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Issue No.33                                                                       April 2021

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               The Kiwanigram is published bi-                                                                                             Message from Governor A.C. Paxton
               monthly in December, February
               April, June, August, and                                                                                                                   Hello everyone, it’s great to be back! I want to
               October                                                                                                                                    thank you for your prayers, cards, letters, phone
                                                                                                                                                          calls, and all other communications regarding my
               MO-ARK website:                                                                                                                            recent health experience. I am on the road to
               www.moarkkiwanis.org                                                                                                                       recovery which should be an interesting journey
               Facebook: Missouri-Arkansas                                                                                                                Congratulations to the clubs that brought in new
               District of Kiwanis Internationa                                                                                                           members during the membership contest (story
                                                                                                                                                          on page 3)
                                                                                                                                                        With only 6 months left in the Kiwanis year, let’s
                                                                                                                                        continue to focus on bringing in new members to offset any losses
                                                                                                                                        we may have had due to Covid or any other circumstances.
                                                                                                                                        Remember that we can do more with more members.“Each One
                                                                                                                                        Reach One” is our theme for this year, and there has never been a
                                                                                                                                        more important time for individual club members to help revitalize
                                                                                                                                        their clubs.
                                                                                                                                        If “EACH ONE REACHES ONE,” we will end up with a great year
                                                                                                                                        Yours in Service
                                                                                                                                        A.C. Paxto
                                          A.C. Paxton
                                                Governo

                                          Carla O’Brie                                                                                  Did you know?
                                         Governor - Elec
                                                                                                                                         Kiwanis helps battle deadly lung disease.
                                    Ron Hil
                                                                                                                                         When disease attacked the lungs the children of Boone County in
                             Immediate Past Governo
                                                                                                                                         the 1930s, Kiwanis stepped up. In 1932, club president Tom Alton
                                          Mary Vaugha                                                                                    established a “shelter camp” at the corner of William and Walnut
                                         District Secretar                                                                               streets for underprivileged children with borderline tuberculosis.
                                                                                                                                         Shelter camps provided open-air therapy of rest and nutrition to
                                           Robin Asher
                                                                                                                                         keep the disease from progressing.
                                        District Treasure
                                                                                                                                         Club member Col. M.C. Kerth arranged to use ROTC trucks to bring
                                           Diane Bake                                                                                    children to the camp ve afternoons a week. The kids were fed
                                        Kiwanigram Edito                                                                                 several times during the day and the MU medical fraternity
                                                                                                                                         provided X-ray diagnosis and parent counseling.
                                          Andrea Byr
                                                                                                                                         The camp operated for three years successfully and left a lasting
                                        Key Club Governo
                                                                                                                                         legacy. The program of health through open-air recreation was the
                                          Ranen Mia                                                                                      model for the Columbia Park and Playground Project.
                                         CKI Governo                                                                                     *This article was taken from Columbia Kiwanis Club’s recent
                                                                                                                                         newsletter.

               On the cover: Lee’s Summit Aktion Club

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                                   Membership Contest Results
Wright City (Mo.) and Rogers (Ark.) are the winners of the rst Kiwanis Missouri-Arkansas Membership
Contest. The competition, intended to encourage member recruiting, started Nov.1, 2020 and ended
March 31, 2021
Wright City, a Missouri Division 6 club, led the 46 clubs in Group A, with an increase of 18.92%, based on
adding seven new members. That will earn Wright City a rst-place grant of $4,000
The other Group A winners and their percentages of increase, along with the grants they won, are: 2nd
place, Spring eld Downtown (Division 13), 17.78%, $3,000; 3rd place, Crestwood-Sunset Hills (Division 9),
14.71%, $2,000; and 4th place, Florissant Valley (Division 7), 12.77%, $1,000
Rogers, an Arkansas Division 19 club, swept Group B by more than doubling its membership in the contest
period. Its winning percentage of 129.41 re ected 22 new members from its Nov. 1 count of 17. The
Roger’s club earned the rst place grant of $4000.
The other Group B winners are: 2nd place, Liberty, Mo. (Division 3), 69.23% , $3,000; 3rd place Sedalia,
Mo. (Division 11), 60%, $2000; three fourth-place grants, each for $1,000, will go to Ritenour-St. Louis
County, Trenton (Mo.) and Bentonville (Ark.). Each had a membership increase of more than 30%
The 180 clubs in the MO-ARK District had a net gain of 44 members overall during the contest period,
closing March with 4,348 members
MO-ARK District Governor, A. C. Paxton, congratulated the members of the clubs winning grants and
pointed out that the district board established the contest, using reserve funds, as a means of
encouraging clubs to get back to recruiting new members after a year of dealing with the coronavirus
pandemic
“Each One Reach One” is our theme for this year,” he said, “and there has never been a more important
time for individual club members to help revitalize their clubs.
We’ve seen some excellent efforts in this competition, but the end of the contest should certainly not slow
those efforts,” he said. “We can all do more to spread the good name of Kiwanis in our communities.
Note: Below are charts showing the top 20 clubs in each of the two divisions (actually 22 in Group B since
there was a 3-way tie for 20th place).

