Kiwanis Club

Vidalia, GA          Organized in 1919, Chartered in 1921
President, Howard Hill - Vice President, Susan Braddy - Secretary, Wesley Luhn - President Elect, Tom Peterson IV - Treasurer, Nina Thompson

P.O. Box 1183 • Vidalia, GA 30475         Meeting Place: Captains Corner Restaurant, Tuesday at 12 Noon

Our motto: Serving the children of the world

CLUB ADMINISTRATION

The committee on club administration oversees the club meeting arrangements by providing the most effective club meetings possible. Areas of specific responsibility include arranging for the club meeting program(s), house arrangements, reception, fellowship, and inter-club relations, as well as other administrative areas which the committee may deem pertinent. The quality of club meetings has a significant impact on membership retention, the ability to attract new members, the level of active member involvement in club service and fund-raising projects, and the overall energy of the club.

Committee Chairperson:  Howard Hill                   Asst Chair: Tom Peterson              

Program Chair: Howard Holman

MEMBERSHIP GR0WTH AND EDUCATION

The Membership Growth and Education Committee oversees all aspects of membership development: annual assessment of club quality as outlined in the Club President's Guidebook; ongoing recruitment of members; review of membership proposals and submission of recommendations to the club's Board of Directors. The committee devises effective plans for the new-member orientation and induction and recommends changes in club operations to keep all members involved in club activities.

The lifeline of our Kiwanis Club is membership growth. Each Kiwanian is one because someone asked.  The committee establishes membership goals, enlists entire membership's support on a membership campaign, identifies persons interested in community service, trains members to sell Kiwanis, holds a membership campaign throughout the year, educates new members about Kiwanis, and recognizes new members' sponsors.

Committee Chairpersons:  Charles Andrew       

Committee Members: Tom Peterson III, Steve Brown, Howard Holman, Elizabeth Harvill, Patricia Dixon, Howard Hill 

INTER-CLUB

An inter-club meeting is one which is jointly planned and held by two or more Kiwanis clubs (including clubs in formation), or by a Kiwanis club and any Key Club, and duly announced as such in advance through club notices. No fewer than four members of the visiting club, or no fewer than a visiting group of four composed of a minimum of two Kiwanians plus two members of Key Clubs, must be in attendance.

Members of the Inter-Club Committee plan to arrange inter-club meetings with every other club in our division and encourage every member of our club to participate in at least one inter-club meeting during the year.

Our club should strive to sponsor at least one inter-club every month. Committee members will promote visits, with a special purpose, to other clubs-plan parallel committee exchange and other types of exchanges. Members should encourage new clubs by visiting them frequently and planning to have our club present at their charter presentation. The committee chairperson will present a report to our club on inter-club meetings held and encourage others to participate.

Committee Chairperson:  Howard Hill    -    Committee Members:  June Hunter, Nina Thompson, Allen Barber

PUBLIC RELATIONS

The committee on public relations works to ensure adequate recognition for each member's contributions to the club (internal public relations) and to obtain public recognition for the club's service activities, elections, anniversaries, and annual Kiwanis observances by providing the news media with news releases and story suggestions throughout the year (external public relations).  The committee ensures that the club and its members utilize Kiwanis road signs, insignia, posters, billboards, and public service announcements available from Kiwanis International to enhance the club's visibility in the community.

Such widespread public recognition of Kiwanis will benefit our club in a variety of ways.  Within the club it will help to build pride in membership that leads to better meeting attendance, greater participation by members in fund-raising and service projects, and stronger retention.  In the community, it will help to recruit prospective members and make it easier to solicit public support for Kiwanis service work.

Committee Chairperson: Patricia Dixon    -              Committee Members:  Elizabeth Harvill, June Hunter

COMMUNITY SERVICES

The Committee on Community Services analyzes needs and implements projects to improve the community. Projects that improve the environment, conservation, public and business affairs, and community safety fall under this committee. This wide range of responsibilities include, but is not limited to, the following:

    1.  Assisting handicapped persons
    2.  Supporting cultural activities and institutions
    3.  Safety education and crime prevention
    4.  Health education
    5.  Community beautification, conservation, and work against pollution
    6.  Helping elderly citizens
    7.  Supporting agriculture
    8.  Encouraging citizenship and civic involvement

Committee Chairperson:  Travis DeLoach    -  Committee Co-Chairperson: Pat Warnock  Committee Members:  Brian Bishop, Jimmy Dixon, Romanous Dotson, Marion Forrest, Brian Frost, Bill Greening, Rick Kimbrel, Don Mays, Wayne McMichael, Kevin Mobley, Greg Morris, Karl Rollins, Terry Whigham

 

HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL VALUES

The Human and Spiritual Values Committee focuses on issues involving ethics, values, and family. Projects may involve planning a community Sabbath for children and families, conducting ethics seminars for businesses and students, or sponsoring values-development convocations for schools. Fellowship breakfasts featuring speakers of various faiths are popular projects,

Any project that encourages the human and spiritual rather than the material values of life is appropriate for support of spiritual aims. Activities can be as diverse as birthday parties at nursing homes and support of counseling centers for bereaved parents.

The service projects traditionally developed for support of spiritual aims encourage church or temple attendance and other religious activity in the community. These projects should be nondenominational. For example, while a church would promote attendance at its own worship services, our Kiwanis club would encourage people to attend a religious service of their choice.

The Spiritual Aims committee has a tradition of hosting a Christmas party at the Bethany Home each year as well as sponsoring the home's annual beauty contest.

Committee Chairperson:  Sid Johnson    -   Committee Members:  Robert Greene, Ronald Hall, Sam Harris, Gary Campbell, June Hunter, Jason Colbert, Emson Smith, Charles Cook, Tommy Rollins, Bob Dixon, Doug Roper, Eddie Tyson, Dennis Banks, Jim Cox, Tommy Rollins, Jimmy Dixon

SUNSHINE COMMITTEE

Recognizing fellow Kiwanians for the events that occur in our lives is a special assignment for the Sunshine Committee. Their purpose is to keep the club informed of special Kiwanian events, i.e., births, weddings, illnesses, job promotions, unique accomplishments.

Committee Chairperson:  Becky Moon

CLUB SHERIFF

The Club Sheriff promotes fun and fellowship by providing light hearted humor at club meetings. Small fines are levied against members for trivial transgressions and other "Kiwanis crimes". The fines support our scholarship funds.

The Club Sheriff not only determines what constitutes a Kiwanis violation but also how much to fine the violator, normally $1.00. The Club Sheriff can only be fined by unanimous vote of the club or by a District or National Kiwanis officer.