Winter 2013 - Kiwanis Pacific Northwest District

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installation of six well casings that we
drilled for cables and capped to protect
against our harsh winter precipitation.
Nets were purchased and hung and
before the second net was in place, there
were ballplayers trying the first cage.
The coaches and little leaguers are
delighted with the new cages and we
are proud of the addition to our sports
complex.
We often work with our Key Club and
we rarely do a big project with out
inviting the high school students to
Winthrop Kiwanians, Key Clubbers and
Builders Club members get to work
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participate but it’s fairly rare to have
other than advisors involved with a
Builders Club project.
This month however we spent a very
productive morning at the Junior High
bringing the lunch play area up to a
clean and useful state. The volleyball
court, built by our Kiwanis Club, was
getting overgrown with weeds and the
whole playground needed a face lift.
With a work crew of half Kiwanians and
half Builders Clubbers, we removed
three large bags of trash and cleaned the
sand court areas of the volleyball court.
Several Kiwanians learned that Junior
High students are really not that scary
and Junior High Students got \meet
some of their sponsors. The playground
looks great and the volleyball courts are
again a high use area.
Division 50
Yakima, WA
PACIFIC NORTHWEST KIWANIS FOUNDATION
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SHOWN: The JN Emerson Fellowship medallion, our top
award, commemorating PNW’s first International President.
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For the past two years, the Kiwanis
Clubs of Kamiakin and Apple Valley
have shared a booth at the Central
Washington State Fair held in Yakima,
the last week of
September. This fair
has been in existence
since 1895 and runs
for 10 days. There are
over 300,000 people
who attend this fair
each year providing
us with a great
opportunity to share
the Kiwanis message
with a large, and
diverse, group of
people. Having spent
several hours in this
booth, I have
had many interesting
conversations, and
experiences, with
those who stop by to
chat. This year, I
had an instance
happen that truly
supports the idea that
“one can make a
difference”. A recent
high school grad from
Castle Rock, WA, a
town 150 miles away
from Yakima, stopped
by and struck up a conversation about
Kiwanis. I knew she was a recent grad
because her shirt identified her as class
of 2012. Her first question was one that
we continue to hear from time to
time, “what’s Kiwanis”. I asked her if
she had ever heard of Key Club. She
had, although she was not a member.
During our 10 minute conversation,
I had the opportunity to tell her about
our PNW District KCCP project and our
International Project, ELIMINATE. She
mentioned that she hoped to travel to
Africa someday. As I explained to her
that for a mere $1.80, we could provide
vaccination to a mother that would
protect her future children from tetanus,
without hesitation she reached into her
pocket and handed me $2.00. She told
me it was the last $2.00 that she had at
the fair, and she was glad that we could
use it to save a child. I thanked
her as she turned and disappeared in
the crowd. I think of her often; and the
impact that her $2.00 will have on a
family somewhere. For that day...at that
time...she was, and will continue to
be, “the one who made a difference”.
Selah, WA
Michael McCay
Past Lt. Governor 2011-12
Kamiakin Kiwanis
L to R: Esther Nelson, Norma Smith, Becki
Barnett (Dist 50 Lt Gov.), Maxine Monroe,
Darlene Green (in red in front on left) past
Lt. Gov. District 50, Carol Mathis (partially
hidden), Terry Archer, Pinky Paxton (in red
in front on right) past Lt Gov. District 50,
Gerry Henry, Gloria Weedin, Amy Warenski.
On Oct 30, the Kiwanis Club of Selah
celebrated 25 years of women in
Kiwanis. Two of our members have
been Kiwanians almost the entire 25
years. Gloria Weedin led the recognition
as we exchanged stories and memories
about the beginning years, then
celebrated with cake and sparkling cider.