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Club Meetings &
Administration
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House & Reception
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Chair:
Earl Simpson
Responsibilities: Provides the most effective club meetings possible. Primary focus is on bi-weekly meeting programs, speakers, physical facilities, reception, fellowship, and inter-club relations. |
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Programs
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Chair:
Tulane Patterson
Responsibilities: Identify, contact, and secure speakers for the club meetings. Also identify and conduct special programs for club members is lieu of luncheon meetings. |
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Interclubs
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Chair:
Ken Kowalski
Responsibilities: Is responsible for promotion of all interclub activities. In addition takes responsibility for organization, when required, of interclub meetings held in the local area. If the Lynchburg club is in charge of the event, then prime responsibility is taken by the chairman. |
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Finance and Fund
Raising
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Endowment
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Chair: Lin Beasley
Responsibilities: The endowment fund provides educational assistance funds for local youth attending college. Selection of recipients is a club responsibility based on applications from the youth. The chairman is also responsible for frequent reminders to both club members and the community in general that contributions to this fund are a significant benefit to the greater Lynchburg community. |
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Education &
Benevolence
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Chair:
Lyle Schweitzer
Responsibilities: Each year the Lynchburg club awards two or three scholarships to deserving youth in the area for college. The club manages a foundation whose proceeds provide these funds. |
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Annual Lobster & Shrimp Sales
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Chair: David
Heppner
Responsibilities: Fresh Maine lobsters delivered to Lynchburg within 24 hours of extraction from the Atlantic. Any community member can buy a lobster for $10.
Members start collecting orders in
September. Lobsters are delivered
in early November. Contact a club member
for lobster or shrimp sales. |
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Special Projects
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Chair:
Joe Eskridge
Responsibilities: The special projects responsibilities are focused on identifying and conducting other fund raising activities as may be presented to the club on occasion. |
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Ways
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Chair:
Lyle Schweitzer |
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Membership Growth and
Education
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Membership
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Chair:
Rob Gilbert
Responsibilities: Requires a spirited effort to increase membership according to standards provided in the By-Laws. Membership forms should be promoted and any forms returned, promptly processed and recommendations forwarded to the Board of Directors. An effective orientation and inductions ceremony shall be executed for new members. Regular attendance at bi-weekly club meetings shall be promoted through means determined by the committee. |
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Membership
Education
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Chair:
Rob Gilbert |
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Public
Relations
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Bulletin (Building Blocks)
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Chair/Editor: Ken Price
Responsibilities: Production of the club News bulletin (Building Blocks), published bi-weekly to inform members about news pertaining to the Kiwanis Club of Lynchburg and its members. Must accept information and suggestions from the membership and all submitted news items. |
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Club Publicity
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Chair:
Ed Lovern & Dan Laslie
Responsibilities: Shall ensure that club activities, especially those of community interest, receive extensive advertising through the media and whatever other means can be devised. Our community's growth has reached a point that demands more visible and frequent advertisement for our Club. |
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Website Development and Maintenance
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Webmaster:
Sid Franklin
Responsibilities: Website maintenance involves acceptance of inputs from club members of website additions and changes. Individual must define special requirements for submission of items for inclusion on the website. Involves periodic checking of all website linkages. Must keep club officers informed as to site growth and current memory requirements. A continuing survey of hosts and hosting costs will be accomplished. |
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Club History & Archives
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Chair:
Norm Jones
Responsibilities: Maintain a history of club activities and events. Administer archives for the club to collect event literature, photos, and other documentation. |
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International Relations
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Chair:
Joe Freeman
Responsibilities: Our club has established and maintains a relationship with several Kiwanis Clubs in Europe. We meet every other year on average, in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, and the United States, to renew friendships, do a little sightseeing, and share experiences from serving our respective communities. |
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Community
Services
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Community Services
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Chair: Rob Gilbert
Responsibilities: This committee
reviews and proposes community service
projects to the club. |
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Adopt-A-Street
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Chair: Tom Richards
Responsibilities: The club maintains a portion of route 221 in Lynchburg. Periodically club members form a clean-up crew to walk the route picking trash and litter. |
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Riverside Park
Train
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Chair: Bill Hodges/Scott Lyng
Responsibilities: The club is refurbishing
the railroad caboose which now sits in
Riverside Park along with a loco motive/
tender. The goal is to provide a
structurally sound and attractive car
which children can enjoy and in which
small parties could be held. The work is
coordinated with the city. This project
will likely extend over the next several years. |
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Human & Spiritual
Aims
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Human & Spiritual Aims
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Chair:
Howard Butler
Responsibilities: Responsible for implementing projects that support spiritual development, provide human companionship and comfort, or offer counseling and guidance. Projects should encourage interfaith and interdenominational religious activity, including prayer. Examples are prayer breakfasts, layman of the year award, transport of indigent to their chosen religious service, nursing home visits, support of grief counseling. |
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Sponsored
Programs
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Circle K
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Chair: Fred Terrell
Responsibilities: Circle K clubs are the community service clubs at colleges and universities. The Lynchburg club sponsors and advises the clubs:
Liberty University: Lew Weider
Randolph College: Alex Dirom/Skip Kughn
Sweetbriar College: Peter Parker
Lynchburg College: Glenn Buck |
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Key Club
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Chair:
Glenn Updike
Responsibilities: Key Clubs are the community service clubs in high schools. The Lynchburg club sponsors and advises
four clubs.
Brookville H.S.: Glenn Updike
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Miller Home Christmas Party - each year Brookville High Key clubbers and Kiwanians put on a party for the children at the Miller Home. Presents and refreshments are in evidence and Santa always appears.
E.C.Glass H.S.:
Jefferson Forest H.S.:
Holy Cross: |
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Young Children Priority
One
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Young Children,
Priority One
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Chair:
Margaret Cooper
Responsibilities: Addresses the community interests for children up to age 6. Projects may address maternal and child health, child care, early development, nutrition, parenting education and support, advocacy, pediatric trauma, and safety. Projects such as literacy, child assistance, Head-start programs, home-safety checklist distribution, support for public education regarding child abuse, and public playground repair and maintenance may be undertaken. Current projects include fingerprinting children, erecting children's playgrounds, and assisting the Elizabeth Early Learning Center and the Piedmont Association of Early Childhood Education. |
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Youth
Services
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Youth Services
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• The Teddy Bear Parade: Jim
Rufus - an annual event for young children to dress up, dress their bears in costumes, and receive prizes in six different judged categories. Also includes refreshments, a parade, and a visit by various furry mascots.
• Terrific Kids: Norm Jones
- a program to reinforce simple and positive rules for children. Teachers help students set goals then the children who attain their goals are rewarded in a ceremony with the teacher, their peers, and club members.
• Keep Cool in School: Chris
Bryant - a school project to teach sixth graders alternatives to violent behavior when working out their problems. Kiwanians teach the principles and practice of mediation to talk out and develop solutions for disagreements.
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