Membership Contest grants may be used only for service projects, community improvement projects and new
educational scholarships, not for general and administrative purposes. An accounting will be required in writing within
60 days of receipt of a grant

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                                        Kiwanis in Action
 Workday at Kamp Kiwanis
 On two Saturdays in March (10 and 20th) this year, the Beatrice Johnson Kiwanis Youth Kamp
 directors and other volunteers held a workdays to prepare the Kamp for the upcoming season.
 Workday projects included, pouring and finishing a concrete slab with a wheelchair ramp at
 the new bathroom, and finishing all the electrical work for the pavilion. Volunteers then
 cleaned and painted 14 picnic tables and benches, power washed the pavilion oor and painted
 pavilion posts. They also removed dead trees and cleared brush along hiking trails, roads and
 at camp pods. Of course all the work was supervised by the unofficial Kamp project
 supervisor, Ace. It is anticipated that it will be a very busy season at the Kamp this year as we
 recover from Covid19 restrictions last year. To make reservations to use the Kamp go to the
 Beatrice Johnson Kiwanis Youth Kamp web page (kampkiwanismoar.org). Don’t delay, available
 dates are lling fast

                                                                                 Teresa Frihart, Kamp
                                                                                 Board member, cleaned
                                                                                 and updated the Kamp
                            New concrete at the
                                                                                 bulletin board.
                            bathroom facility and
                            Kamp project
                            supervisor, Ace.

South County-St. Louis Kiwanians establish Kiwanis Corners
South County Kiwanis President Louann Elledge and Dr. Chad Dickemper,
Director of Planning and Development of the Mehlville School District and a
member of South County Kiwanis, are excited to report that the Kiwanis
Corner, a selection of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) books, will be delivered
to all elementary schools in the Mehlville School District after spring break! The
goal of the Kiwanis Corner is to support social-emotional learning for students,
by providing a diverse set of reading materials appropriate to grades K-5. Many
of these books may already be in the libraries, but our hope is to feature them to draw
attention of all students.
Special thanks to Mrs. Rachel Schremp, the librarian at Trautwein Elementary for her support in
this project, and to South County Kiwanis member Mary Howard for planning and heading up this
effort to establish the Kiwanis Corner in all of Mehlville School District elementary schools. South
County Kiwanis plans to continue adding to these collections of books in the future to increase
the appeal to all students.

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                              Kiwanis in Action
Lee’s Summit Atkion Club practices Kindness in Aktion
                         Lee’s Summit Atkion Club members practiced
                         #KindnessInAktion during Atkion Club week by
                         making recovery kits for frontline healthcare
                         workers at Saint Luke's Health System. On
                         Dare to Care Day, members assembled Happy
                         Kits for Children's Mercy Hospital and food
                         packs for Pro Deo Youth Center. Special
                         thanks to our DPI staff for helping the
                         individuals we support to be connected to their
                         communities!

South County Kiwanis Club work with SLPs to make cards
The South County-St.Louis Kiwanis Club recently, with the help of
our Key Clubs and several elementary school classes in the Mehlville
School District, delivered over 300 Valentine cards to the residents
of a local nursing home to brighten their day and cheer them up. The
Activities Director of the nursing home told us that she had enough
cards to deliver them to the residents over a 3-day period and that
they were very pleased and happy to receive them

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                                            Kiwanis In Action
Maplewood Kiwanians help with Weekend on Wheels Food Pantry
The Maplewood Richmond Heights School District was in need of food donations for their WOW
food program which helps students and their families. The club donated $250 worth of
groceries. Six members of the club made individual donations that amounted to another $330
for a total of $580. Thanks to Jocelyn Diehl, Ed Rich, Barry Greenberg, Phil Johnson, Andrew
Bolin, and Bonnie Paulsmeyer for their individual donations. Jocelyn Diehl and Bonnie Paulsmeyer
did all of the shopping. The Kiwanians delivered two trunks full of groceries to the school
district on April 7, 2021, the same day the elementary school students held a food drive for the
WOW program. The food was delivered by Jocelyn Diehl, Ed Rich, Barry Greenberg, and Bonnie
Paulsmeyer. MRH staff who received the donations were Kat Norton, Administrative Assistant to
the Superintendent and Bill Cordia, P.E. teacher at MRH Elementary. Thanks to all for
participating in this important service project.

