Tidings

On April 3rd, we kicked off our annual Scholarship Luncheon at 12:00 p.m. at Admiral Baker! Art Stillwell did an amazing jobs telling us about each of our incredible scholars! We are inspired by each and every one of their achievements! 

[FULL VIDEO PERFORMANCE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE]

Upcoming Announcements: 

THIS SATURDAY - 4/7 - Meet at Best Western 7 Seas @ 7:45 AM

This is an incredible trip to visit the organizations that we support in Tijuana. We are scheduled to visit Vida Joven (more info: https://vidajovendemexico.org/) 

We will also visit with the family whose home we helped build and John Zawis, the project manager for the Fuentes Del Valle project. 

THERE'S STILL TIME TO JOIN AND IT WILL BE A GREAT TRIP! CONTACT John Rush: john.rush@rrd.com 

Also THIS SATURDAY - KIWANIS ONE DAY! 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please come to Stein Family Farm at 1808 F Avenue in National City.

Invite your Key Club, Kiwins, Builder's Club, K-Kids, Aktion Club, and Circle K also!

Want to sponsor a garden bed?  Let's donate $203 to sponsor.

Please bring appropriate tools, gloves and wear work clothes.  Overalls are optional and earn you extra points.

NEXT TUESDAY - APRIL 10TH - 5:00 PM - SERVE DINNER @ USO (NO EVENING SOCIAL DUE TO SERVING DINNER) 

Please come help us serve dinner to our military service women, men and their families at USO SD on Tuesday, April 10. They are located downtown at 303 A Street, Suite 100. Time of arrival is 5:00 P.M. There should be plenty of street parking at that time.

We begin serving at 6:00 P.M. and serve until the food runs out!! Tacos and Gorditas is the caterer and we are expecting 200 people.

Bring your aprons...or not and bring your happy faces!

APRIL 16TH - KIWANIS LUNCHEON - 12:00 PM - ADMIRAL BAKER

Program details to come! 

MAY 1ST - KIWANIS LUNCHEON - 12:00 PM - ADMIRAL BAKER 

Program details to come! 

MAY 5TH - CINCO DE MAYO CONCERT IN THE PARK! + EVENING SOCIAL @ PANAMA 66

Looking for donations, volunteers, attendees, etc.! Contact Tom for more info! 

WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR MONTHLY 2ND TUESDAY HAPPY HOUR - INSTEAD JOIN US AFTER THE CONCERT AT PANAMA 66 IN BALBOA PARK FOR SOME BEVERAGES! 

RECAP FROM LAST YEAR - AN EVENT NOT TO MISS! 

MAY 5TH - MIRACLE MILE OF QUARTERS - RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

MAY 5TH - GOVERNOR'S VISIT - DINNER 

MAY 15TH - KIWANIS LUNCHEON *ANNUAL CLUB MEETING*

Election of officers, amendment of bylaws, and approval of last year's minutes! 

2018 started off as a success with our first luncheon of the new year! Tom Bauer kicked us off with a wonderful invocation. 

followed by a patriotic song led by Darren Norton

We had quite a few special guests that we welcomed with open arms!

Maura from Children's Hospital of the Californias

Guests from New Children’s Museum - Erin + Megan Guests Jim + Karen Newest member Mike Boland! Bonita Kiwanis Bonita + Chula Vista Kiwanis! Prez Maurer reflecting on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day We had lots of happy people in attendance giving some bucks for Bill!

We presented the San Diego Food Bank with a check for $4,500 today. The CEO, our dear Jim Floros, gave us a quick update on all the incredible things going on with the Food Bank! We also presented a check to the Laurels for Leaders crew! Don't miss the Laurels for Leaders luncheon on February 21st at SDSU! Our Chairman of the Day was Carl Nettleton who introduced our speaker, Andy Carey Andy updated us on the border relations with Mexico. The program video ended up being too long to post to Youtube but if you're interested, contact karina@sousa.com! 

Andy Carey was named Executive Director of the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership (BPP) in September 2008. The BPP is a binational membership organization that strengthens individuals and institutions that serve border communities so that they can achieve their individual missions in the region. BPP works to grow community philanthropy, leadership and cross-border collaboration in order to increase the human and financial capital needed to address the complex issues facing the region. Since 2008, the BPP has grown to nearly 300 institutional members from across the U.S. and Mexico, training hundreds of civic leaders and dispersing over $150,000 in technical assistance. Additionally BPP has engaged numerous national and international agencies to educate them about the actual realities and assets of the border region. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty member in the University of San Diego’s School on Leadership and Education Sciences, where he teaches a graduate level course in binational nonprofit management. Prior to joining the BPP, Andy served for 15 years at Kiwanis International. Andy served as a member of the Executive Management Team, and was responsible for leading growth initiatives throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific and led Kiwanis’ Worldwide Service Project initiative in Latin America to virtually eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disorders. He completed his baccalaureate degree in Political Science and Foreign Language, and his master’s degree in Latin American Studies at Purdue University. Andy is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. In his community, Andy was appointed Commissioner of the Independent Districting Commission to form electoral districts to elect City Council representatives in Escondido, CA. Andy also serves on the advisory board of St. Mary Catholic School.

