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PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Its time! The 51st Annual Pancake Breakfast is just around the corner. It is June 8, less than two weeks away.
 We need your help! We need you to be contacting your corporate prospects and selling them tickets. We need you to be selling your individual tickets. Remember: It doesn’t matter how many people show up to eat. We make our money selling advance tickets.
 We also need your help setting up on Saturday, June 7, and on the day of the breakfast, cooking and serving from 6:00 Am until 11:30 AM, and cleaning up beginning at 11:30 AM.
 Always keep in mind, this is our only fundraiser of the year. From this we pay three scholarships (four for this coming year) for area high school seniors at $750 each, museum passes at both the Auburn Public Library and the Lewiston Public Library for area museums, eyeglasses for underprivileged schoolchildren, and donations to area charities.
 Club events: The Scholarship Committee has settled on the scholarship recipients. The names will be revealed at the awards nights held at each high school. There was a strong pool of applicants, so strong that your Board of Directors agreed to award four scholarships this year, instead of the usual three. Be watching for an announcement of the winners.
 Key Clubs: The school year is winding down, but not the three Key Clubs. They may have chosen their officers for 2008-09, but they are not resting! They will be out in force helping at our Pancake Breakfast on June 8. Come meet and thank them for supporting the Kiwanis Family
 District & International events: Don’t forget, the International Convention will be in Florida, at the end of June. You should sign up soon, if you plan to go.

Our website, http://kiwanisauburnlewistonmaine.org, is interesting and fresh because of each one of us. We don’t have to be featured on the site, but we should contribute to it frequently. To do that, just get in touch with Mike Meservier at mike@meservier.com. He can walk you through the process.
 We will get more viewers when we have an interesting website, one that we update often. Get him anything and everything!
Newsletter editor and writer: Andy Choate

 Leavitt High School Key Club Chartered

 It’s official! These are the happy faces of the charter members of the Leavitt High School Key Club, as they received their charter the evening of March 25, 2008. Congratulations! Welcome to the K-Family!

 Club events The Scholarship Committee has over 40 applications to review. The committee have been working diligently to come up with the 4 winners. Expect their announcement soon!
 The Pancake Breakfast Committee will hold our kickoff next week, on April 23. At that time we will give out corporate calling assignments. If there are any businesses you can think of, who have not been contacted in the past, please let Jeff Haggerty know: has started its work. The major tasks have been assigned, and things are shaping up well. The breakfast will be Sunday, June 8. The kickoff will be April 23.

District events. Don’t forget, the International Convention will be in Florida, at the end of June. You should sign up soon, if you plan to go.
 The Rockland Kiwanis Club will be hosting the Governor-Elect of the New England District, on April 21 at Noon. This is a very special event, so lets make an extra effort to have an interclub. We need only three members for an interclub.
 The Standish Kiwanis Club will be having an 80th Birthday celebration
this August. They plan to have an afternoon of fun and games. Since they own their own beach, what better way is there to spend a summer day?

 Website: Have you checked out our website yet? Just go to www.kiwanisauburnlewistonmaine.org. It is also available for you to add content. To do that, just get in touch with Mike Meservier at mike@meservier.com. He can walk you through the process.
 An interesting website depends on you for lots of content that is up to date. Get him anything and everything!

 Speakers. We have some interesting people coming up. Don’t miss a meeting, and you won’t miss out.

Newsletter editor and writer: Andy Choate

APRIL 2, 2008                    

          It’s official! The Leavitt High School Key Club in Turner received their charter the evening of March 25, 2008. Congratulations! It has been fun to see them actively involved in their community since last September, and pleasing to see their efforts rewarded. The high school serves students from the towns of Turner, Leeds and Greene. There were dignitaries from each town, from the school board, and the school administration. There were reporters and photographers from area newspapers. Lewiston High School Key Club and our own club were well represented too.

          Club events. Last weekend, we participated in the Bowl For Kids Sake. This is a fundraiser for the local Big Brothers- Big Sisters. This is a great organization, worthy of our support, and we had fun too.

          The Scholarship Committee is set to review applications real soon. If you know of a senior at Edward Little High School, Leavitt Area High School, Lewiston High School, or St. Dominic’s Regional High School, encourage them to do so today. We will be giving out four $750 scholarships.

          The Pancake Breakfast Committee has started its work. The major tasks have been assigned, and things are shaping up well. The breakfast will be Sunday, June 8. The kickoff will be April 23.

          We rescued our bell from the Augusta Kiwanis Club! It was a good interclub on March 13. Now if only President John can remember to bring it to our meetings!

          District events. We were pleased to host Lt. Governor Patricia Stevens at our meeting on March 26. It was good to meet with her, and to hear the happenings in our Division and the District.

          The Rockland Kiwanis Club will be hosting the Governor-Elect of the New England District, on April 21 at Noon. This is a very special event, so lets make an extra effort to have an interclub. We need only three members for an interclub.

