eBuilder - The Online Newsletter of the Capital District of Kiwanis International

February 2011

David Maloney, Editor

Capital District Solicits Applications for Position of District Secretary/Treasurer

The Capital District Board of Trustees was advised by Secretary-Treasurer Stroup at the February 5, 2011 District Board Meeting that it is his intention to retire from that position effective September 30, 2011. Below is the job description and application for those interested in the position.

"Kiwanis Update" Launched

by Governor-Elect Jeffrey Wolff

This month we launched a new form of communication in the Capital District. The Kiwanis Update is an HTML-email based publication that will go out once a month and highlight important issues for all members of our District. The unique aspect of this communication is that it is the first time we are sending e-mail directly to club members. ...more

Far EastKiwanis Club & Division One Sponsor Dr. Martin Luther King Annual Prayer Breakfast

Photo Essay and Story by Past Governor Bob Cressy

Washington, DC - Members of the Kiwanis Club of Far East sponsored their Annual Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Annual Prayer Breakfast on Monday, January 17th, 2011. It was held at Saint Luke’s Catholic Church, 4923 Central Avenue, SE, Washington, DC. The event on the country’s national day of remembrance of Dr. King was held in a large parish hall once again with around a hundred Kiwanis members, guests and entertainers....more

February 2011 eBuilder Front Page

Gov. Tom's Msg
Barnett Honored
M.L.K.
K-Kids
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Gov. Tom's Message

by Gov. Tom Varner

This was a great start to an even better year coming up in Kiwanis. Our member ship is on the rebound after the initial hit in October from clubs purging their roles, and we are down 52 members from the beginning. With a new club organized - Kiwanis Club of Tidewater Young Professionals on January 20 with 27 new Kiwanians, we should be down about 25 at the end of this month......more

Grafton Kiwanian to be honored with Humanitarian Award

by Robert Elsass

James E. Barnett (right) , one of the Grafton Kiwanis Club's most active members, will be honored on February 24 with a 2011 Peninsula Humanitarian Award by the Virginia Center of Inclusive Communities. He is one of six citizens of the Virginia Peninsula being celebrated this year.... more

Far EastKiwanis Club & Division One Sponsor Dr. Martin Luther King Annual Prayer Breakfast

Photo Essay and Story by Past Governor Bob Cressy

Washington, DC - Members of the Kiwanis Club of Far East sponsored their Annual Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Annual Prayer Breakfast on Monday, January 17th, 2011. It was held at Saint Luke's Catholic Church, 4923 Central Avenue, SE, Washington, DC. The event on the country's national day of remembrance of Dr. King was held in a large parish hall once again with around a hundred Kiwanis members, guests and entertainers....more

K-Kids Give to the Community

by Rosemary Cummings

In December the K-Kids Club at the Boys and Girls Club of Oak Orchard delivered donations of food and holiday treats to the Georgetown Crisis Center. The K-Kids made Christmas stockings and filled them with candy, and the children and their parents donated the canned goods. ....more

Charlottesville Kiwanians Take Fellowship on Location

by Jim Hart

More than ten years ago, when it turned out that the restaurant for the weekly Kiwanis meeting would not be available on fourth Monday evenings, the club decided to make every fourth Monday evening a "service work night" and take on location what has long been a night of fellowship celebrated with a fine restaurant meal. Instead of a speaker providing a program, Kiwanians volunteered to learn directly about the work of an excellent community non-profit organization by providing about ninety minutes of hands-on service activity for that organization.....more