APRIL 5TH 2008

HERE ARE SOME ACTIVITIES FROM CLUBS

Kiwanis Club of Aruba

On Saturday, April 05, 2008 the Kiwanis Family on Aruba organized a fair for 115 children that attend pre-elementary and elementary schools in the San Nicolas area as their Kiwanis One Day Project. The Kiwanis family on Aruba consists of 2 Kiwanis Clubs (Aruba and Palm Beach) and 3 sponsored clubs (Circle K University of Aruba, Kiwanis Key Club Colegio Arubano and Builder’s Club Juliana School). The age of the participants varied from as young as 4 years up to 14 years. This fair was organized with the assistance of the United Forces Foundation and was held
at the EPB School in San Nicolas.
The activity started at 9:00am when the children arrived and were registered and received their Kiwanis One Day t-shirt. Afterwards they received their breakfast sandwich, juice and cookie which were fully donated by Subway. After their breakfast they could have enjoyed 3 hours of complete fun.


The fair games that were available to them were: can throw, throw rings, basketball and baseball throw and soccer kick. We must mention that these equipments were on loan from the Aruba Lions Club. The smaller children enjoyed the dino jump while the bigger children enjoyed the trampoline. Later in the morning they could enjoy a crash course on street tennis.

For the educational part, a fire truck of the Aruban Fire Brigade and an ambulance of the Aruban Red Cross were also present. The children could take a look inside and outside of the fire truck, sound the alarm, try on the fire fighting gear and make a lot of questions. The highlight of this presentation was when the children were allowed to hold the fire hose at extinguish an imaginary fire.

The Red Cross also gave a demonstration of their ambulance equipment and even bandaged some kids and put them on the stretcher.
Our local young hero, Ms. Shanayah Howell (age 8 and two-time world BMX champion) gave a small speech and answered many questions from the children present.
We were also visited by a clown that did some face painting and also made several balloon figures for the children.
A special treat for the kids was the presence of a group of 7 Harley Davidson motorcycles. The children got the chance to admire these bicycles and also take their pictures on them.
During the whole morning, the children could enjoy an unlimited amount of pop corn, cotton candy and refreshments and we also had a DJ for the entertainment.

Around 12:30 everyone headed to the school cafeteria where they were served a delicious lunch prepared by the students of the school. No lunch would be complete without a scrumptious cup cake.


Before the children headed home, each and everyone received a small gift which consisted of a toy and educational material.
Approximate number of hours invested in the project: 310 Approximate number of members present from all 5 clubs: 70

For more information, please visit: www.kiwanisaruba.org

Kiwanis Club of Oshawa

This is a synopsis of this past weekend's 10th Annual Kiwanis Food Drive in Oshawa and our second aligned with Kiwanis One Day....it involved 3 Kiwanis Clubs, our Aktion Club members and nearly 100 student and family volunteers. The numbers are still being counted and I will have a final report to you later this week....what I do know is that we needed 20,000 pounds of food to go over 300,000 pounds of food since we started these food drives back in 1999....and that was easily blown away today! Here's an idea of how it went.....photos courtesy of PP Andy Koziar.
Remember we started at 10AM ...assigned the routes...we collected the bags...sorted every item....and then boxed all the food by 3PM.... In less than 5 hours...quite possibly another 40,000 pounds!
New ideas in this drive or to watch for in these pictures;
we did not provide the bags...homeowners were asked to use their own bags....we were thinking GREEN.....and it certainly was a hit.
the phones collected were a partnership this year with Rogers...we give them the old phones collected and they give the food bank money....to buy more food.
OPP Auxiliary helped out this year as well for food pick-up.

I had a great committee...great volunteers and of course the most giving neighborhoods anyone could ask for in a community. We'll see you again next year!
That's it for now....enjoy the pics!

