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Kiwanis
Rocky Mountain District
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Volume 0910.002 Kiwanian
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December,
2009
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District Membership and K Family Friends,
I have been working diligently to obtain missing email addresses and
correct those that are not good ones. This issue of the
electronic Kiwanian is going out to nearly 2,800 of our district
membership. Please share a copy of this publication with those in
your club that do not have the ability to receive email
communication. If you wish to receive this publication at another
address, please let me know at rmdkiwanis@comcast.net.
Secretaries - if you have not sent me your club's internal roster with
email addresses in the last month, please do so as soon as
possible. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
When you receive electronic communications that I send
through Constant Contact - it will appear to be coming only to
you. Please be assured it is going to everyone in the district
with an email address, so you should not need to forward
to others in your club or division.
Have a very Merry Christmas and the best of all things
in the New Year to come!
Pam Bilby
Executive Director, Rocky Mountain District
Phone: (866)
462-5148 Fax: (303) 988-8026
P.O. Box 280009
Lakewood, CO
80228-0009
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 Kiwanis
is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world
one child and one community at a time.
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Governor Kelly
Steck James
 Hands
down, the best thing about being the governor of the Rocky Mountain
District is meeting all of you extraordinary Kiwanians and hearing
about the invaluable work you are doing in your communities!
I have truly enjoyed visiting divisions 2, 3, 9, 14, 15 and 16 during
the last two months. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to those
divisions and their respective Lt. Governors, Diane Foster, Dave
Webster, Carl Reid, Bob Johnston, Ken Bradley and Bob Garretson for
their hospitality. One of those visits took place on Halloween at
a "Kids Against Hunger" food packaging event... whoever left
me the message that this was a costume party is going to pay for it!
During my visits to those divisions we've talked about three things;
fun, relevance and value. As we enter the holiday season, we also
enter a season of service. Clubs should be taking the time to
evaluate their service initiatives and measure the "fun
factor", relevance and value of the service they are
providing. Now may be a great time to undertake a new
project. Perhaps even a project that encourages participation
from non-Kiwanians in the community. Remember, right now is the
time to share your passion for service and give another individual the
opportunity to change a life and make a difference.
I have so very much to be thankful for this year, but I am eternally
grateful for my Kiwanis family. For the love and prayers that you
have shared with my family over the past six months, for the unselfish
service that you render each and every day. And, for the opportunity
to be a part of something so extraordinary and meaningful that it
brings me to tears. My love and appreciation to each of you for
all that you are and all that you do. You certainly do make a
difference to me!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my family to
yours!
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Midwinter
Conference 2010
Midwinter Conference is a time for Celebration, Education, Entertainment, and
Inspiration. It
is a time for clubs to rejuvenate and plan the second half of their club's
administrative year. It is a time to reflect on what has worked well in
your club and what aspects of your club may need a springtime tune-up.
This is the time to share your successes and failures with other
Kiwanians. Ask other clubs what they do successfully and how they do
it. Membership and Growth specialists will be available to talk one on
one about your club's membership goals.
Once again the midwinter conference will be at the Radisson Hotel &
Conference Center in Longmont, Colorado. The registration form is due
by February 5, 2010 and can be downloaded at Midwinter
Registration. Information on registering at
the hotel is on page 2 of the registration.
- Friday afternoon,
February 19th, there will be a District
Board Lunch and Working Meeting as well as Club
Leadership Training for club presidents and secretaries.
Incoming presidents and secretaries should receive
CLE education from the district or online at Kiwanis
International before taking office. Kids
Against Hunger will be set up for packaging event on Friday
afternoon. Come early and help with packaging.
- Friday night is the
opening night of the Broadway musical, "Chicago", at the Boulder Dinner
Theatre - busses will be provided this year. The whole center
section has been reserved just for our group.
- Start the day with the
Opening Session Breakfast and hear about all
the changes and new ideas taking place in Kiwanis. Seating
will be available for those not participating in the breakfast
meal.
- In addition to
educational and inspirational forums, there will be a "Kids
Against Hunger" hands on food packaging event going on all
day. Stop in and spend an hour packaging meals. This
is a really rewarding project!
- The speaker at the Interclub
Luncheon will be Mike Harris of the Jefferson County District Attorney's
office. He will be speaking on "Crimes Against
Children." Our Governor's of Key Club and CKI will give
us updates on their respective organizations.
- Saturday night is the Governor's
Banquet complete with leadership awards for 2008-2009. Following
the awards, it is on to Las Vegas at our Casino
Night. Come prepared to strut your stuff at the gaming
tables - no real money allowed.
- Sunday winds down with
the district board meeting in the morning.
Make plans now
for Midwinter Conference 2010 - See you in Longmont!
