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Next week our speaker will be John Hall who will talk about the US Foreign Service.
Kiwanis Carefree Financials - Please note that the club financial statements have been posted on the members only area of our website under the announcements section. Thank you Bob Swan for your efforts here.
Wellness experienced a remarkable growth rate in “Get Well” cards – eight were circulated today as Blaine Keith and Nancy Carpenter reported on various members. John Voss had back surgery; Cheryl Duncan- Dudgeon (former member and honorary member) is not well; Bill Chester had his right knee replaced; Don Parks is very weak following his treatments for cancer and not taking calls; Bob McBreen had a stroke and is recovering but not taking calls; Betty (Mrs. Pat) Neal is being operated on for cancer; and Amy (not Mrs. Gary) Hayward is ill.
Megan Befort, former President of CSHS Key Club, now in fourth year of Kiwanis scholarship came and thanked us again for all our support.
Special New Member Induction: Heidi Befort was inducted by Nancy Carpenter. Heidi is special because both of her daughters received 4-year Kiwanis scholarship and she “wants to give back.” She is also special because she has already been giving back. As a teacher in CCUSD Black Mountain Elementary School, she has led K-Kids for the last two years and is also leading the Terrific Kids program for Kiwanis. And her K-Kids raised more money than the Builders Club and the Key Club so – welcome Heidi.
PROGRAM
Elaine Adrian introduced today’s speakers David Karsten and Susan O’Donnell. Dave is the incoming President of the new Desert Ridge Kiwanis Club. Professionally he is the owner of three Ace hardware stores including the one right here in Carefree. Elaine made the point that Ace people are local small business owners, as well as operators – not simply franchisers of a chain. Dave is actively involved the Ace Hardware “tour de kids” that raises funds and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Susan is involved with fund raising for Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Dave talked about the experience of riding bicycles across large spans of our country – one of two legs from Chicago to Atlanta - in groups to help raise funds and awareness for the children’s hospitals. It is certainly a spectacular event with perhaps 65 bicyclists riding through small towns and to children’s hospitals with police escorts. But it becomes meaningful when the children experience and appreciate that there are others who truly care about them and that makes them feel important. Dave has been doing it for six years and will keep one doing it. In the past five years, the “tour” has raised $30,000 for Phoenix Children’s Hospital – what we raise locally stays local. To learn more or to donate on line, you can go to www.kidsmiracles.org/karsten.
Susan spoke about Phoenix Children’s Hospital – about the 17 million children treated, where the money goes, about the current lack of capacity to serve the demand that has led to the current campaign to raise funds for capital expansion. The hospital is a nationally renowned pediatric campus, but a good deal of the money is spent on making it feel not like a hospital. Kids are in the hallways in wagons and on electric scooters – with crash helmets, have playrooms, school room, library and many other amenities that health insurance and/or government support does not cover. Since the patients can’t go out on fieldtrips, fieldtrips come in: recently San Diego Zoo flew penguins in to wander the halls and entertain the patients. For more information go to http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/
Thanks to Kirk Wilson, you can find pictures to our new member mixer at the link below:
http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/eknox_isgr8/pictures/
Many thanks to photographer Sherman Agins and reporter Michael Moore for contributing to this issue of the Sundial. Great Job!
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