Each of the Club’s standing committees meets from time to time and
their projects are on going.
Club standing committees may, without the specific
approval of the Board of Directors but with majority vote of the committee, to
spend up to $200 of the funds budgeted for that committee’s use a project. The Board may review such actions and issue
guidelines for future committee action.
The club’s 14 standing committees and their major
responsibilities are:
Club Meeting –
also known as the House Committee – (Chair Dudley Dorr) responsible for the
physical setup for the weekly meetings.
Community Services (Co-Chairs
John Brownrigg & Bryce Ginther) develops and conducts service projects that benefit the
community as a whole.
Interclub
(Chair Bob Pasquarelli) organizes interclub meetings with other Kiwanis Clubs and
encourages members to attend.
Membership Growth and Kiwanis Education
(Chair Joe Behson) devises programs to attract new
members and to educate the current membership on the various facets of Kiwanis
International, the New York District, the Van Rensselaer Division and the Sand
Lake Kiwanis Club.
Program
(Co-Chairs Eve Ward & John Mulligan) organizes and schedules the programs for the weekly
meetings.
Publicity
(Chair Mike Gates) aids the club’s Officers, Board of Directors, and committee
chairs by using the local media to inform the community of the club’s
activities and programs.
Sandpiper
(Chair Peg Weiss) the bulletin committee – produces a weekly newsletter to inform the
membership of the activities of the club, the Board of Directors, the district,
and Kiwanis International.
Senior Services
(Chair Joe Trupia) suggests and implements programs to enrich the lives of the
seniors in the community.
Social Committee (Chair Eve Ward) arranges special meetings or outings for the club.
Spiritual Aims
(Chair Dick Johnsen) cooperates on broad and non-denominational lines with
religious leaders and groups in the community to create a greater individual
and public consciousness of the importance of religious and spiritual values.
Sponsored
Youth (Co-Chairs John
Mulligan & Barb Fioravanti) encourages and promotes the activities of the Averill Park High School
Key Club. This committee also is
responsible for the future development of other sponsored youth clubs in our
area.
Young Children Priority Number One/Major Emphasis – YCP1 (Chair
Bob Loveridge) develops programs to
benefit children age prenatal through five, this includes specific support of
the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit at Albany Medical Center.
Youth Services
(Chair vacant) programs to assist
young boys and girls as they develop into adults in our community.
Ways & Means (Chair Mike Gates) studies, devises and suggests methods and means to raise, during the current year, those funds to be used for the service activities of the club in the following year.