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Listing of Committees:
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Committee on Club Meetings and
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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.
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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. |
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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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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, |
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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.
Chair, Elaine Rutherford |
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Committee on Human and Spiritual
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Spiritual Aims |
Provide speakers or programs with a
religious theme. |
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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. The entire club
membership is responsible. |
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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. Vice-president |
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Committee on Youth
Services & Youth Sponsored Clubs: |
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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.
Chair: 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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Police Officer of the Year |
Work with Easton Police Department on the annual award to a
deserving officer as determined by their peers at the Easton
Police Department.
Chair: Walt Howell |
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Scholarships |
As scholarships are awarded they are
decided on by the committee.
Chair: Walt Howell |
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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. |
