September 17, 2014

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September Birthdays.

8 Teresa Smith
29 Jenny Jamieson

Next Program and Greeter.

Greeter: Joyce Jansen
Program: Karen Cisco.


Next Aktion Club Visitors.

The Aktion Club meets every 2nd Tuesday of the

month at Briarwood Village
100 Don Desch Drive
Coldwater, Ohio.

 October Aktion Club attendees are:

Linda May & Larry Goins.

Upcoming Events.

Kiwanis Fun Nite
September 30th,
7 till 9 Pm
American Sleep Shoppe
215 S. Main St.
Celina, Ohio

Ohio District Installation
October 4, 2014
6:60 - 9:30 PM
Doubletree Hotel
175 Hutchinson Ave
Columbus, Ohio

Club Officer Installation

October the 8, 2014

Aktion Club
10th Anniversary Dinner
October 25, 2014 
Romers at Westlake Lodge
1100 S. Main St.
Celina, Ohio
Cost: $10.00 per person.


Healthy Kids Day

November 1, 2014

Coldwater High School

10 AM until 12:30

Members present: President Eric Kramer, Ruth Link, Marjorie Stachler, Rita Schmit, Phillip Miller, Jenny Jamieson, Karen Cisco, Patty Williams, Stacey Brunswick, Jason Luebke, Joyce Jansen, Linda Goodwin, P. Suzanne Murlin, J. T. Irmscher and Hans Rehrmann.

Guest: Jared Ebbing.

Meeting.

President Kramer opened the meeting in the traditional manner. Happy/Sad dollars were collected.

Its that time of year please re-new your membership NLT August 30th.

Because of the Fun Nite on September 30th there won't be meeting on October 1st. The board meeting and installation of officers will be at the October 8th meeting.

Karen Cisco the Lt. Governor-Elect, Teresa Smith, Rita Schmit, Ivan Knapp the President-Elect, Larry Goins and Hans Rehrmann attended last nights Division 2 meeting. I was a pass-the-banner meeting as the outgoing Lt. Governor Jeff Schulman handed the Lt. Governor's banner over to incoming Lt. Governor Karen Cisco.

(The following is a re-print from the Buckeye Bulletin.)

Out of the Comfort Zone.

9/11/2014 - District: Ohio - Submitted by: Jennifer DeFrance

Greetings Ohio Kiwanians! I’m having trouble believing that it is the middle of September and my term as Governor is nearly at its end. I want to thank you each for the service you do in the community, for the funds you raise for the Eliminate Project and other causes, and for the leadership you bring to your club. Service can be done without Kiwanis, but Kiwanis is what brings people with the goals of improving the lives of children together. Let’s continue to maximize this coming together to continue our work in the community.

Many clubs struggle with leadership and energy. With The Formula, I hope that members can focus on all of the positive aspects of Kiwanis in the world and in your community and find ways to Live It. Share It. Love It. We must be positive in our approach and share Kiwanis. Membership in most organizations is struggling. I am optimistic that Kiwanis International is taking steps to make membership and club styles more flexible. But any Kiwanis International initiative is only as good as how open and creative we as individual members and clubs can be. We are in a time when creative membership and service is being embraced. Let’s step outside of our comfort zone and adapt to new forms of membership and clubs.

A fitness instructor always reminds us in class that our bodies will only change and improve if we step out of our comfort zones. If I constantly lift 5 pound weights, I am not going to gain much muscle mass and will not improve my muscle mass. Once you get comfortable with a certain set of weights or a certain distance walking or running, do you really want to challenge yourself to go further? I dream of muscle definition or the completion of a long run, so I have to push myself and move out of my comfort zone. Maybe I look weak or sweaty at times, but it moves me closer to my goals.

Push yourself and your club out of your comfort zone. The only way that you are going to make that big improvement in your town is if you organize it and get people (even non-Kiwanians!) to help. The way to get new members is to push out of the comfort zone and ask and then make them feel welcome. The way to get comfortable speaking in front of crowds, is to do it.

Serving as Governor has sometimes pushed me out of my comfort zone – travelling to Japan, working with Aktion Club members, driving many, many miles, speaking to groups, and much more. It has been a great time, and I am thankful for the support of the District office, the District Board and Chairs, the Kent Kiwanis Club, my workplace, and friends and family. I have enjoyed running in races for the Eliminate Project, performing service projects, speaking at Service Leadership Conventions and talking with SLP members, inducting new members and officers, and much more. Best of luck to each Kiwanian in the future!

Jennifer DeFrance
2013-14 District Governor

Program.

Stacey Brunswick introduced today's speaker, Jared Ebbing the Community/Economic Development Director for Mercer County. He spoke to us about bringing jobs back to Mercer county. Here is an excerpt from his website called Hometown Opportunity:

Jared Ebbing

"The goal of Hometown Opportunity is to ensure that everyone in Mercer, Auglaize, Darke & Surrounding Counties are aware of the jobs and careers available. Our local companies are in need of our local talent, who all too often do not realize the great opportunity right here in our own backyard.

Our mission is to connect job seekers of all ages with local businesses, aimed at steering high school, college students and adults toward the appropriate education and/or training that can lead to a career that is available right here, right now".

Kiwanis Education.

70. Aktion clubs are Kiwanis international’s newest sponsored program, officially adopted in 2000. Aktion club is a service club for youth and adults with disabilities, who elect officers, raise funds, and choose and conduct community-service projects with guidance from their Kiwanis sponsors. More than 300 Aktion clubs are now providing their members with leadership and service opportunities.

Quotes.

The infant is brought to consciousness of himself only by love, by the smile of his mother. In that encounter the horizon of all unlimited being opens itself for him, revealing four things to him: (1) that he is one in love with his mother, even in being other than his mother, and therefore all being is one; (2) that love is good, therefore all being is good; (3) that that love is true, therefore all being is true; and (4) that that love evokes joy, therefore all being is beautiful.

Hans Urs von Balthasar