More information on the Border Philanthropy Partnership here! 

Upcoming Events

THIS FRIDAY – January 19^th – 2018 Drive Out Hunger Golf Classic at Camp Pendleton! Spaces still available!

January 27^th – Boys to Men – 1 Wave Challenge & Beach Run – looking for participants!

January 30^th – Kiwanis Night Out – Location TBD (Looking to confirm a visit to our 2017 CWIP Recipient – New Children’s Museum – Community Gallery – More info to come!)

January 31^st – Club + Foundation Board Meetings – 7am (Club) / 8am (Foundation) – Burn Institute

February 3^rd – Burn Institute – Burn Run/Walk 5k– looking for participants!

February 6^th – Club Luncheon – Rob Hutsel, President/CEO of SD River Park Foundation will talk about Foundation's new facility along river in Mission Valley (CWIP GRANT recipient)

February 13^th – Networking Social: SPEED NETWORKING – Location TBD (Interested? Reply to this email)

February  14^th – Interclub: Harbor – 12:10 pm – Waffle House (2323 Midway)

February 21^st – LAURELS FOR LEADERS – 11:30 am – Conrad Prebys – REGISTER ONLINE!

More information on all of these events listed on our KIWANIS EVENTS PAGE! 

We had a PACKED house at our Kiwanis luncheon on December 5th at our new location, Admiral Baker with 42 in attendance!  The power went out half way through the luncheon but that didn't slow us down! 

Art Stillwell started us off with a invocation on the Golden Rule and led us in the song, You're A Grand Ol' Flag. 

We knocked out our Special Meeting of the Membership. We confirmed we had a quorum of voting membership in good standing. We approved our minutes from our Annual Meeting of General Membership on September 19th. We elected our new 2nd Vice President, Fritz Warmbrodt and we elected Drue Jordan to serve in our Class of 2018 Club Board of Directors (to fill the vacancy for Brian Krause who is now VP). 

Bill's Bucks

Judy Lietner came back from San Francisco for a clean energy conference and had a great time!  

Tom Bauer - reminded us there's only 5 more weeks until LAURELS FOR LEADERS - website up and running - laurelsforleaders.org

Joe Sigurdson - 60 boys to men weekend - spent saturday working with adaptive surf community - had competition in la jolla shores - complimented on working with the challenged athletes

Fritz Warmbrodt - salads are wonderful but wants our Prez to negotiate forgetting a salad and going for dessert instead! 

Jim Floros - 2 meetings in a row, he gets to see his twin brother, Eldon Floros

Suzie Zlaket - happy to say that Monarch School had their volunteer appreciation event and our Club Foundation was awarded Community Partner for 2017! Suzie thanked her loyal committee - especially Judy who got us involved with Monarch over 17 years ago. We started with only 50 and now we are up to 200! The Dinner Committee will be serving over 600 people through August 2018! 

Ryan Callan - gave us a recap about the awesome experience he had at the house build with his boys! Who ended up on the roof at one point, which Heidi Callan was SUPER thrilled about! ;) He thanks the SD Kiwanis Club Foundation for their financial support of the International Relief Teams. They crossed the boarder at 7am and 12 hours later, they had build a beautiful home for a single mom living with 2 little kids! Great work team! 

Shaun McArdle - thankful for being able to ring the bells with the Salvation Army! He commented that they put on QUITE the show! You missed out if you didn't get to see his bell-ringing dance! 

Carl Nettleton - apologize for NOT being in Tijuana on Saturday with IRT but - no happy wife = no happy life! He was able to see Justin Frisco on the golf course and said do not bet on him since he's a great player! 

Danny Williams - very impressed that Joe Sigurdson is 5 days into December and hasn't abandoned his Movember mustache and facial hair! 

David Jay - $5 preemptive THANK YOU to all the volunteers for the Rady Children's Hospital Radiothon next WEDNESDAY + THURSDAY! Thankful one of the kids that is going to be on the air has an incredible story about surviving 2 brain tumor treatments! More info - https://www.radyfoundation.org/radiothon 

Charlie Coleman - Served over 1400 people at the Downtown Civic Center on Thanksgiving! 

Susan Day - tomorrow night the Burn Institute has their big Winter Faire and Santa is coming!! 500 Burn Survivors and their families are invited to partake in this winter wonderland! 

Justin Frisco - reminded us to mark your calendars for our annual Golf Tournament on January 19, 2018! All proceeds to benefit the San Diego Food Bank! 

David Gugerty - his daughter wasn't able to go to work because of the fires in Ventura - she lives in Simi Valley! 

Heather Robinson - participating in many events since it was Diabetes Month! She also got an early Christmas present -- a NEW PUPPY! Who is tearing up the house!

Patrick Maurer - set up his place for Christmas for Sydney and is loving watching her reaction to everything! He is loving every moment of her discovering life, but also glad she's not completely mobile, yet! 

Our Chairman of the Day, Jay Jeffcoat, gave a fabulous introduction from our speaker who is a fellow El Centro resident, Carl Yaeker. 

He retired 3 years ago from being an attorney, and in the process took a class on climate change at UCSD Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He was not a do-er at the time but couldn't sit idly as he watched the direction of climate change. Or how Carl put it, his wife was sick of him yelling at the TV! He discovered the Citizens Climate Lobby - which lobbies the US Congress politely with preparation and the idea of establishing relationship, all without any funding. This group consists of all volunteers! In a nutshell:

We exist to create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power.

Carl discussed that many people are concerned about climate change, but feel they would never talk about it with anyone because it may start a political argument or is uncomfortable, etc. 

He also commented that many people are worried because of the growing number of weather events. Carl said that Miami is spending $500 million to reset the storm drains and raise the most important surface streets. During King Tide on a sunny day, the water comes up 3-4 feet from the storm drains! 

Carl told us the most significant 4 things that he learned in his climate change class: 

1. It's real
2. It's us
3. It's bad
4. But we can fix it

Carl stated there great location organizations and state organizations that are on board, the big exception is US Congress. He presented the suggestions their organization has to help address these issues. To learn more, visit citizensclimatelobby.org

Our Kiwanians, Brian Krause and Ryan Callan, along with the entire Callan clan, headed down to Mexico on Saturday, December 2nd. Arriving to Mexico at 7am, they worked diligently for 12 hours and successfully completed a house for a single mother and her young children. To be able to give the keys to a family so deserving after one day of work is an experience like none other! We look forward to traveling to Tijuana again next year! 

Special thanks to Brian Krause for organizing the event and to the International Children's Services Committee for recommending this amazing organization to our Foundation for support! 

In memory of San Diego aviation pioneer Bill Gibbs, The Salvation Army is partnering with organizations he was involved with for the first annual San Diego Bill Gibbs Memorial Red Kettle Day.

On Friday, December 1, The Kiwanis Club of San Diego, La Jolla Presbyterian Church and The Salvation Army Metropolitan Advisory Board will ring bells at Red Kettles to honor Gibbs’ memory.

A San Diego aviator, Bill Gibbs was a well-known contributor to many San Diego non-profits and organizations.

Gibbs participated on The Salvation Army’s San Diego Metropolitan Advisory Board from 1989 until his death on October 29, 2016. He was heavily involved with The Salvation Army’s Door of Hope campus for women and children and served on the Property and Program committees of the board.

“Bill made such a big impact to us and to all of San Diego,” says Major Darren Norton of The Salvation Army. “We wanted to continue his legacy of changing lives by raising money at Salvation Army Red Kettles in his honor. We are partnering with organizations in which he made a huge impact, and we hope this will be the first of many years.”

While Bill Gibbs Memorial Red Kettle Day will be celebrated across San Diego, these organizations will be ringing at the following locations on Friday, December 1:

• Kiwanis Club of San Diego: Ralphs Grocery Store Downtown San Diego

THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS WHO SERVED LAST FRIDAY! 

Rick & Shari Webster + Carole Cuttita

Jay Jeffcoat + Norma Trost

David Jay + Peg Battersby

Heather Robinson + Lauren Cook 

David Gugerty + Charlie Coleman

Monica Ball + Eric Wever 

Tom Bauer + June Prewitt

Monica Ball + Darren Norton

On Thursday, August 31st, Shaun McArdle, Ryan Callan, Eric Weaver, Tom Bauer, Heather Robinson, Karina Sousa + friend Marcos Gomez, Suzie Zlaket + hubby Dick Carlson took a trip to the Del Mar Racetrack! 

