Kiwanis Club of Waycross, Volume 2, Issue 2, March/April 2019 Chartered Club since November 27,

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 Lunch Hour Meetings: Kiwanis Club of Waycross Officers & Directors, 2018-2019
meets at Jerry J’s on Plant Avenue Fridays at noon.
• Kiwanis Mission: “Kiwanis helps kids around the President: Michael-Angelo James

world. Local clubs look out for our communities and Past President: John Conger
the international organization takes on large-scale President Elect: Anthony Hendrix
challenges, such as fighting disease and poverty.” Treasurer: Henry Clarke
Secretary: Janice Williams
Directors 2017-2019
Our Club Projects Jeff Garmon
Linda Lightfoot

1. Celebrating Nation- Sonny Yarbrough

al Readers Month Directors 2018-2020
by reading to chil- Dina Hendrix
dren at Head
Martha Wildes
Start, McDonald
Street, March 12th Ken Cannon
and 14th.
2. Celebrating Nation-
Important Dates
al Readers Month
with Book Drive
for inmates at Ware Georgia District Training, Henry
County Jail. County High School, McDonough,
3. Bring Up Grades Ga. March 9th, 8:30am—3:00pm
(BUG); ongoing pro- Kiwanis International is a global or-
ganization of volunteers dedicated Governor’s Rally, Brunswick,
gram designed to April 11, 2019. Service Project at
to improving the world one child
recognize elemen- 8:00am, Morningstar facility. Meet-
and one community at a time.
tary school students ing then dinner at 6:00pm. Details
who improve their Kiwanis Vision
to follow.
grades. “Kiwanis will be a positive influ- Kiwanis International Conven-
4. Ongoing Luggage ence in communities worldwide — tion, Orlando, Fl, June 27-29,
Drive for kids go- so that one day, all children will 2019.
ing into the foster wake up in communities that be- Georgia Kiwanis District Con-
care system. lieve in them, nurture them and vention, Augusta Marriott Ho-
provide the support they need to tel, Augusta, Ga. August, 16-19,
thrive.” Kiwanis.org 2019.
 Committee Chairs for 2018-2019
1. Membership Growth & Education: Martha
Wildes
2. Young Children, Priority One: Carol Clarke
3. Public Relations: Anthony Hendrix
4. Club Meetings & Administration: Michael-
Angelo James
5. Finance & Fundraising: Henry Clarke
6. Community Service: Linda Kay Lightfoot
7. Youth Services and Sponsored Programs: Dina
Hendrix
8. Human and Spiritual Values: Ken Cannon
Our motto: Serving the Children of the World
Kudos Kiwanians
1. $400.00 was collected during an Ecumeni-
cal Service held at St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church in January. The money will sup-
port the Kiwanis Eliminate Project, a pro-
ject to eliminate maternal neonatal teta-
nus worldwide. Thank you Waycross!
2. 13 club members attended the Division 4
Council Meeting on February 23rd.
3. We presented Court Appointed Special Ad-
vocates (CASA) with 15 bags/luggage and
4 blankets for children going into the fos-
ter care system.
4. Our club donated $200.00 to each of the 3
elementary schools participating in our
Kiwanis Bring Up Grades (BUG) program.
Contact Us
Contact us today if you’d like to volunteer
to make a difference in Waycross:
• LinkedIn
• Twitter handle @KiwanisWaycross
• Facebook (Kiwanis Club of Waycross)
• Email us for club information:
waycrosskiwanis@gmail.com
Photo: Dina Hendrix, Chair of the Sponsored
Programs Committee, presented checks for the
Bring Up Grades program to Julie Augustine of
Ruskin, Leslie Wheeler and Dee Dickson of Me-
morial Drive, and Tyler Bennett, Principal of
Center Elementary.