                                                                                                 Phil Johnson, Jocelyn Diehl, Barry Greenberg,
Ed Rich, Board & MRH Communications         Phil Johnson,Kiwanis Board Member and                Board member; Bonnie Paulsmeyer,
Director; Jocelyn Diehl, Barry Greenberg,   Jocelyn Diehl, Maplewood Kiwanis Presiden            Secretary; Bill Cordia, MRH Elementary Staff
Kat Norton, MRH Administrative
Assistant to the Superintendent

O’Fallon Kiwanis Club honors child advocacy coordinato
The Kiwanis Club of O'Fallon gives a Quarterly Award to
someone in the Community who is making a difference,
giving them a certi cate and a gift card. This quarter the
club honored Jenn Townsend from The Child Center in
Wentzville, MO. The Child Center is a child advocacy center
with the primary goal to ensure that children disclosing
abuse are not further victimized by the intervention
systems designed to protect them. As an intake
coordinator, she touches every case that comes to the
Child Center (more than 100 a month). The majority of her
work is done on a phone connecting, comforting and                                      Left to Right -Kiwanis President Martha Radginski, Jenn
                                                                                        Townsend in the center surrounded by co-workers in
showing true compassion for children and their families in                              the middle, Kiwanis members John Chambless (back

their state of crisis. Jenn spends countless hours carrying                             row), Katie & Tom Page.

out the mission of the Child Center.
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                                 Kiwanis in Action
Kiwanis Club of St. Joseph, MO Coats for Kids Progra
Kiwanis Club of St. Joseph, MO continued the tradition of providing
vouchers for area children to purchase new coats and other cold weather
items. In partnership with the St. Joseph School District Counseling
Department, Kiwanis was able to get $11,000 worth of vouchers into the
hands of kids that are in need of a coat this winter. Jeff Ellison, Kiwanis
Coats for Kids committee chair, states “we do it to help the large number
of families in need of warm clothing each year, but this year in particular.”
Elizabeth Chase, Coordinator of Counseling in the St. Joseph School
District adds, “While the Kiwanis Coats for Kids program has always been a
wonderful resource for many of our students, this year the program
allowed us to meet some signi cant needs that might have gone un lled in
the midst of the pandemic. With an increasing number of families                 Jeff Auxier, Coats for Kids
struggling to make ends meet, the Saint Joseph School District is                Committee Chair.

tremendously thankful to our local Kiwanis Club members for being willing
to serve our community’s children by providing new warm-weather
apparel.”
Kiwanis Club of St. Joseph, MO has been providing vouchers for coats to
area children since 1993. Meaghan Simpson, Club President, states
“Kiwanis Club of St. Joseph has been helping our community with coats
for kids for many years. We are excited to be able to continue offering
this voucher program, especially this year during the pandemic. We
appreciate everyone who supports our fundraisers, such as our annual nut
sales and our trivia night, to help us continue to get coats into the hands
of kiddos that need them.”

Gravois Kiwanis Club saw a need and ful lled it!
Gravois Kiwanis Club members delivered two bookcases, kids
books, ash card packs, adult novels and reference books to
the residents at Gateway 180 Homelessness Reversed. They
sorted and set them all up in the computer room.
Thanks to Ginger Crooks, Paul Eckrich and Bob Praprotnik for
their efforts in making this worthwhile endeavor come to
fruition.
Photo L to R: Carla OBrien, Paul Eckrich, Bob Praprotnik (not
pictured, Ginger Crooks)

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                                                 Kiwanians Honor Students
            Crestwood-Sunset Hills Club Student of the month
            On February 25, the Crestwood-Sunset Hills Kiwanis Club
            honored Lindbergh High School senior Tyler Thomas
            (pictured, center) as their Student of the Month. Tyler was
            nominated by guidance counselor Kate Keegen (pictured,
            left) and received a certi cate and a Barnes and Noble gift
            card from club president Diane Slattery. (pictured, right)

           Batesville Kiwanis Club awards scholarship
                                         Batesville Kiwanis Club awarded Brooklyn Wolfe of Southside Charter
                                         High School with the $1,000 Kimberly Moore Memorial Scholarship.
                                         Brooke has been a member of Builders Club and Key Club. As a Key
                                         Club member, she was Treasurer her sophomore year, and Vice
                                         President her senior year. She is the daughter of Chara and Allen
                                         Wolfe. Pictured at left is Brooke Wolfe and Bill Cline, Kiwanis Advisor
                                         to Southside Key Club.