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Rocky Mountain
District Kiwanis Foundation
The Rocky Mountain District Kiwanis Foundation is an
organization created by the Rocky Mountain District of Kiwanis
International in 1983 to receive charitable donations and disburse
funds for charitable purposes - essentially, to constitute the
philanthropic arm of the Rocky Mountain District. All donations
received by the Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent
allowed by law. The Foundation represents all Kiwanians in the
Rocky Mountain District, who by virtue of being members of a Kiwanis
Club are also members of the Foundation.
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 21
members(all Kiwanians), including the Governor, the Governor-Elect and
the Immediate Past Governor of the District.
The Foundation has about $300,000 in assets, split between various
endowment (restricted) funds and an unrestricted fund.
The principal source of funding for the Foundation is contributions
from Kiwanis Clubs and individual Kiwanians (about $70,000 last
year). In addition to direct monetary contributions, the
Foundation now receives money from the gift basket silent auctions held
at the District Convention.
The principal
recipient of funds from the Foundation is the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma
Institute (KPTI), which is a joint project with the Children's Hospital
in Denver that the District and the Foundation have supported since
1994. The Foundation donated $55,000 to KPTI in each of the last
two years, and has pledged $60,000 in contributions for the current
year. Kiwanis contributions, while significant, still represent
less than 50% of the funding for KPTI.
In addition to KPTI, the Foundation makes grants to Kiwanis Clubs
within the District to assist them with their charitable
projects. Among the guidelines for such grants are that the total
amount of grants to any one Club cannot exceed $2,500 in any
administrative year; any grant request must be for a specific project,
not simply for general funding of the Club; the project must benefit
children; and matching funds will benefit any grant request.
We encourage
you to learn more about, and to support, YOUR Foundation and its
activities. Feel free to contact the Foundation's Executive
Director, Ramona Richers, at rlr@cmconline.com, or its President,
Jack Forhan, at jff@forhanlaw.com, for that purpose.
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Governor Elect Bert West
Thank you Kiwanians! We need to all commend Governor Kelly
and her board for the hard work they are doing. Lets all pitch in and
help her team in their efforts to build the new club they are working
on. A new club will provide the same wonderful service to its community
as you do for yours.
Please take the
opportunity to take a look at the Kiwanis one website and check out the
online training tools. They are useful and a great tool for your entire
club not just the officers.
I am looking
forward to meeting with the new Lt. Governors and to begin preparations
for next year. We are currently planning the Lt Governor training and
it should be Fun and exciting.
As your
governor elect it is my responsibility to build a team for next year. I
have contacted several chairs and asked them to remain in their
position to have continued continuity. On that note, I have received
several inquiries about the office of district secretary. I have been
asked if I would be willing to open the position up to other applicants
and can they apply for the position. So to be fair to all, I request
that if you are interested in the position of District Secretary that
you send me a resume. I have asked several people to help me with this
process and we will be conducting interviews around midwinter
conference.
Remember, your Friends and acquaintances will have as much
Fun as a Kiwanian as you do. So go out and invite them to join you the
next time you flip pancakes or whatever project your club is doing.
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Key Leader Keeps Growing!
By: Barb Fuller, District Chair
Thank you to all the Kiwanis
Clubs that worked so hard to help us this year. We had a big challenge to face. We
needed to expand to a second site since our Windy Peak weekend has been
so successful. To achieve our growth we added a new Key Leader at
Anderson Camp in Gypsum, Colorado on October 2-4. Our annual weekend was held October 23-25
at Windy Peak Outdoor Lab School in Bailey, Colorado. At both sites the students had a wonderful time meeting new friends and learning
life-enhancing lessons in teamwork, values, respect, and personal
growth. Our event
facilitators, Dennis Murcheson and Karen Ramos, were very impressed
with the quality of our student facilitators and the response from the
participants. We were also
fortunate to have the Key Leader Program Manager, Dick Peterson, join
us for the Anderson Camp weekend.
Starting a new event was so
rewarding. The students and teachers on the Western Slope were so
grateful to have a professional leadership program so close to home. On
post-event surveys all of the students agreed that they now felt more
self-confident, knew how to identify excellence, and that they did live
with the characteristics of a Key Leader. Over 90 percent said that
they have healthy relationships with their peers and adults.
The Kiwanians who volunteered
their weekend to take part deserve a big thank you. Karl Oelke, our site coordinator on
the Western Slope, worked tirelessly promoting the program and
recruiting a dedicated group of volunteers that took care of all the
logistics. Greg Henika, site coordinator for Windy Peak, also put in
long hours this year to help an event with 100 people run smoothly.
Thank you to all of the chaperones and Kiwanis helpers who helped with
set up and greeted the students with their smiles. We couldn't do
without you.
