone loved Dr. Curtis's jello mold of the human brain * Awesome*. Thank you Jake and Jamie Curtis, Cameron and Amy Whitehead, Shauna Jacobsen, Carolyn Rounds and Mika Lords for all of your help to make this event a success.

March Meeting Notes

2011-03-18T16:37:00.001-07:00

Left to right : Don Philbrick, Connie Gilbert, Ilene Petersen, Mindy LeBaron (Judy Buxton - not pictured)

Our Teacher Appreciation Dinner was a great success. The teacher honorees from our community attended, along with their spouses, and the rest of the Kiwanis members in celebrating this wonderful event. The entire teacher feature committee did a wonderful job preparing for this years banquet. The one thing we learned from these teachers is that each student is like a flower- they must sense their own time, bloom in their own moment. So thank you teachers for helping to make this happen in the lives of our youth.

February Meeting Details

2011-03-07T13:04:00.000-08:00

Our February meeting was well attended considering the "mighty snow storm" that occurred that evening. A light meal was provided and enjoyed by everyone. After some light dancing from our committee leaders our club broke off into our respective service groups to work on the following up coming events:
* Teacher Appreciation
* Kiwanis/Key Club Service Day
* RIF
* Eliminate program

The Youth leadership conference turned out well with roughly 25 youth in attendance. Great work to all of those individuals who helped to make it a success.

(Sidebar) Next year our club is hoping to recruit a well known Insurance Agent to be the key note speaker at the conference (LOL). Go Blaine, go Blaine, go-go-go Blaine Rounds!

January Meeting Overview

2011-01-20T14:29:00.000-08:00

January meeting information:
Our Kiwanis Club Birthday party was held at the Library with Erland Elmer presenting on District Leadership Education in Kiwanis. We received some great ideas to one day try within our own club. As a club we also found out that we are actively participating in many of the local and international objectives, such as Baby cupboard, and ELIMINATE. GO PRESTON KIWANIANS!!

Best wishes to our lifetime member Revola. We all wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you next month at our monthly meeting:)

Club membership dues DUE!

2011-01-20T14:21:00.000-08:00

Membership dues are due! Please pay Rob Tondini promptly. - Thanks

December (Christmas ) Meeting

2010-12-16T13:27:00.000-08:00

December has been filled with many activities for our club. Enjoy perusing through the activities we have been involved with this past month:

Stringing lights along State Street for the Festival of Lights.
Helping out with the Baby Cupboard located inside Stokes Market.
Sponsoring the Kid's Day Parade for the Festival of Lights.
Helping to coordinate with the Key Club "Letters to Santa."
Sponsoring a few families from the Angel Tree
Creating mitten packets to give to people in our community.

We have been very busy and immersing ourselves in SERVICE this Holiday Season.

Our meeting was well attended. We had a lovely meal with some nice entertainment provided by the Swainston family. Those in attendance wrapped the Angel Tree gifts and helped to create roughly 100 mitten packets to hand out to the community. Have a great Christmas, see you next year at our January meeting.

October and November Update

2010-12-16T07:03:00.000-08:00

October was our month for instillation. Carolyn Rounds was inducted as our new president with Bret Jacobson as our president elect and Rob Tondini who is serving as secretary. This years board members include: Jamie Curtis, Molly Johnson, Elden Tolman, Nelade White, Allen White, and Lyle Fuller. The November meeting was held at Stokes Marketplace Deli Lounge with Preston's Special Olympic team presenting a short presentation about their team and the great success they are having. Our club was enlightened with a short film about the athletes and their accomplishments. A few of the athletes came and shared a little of their experiences as well. Thank you athletes for sharing with us! Additionally, each club member was assigned a group to work with within the club and these groups met briefly to discuss upcoming activities.
(Didn't we all look great wearing our new shirts? :) )

December Meeting

2009-12-08T16:17:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! Our December meeting is for families. Please bring your extended families, children, grandchildren and friends for a fun evening filled with good food, games and even a special visitor. Come share the Christmas spirit with the Preston Kiwanis. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009
7:00 P.M. at the Extension Office.

Coats for Kids

2009-12-08T16:03:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again for our annual COATS FOR KIDS drive! Our club has collected many coats over the years to give to our local Secia office to hand out to those individuals in need. Not only do we collect the coats from our community members, we wash and mend any coat that is in good condition. Thanks to Jennifer Garbett for organizing this years event and to Rounds Insurance for providing a place for our drop off location. May many children be blessed with a warm coat this winter!

2009-12-08T16:02:00.001-08:00

Festival of Lights Parade

2009-12-08T15:54:00.000-08:00

A big thanks to the Garbett and Whitehead families, along with Elden and Carolyn who all helped to decorate the parade float for the Festival of Lights. A special thank you to the Whitehead family who sat on the float during the parade, helping to promote and support the Preston Kiwanis club. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

November Meeting

2009-11-15T11:23:00.000-08:00

Our November meeting will be Wednesday November 18 at 7:00 P.M. Located in the Franklin County Extension office building. Come and enjoy a great dinner and program about the Alaskan Lodge Adventure. Be sure to participate in the annual baby cupboard drive, coats for kids drive, and Elks baskets this holiday season. Also, remember to mark December 16th on your calenders for a fabulous Kiwanis holiday party. All family members are invited. So bring your kids, grand kids and come enjoy the fun!

2009-11-04T10:58:00.001-08:00

2008-2009 Kiwanians

Top left: Rob Tondini (past President)
Top right: Elden Tolman (President elect)
Bottom left: Jennifer Garbett (President)
Bottom right: Janet Flinders (Lt. Governor)

2009-2010 Kiwanians
Left to right:
Carolyn Rounds (President elect)
Jennifer Garbett (past President)
Janet Flinders (Lt. Governor)
Elden Tolman (President)

Past President Jennifer Garbett 2008-2009 year!

2009-11-03T14:06:00.000-08:00

This past year former President Jennifer Garbett and her board, along with the wonderful members and spouses of the Preston Kiwanis club contributed countless hours helping children in our community become safer and more responsible individuals.

2008-2009 Kiwanis activities:

Bike Safety Fair
Radios & vests for crossing guards and duties
Rodeo Burger fundraiser
Teacher feature
Baby Cupboard
Coat drive
Children's reading hour
Festival of Lights/ Rodeo floats
Elks baskets
Mrs. Franklin County
Scholarships for Preston High and Westside High students
Freedom of Hope and Hope of America scholarships
Village of Hope: Ethiopia child/family sponsor

Thank you Jennifer and all Kiwanis members for your dedication to helping the children of Franklin County and abroad!