           South County-St. Louis Club honors students
           The Kiwanis Club of South County - St. Louis recently honored Louis Angel Garcia (Margaret
           Buerkle Middle School), Zachary Moore (Bernard Middle School), Zainab Al-Saadi (Hancock Place
           Middle School), Olivia Gagen (St. Mark Catholic School), and Nicolas Della Croce, (St. Francis of
           Assisi Catholic School), as their “Outstanding Students.” All were honored for outstanding
           academic performance, involvement in school and community activities, as well as the service
           they render to their school and their community. In addition to a Certi cate of Recognition,
           each student received a gift card to a local store.

                                                                                                                       Pictured with Nicolas are his
                                                                                                                       parents Greg and Sarah Della
                                                                                                                       Croce

                                                              Zainab is pictured with   Pictured with Olivia are her
                                                              her parents Aymen Al-     parents Andrea and Scott
            Angel Garcia        Zach Moore, pictured here     Saadi and Intisar Al-     Gagen.
                                with his mother Lisa Moore.   Wazzan and her brother
                                                              Zain

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                                                                 Election of Of cers 2021

               It’s time again for MO-ARK Kiwanis of cer elections. Local clubs need to elect 2021-2022 slate of
               of cers, and the district will need to elect Lt. Governor’s for each division, Trustees for Regions and the
               District Governor-Elect
               Elections of Clubs Of cers
               All clubs must have your elected of cers: President, President-Elect (Vice President), Secretary and
               Treasurer voted on and elected by June 1st. Club elections are reported directly on the club secretary
               dashboard. There is no separate election form to ll out. This allows us to plan for the change over on
               October 1st. Please note that any club that has not entered their of cers by September 30th will not
               have access to the dashboard on October 1st.
               New elections will be held within 60 days, provided at least fourteen (14) days previous notice of the
               meeting and nomination(s) is given to the members.
               Club Leadership Training – will be held in-person and virtually. The meeting dates will be forthcoming
               Election of Lieutenant Governor and Lieutenant Governor-elect
               The current Lieutenant Governor of each division shall hold a meeting to elect a Lieutenant Governor
               and a Lieutenant Governor-elect for the next term. You must notify the president of each club in the
               division at least 10 days prior to the meeting and anyone else in the division that has served in a
               leadership with the district to be invited to the meeting. Delegates from at least a majority of the clubs
               in the division shall constitute a quorum.
               Lt. Governor Training – Saturday, May 15, 2021 at the Camden Hotel and Conference Center in Branson,
               MO.
               Election of Trustees
               Current Trustees in Regions II, IV, & VIII will shall hold a meeting to elect a new Trustee for the next
               term. You must notify the president of each club in the division at least 10 days prior to the meeting
               and anyone else in the division that has served in a leadership with the district to be invited to the
               meeting. Delegates from at least a majority of the clubs in the region shall constitute a quorum. The
               Trustee shall conduct the elections, unless he/she is a candidate for election. Delegates from at least
               one-third (1/3) of the clubs in the region shall constitute a quorum. All candidates must complete a
               consent form. Contact he District Secretary for more information
               A Trustee will also be needed for Region V. This will be a one year appointment to ful ll an unful lled
               term
               Governor-Elect
               All quali ed candidates for this of ce to be elected at the annual convention must submit written notice
               of candidacy to the District Secretary no later than sixty (60) days prior to the before the convention
               begins. They must also submit a signed agreement to Kiwanis International to ful ll the duties of of ce
               and have a clear criminal history background check conducted and veri ed by Kiwanis International.
               Please contact the District Secretary for more information
               As for options to online voting, many vehicles are available. Email members to get a quorum vote. You
               can also use Free Conference Call application - FreeConferenceCall.com or Go to Meeting is a good
               option - https://www.gotomeeting.com/ or Zoom - https://zoom.us. All are free and easy to use
               All of ces must be lled prior to the District Convention to be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in
               Jonesboro on August 5 – 8, 2021. The results must submitted to the District Secretary upon approval.