Rick Brooks
PLG Rick Brooks, Food Drive Chairperson, Kiwanis Club of Westmount (Oshawa)

Kiwanis Club of Woodlawn

‘Kiwanis One Day 2008’ is in fact a Global project. This year on Saturday, April 5th, when all the Kiwanians in the world are out doing their thing, the Kiwanis Club of Woodlawn will take a “Walk on the Wild Side”. We will meet at the Woodside Ferry Terminal at 10:00 am and hit the Dartmouth Harbourfront Trail, so to speak. As we stroll along the trail armed with bags and such, we pick up the trash/garbage/junk we find littering the Harbourfront Trail, the associated waterfront, and the North Woodside Community Centre.

The Community, other Service Clubs, associated organizations and groups are also encouraged to take part in this event. You get the great feeling of being a positive force in the fight against litter resulting in a cleaner neighbourhood, discovering new places (i.e. the Trail) to visit, and a bonus - some fresh air and hopefully meeting some new friends.

Speaking of friends, bring one along, share the experience; enjoy the day and the view. I am sure that you will agree the best view of the Harbour is from the Dartmouth Waterfront and what about that view of Halifax, need I say more.

Hopefully, rain or shine you will have a positive experience and we will see you again next year – the first Saturday of April.

Today’s Partners: The Community, the Kiwanis Club of Woodlawn, the Dartmouth Harbourfront Trail Association, Clean Nova Scotia, Waterfront Development, HRM Community Development, the Mascot !, Prince Andrew High School Key Club.

Jack Devenney

Kiwanis Club of Woodlawn

Kiwanis Club of Curacao

April 5th, 2008: Kiwanis Hand-on project: Kiwanis One Day. Together Kiwanis Club Curaçao & FEDEX will be painting the day care School 'Kresh Santa Rosa'.

Sherwin Thielman,

Board Secretary 2007-2008

Kiwanis Club of Ottawa West

April 5th is a special day for the many Kiwanis Clubs in the city of Ottawa. We are part of an international organization that calls April 5th Kiwanis One Day when all the Kiwanis clubs around the world do a service project.

Weunderstand that the Ottawa Food Bank of Ottawa is short of food at this time. Our club is interested in conducting a food drive to help out. We will be working with Chris Cline of the Ottawa Food Bank who provides all containers and support material.

We are asking for your assistance by allowing three to four properly identified Kiwanians stand outside your premises and who may ask your clients to buy something to donate. We have tried this approach with Staples for school supplies for children and have found it to be very effective in increasing the number of items donated. The approach is always very friendly and tactful.

We look forward to working with you. The date is Saturday, April 5th from 10 – 12 p.m.
Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions. Thank you for your consideration.

Penny Mount (Chair)
Community Service Committee
Kiwanis Club of Ottawa West

THE KIWANIS CLUB OF THE FIRST CITY, JAMAICA
KIWANIS ONE DAY CLEANUP PROJECT

Serving the Children of the World took on a new meaning for the Kiwanis Club of the First City as we embarked upon a project to clean-up the surroundings of one of our sponsored schools.

13 First City Ladies got down and removed approximately 19 bags of trash from the Spanish Town Primary School. We were joined by members from the Brownie and the 4-H Club movement.

Cheryl Smith
President, First City

KIWANIS CLUB OF RIDGETOWN

Our highway cleanup was well attended and successful.  We had seventeen members and three guests hit the highway and collect 37 bags of garbage.  Members cleaned at 13 km stretch of highway south of Ridgetown.  Many residents along the highway called to thank us for our service.  Our project was covered in the local newspaper.  Thanks to Bill Johnston for all his work in organizing the project.  Bill had all the equipment we needed, vests, gloves, garbage bags and picks.  As members filled the bags Bill gathered them and filled his bin at the shop.  Thanks to Dr. John for supplying the coffee and treats to get us started.  Thanks to Alan Bloomfield for all the pictures

Debbie Button

Kiwanis One Day- Hamilton East

More than 100 Canadian flags are hanging now along Ottawa Street North in East Hamilton to honour our Armed Forces past and present.

The erecting of flags on April 5th by the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton East was a new service project to coincide with a Kiwanis International global wide project called Kiwanis One Day.

