News from the Kiwanis Club of Asheville
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The Skywanian
 

The newsletter for Kiwanis Club of Asheville
Charter established August 11, 1919  Asheville, NC

 
The Asheville Kiwanis Club meets for lunch, a business meeting and a guest speaker from 12-1:30pm each Tuesday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, off Merrimon Ave near downtown.  
Guests are always welcome!
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January 31, 2017
  • Dale is in rehab at Haden Hall at Deerfield after a fall.   He is doing well, but is having challenges with walking.
  • Walt was back and says he is doing much better.
Happy Pig
  • Welcome back Walt!
  • Cindy recognized Ernie for doing so many things for Kiwanis, always being cheerful and leading us with a song each week.
 
 
  • President, Jenson will be running the Biltmore/Kiwanis 5K Race.  He is excited to run and enjoy the beauty of our state. Jenson challenged Scott to also run the 5K.
  • Kiwanis Visitor Day will be March 7th.  It will be a vibrance time of explaining about  Kiwanis and what our club does for the community.  Each club member should invite and bring at least one guest.  Pastor, Chris Web of St. Mark's Lutheran Church will be our guest speaker.  He will be speaking about his service to Children of the World. 
  • JoAnn M, Karon K, and Cindy are going to work with Jensen to try to get Kiwanis out into the community through media.  If you have any contacts with someone in the media who could do an article or story about the great things our club is doing, let one of them know.
Our race is May 21st.  This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. You can print out forms to give the sponsors here.  Cindy will be putting information about the race on Facebook.  When you see it, please share it with your friends.
Thank you for the January contributions to the Kiwanis Foundation.
 
Darshan S. Sarai   $86.00
Billie Miller              37.00 (money won from the 50 – 50 drawing)
 
In Memory of John Hancy:
Doris & Anco Prak     $100.00
JoAnn C. Roberson       40.00
James & Wendy Lee    100.00
Speaker Spotlight
 
Beth Maczka, CEO of the YWCA was out guest speaker.  
  • The YWCA will be celebrating their 110th Anniversary in May, 2017.  
  • The YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice and dignity for all. 
  • JoAnn Roberson shared that she learned to swim at the YWCA
  • One of their goals is for every child to learn to swim
  • They are always looking for volunteers
  • You can visit their web site for more information
  • http://ywca.org
  • February 7th - Owen Lovejoy, Missions outreach coordinator for Hope Chest for Women will talk about his mission work in Honduras.
  • February 14th - William H. HassKamp, retired from NATCO, Organization for transplant professionals
  • February 21st - Anna G. HassKamp - The Heart of Service
  • February 28th - Susan Harper, Executive director of the Asheville Community Theater
Upcoming Programs
  • March programs - Rick R.
  • April programs - Karen K.
Mission Statement
 
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.
Officers

Jensen Gelfond, President

Jessica Stavish, President-Elect

Rick Robinson,  Vice President

Elaine Grella, Secretary

Tony Seker, Treasurer

Dawn Morton,   Past President
Board of Directors

Amy Euler
Cindy Fuller
Kristin Kelly
Russ Martin
Scott Schwarzkopf
Paul Tremoulet
Dale Wykoff
Foundation Board
 
Scott Schwarzkopf,  President

JoAnn Morgan, Vice President

Darshan S. Sarai, Secretary

Paul Tremoulet, Director

Cindy Fuller, Treasurer

 
Skywanian Editor
     Elaine Grella
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