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            Kiwanis Celebrates Forty Years in Hot Springs
The Kiwanis Club of Hot Springs Village was chartered on March 19, 1981, with
thirty-four members. Of that group, Henry Jensen was the rst President, Jim
McKinnon was Vice-President, Timothy Redden was the Secretary and the rst
Treasurer was Jack Keimester. While the archives of the Village's rst newspaper,
LaVilla, are lost to time it certainly seems likely that there was a big splash
announcing the founding of Kiwanis in the Village. The Kiwanis Clubs of Hot Springs, Greater Hot
Springs and the Golden K Club of Hot Springs were all sponsors of the new club. The club has
been the home of one District Governor (Marion DuBose), nine Lieutenant Governors, two regional
Trustees and recognized by the Missouri-Arkansas District as a Distinguished Club thirteen times.
One other notable honor for the club was that the Boys and Girls Club was for many years named
the Paul Bewie Boys and Girls Club after the second president of the club. The Village Kiwanis Club
grew quickly and within a period of only three years more than 120 members could be counted.
That was such a large group that the decision was made to divide and form a second club. The
Kiwanis Club of Greater Hot Springs Village was chartered on October 4, 1984. The two Kiwanis
Clubs are sponsors of three school districts, Fountain Lake, Mountain Pine and Jessieville, where
they provide scholarships for graduating seniors and SLP clubs at the elementary through high
school levels that promote leadership skills. The Village Club continues to support the community
with nancial support to such organizations as the Imagination Library, Terri c Kids, Special Kids
Picnic, Meals-on-wheels, Cedar Mountain Boys and Girls Club, Jackson House, Salvation Army Bell
Ringers, Camp P efer and Village Pride Day, and continues to be the largest club in Division 15.
Hot Springs Village Club’s Fortieth Anniversary this year was a bit muted because of the
precautions they were taking to cope with the Covid Pandemic. Nevertheless, on March 18, 2021,
at their regular Thursday morning meeting, members “raised the cup” to celebrate, properly
distanced and masked, forty years of service and fellowship. The current of cers of the club are
Charles Derryberry, President; Susan Lafond, Vice-president and current Regional Trustee; Rick
Martinek, Treasurer; and Kathleen Kinney, Secretary and the current Lt. Gov. of Div.15.
Hot Springs Village Kiwanis Club meets each Thursday at 8:00am in the Christ Lutheran Church,
103 Ponferrada Way. For more information, you can contact Club President Charlie Derryberry,
501-922-1915. Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/kiwanis.hsv.7. We are still practicing
social distancing and please wear a mask.

MO-ARK District Awarded Grant from Kiwanis Children’s Fund
MO-ARK has received notice of our district grant in the amount of $1,212.06. Governor A.C.
Paxton asked that we give this grant toward one of our District projects—Key Leader Camp.
Key Leader Camp is a great weekend camp which helps kids with their leadership skills! I would
suggest that you look into sending students to this camp. IT IS GREAT
Nancy Hof
District Chair, MO-ARK Distric

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                                                                                          MO-ARK District Distinguished Clubs 2019-2020
               Congratulations to the following clubs that have received Distinguished Club and
               Division Recognition for 2019-2020. Awards will be presented at the District Convent
               August 7, in Jonesboro, AR. You can nd the criteria for the 2020-2021 distinguished
               club/divisions awards at: distinguished club

                                                                                                                                               Distinguished Clubs
               Boliva                                                                                                                                             Jefferson Cit                       Perryvill
                                                                                                                                Florissant Valle
               Boonvill                                                                                                                                           Jennings-M                          Roger
                                                                                                                                Fort Smit
               Bridgeto                                                                                                                                           Meramec Valley Communit             Sikesto
                                                                                                                                Fulto
               Cave Cit                                                                                                                                           Mid-Town, Kansas Cit                Siloam Spring
                                                                                                                                Golden K, Bento
               Clark Count                                                                                                                                        Monet                               Springdal
                                                                                                                                Gravett
               Columbi                                                                                                                                            Montgomery Cit                      Spring eld (Downtown
                                                                                                                                Gravois, STL Count
               Crestwood-Sunset Hill                                                                                                                              Normandy 24-                        St. Jame
                                                                                                                                Greater Ferguso
               Creve Coeu                                                                                                                                         Ozark Coast, Osage Beac             Wright City
                                                                                                                                Greater Hot Springs Villag
               Farmington                                                                                                                                         Paragould                           Union
                                                                                                                                Greater Spanish Lak