A total of 104 flags were hung on buildings of businesses from Barton St. East to Main Street East along Ottawa Street North. Ottawa Street is the area where the Club meets and has its roots. It is also the street where the Club and the City partnered last year to establish East Kiwanis Place, a parkette, where residents and visitors to the area can enjoy a break and some fellowship. (See earlier article on the Kiwanis website).

This project was a partnership effort of the Club with the Ottawa Street Business Improvement Area and the Local Carpenters Union. Family (INCLUDING THE City Fire Chief) and friends of Kiwanians joined in to form 10 work teams working over a 5-hour period on a beautiful sunny Saturday morning. Forty persons in all turned up to initiate this legacy for our veterans of the past and present. Three veterans of WWII are Club members.

Local MP Wayne Marsdon’s office donated 40 flags and 500 Canadian flag pins for distributing to the areas businesses and customers. The Club provided the brackets and flags. The project cost of $3,600 was shared by a $1,000 donation from the Ottawa Street BIA.

The project wasn’t meant to be political, but the Kiwanians wanted the veterans of the past and the servicemen and women of today to know that they are thinking of them. At the conclusion of the flag installation the Club members were joined by CHCH-TV and Cable 14, MP Marsdon, Sgt. Major Suttonwood of the RHLI (a veteran of the Afghanistan conflict) and hosted by Honourary Kiwanian Jason Farr, a local media celebrity for TV coverage in addition to that given by The Hamilton Spectator.

The Club really wanted to make this a permanent tribute to the men and women that have and are serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. There certainly was a patriotic and Kiwanis spirit present during our Kiwanis One Day event.

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL - EASTERN CANADA &
CARIBBEAN DISTRICT – DIVISION 23 EAST

The Division 23East, Surrey Kiwanis One Day Special Project
on “Climate Change and Community Adaptation” has come and gone and it was, to quote the words of the CEO of Kiwanis International, Rob Parker “Awesome, Totally Awesome!”

An environmentally-focused project entitled “Climate Change and Community Adaptation” was chosen by chairman DP Hilary Grant, with the objective being to bring global and national climate change and its repercussions to center stage. The project was geared, in particular, to the community and its need to adapt to climate change through strategic planning and management.
Approximately 600 community and Kiwanis family members filled the Campion College Auditorium to capacity despite intermittent showers. Fifteen of the Sixteen Club Presidents were present. Over 1200 Kiwanian man hours were spent on this project.
Chartered Buses transported persons from St. Thomas, St. Catherine and the hills above St. Andrew to the project. This was made possible through a grant from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. Persons who missed the buses took public transportation to get to the venue. Lunch and refreshment were provided free of cost.
Speakers’ Forum
The audience, who remained riveted to their seats for the most part, paid rapt attention to the SPEAKERS’ FORUM panel of 5 high-profile experts on Climate Change, viz. Mr Clifford Mahlung, Dr. Michael Witter, Ms. Sherine Huntley, Ms. Rainee Oliphant. They spoke, to the fact that millions of people particularly those in vulnerable, poor developing countries like Jamaica could face even greater poverty, disease and malnutrition as a result of rising seas and temperatures, salination of drinking water, multiplication of vectors etc. which would affect health, the economy,agriculture, the fishing industry and so much more.
Mrs. Eleanor Jones, (in pink) a Kiwanian, who recently gave an address at the U.N on her area of specialization as an Environmentalist was one of the speakers at the Forum.
A Mini Expo involved a display/promotion of sponsors’ goods and services as well as the dissemination of material focussing on environmental issues.
Booth holders were from national environmental agencies such as EFJ, ODPEM, Forestry Dept., NEPA, Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust as well as pharmaceutical and other organizations such as AnBell, a major sponsor of the Kiwanis One Day, UWI and of course Kiwanis Division 23E.
The Nobel Peace Prize documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth” on global warming and its effects was shown.
The Kiwanis Foundation of Jamaica made a grant to the project which will be used to document in a student workbook the fantastic information given at the seminar. The event was widely advertised in the national newspapers.

Submitted by:
Kay Y. Anderson
LG Div. 23E &
Class President 2007-8