Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Patricia A. Lane                                                                                           Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

President-Elect Michael T. Gates                                                                                         Secretary David E Booker 

Immediate Past Pres Russell B. “Skip” Patton                                                                       Webmaster David E Booker

Sandpiper Editor Margaret R Weiss                                                        Photographers James Rogers &  Kevin Sarsfield

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara K Fioravanti, Roland B Wagner, Robert R Loveridge

Bryce B Ginther, John B Mulligan, Margaret Weiss

Kevin P. Sarsfield, John C. Brownrigg & William M. Whipple

MEETING OF APRIL 23, 2012

PRESIDENT Patricia A. Lane presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

GUESTS:  Speaker Cindy Cruz, shown on right   with Program Chair Jean Hamlin

and Joe Behson’s “date” {is that the best you can do lately?}

WELCOME BACK:  Jim Parslow    and Randy Wheeler  

PROJECT SIGNUP SHEETS

DOORS OF HOPE, unloading food truck

            Fri May 4^th:  Help needed! (Reminder that you can sign up on line!
                                                                        You don’t have to be at the meeting.)

            Tues May 15^th:  Mulligan, Loveridge, Dorr

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Fri Apr 27^th, Church of the Covenant, 12:30 to 6:30 PM

12:30 Set Up:  Colabelli, Ginther                      6:30 Take Down:  Lyndon Ellis & NW Davis       

            Registration                                                                 Canteen

1 – 3:30:  Ward                                                            1 – 3:30:  Weiss

3:30 – 6:  Linda Ellis                                                  3:30 – 6:  Lane, Malecki

ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY CLEANUP Sat Apr 28^th, 9 AM, Arlington House parking lot

            Malecki, Whipple, Loveridge, Fioravanti, Mulligan, Brownrigg, L&L Ellis, Wheeler +             Boy Scouts, Dorr, Groff

            Key Club, Builders Club, Scouts welcome – tee shirts provided

DIVISION COUNCIL @ Hoosick Falls Country Club, Tues May 15^th at 6PM, $16

            Loveridge, Booker, Pasquarelli, Ward, Weiss, Rogers, Malecki, Linda Ellis

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø  Eve Ward:  Annual Boy Scout Camp Rotary Work Night is Monday, May 21^st from mid afternoon on.  Bring work gloves, shovels—details to follow.  We will have our traditional steak roast if enough helpers volunteer.  Reservations are mandatory, and your reservation is your commitment to attend and share the cost, cost to be determined by the market price of the supplies.

Ø  Pres Pat:  A gracious thank you note has been received from the APHS Yearbook Staff for our ad in this year’s issue.

Ø  Bob Pasquarelli:  Orders are being taken for our Kiwanis shirts:  long and short sleeved dress shirts, (at $33), and the golf type sport shirts.  A minimum of 12 is needed to have “Sand Lake” added to the “Kiwanis” embroidery.

Ø  Dudley Dorr:  The American Legion has requested the use of our food trailer and staff to serve refreshments following the Memorial Day Parade.  Approval was given by the quorum of Directors present.

Ø  Joe Behson:  Please post as many of these posters as possible all over town for the FREE Dissipated Eight concert at the high school on Friday May 4^th from 7 to 8 PM.

Ø  Pres Pat:  We have had a formal request from Vanderheyden Hall:  How can our kids help you with Summerfest?  Please keep them in mind!

 We also have just received an enlarged sponsorship donation from The Lakeview for $1000!

PROGRAM

          Jean Hamlin introduced Cindy Cruz from the Foster Grandparents Program, a federally funded not-for-profit that uses older volunteers to help children of all ages with their schoolwork, and to provide one-on-one attention in controlled settings such as schools, pre-schools, churches and nurseries.  Persons who are over 55 years of age, and are physically able to work 15 to 40 hours per week, are needed to help teachers in classrooms or in after school settings.  The teachers match the “grandparents” with the kids according to their needs and abilities.  After an application form is completed, background and fingerprint screenings are conducted, according to federal standards.  A small stipend is offered to volunteers.  At present, there are more “grandparents” working with pre-school and elementary children, but help is needed at all age levels.  Jean commented that she has worked for 3 years at the Y, after school, helping with homework, and playing games and cards with older kids.  Several questions were posed, wondering what educational levels were required, and Cindy replied that a person’s comfort level was considered before matching them with kids.  More than anything, she stressed that so many kids need love and attention, more than they are receiving.  Bob Pasquarelli thanked Cindy for her talk, and presented her with our Certificate of Appreciation.  Another opportunity to serve our community!

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

            After we learned that today is the birthday of our wonderful waitress Wendy Herrington, she was called up to receive a birthday card signed by all members present, and was serenaded, in our own special off-key way, with the Birthday Song!  By the end of the singing, Wendy’s face was almost the color of her beautiful hair!  Happy Birthday, Wendy, from all of us!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$     Joe Behson:  My lovely (broom) “guest” tonight is here to celebrate the “clean sweep” that the NY Yankees made over the Boston Red Sox this past weekend!

$     Skip Patton:  You just got lucky!  Anyway, the 3^rd game was rained out, so it doesn’t really count.  I saw the Red Sox win their last game last week, over the Tampa Bay Rays, at Fenway, just before their big 100^th year celebration.  And I also watched my nephew run the Boston Marathon!

$     Bryce Ginther:  After six long weeks, I am finally SLING FREE!

HAPPY DOLLARS (cont.)

$     Jim Rogers:  I had a great report from my surgeon on the state of healing in my back!      We are packing, and hope to put our house on the market this summer.  We’re looking to down size to a condo or apartment in the area.

$     Jean Hamlin:  Thanks to Cindy for coming tonight!

$     Gary Meislin:  My bathroom remodeling is almost finished!  As soon as they put in the tile over the bathtub, I can get my female cat!

$     John Brownrigg:  I got a progress report from the engineer on the impending roundabout on Route 4 in East Greenbush.  Unfortunately a gas line ruptured, and they had to evacuate the surrounding area!  The hoped for completion date is May 21^st?

$     Pat Lane:  At last, my new washing machine is coming tomorrow.  So is my sister…she goes in it, and will be shipped out!

$     Dick Johnsen:  Be careful what you wish for.  Especially with a good wife like mine.  She got me a full wet suit…for my birthday…for use with my kayak…in case I fall out.  But I have a long trunk, and I couldn’t zip it up!!!  {Pause for prolonged hilarity!}  I took it back to the store, but I didn’t have my wife’s credit card!  So I got a book!  {“How to Put on a Wet Suit”?}

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Jean Hamlin, was won by Kevin Sarsfield!

50/50 for $28.50 was won by Gary Meislin!

MEGA 50/50 was worth $258 this week.  John Brownrigg’s ticket was pulled, but he asked Eve, his lucky hand, to pick the card.  Unfortunately, she drew the 6 of Clubs, not the King!  Sorry, John!

COMING WEEKS…

APRIL 30              PROGRAM:  Stuart Nippes

                                    Jenifer O’Neil & Barbara Glasser from RAAD 

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Doug Baldrey

MAY 7                        PROGRAM:  Barb Fioravanti & John Mulligan

                                    APHS Key Club Installation of Officers

                                    BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING                              

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Joe Distell 

MAY 14                      PROGRAM:  President Pat Lane

                                    ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTION OF OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Peg Weiss

MAY 21                      BSA CAMP ROTARY WORK NIGHT & STEAK ROAST 

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR:  Jim Rogers 

MAY 28                      NO MEETING  --  MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

            “Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”                                               Bishop Desmond Tutu

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