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Wednesday September 17th in Easton, PA there was
a celebration of service for the Easton Kiwanis Club. They
were celebrating their FIRST 90 years! What a wonderful
night it was at the Pomfret Club. Fifty-three people
attended from members and spouses, visiting Kiwanians and
Kiwanis officials, the Mayor of Easton, friends and City
neighbors. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was
Salvation Army Captain Isaiah Allen, an Easton Kiwanian
himself who immediately after opening remarks brought Amy
Miller director of the Pre-K Counts program in Easton to the
podium. Amy's heartfelt message of “thanks for what Easton
Kiwanis has done to help Pre-K Counts get started in Easton”
set the tone for the evening. Past PA Kiwanis Governor Mike
Frailey brought his message of "Why you should be a
Kiwanian" to the assembled audience. Incoming Kiwanis
Governor John Burke brought "thanks from Kiwanis for the
past 90 years and his expectation to be here at our 100th
ceremony." Club President Nick Ciambrone introduced
Easton's Mayor Sal Panto who presented the club a
Certification of Commendation from the City of Easton
for our 90 years of "Changing the World One Child and One
Community at a Time." Captain Allen mentioned that
Easton was originally chartered with 99 members in 1918 and
Easton was also the 99th Kiwanis Club chartered.
Everyone
had time to browse and look at videos and displays of Easton
Kiwanis and what they are, have done and are doing for the
area. In the past three years Easton Kiwanis has donated
over $65,000 to more than 75 local organizations and
individuals. Members and guests had a chance to mingle and
talk "Kiwanis and Hands of Service." Kiwanians and
guests mingled while eating their "munchies" and enjoyed
viewing the video and remembering the many friends, some
departed, that were in the video and some of the various
unusual and humorous “poses” they were in. If you missed
the evening, overhead was a suggestion by someone they do
this event every year. Well, as 90 years has passed, it
won't be long before just one more year has also passed.
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