                                                                                                                             Distinguished Divisions-Lt. Governor
               Division 5—Ken Jarvis                                                                                                            Division 7—Chuck Seevers                 Division 8—Becky Panchot

      MO-ARK District Giving Report
     Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you striving to help the Children of MO-ARK District as well
     as Children of your community and the Children of the World. Many clubs are starting to get back to
     some form of normalcy after having to stop meeting for a while or just having virtual meetings for
     the past year. It has been great for my club to be meeting face to face for the past few weeks again
     Let me tell you what has been happening this past month. First of all, see the Giving Report posted
     on the District website of clubs who have donated to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund from October 1
     through March 31. Thanks to all of you who have donated! If your club has donated and if you are not
     listed here but have sent a donation to KFC for the district, please let me know.
     Thus far, our donations have totaled $13,974.01. For those of you who have not been able to send
     in your donations as of yet, click on the donation link on the District website. Remember, it is
     suggested that clubs donate $10 per member to KCF. I ask that if you cannot afford to donate $20
     per member, please donate what you can. There is the $365 project in which KCF is asking your club
     to donate $1 per day
     If you have any questions, give Nancy Hoff, District Chair, a call @ 660-537-1388

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                               Upcoming Events
Missouri Arkansas District Conventio
Don’t miss it! Save the date for the 2021 Missouri Arkansas District Convention. We are
looking forward to our upcoming District Convention in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Thursday
-Saturday, August 5-7, 2021. We will be meeting in person at the lovely, new Embassy
Suites by Hilton Jonesboro Red Wolf Convention Center at 223 Red Wolf Blvd, Jonesboro,
AR 72405, are also planning to provide virtual attendance opportunities through Zoom for
those who can’t join us in person.
The schedule of events and registration information will be published at a later date,
however, we want you to mark your calendars now! There will be a Meet & Greet event
Thursday evening for those who come down early. Registration will begin early Friday
morning. In addition to Presidents and Secretaries CLE training, there will be some great
education opportunities, fun networking events, and an interactive service project. After
the Saturday afternoon Delegates session, we will celebrate Governor A.C. Paxton’s year
and welcome Governor-Elect Carla O’Brien at the Governor’s Banquet.
Make your plans now to take a trip to Delta country and join us in Jonesboro, located on
Crowley’s Ridge and Craighead County Seat, Jonesboro is the 5th largest city in Arkansas,
home to the Arkansas State University, the second largest university in Arkansas. There is
plenty to see and do in this fast growing city.
In Kiwanis service,
Katie Rennard
Convention Chair

Kiwanis International Convention
Kiwanis clubs face unique challenges especially since COVID-19 changed everything. That’s why
we’re introducing the 2021 Kiwanis Education and Leadership Conference. Kiwanis experts and
partners will bring you the education, inspiration and leadership development you need to get
through these tough times
Join in person or virtually, June 24-26, 2021, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Visit kiwanis.org/
SLC2021 for a schedule of events, registration options and list of educational seminars being
offered online and in person. Registration begins March 18. In-person attendance will be
determined by capacity limits established by local and state of cials
Kiwanis is desperately needed in so many communities to ensure all kids have access to the
resources they need to thrive, the education they need to prosper and the food they need to
grow

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                                                                                           In Memoriam
                                                                                 Type to enter
                             Division                                            text   Division                                     Division 19
                             Laura Denek                                                      Ronald Schneide                        Cindy Jac
                             Columbi                                                          Festus-Crystal City                    Gravette
                             Lowell Daughert
                             Columbia-Golden K                                                Division 1                             Division 2
                                                                                              David Honeycut                         Dianne McKissac
                             Division                                                         Monett                                 Clarksville
                             Harold Daniels
                             Tro                                                              Division 1
                                                                                              Richard Har
                                                                                              Harrison

                                                                                             Kiwanigram Submission
                                                                 Help!!! Please share your projects with me. Many Kiwanians do not do FaceBook
                                                                 and don’t get to see the wonderful work everyone is doing. Information to be
                                                                 considered for the Kiwanigram should be summited by email to
                                                                 moarkkiwanis@gmail.com Please include the name and location of your club.
                                                                 The photos should be jpeg format. Please include a brief description of the
                                                                 project along with the names of Kiwanians, or SLP members featured in the
                                                                 photos. Please do not send your entire club newsletter, submit individual
                                                                 articles and pictures ONLY to be considered for publication.
                                                                                                Diane Bake
                                                                                                Kiwanigram Editor

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