Kiwanis Club of Waycross, Volume 3 Issue 3, March 2020 Established since November 27, 1920

Division 4—”Coastal Cats”.

 Lunch Hour Meetings: Kiwanis Club of Waycross Officers & Directors, 2019-2020
meets at Jerry J’s on Plant Avenue Fridays at noon.
• Kiwanis Mission: “Kiwanis helps kids around the President: Anthony Hendrix

world. Local clubs look out for our communities and Past President: Michael-Angelo James
the international organization takes on large-scale President Elect: John Conger
challenges, such as fighting disease and poverty.” