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Listing of Committees:
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Committee on Club
Meetings and Administration: |
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Nominating Committee |
A once-a-year project to provide
names to the Easton Kiwanis Club members of those seeking office
at the annual election of officers and directors for the Club.
Co-chairs, Joanne Cappellano, Barb Walters, Elaine Rutherford |
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Greeters |
Arrange for a member(s) to meet and
greet those attending our meetings. |
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Inter-club |
Arrange for members (4 or more) from
our club to attend other Kiwanis Club meetings to inter-club
friendships and learning experiences.
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Clambake and Member/Guest Golf Outing |
Each summer our club has an annual
member-guest golf outing followed by a clambake. Prizes are
awarded for various categories of golf abilities.
Co-chairs, Don Mengel & Bill Walters |
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Committee on Community
Service: |
Adopt-A-Highway
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Clean
up the highway along Bushkill Drive in Easton. Four times a year
- April, June, August and October.
Penn DOT has honored our club for 10 years of service
Chair, Watson Hart |
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Miller-Keystone Blood Center
Donations
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Encourages members and their
friends/family to donate blood at various times throughout the
year for the benefit of those in need of blood supplies.
Co-chairs, Barb Walters & Bill
Walters |
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Salvation Army Bell Ringing
a/k/a
"The Ding-a-lings" |
Assist the Easton Salvation Army
when they are ringing the Holiday Bells for their annual Kettle
Drive. Chair, Vic
Dennis |
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Committee on Finance and
Fund Raising: |
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Golf Tournament |
Coordinate and host a golf
tournament by getting sponsors, golfers and prizes to raise
funds for various non-profit organizations. Co-sponsored
with the Easton Suburban and Forks Township Kiwanis Clubs.
Chair, Don Mengel/Easton Club |
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Super Raffle |
Host and coordinate an annual
Super Raffle by selling tickets to raise funds for various
non-profit organizations.
Chairs, Joanne Cappellano |
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Spaghetti Dinner |
Host
and coordinate an annual spaghetti dinner by selling tickets,
cleaning-up, waiting on tables. Event raises funds for various
non-profit organizations.
Chair, Nick Ciambrone |
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Rose Sale
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Pennsylvania Kiwanis has a one-day
state-wide fund raiser in October selling roses by the dozen.
Funds raised at the State level are for college scholarships.
Funds raised by our club benefit various local agencies.
Order taking has begins in late summer and runs through
October.
Long-stem multi-colored roses delivered in October.
Co-chairs,
Elaine Rutherford & Bill Walters |
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Derriere in the Delaware (DID)
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Coordinate a tube float and fund raiser on the Delaware River
between Eddyside park and Scott park in Easton. Co-host with
Kiwanis Club of Phillipsburg.
No Longer An Easton Kiwanis Community Project |
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Committee on Human and
Spiritual Values: |
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Spiritual Aims |
Provide speakers or programs with a
religious theme. Chairs,
Capt. Isaiah Allen |
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Committee on Membership
Growth and Education: |
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Membership |
Clubs only survive through growth
with new members. This committee seeks out dedicated new
members. Co-chairs, Capt.
Isaiah Allen & Walt Howell |
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Committee on Public
Relations and Speakers: |
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Speakers |
A very important part of each
meeting is hearing of a message of information brought to us by
a speaker. Chair, Veronica
Drake |
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Committee on Sponsored
Programs: |
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Committee on Young
Children: Priority One: |
Literacy Project |
Pennsylvania Kiwanis has made
Literacy a primary goal for children. In fact
“ 30,000,000
words by age six” is a slogan. We are collecting books to be
given to young children and we volunteer to read to young
children too.
Chair, Elaine Rutherford |
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Committee on Youth
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Youth Services |
Each
month the committee selects and hosts a youth group or youths
from the community to a special event or a hands on project.
Co-chairs, Diane Murphy & Walt Howell |
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Annual
Christmas-
Holiday Party
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For over 25 years the members of
the Kiwanis Club of Easton have hosted a Christmas-Holiday party
for children that are less fortunate than other children in the area.
In the past the party was for local handicapped and
underprivileged children but now the party is held in
conjunction with the
Colonial Intermediate Unit #20 (IU#20) of
Northampton and Monroe Counties. Cash donations from club
members are the primary source of funds used to purchase small
gifts. Various local merchants and industry supplement the goody
bags given to the children each year.
Members line up in assembly line fashion to fill the bags prior
to the children arriving for the party. There is group singing
of holiday music by both the Kiwanians and the children. The
highlight for the kids and the members is the arrival of the
guy in the red suit (aka Santa Claus). It is a very rewarding
experience for the members seeing the glint in the eyes of these
children as they receive their goody bags of gifts. Each year
the members look forward to this special Wednesday in December.
Co-chairs, Charles Adams & Bill Walters |
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Soap Box Derby |
The City of Easton has an annual
Soap Box Derby. Winners are sent to the national Soap Box Derby. Easton Kiwanis sponsors a local car.
Chair, Tom Barton |
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Shad Tournament |
Assist the
Forks of the
Delaware Shad Fishing Tournament & Festival with a Kid's
Fishing Contest.
Chair, Tom Barton |
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Scholarships |
As scholarships are awarded they are
decided on by the committee.
Chair, Diane
Murphy |
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Easton Kiwanis Foundation: |
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On April 12, 1963 the Kiwanis
Foundation of Easton was incorporated. The predecessor of the
current Foundation was an initial gift of $1000 by Robert S.
Gerstell, the 1923 president of the club and additional generous
gifts from other members and business leaders; Kenneth F.
Kressler, Herman D. Wolff and others. The original intent was to
provide an Easton young man with a scholarship at Lafayette
College. Over the years the club was providing a scholarship at
Lafayette but in the early 1960's a slow economy was affecting
the program. Our Kiwanis leaders felt the need to carry the
program forward so the Foundation was formed. Initial assets of
the Foundation in the amount of $3500 were later funded by the
Kiwanis Travelog, investments, additional gifts, bequests and
many years of other assorted fund-raisers. Today the
Foundation's assets exceed several hundred thousand dollars. The
Foundation has expanded beyond scholarships and has provided
capital funding for worthy local organizations; Red Cross
station wagon, State Theatre, Easton Emergency Squad van, Hugh
Moore Park Canal Museum boat, Salvation Army van, YMCA
Family Day-camp and many others. Many times members and friends
honor those who die with a financial gift in their name to the
Foundation; a fitting tribute to any Kiwanian. The
Foundation Board meets quarterly to
review all requests for funds made to them throughout the year.
Disbursements are only made from the dividends and interests
from the Foundation's investments. |
