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The Downtown Kiwanis
Club of Jackson is one of the oldest Kiwanis clubs in
existence, founded in 1917. Its founding president Russell
Ward was also one of the founding fathers of Kiwanis
International. Since 1939 the club has distinguished itself
with its Shoes and Boots campaign, which raises money for
winter shoes and boots for Jackson's poor children. It is
estimated that the club has donated over $500,000 since 1939
to that project alone. Fundraisers include the annual
Newspaper Sale, the Travel and Adventure Film Series, and the
now-famous Winter Outdoor Golf Tournament.
The Downtown Kiwanis Club of Jackson
meets for lunch
at the
Cascades Manor House every Friday at
noon.
Upcoming Events
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Friday Luncheon Meetings
Friday, July 18, 2008
TBA
Friday, July 25, 2008
TBA
Friday, August 1, 2008
Stock Market
Steve Christian, Professor at Jackson
Community College
Friday, August 8, 2008
Insurance Industry in Crisis
Joe Wolfe
Friday, August 15, 2008
Lansing Update
Martin Griffin
Friday, August 22, 2008
Computers - Now & When
Dave Fitzgerald
Friday, August 29, 2008
Born & Raised in Tibet
Grant Greibenow
Friday, September 5, 2008
Mercy Flights
Bob Hardy
Friday, September 12, 2008
A Great Military Story
Jim Daust
Friday, September 19, 2008
Dahlem Center
Brad Waley
Other Events
Community Baby Shower in August
Hudson Interclub - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Noon
Morenci Interclub - Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Noon
Onsted Interclub - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 -
7:00am
Board Meetings
2nd & 4th Wednesdays at the
Hunt Club
The Kiwanis Club Flag
Project
Invites you to join your neighbor in
displaying America's colors
.....and we do all the work for
you!
American Flags will line your street
on the five major flag-waving holidays each year:
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Memorial Day
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Flag Day
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Independence Day
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Labor Day
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Veterans Day
For more information call Lee
Zimmerman
at 784-5200
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Installation of Officers for 2009
and
Our Club's 90th Birthday Party
Friday, September 26, 2008
Country Club of Jackson
3135 Horton Rd.
Jackson, MI 49201
Travel Adventure Film
Series
The 2008-2009 Series
will be presented at 7:00pm on the
first Thursday of each month from October through April at Jackson High School. Season tickets are $28 for adults, $14
for students. Single admission is $6 for adults, $3 for students, and
children 12 & under are free! For more information call Kathie at 517-841-6069
or e-mail at
kathieforkiwanis@sbcglobal.net.
2008-2009 Travel Adventure
Films
New Starting Time: 7:00pm
October 2,
2008 - Catalina
November 6,
2008 - Burma & Cambodia
December 4,
2008 - U.S. Northeast Coast
January 8,
2009 - Hawaii
February 5,
2009 - Steamboating in Alaska
March 5,
2009 - Ireland
April 2,
2009 - The English Channel
Click
here for a printable order form.
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Current Officers & Board
Members
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President:
Eileen Lehnert
President-Elect:
Richard Hitch
Vice President: Brad
Snyder
Treasurer:
Jim Kolb
Secretary: Joseph
Wolfe
Past President: Jim
O'Connor |
In addition, the following
members are serving on the club's Board of
Directors:
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Vern
Brown
Gene Bills
Pat
Kiessling
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Bob
Eberhart
Bob Malott
Bill Hestwood
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Kiwanis Foundation of Jackson Board
Members
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President:
Vice
President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
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Denny DaPra
Vern Brown
Howard Patch
Jim Kolb
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THE JACKSON DOWNTOWN
KIWANIAN
Serving the Children of
the World
July,
2008
Lydia Weeks, Editor
July. WOW. This year is flying by
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and not just in my Kiwanis
presidency. My daughter, Anne, gets married July 5 in Jackson
after an 18-month engagement. ft’s hard for me to wrap my mind
around my little girl being married. OK....she is 25 year old,
and entering her third year of teaching second grade, but I have
similar feelings about my year as president of this fabulous
club! It’s hard to believe it is ticking toward a close.
Even in the summertime, there are no lazy days for this club!
We
recently awarded $2,000 scholarships to two deserving high
school graduates. We are almost halfway through the flag
project, raising 600 of those American beauties every patriotic
holiday. We are sending two teens to law-enforcement camp
and eight others to Fellowship of Christian Athletes camp at
Albion College. Kiwanians were gate ambassadors at the
first NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway, and
another race is scheduled in August. Golf and the annual
picnic loom ahead. We are in the midst of the kids’ film
series at the Michigan Theatre. Our Friday meetings
continue to be fun and enlightening (and didn’t the Kids Against
Hunger rice Casserole taste good June 27?) We
recently honored members with perfect attendance and decades of
service. We spent about $9,000 outfitting children with
shoes and boots. Several Kiwanians monthly visit nursing
homes, engaging residents in discussion and reminiscences.
The Community Baby Shower is coming in August. And
President-elect Dick Hitch and Vice President Brad Snyder likely
will come back from the International Convention in Orlando with
lots of new and exciting ideas. Our installation of
officers
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and 90th birthday party
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celebrated with
a
dinner Friday, September 26, at
the Country Club of Jackson.
…….President Eileen Lehnert
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