Kiwanis Club of Waycross, Volume 2, Issue 3, May/June 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. Bring Up Grades Sonny Yarbrough

(BUG); ongoing pro- Directors 2018-2020
gram designed to Dina Hendrix
recognize elemen-
Martha Wildes
tary school students
who improve their Ken Cannon
grades.
2. Report Card Con-
Important Dates
ference: mentoring
opportunity at Cen-
ter Elementary Annual Head Start Volunteer
School. Luncheon, Second Baptist Church
3. Ongoing Luggage Fellowship Hall, May 6, at 11:00am.
Drive for kids go- Kiwanis International is a global or-
ganization of volunteers dedicated Club Officers 2019-2020 to be re-
ing into the foster ported in club secretary dashboard,
to improving the world one child
care system. June 1, 2019.
and one community at a time.
4. Book Drive for in- Kiwanis International Conven-
Kiwanis Vision
mates at Ware tion, Orlando, Fl, June 27-29,
County Jail. “Kiwanis will be a positive influ- 2019.
5. SAFE Homes; a ence in communities worldwide —
Georgia Kiwanis District Con-
project with Hearts so that one day, all children will
vention, Augusta Marriott Ho-
for Families to deter wake up in communities that be- tel, Augusta, Ga. August, 16-19,
underage use of al- lieve in them, nurture them and 2019.
cohol and other provide the support they need to
drugs. thrive.” Kiwanis.org
 Contact Us
Contact us today if you’d like to volunteer, lead,
and serve to make a difference in our Waycross
community:
• LinkedIn
• Twitter handle @KiwanisWaycross
• Facebook (Kiwanis Club of Waycross)
• Email us for club information:
waycrosskiwanis@gmail.com
Our motto: Serving the Children of the World
Kudos Kiwanians
1. 5 Kiwanians and a past Kiwanis speaker,
Charles Eames, volunteered to read to children
at Head Start for National Readers Month in
March.
2. 35 boxes of books were donated to the Ware
County Jail for inmates. Former Kiwanian
Jaki Johnson, members of the Beta Club, and
friends of South Georgia State College assisted
with our Book Drive.
3. March 22nd was a productive Friday spent
with our schools in the Bring Up Grades
(BUG) program:
• Kiwanians Anthony Hendrix Dina Hendrix,
Carlos Nelson, Michael-Angelo James and
Janice Williams mentored about 30 children in
total at Center Elementary from 8:00am until
10:00am during their Report Card Conference.
• Kiwanians Jack Yarbrough and Sonny Yar-
brough attended the Honors ceremony at Me-
morial Drive Elementary at 8:15am and hand-
ed out certificates to the children.
• 8 Kiwanians: Lisa Neloms, Dorothy Brinson,
JoAnn White, Anthony Hendrix, Dina Hen-
drix, Judy Yarborough, Martha Wildes, Janice
Williams attended a special BUG ceremony to
encourage students at Ruskin Elementary and
present Kiwanis-branded Bring Up Grades
certificates, stickers, pencils to them.
4. 20 bags were donated in April to CASA for
children going into the foster care system.
Photo: Kiwanians posing with the luggage col-
lection donated to Court Appointed Special Ad-
vocates (CASA) for children going into foster
care. We are grateful to the non-Kiwanians in
our Waycross community who donated 10 back-
packs to add to our luggage collection.