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    We Will Meet On Zoom Twice Monthly Until Further Notice.: Serving Kids in Waycross For Over 100 Years

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    The Kiwanis Club of Waycross has been serving the local community for over 100 years. They meet twice monthly on Zoom until further notice. Their mission is to help kids around the world through local community service projects. Upcoming projects include Celebrate Community in October, a joint project with Rotary Club of Waycross to support a transitional house. They will also hold a Sweet & Savory Snacks Drive for first responders on October 29th as part of Kiwanis One Day. The club accomplished various community service goals over the past year, such as donating supplies to schools and families.

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    The Kiwanis Club of Waycross has been serving the local community for over 100 years. They meet twice monthly on Zoom until further notice. Their mission is to help kids around the world through local community service projects. Upcoming projects include Celebrate Community in October, a joint project with Rotary Club of Waycross to support a transitional house. They will also hold a Sweet & Savory Snacks Drive for first responders on October 29th as part of Kiwanis One Day. The club accomplished various community service goals over the past year, such as donating supplies to schools and families.

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    Newsletter for the Kiwanis Club of Waycross established November 1920.

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    Kiwanis Club of Waycross Newsletter October 2021

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    The Kiwanis Club of Waycross has been serving the local community for over 100 years. They meet twice monthly on Zoom until further notice. Their mission is to help kids around the world through local community service projects. Upcoming projects include Celebrate Community in October, a joint project with Rotary Club of Waycross to support a transitional house. They will also hold a Sweet & Savory Snacks Drive for first responders on October 29th as part of Kiwanis One Day. The club accomplished various community service goals over the past year, such as donating supplies to schools and families.

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    Kiwanis Club of Waycross, Volume 4 Issue 5, October.

    2021 Established since November 27, 1920


    Division 4

     We will meet on Zoom twice monthly until further


    notice. Serving Kids in Waycross
     Kiwanis Mission: “Kiwanis helps kids around the for over 100 Years.
    world. Local clubs look out for our communities and
    the international organization takes on large-scale
    challenges, such as fighting disease and poverty.” Officers & Directors, 2020-2022
    President: Linda Lightfoot
    Past President: Anthony Hendrix
    Important Dates
    Treasurer: Henry Clarke
    Secretary: Janice Williams
    1. New Kiwanis Directors 2018-2022
    administrative
    Dina Hendrix
    year starts Octo-
    Martha Wildes
    ber 1, 2021.
    Tony Ponsetto
    2. Youth Protec-
    tion Week, Octo- Directors 2019-2023
    ber 11-15, 2021. Dorothy Brinson

    3. Celebrate Com- Jeff Garmon


    munity, October Carlos Nelson
    10-16, 2021.
    4. Kiwanis Inter-
    national Confer- Our October Club Projects
    Kiwanis International is a global or-
    ence, Indianapo- ganization of volunteers dedicated 1. Celebrate Community; a
    lis, Indiana, to improving the world one child
    joint project with Rotary
    June 8-11, 2022. and one community at a time.
    Club of Waycross to sup-
    5. Georgia District Kiwanis Vision port OATH’s transitional
    Convention, Ma- “Kiwanis will be a positive influ- house for women and
    con, Ga., August ence in communities worldwide — their children.
    12-14, 2022 so that one day, all children will 2. Kiwanis One Day: Sweet &
    wake up in communities that be- Savory Snacks Drive for
    lieve in them, nurture them and first responders, October
    provide the support they need to 29th.
    thrive.” Kiwanis.org
    Community Service Report Online Friday Meetings

    We accomplished a range of community ser- Allie Dixon was our guest speaker on
    vice goals in this pandemic year, October 1, September 24th in her capacity as
    2020 to September 30, 2021. Board member at OATH - The Okefe-
    nokee Alliance for The Homeless. We
    We started the Kiwanis year last October
    learned about a transitional house; 4
    by donating school supplies to the middle
    bedrooms, 3 bathrooms; for women and
    schools in our community for Kiwanis One
    their children needing temporary ac-
    Day of service.
    commodation for up to 90 days.
    We donated food items to 11 families for
    Renovation of the house, donated by
    Thanksgiving with the help of First Chris-
    River of Life Church, should be com-
    tian Church. We rang the bell for Salvation
    pleted by January 1, 2022. How can
    Army at Kroger in December.
    our Kiwanis club help? The plan is to
    We provided snacks to nursing and janitori- join our resources with Rotary Club of
    al staff at Satilla Rehab, during Random Waycross to help furnish at least one
    Acts of Kindness Week, where John Con- room in the house as part of our Cele-
    ger was a patient. brate Community Initiative.
    We organized a Shoe Drive to assist GHC Allie, Marketing and Public Relations
    Hospice Foundation with its fundraiser. We Coordinator at Unison Behavioral
    donated bags, books, toiletries and more to Health, was also our QPR (Question,
    children going into foster care and donated Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention
    school supplies to Center Elementary, one trainer on World Suicide Prevention
    of our BUG (Bring Up Grades) schools. Day, September 10, 2021.
    We read to children online in collaboration
    with our public library and participated in
    Poetry Month.
    We ended the Kiwanis year in September Invite friends, family mem-
    by donating unsold clothing items from our
    bers, coworkers to serve
    Yard Sale Fundraiser to the Magnolia
    House; shelter for women and children. with us.

    Our motto: Serving the Children of the World

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