WE NEED YOUR HELP. Any time you build a new program, you
need to give it a chance to develop roots and grow. Key Leader is no
exception to this rule. The weekend at Anderson Camp was a great
success, but we need more students to attend. The Rocky Mountain
District Board has promised to support Key Leader on the Western Slope again
next fall. This is a big leap of faith. Key Leader requires that each
event has a minimum of 60 students registered. This year we had 35. If
we do not reach 60 people next year, our District will have to pay the
difference. It is imperative
that we work hard to bring students to that event. There are two things
your club can do.
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Please talk to communities on the Western Slope and
encourage their high schools to send students. Adopt a school and
provide a scholarship.
ü
Encourage schools in other parts of the District to attend
the new event when there are conflicts in dates with the Windy Peak
weekend.
Next year's events will be
October 15-17, 2010 Aspen, CO . Details are still being
finalized for this.
October 22-24, 2010 Windy Peak, Bailey, CO.
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 Kiwanis One Day
Promote
Kiwanis One Day
What's
your club doing for Kiwanis One Day on April 10? Whatever you're doing,
make sure everyone knows about it!
Check
out the new Kiwanis One Day promotional video (link to http://www.kiwanisone.org/Pages/Resources/default.aspx?PageID=209)
now available on most Kiwanis-family Web sites. Show the video at your
next meeting. Post a link to your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and your
club Web sites. Get the word out about Kiwanis One Day and the
excitement will spread. Great service projects attract new members.
And don't forget to
enter the contest (www.kiwanisone.org/Pages/Resources/default.aspx?PageID=209)
to win a video or magazine story feature about your club's project.
Contest entry is a quick link on the right of the page. Entries are
due February 15.
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IN MEMORIAM
Hal
Dunning
Kiwanis Club of Aurora
Reuben Kammerer
Kiwanis Club of
Casper Golden K
Robert
Eide
Jean DeGrave
Kiwanis Club
of Aurora
Kiwanis Club of
Loveland
James
Deal Louis Lazo
Kiwanis Club of Casper Golden
K Kiwanis Club of
Steel City
Bob Cooley
Former member
Kiwanis Club of South Denver
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1-2-3 You Hold the Key
Keys to Kiwanis
growth
More than
12,000 people have joined Kiwanis since the beginning of the 1-2-3 You
Hold the Key program because members did a simple thing. They invited
someone to join.
The 1-2-3 You
Hold the Key program is simple-and fun. Here's how it works:
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Recruit one new
member and you'll receive a bronze key lapel pin.
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Recruit two new
members and you'll receive a silver key lapel pin.
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Recruit three
new members and you'll receive a gold key lapel pin.
It is
recommended that clubs recognize members for their growth efforts.
Clubs can order keys free of charge by calling 800-KIWANIS, ext. 411
(U.S. and Canada) or 317-875-8755, ext. 411, or by e-mailing
memberservices@kiwanis.org.
The program
runs on the Kiwanis administrative year, beginning October 1. Gold key
recipients will be recognized at the 2010 Kiwanis International
Convention in Las Vegas.
More
information is available at www.kiwanisone.org/123.
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Colin Powell opens convention
American statesman Colin Powell will speak at
the Opening Session of the 95th
Annual Kiwanis International Convention in Las Vegas,
Nevada, June 24-27, 2010. Powell served as United States Secretary of
State from 2001 to 2005.
Jerry Mathers, an American actor known to
many as "Beaver" on television's Leave it to Beaver, is keynote speaker for
the Kiwanis Breakfast on Saturday. Mathers, a former Key Club member,
will speak about his years in television and his memories of Key Club.
See Jay Leno live!
If
you like to laugh, you'll want to plan now to see comedian and talk
show host Jay Leno
during the 95th Annual Kiwanis International Convention in Las Vegas.
Leno,
longtime host of NBC-TV's The
Tonight Show, now hosts prime time's The Jay Leno Show.
Leno
will perform Friday night, June 25. Tickets are US$40 each and can be
ordered when registering for convention.
Cirque du
Soleil
KÀ,
the unprecedented, gravity-defying production by
Cirque du Soleil, takes
adventure to a whole new level. And you can be a part of it. KÀ is a
heroic journey of love and conflict, set within a dynamic theatrical
landscape, as an entire empire appears on KÀ's colossal stage and a
captivating display of acrobatics envelops the audience. Join your
fellow Kiwanians for the performance at the MGM Grand.
Register
online today to
attend the convention. Our district hotel is Bally's!
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Dates you need to know - 2010
February 5 Midwinter Conference Registration Due
February 19-21 Midwinter Conference in Longmont,
CO
March 26-28 RMD Key Club District
Convention, Lakewood, CO
April
10 Kiwanis One
Day
April
25 Stars of
Tomorrow District Show District
Stars Show
June
24-27 Kiwanis
International Convention
Aug
12-15 91st Annual District Convention
in Laramie, Wyoming
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