Kiwanis Meeting of March 22nd

Guests today included the following :Barb McCoy,Corey Welch,Gunner Keegan and Shannon Porath
The agenda for this week included the following items :
The bowling team took 4 points this week
Bob De Sloover will be celebrating a birthday this next week
Mickey Germani will be celebrating her 1 year Anniversary in the club this week
A report on the Community Meal from Tuesday 3/21 was given and members were thanked for coming out to help with Special recognition given to the Aktion Club
The Next Meal will be on April 18th
May 12th will be the Special Olympics Track meet and a sign up sheet will be going out soon
Pastor Appreciation Day will be on May 10th. Please see Jack Ready to sign up your Pastor
Members are asked to go out to the Carleton Rotary meeting on April 4th to help put together food baskets. Please see Jim Jacobs if you can make it
Jim Jacobs reported that we are now a Sponsor at the MCOP Food Pantry
Te next Board meeting is on April 11th
Carla Slamiar,Volunteer and Media Relations Manager from JHabitat for Humanity,was our guest speaker today.Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 and came to Monroe in 1995.They are recognized in 70 countries and have built 9.8 million homes.To date there have been 92 homes built in Monroe County,with 2 more for this year in the works.
They are single family homes that successful families can attain after working 200 sweat hours either on another home or in classes to learn how to secure a home.
Habitat has partnered with several businesses and individuals to finance these builds.Thay also accept donations through the Resale Store or Voluteer hours.
For more information contact Carla at 243-2048 Ext. 109