CLUB PROJECTS Following are some of the club projects
that were reported in the March club reports:
Franklin County worked Inschool Banking at elementary
school; planning for High on the Hog festivities.
Highland Rim donated books to library; sponsored
Easter egg hunt for head start; donated to MDA.
Manchester Donated $300 ea to CHS BPOA & Project
Graduation; donated $40 & worked at Good Samaritan; gave each
Noah Head Start child a book; donated to library; collected alum
cans for Habitat; collected for IDD.
Murfreesboro distributed magazines to VA hospital,
contributed to MDA, provided scholarship to Girl State.
Stones River/Oaklands sponsored VA Bingo for veterans;
donated $50 to Holloway Harbor and to Girl Scouts; donated $100
to MDA and to community Arts; collected 400 books for K-T District
project.
Tullahoma donated to Christian Children's Fund; donated
to THS Project Graduation; donated to TN Leadership conference;
conducted street cleanup of adopted street; began lawn care program
for Trinity Day Care.
Warren County donated puzzles and books to nursing
home; helped with community Easter egg hunt.
White County Christmas in April (repair homes for
underprivileged); sponsored Leadership Tomorrow trip to state
capitol; sponsored Women's Bible study class.
New Builders Club Division 1E has a new Builders
Club. The Coffee County Middle School Builders Club was officially
chartered on March 10. The club had its charter recognition day
on May 7. Manchester Club President Mark Williams presided at
the event. Lt. Gov. Darrell Drinkall officially presented the
charter to Builders Club President Wesley Sullivan. School club
advisors Eva Thomas and Judy Northcutt presented each Builders
Club member with their pin and membership card. Bob Brinkmann
presented the Builders Club banner to the school. Kiwanian Bobby
Cummins, Director of Coffee County Schools, spoke of the importance
of sponsored youth clubs in schools. The new Club joins East Middle
School in Tullahoma, West Middle School in Tullahoma, and Centertown
Middle School in Warren County as Builders Clubs in our Division.
Thanks to all of our clubs that sponsor these clubs. Keep up the
good work.
Division Council Meeting The Division Council met on April 17, 2003 with the Murfreesboro Club. The purpose of this meeting was to elect the Lt. Gov. Select for 2004-2005. With past Lt. Gov Ron Martin presiding, the Division Council elected Bob Brinkmann from the Manchester club as our Lt. Gov. Select for 2004-2005. The Stones River/Oaklands club will be in line for the Lt. Gov. for 2005-2006. Each club is expected to start preparing an individual for this prestigious honor now. The Division needs strong leadership as the Lt. Gov. is our link to the K-T District.
Kiwanis International Convention The tutoring program with Hickerson Elementary School by the Tullahoma Kiwanis Club has been chosen as one of two service projects in the K-T District to be on display at the International Convention for other clubs to see. The Tullahoma club has members to tutor students each morning and afternoon. This requires quite a commitment by the club. Over 16 members and the Lt. Gov. spend time each week helping the kids with their homework. This is quite an honor to be selected as a project for all Kiwanians to see and hear about. If you are at the convention, drop by the service booth on Monday from 12:00 to 4:00 and hear the complete service story. Don Bond is the project chairman.
Books for Children If your club has committed
to send books to the Kiwanis International Convention, please
let me know how they are going to be delivered. If you have a
member going and they can deliver, great. If I need to deliver,
then that is fine too. We just need to know who is going to deliver
the books. Also, if you have someone driving to convention, and
they can carry some books, please advise. I have been told that
one club has between 300 to 400 books that need delivering. This
is a great start, but we may need more help in delivering all
books. THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT!!
Darrell Drinkall, Lt. Governor Division 1E
167 Park Creek Rd. Manchester, TN 37355-7164 Ph. (931) 728-4729 email: ddrinkall@cafes.net