The Standish Kiwanis Club will be having an 80^th Birthday celebration this August. They plan to have an afternoon of fun and games. Since they own their own beach, what better way is there to spend a summer day?

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          Speaking of websites: OK, so no one was, but have you checked out our website yet? The address is in the letterhead above. It is user friendly, and easy for each one of us to add content. Thank you to our member Mike Meservier, who created it. Just get in touch with Mike at mike@meservier.com. He can walk you through the process. Always remember, an interesting website is one with lots of content that is up to date, so get him anything and everything!

          Speakers. Do you have an idea for a speaker? Someone you have heard before, someone you don’t know much about, someone connected with a new project in the area? You don’t have to know them, just get their contact information to Roy Ulrickson at roy@neokraft.com. If you think they would be interesting, chances are good that the other club members will agree.

The Auburn-Lewiston Kiwanis Club recently held its annual meeting and installed a slate of new officers. The meeting was led off by Patti Gagne, Immediate Past President.  After lunch she thanked a number of the members for their support and efforts on behalf of the club during the past year. At the conclusion of her remarks she was presented with a Kiwanis rocking chair as thanks for her service to the club.

Craig Phillips, Club Secretary, welcomed and swore in the Board of Directors, Andrew Choate, Roy Ulrickson, Doug Dwinal, Dan Goff ands Patti Gagne. Also reelected and sworn in along with Phillips was Larry Lauze, Club Treasurer.

John Cronin of Federal Distributors is the new President and gave a rousing speech presenting his plans for the new fiscal year, which include having fun as well as serving the youth of our community. Kiwanis continues to support museum passes available through APL and LPL, as well as scholarships, high school Key Clubs, and other programs.  President-Elect is Jolene Daigle and Vice President is Michael Meservier.

As always, Kiwanis welcomes new members who can attend one of our weekly meetings held @ 12:05 on Wednesdays at the Ramada Inn of Lewiston on Pleasant Street

NOVEMBER 7, 2007            NEW OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

          With October 1 comes the new year, and new Kiwanis officers for 2007-08. Recently installed were: President, John Cronin; Immediate Past President, Patti Gagne; President Elect, Joline Daigle; Vice President, Mike Meservier; Secretary, Craig Phillips; Treasurer, Larry Lauze.

          Be watching for a picture of our illustrious leadership!

SPECIAL EVENTS

          President John has taken off with a bang! He conceived and organized our first Disc Golf tournament and fundraiser. We had some foursomes all lined up, donations and pledges ready, some special guests from the Life Center (a day program for mentally challenged folks) to play and accept the donations, and some Key Club players. They were all ready on October 27^th. Unfortunately, John didn’t order up the weather. It RAINED! L

          John is not deterred. We will reschedule for next spring.

KEY CLUBS 

          St. Dom’s High School and Lewiston High Key Clubs are back meeting regularly. St. Dom’s meets Monday nights at 6:30. Lewiston meets Thursdays at 2:15.

          AND, with much pride on our part, Leavitt High School has a Key Club. They have been meeting informally and recruiting until now, and they are about to become official! More to come about their official kick-off as a club.

MISSING

          If you haven’t been at a meeting recently, you have been missing some great speakers, and we have been missing you. Make it a point to take a break from work on Wednesdays for lunch, at your Kiwanis Club meeting 

Thought for today: Some drink at the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

Newsletter editor and writer: Andy Choate

JUNE 27, 2007               SUMMER MEETINGS

          We will have a new meeting schedule for the summer. We will meet: July 11, July 25, August 8, August 22. Mark your calendars.
We will meet weekly again, starting September 5^th.

RECENT SPEAKERS

          We have had some interesting speakers recently. On June 6, Auburn Mayor John Jenkins spoke about our motto We Build, creating an acronym:

          Build, Understanding, Inspire others, Listen, Direction.

          On June 13, we had Kelsey Jewell, the new Executive Director for the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce. She spoke about her many years of involvement in Seeds of Peace. She pointed out that they are always looking for Maine teens to help host the camp sessions in Otisfield, as well as attend camp sessions. Know anyone interested? Contact Leslie Lewin at leslie@seedsofpeace.org.

          Then on June 20, we heard from the Executive Director of LA Arts, Andrew Harris. Now HE’S an energetic speaker!

          If you didn’t make these meetings, you missed out on informative and entertaining talks. Don’t miss out again!

SUPPORT A DESERVING CHILD

          The Board of Directors received a request from a middle school young lady. Her name is Mallory Morneau. She wishes to attend a People-To-People conference in Washington, DC. This is an excellent opportunity for her to get out in the wide world and meet others her age from different backgrounds, and build understanding.

          If you wish to support her, take your returnable bottles to Florian’s Market, Main Street, Auburn, and ask the employees to credit her account.

Thought for today: If you want happiness for a lifetime, help the next generation. Uncle Andy’s Digest.

Newsletter editor and writer: Andy Choate