New Member Orientation

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New Member Orientation
Kiwanis
International
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Welcome to the Kiwanis club of
Kiwanis
International

• Hastings
• Instructors
• Don Siffring and David Kempf

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Agenda

• Learn about Kiwanis
• Learn about our club
• Find out how you can make a difference
• Whats next?

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What is Kiwanis?

• Purpose
• To improve lives through fellowship
• in service worldwide.
• Defining Statement
• Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers
• dedicated to changing the world
• one child and one community at a time.

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What is Kiwanis?
Fast facts First club in started in 1915
Detroit, Michigan 8,400 Kiwanis clubs in 72
countries Motto is Serving the Children of the
World Organization is headquartered in
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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The Club Experience

• Everything we do starts at the club level
• Leadership
• Fellowship
• Service

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About Our Club

• Our club was chartered on December 14, 1920
• We have 96 members
• Our meetings are held
• Thursdays
• 1200 Noon
• OK Café 806 W 16th St Hastings

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About Our Club

• Last year, our club
• Contributed 19,470 to our community
• Delivered 2,100 service hours from 69 service
  projects
• Directly benefitted 1,500 youth and children

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Our Club Officers
President Mary Peterson President-elect
Doug Nienhueser Vice-president Alan
Kvetensky Secretary Joan Bittfield Treasurer
Jim Krebsbach -- An annual meeting is held
between May 1st and June 30th to elect the
Officers and Board of Directors
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Our Club Committees

• ACTIVITIES
• Community Service
• Youth Services
• Young Children Priority One
• Sponsored Youth
• Special Olympics
• Aktion Club
• Key Club
• Human Spiritual Values
• Agriculture
• Special Fellowship
• Sports
• Kids Against Hunger

• ADMINISTRATIVE
• Finance
• Membership Growth
• Publicity
• Weekly Programs
• Astonisher Newsletter
• Fund Raising
• Pancake Day
• Interclub
• History
• Music
• Kiwanis Education
• Club Web Site

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Our Clubs Activities

• Community Service
• Key Club at Hastings Senior High School
• Reading is Fundamental program at Head Start
• Young children programs
• Winterization Habitat projects
• Backpack project
• Youth organizations support

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Our Clubs Activities
Community Service - Continued 7. Blood Mobile 8.
Bowling for kids 9. Meals on Wheels 10. K Mart
shopping for Kids 11. Crop Walk 12. Aktion
Club etcetcetc
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Our Clubs Activities

• Club Fellowship Activities
• Meetings
• Holiday party
• Baseball outing
• Kiwanis Family picnic

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Our Clubs Activities

• Club Fund-raising Activities
• Annual Pancake Day Sales
• Golf tournament
• Various concession stands and other fundraisers

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Our Clubs Activities

• Leadership Development Opportunities
• Committee work
• Project leadership
• Community partnerships
• Youth mentoring
• Kiwanis conferences and conventions

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Membership Benefits

• We change childrens lives
• We improve the community and the world
• You build friendships
• You enhance leadership skills
• You develop business contacts
• Receive KIWANIS magazine and club communications
• Enjoy discounts and promotions.
• Liability insurance coverage for Kiwanis club
  activities

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Expectations of Members

• Attend club meetings regularly
• Participate in club service activities
• Support club fund-raising projects
• Share the experience with others
• Demonstrate pride of membership
• Invite one new member every year

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Organizational Structure
Our club is governed by a Board of Directors
which consists of the club officers and 8
additional directors (4 elected anually). Our
club is 1 of several clubs in Division 23 of the
NE-IA District Our district holds an annual
convention each August. Our club is a member of
Kiwanis International, a worldwide organization
governed by a board of 20 trustees. It holds an
annual convention each June or July.
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Communication

• Club Meetings
• Missing Member Responder programs
• Club Newsletters (Astonisher)
• Board Meetings
• Division Newsletters
• District Newsletters
• KIWANIS Magazine
• Kiwanis International Web site (www.kiwanis.org)
• Hastings Kiwanis Web site (www.hastingskiwanis.org
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• Hastings Kiwanis Email accounts
  (email.hastingskiwanis.org)

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Club Administration

• Club bylaws define our club structure and
  operation.
• Our club membership votes on
• Election of club officers and directors
• Amendments to club bylaws
• The Board of Directors
• Determines club policies
• Approves club projects
• Sets and approves the clubs budget

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Finances/Budgeting

• Administrative Account
• Income from club dues, meal charges, new member
  fees.
• Service Account
• Income from public fund-raising projects or
  contributions and cannot be used to pay
  administrative expenses of the club.

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Club Dues and Fees
Our annual club dues amount is 115 42 are
Kiwanis International dues 25 are NE-IA District
dues 28 is retained by the club for
administrative costs 12 provides liability
insurance for clubs activities 8 is a
subscription to KIWANIS magazine
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Kiwanis Foundations

• Kiwanis has several 501(c)(3) charitable
  foundations which support the work of the
  organization
• Kiwanis International Foundation
• NE-IA District Foundation

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Service Leadership Programs

• Enriching young students

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Service Leadership Programs

• Empowering teens

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Service Leadership Programs

• Equipping adults

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Our Club Sponsors
Key Club at Hastings Senior High School Aktion
Club of Hastings for the mentally and physically
challenged -We are working to establish clubs
at Builders Club at Hastings Middle School K
Kids at Lincoln, Longfellow, and Hawthorne
Elementary Schools You are encouraged to visit
each of these at least once.
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Our Clubs Impact

1. Leadership development of youth
2. Improve reading skills of youth
3. Safe environment for youth
4. Expanded opportunities for youth
5. Support base for youth serving organizations

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The year ahead

1. New emphasis on hunger abatement
2. Each committee is urged to find one new effort
3. Expanded use of Hastings Kiwanis web page and
   technology

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What questions do you have?