Kiwanis Club of Traverse City 90 years

Monday, November 16, 2015

Kids against Hunger

The area Key Clubs, the Kiwanis Club of Traverse City, and other Kiwanis Clubs come together to each February to assemble meals for the hungry and dislocated in our community and around the world. In 2015 the efforts assembled some 20,000 meals.

Here are some photos from the 2012 effort:

Club Logo

Adopted by the Communication Committee in 2011, the local club logo is used in all publications of the of the Club and Foundation:

Holiday Nut Fundraiser

Here is a 2013 flyer from one of the Club's Holiday Nut fundraisers that has been a consistent source of donations for many years.

This fundraiser usually runs in November - December of each year. Contact the Club for more information on this year's sale.

Friday, May 1, 2015

2015 - Gary Carlson Recognized for Service

Gary Carlson received the President's Challenge Award this month from past District Governor, Stan Nelson - Alpena. Carlson served as Lt. Governor for Division 21 last year (2014)

Kiwanis members are awarded this award that have shown the highest level of service to our community.

First published in the Kiwanis View e-newsletter, May 2015

2015 - Hixon Fellowship Receipents

George F. Hixson Fellowship 2015 Recipients
On Tuesday April 28th our club honored a few of our members with the George F. Hixson award. This award was named after the first President of the Kiwanis International Foundation and was established in 1983. The following members are the recipients of the award by our club:

Greg Weber and Pamela
Greg has been a member of our club since 1997 and has chaired the Gourmet Nuts program along with being a former member of the Board of Directors. He's had a perfect attendance record for 11 years.

Raquel and her husband Bob
Raquel Paulus has been a member of our club since 2000. She was the club's president in 2007 and a member of the Board of Directors since 2001. She's currently the chairman of the New Member Orientation and Installation Program and an advocate for Kingsley Schools.

Marc Judge and daughter Jessica
Mark has been a member of our club since 1992 and has chaired the Youth Services Committee, Radio and Internet Auction and the current Flag Project. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and has been a longtime President of YMCA Board helping to guide the new YMCA.

Bruce Hilty and his daughter Marie
Bruce has been a member since 2002 and has chaired many committees including Financial Review, High School Essay Contest and the House Committee. He's currently the club Historian and a member of the Youth Services Committee.

Peter Haddix and his wife Margaret
Peter has been a member of our club since 1978. He was a 25, 30 & 35 year Tablet of Honor Recipient and a former member of the Board of Directors. He's our "go-to" piano maestro when Anita is not available. for "God Bless America".

Mike Callahan and his wife Grace
Mike has been a member of our club since 1983. He was a 25, 30, and 35 year Tablet of Honor Awardee and is currently on the Board of Directors since 2012

Gary Carlson and his wife Sue

Gary has been a member of our club since 2005. He was our Club President in 2011, Currently the Lieutenant Governor and our Club Secretary since 2012. He is a member of the Board of Directors since 2007 and the Key Club Liaison with TC Central. He was our rep for the Kids Against Hunger Event.

First published in the May 2015 Kiwanis View Electronic Newsletter

2015 - Sponsored Leadership Program Committee Report

Sponsored Leadership Program Committee Report
by Mike Maasberg, chair
First published in the Kiwanis View eNewsletter - 1 May 2015

TC Central Key: 3 members attended the Key Club District Convention at the GT Resort in March. Also did some volunteering at the State Theatre

Saint Francis Key: Held the Katie Heintz Tournament in March and 50 volunteers helped at that function

St. Francis Key Club presenting the Katie Heintz fundraising check of $12,563.21 to the Munson Regional Healthcare Association

TC West Key: Sent 1 student to the Key Club District Convention.

Grand Traverse Academy Key: Won the People's Choice Award for CanStruction. Had a used uniform sale and sent 9 members to the Key Club District Convention

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Builder: Volunteered at the Katie Heintz fundraiser and generated over $900 from the quilt and cooler raffles

Immacualte Conception K-Kids: Raised $137 from basketball raffle for the Katie Heintz fundraiser.

In the next few months these groups will be continuing to volunteer at the State Theatre, work for the Glads Meals, sponsoring a Children Against Hair Loss Dance, and holding various popcorn and pizza sales at the schools.

Grand Traverse Academy members participating in the Service Leadership Conference held at Grand Traverse Resort in March 2015

Saturday, April 25, 2015

2001 NMC BBQ Kiwanis Community Service Project

The Kiwanis Club of Traverse City with many other community groups help with the Annual Northwestern Michigan College BBQ which raises much needed scholarship dollars for the College and its students. Patrick Kolody provides these pictures from the 2001 effort. In the decade of 2010, the BBQ is serving some 10,000 meals to scholarship supporters.

2001 Radio Auction

Patrick Kolody provides some pictures from the 2001 Kiwanis Radio Auction, For many years the radio auction was the main fundraiser of the Club. One of the members working for a radio station provided the day long air time, a listing of hundreds of items would appear in the Record Eagle, and on the appointed day people would phone in their bids. A tremendous amount of work yielded a lot of fellowship, good will with the community, and the funds needed for our community service.

Ken showing results

Sunday, March 15, 2015

2015 Spring Divisional Meeting - March

2015 Club President, Wade Van Houzen and Vice President, Matt Wiliford attended the Spring Divisional meeting with leadership from other clubs in Divisions 20, 21 & 22 held at Boyne Mountain Resort. These meeting bring groups of Clubs and their leadership together to learn from each other to strengthen the Kiwanis Family movement.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Kiwanis International Celebrates 100 years of serive

Check out the history of the Kiwanis International movement as it celebrates 100 years of serving:

Click here for the interactive timeline

Friday, January 9, 2015

Kiwanis Club of TC Celebrates 90 Years of Service!

Happy Birthday Kiwanis!

Our club celebrated 90 years of service on December 2, 2014. We are almost as old as the original club in Detroit, who celebrated their 100 years of service in 2014 too. Check out The Detroit Kiwanis celebratory video here. Our club was chartered on November 26, 1924.

Our club had a great celebration with many members showing up to join in the party and eat cake.

We even had the Immediate Past Governor of the Michigan District, Stan Nelson and Greg Smith, the current Executive Director of the Michigan District congratulate us in person at the party.

Stan Nelson

Greg Smith

An electronic scrapbook of 90 years was created by Dave Eitland for our members to log their memories. You can read about our history here. Many members at the party recalled their early days with the club too.

Liz Sayre-King, 2014 Club President, contributed "happy dollars" for the privilege of letting members know of her time with TC Kiwanis. Clare Burns, 1985 Club President and 2008 Michigan District Governor, has collected the dollars at this Club for years. Also pictured is Micheal Hall, long time club member and 2006 Club President, Secretary, all around great guy, etc.

Taken from the January 2015 Kiwanis View E-newsletter, Sue Gillan - Editor & Publisher