Kiwanis Club of Waycross, Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2018 Chartered Club since November 27,

Division 4—”Coastal Cats”. 1920

 Lunch Hour Meetings: Kiwanis Club of Waycross Officers & Directors, 2018-2019
meeting venue changed to Hog N Bones, Memorial President: Michael-Angelo James
Drive, at noon. President Elect: Anthony Hendrix

• Kiwanis Mission: “Kiwanis helps kids around the Treasurer: Henry Clarke
world. Local clubs look out for our communities and Secretary: Janice Williams
the international organization takes on large-scale Directors 2017-2019
challenges, such as fighting disease and poverty.” Jeff Garmon
Linda Lightfoot

Our Club Projects Sonny Yarbrough

Directors 2018-2020

1. Bell Ringing for Dina Hendrix

Salvation Army at Martha Wildes
Walmart. Decem- Ken Cannon
ber 15th.
2. Selling poinsetti-
as; our Signature Important Dates
Fundraising Pro- Delivery of Poinsettias, Decem-
ject. Free Delivery, ber 5th, 12th, 19th; First Christian
contact: waycrosski- Church. Time to be announced.
wanis@gmail.com
Kiwanis Club meeting. Guest
3. SAFE Homes cam- speaker: Yolanda Rivers, Rivers
paign. Ongoing col- Foundation, December 7th.
laboration with
Hearts For Families Kiwanis International is a global or- Division 4 Council Meeting at
to keep kids safe by
ganization of volunteers dedicated The Pirates’ House, Savannah,
to improving the world one child December 8th at 11:00am.
encouraging par-
and one community at a time.
ents and guardians Kiwanis Club meeting. Guests:
to pledge to keep Kiwanis Vision Center Elementary Chorus, Decem-
alcohol and other “Kiwanis will be a positive influ- ber 14th
drugs out of the ence in communities worldwide — Kiwanis International Conven-
reach of children. tion, Orlando, Fl, June 27-29,
so that one day, all children will
Pledge by texting
wake up in communities that be- 2019.
HEARTS to 33222 or
completing a form on lieve in them, nurture them and Georgia Kiwanis District Con-
this site: provide the support they need to vention, Augusta Marriott Ho-
http://heartsforfami thrive.” Kiwanis.org tel, Augusta, Ga. August, 16-19,
lies.org
 Program Chairs for 2019
January: Janice Williams
February: Tony and Dina Hendrix
March: Carlos Nelson
April: Sonny Yarbrough
May: Ken Cannon
June: Jeff Garmon
July: Linda Kay Lightfoot
August: Judy Yarborough and Dorothy Brinson
September: Martha Wildes and Martha Jones
October: Henry and Carol Clarke
November: Michael-Angelo James
December: Syria Frost
Our motto: Serving the Children of the World
Kudos Kiwanians
1. We made over $500 from our Spaghetti
Lunch fundraiser held at the Downtown
Sandwich Shoppe on November 1st.
2. We welcomed 6 new members since Oc-
tober 1st; the start of the new Kiwanis
year.
3. We have participated in 4 projects since
October 1st: Kiwanis One Day—
reading to children at Head Start,
Thanksgiving Baskets for 4 families
in need, Luggage/Bag Collection for
children going into foster care, and
Blanket Collection for those in need at
the Food Pantry at First Christian.
Connect with Us
Check out our social media links for Kiwa-
nis projects and activities.
• LinkedIn
• Twitter handle @KiwanisWaycross
• Facebook (Kiwanis Club of Waycross)
• Email us for club information:
waycrosskiwanis@gmail.com
Photo: Flashback to our major fundraising
project in December 2017. We sell beautiful
poinsettias. From left to right, Kiwanians;
Martha Wildes, Membership Chair, Linda
Lightfoot, and SGSC student volunteer.