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  on Tuesdays (except for the last Tuesday of the month) in the fellowship hall of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, on the corner of Merrimon Ave. and Chestnut St. (across from Harris Teeter) 

We also have an evening club, Kiwanis One, which meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays from 5:30 - 7 at different venues around town.  Join our Facebook page for up to date information. 

 
Guests are always welcome!
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March 24, 2020
  • We had 11 members attend our virtual Kiwanis meeting!   I hope you will plan on joining us next Tuesday, April 7.  On Monday, I will send you a reminder with a link to join on your computer or tablet, which can be video if you have a camera on your device.  There will also be a phone number to call if you do not have internet or would rather not use video.  This is a great way to catch up with everyone and see how we're all doing.  We'll also  have a speaker at each virtual meeting. We will continue this on a weekly basis at least through the end of April as Kiwanis International has asked clubs not to meet until then.
  • If you are in need of anything during this difficult time, please reach out to your Kiwanis Family.  You can reply to this newsletter and we'll find someone who can help!
  •  If you are doing anything to help others during this time, please let Elaine know so she can report on service hours in her monthly report.
Windell will be polling people to see if they would like to have a virtual meeting soon.  
It's official!  Our race has been postponed to October 4th, 2020.   We have $3750 in sponsors so far, but will now have time to try and get more.  
  • ABCCM is in need of people willing to help deliver food boxes to over 100 families beginning in the next 2 weeks. If you would like to help with this, or any other needs ABCCM has, please let Elaine know or email ABCCM with your availability.
  • Steadfast House and VRQ is also in need of people to help prepare meals.  There will be menus online soon  If you would be able to be part of a group to help prepare part of meal, such as a salad, meat, or vegetable, that could be delivered to them, let Elaine know or email ABCCM
  •   ABCCM, like many places, is having a shortage of food for the people they serve. They are continuing to provide over 750 meals a day at their facilities as well as delivering emergency food boxes.  You can make a monetary donation to help them on their website
Our speaker was Julie Goodwin from the Better Business Bureau.  She told us about some scams that are happening due to the Corona Virus.  A few points she mentioned were:
  •  There are fake websites selling masks, hand sanitizers and other items people are needing during this time.  They can steal your information, resulting in identity theft
  • People are selling products to prevent the virus or a vaccine for the virus. These are fake.
  •  As people start receiving government issued checks they will not need to pay any money or give out any information in order to receive it.
  • Delete any text messages from the US Government. They don't communicate through social media, emails or texts. 
  • Visit the scam tracker on the BBB website to report scams or see an interactive map.  You can read about some of the most recent scams.
April 7 - Marcela Moreno, City of Asheville Bus Transit System project coordinator    
April 14 - Matt Buchanan, manager of the WNC Agricultural Center. 
April 21 - John Rideout, Transportation Planner for Land of Sky Regional Council. He will give a visual power point presentation on key transportation issues in the Ashevllle and Buncombe County region.
2019-2020 Officers and Directors
Mission Statement
 
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.
Officers

Windell Camanse, President 

Ashley Huggins,
 President-Elect

Elaine Grella, Secretary

Scott Rogers, Treasurer

Tony Seker,
Co-Treasurer

 
Board of Directors
Bryce Gilbert
Scott Hicks
Scott Schwarzkopf
Gregg Stamey
 
Foundation Board
 
Scott Schwarzkopf,  President

JoAnn Morgan, Vice President



Tony Seker, Director

 Russ Martin, Treasurer
Skywanian Editor
     Elaine Grella
Past Skywanian Issues
Kiwanis Resources
Kiwanis International
Carolina Kiwanian
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