We were also joined by previous member Miranda Bordson and her mother! It was a learning curve year figuring out the coordination of events, but we still managed to have a blast as always! 

We had a blast as always at our 5th Tuesday Kiwanis Night Out service project at the San Diego Food Bank! We packed over 10,000 pounds of apples!

All our backs are aching that's for sure but we love doing good in our neighborhood!

Special thanks to all our members who came to represent - Doug Frost, Ryan Callan, Charlie Coleman, Heather Robinson, Patrick Maurer, Karina Sousa + Tom Yahner! 

We gathered for our monthly Evening Social at our President's Casa in Crown Point! 

We were equipped with Shaun's comfort case and lots of snacks. We had a lot of laughs as always and enjoyed the company of Tom Bauer, Danny Williams, Shaun McArdle and Heather Robinson! Looking forward to our next social on September 12th at 5:00 p.m. at Soda + Swine in Liberty Station! 

On August 16th, our Dinner Committee hosted their annual dinner at the Ronald McDonald House. The chair, Suzie Zlaket, always does an incredible job putting this on! For the first time at RMH, we had Tacos + Gorditas - which always does a FABULOUS job + the food is delicious! 

With us at RMH, we had Judy Leitner, Norma Trost, Fritz + Susan Warmbrodt, Dave + Leone Wood, Conny Jamison, Lauren Cook, Heather Robinson + Karina Sousa! 

We had lots of laughs as we dealt with dull knives, cried cutting onions, and fought over who could serve in the assembly line! 

Not to mention we served over 150 meals to the families at the Ronald McDonald House and were graced by the presence of the CEO - Chuck Day! We presented our donation in the most appropriate place - the kitchen! 

 

We love doing good in our neighborhood and look forward to serving again next year! 

Another fabulous luncheon on the books! We met today August 15th at the Admiral Baker Golf Course. 

We started off with a lovely invocation from Major Darren Norton followed by a song led by Suzie Zlaket - aka "Persida" today :) 

We switched things up at the meeting and started with the incredible program from our speakers, Dina McDonald and Cheryl Ripp 

We had a very special guest (for our Prez), Marcos Gomez, who donated the microphones that we have used at our luncheons all year! He also is the responsible for introducing us to these awesome speakers!

For Bill's bucks, we had some happy people in the house! 

Eldon was happy to hear that Marian just got married - CONGRATS, Marian! 

Heather needs lots of good vibes for her family issues. She also is still looking for attendees to join her JDRF Bring on the Blue Scavenger Hunt this Saturday starting at 12:00 p.m. at Coin-Op in North Park! More info here -- 

Eric was FINE FREE because he had not only his badge, but also his pin! Favorite new member!

Danny gave some inspirational words about the how great our Club and Foundation and all the behind the scenes hard work that's being done to make them both even better! 

Judy informed us of this great deal for 62+ at Borrego National Park -- if interested, click here! 

Brian announced he has complimentary tickets to the International Relief Teams Gala on September 9th - if you would like to attend, please contact Brian! 

Justin was glad to be back where he got married - great choice of venue! 

Dave was happy to be back with us after a terrible and traumatic vacation and we were so glad to see him at our meeting!

We auctioned off a PRICELESS ticket to the Padres game with non-other than Mr. Padres himself, Jay Jeffcoat! Danny was the lucky recipient so we look forward to a recap at the next meeting! 

BEST part of the meeting was inducting our newest member, David Jay, who happened not only to be our representative from Rady Children's Hospital but he also was a previous Key Clubber himself! We look forward to great things from our newest awesome member! 

Last but not least, we presented our "big" check to SDSU for the Cinco de Mayo Concert in the Park! 

In case you missed the concert, here's the '2 minute short' that Judy referenced in the meeting!

UPCOMING KIWANIS EVENTS

Wednesday 8/16 - Serve Dinner @ Ronald McDonald House - 4:45 p.m. Contact: Suzie Zlaket

Tuesday 8/22 – Evening Social @ Crown Point Shores - 6:00 p.m. Contact: Karina Sousa

Tuesday 8/29 – Kiwanis Night Out @ SD Food Bank – 6:00 p.m. Contact: Karina Sousa **MUST REGISTER ONLINE**

Thursday 8/31 – Del Mar Kiwanis Day @ the Racetrack – 12:00 p.m. Contact: Karina Sousa

Tuesday 9/5 – Club Luncheon – Program: Holocaust Survivor Phil Pressel 12:00 p.m. – Renaissance Hotel

Be sure to Register on our EVENTS page! NEED HELP?? CONTACT KARINA!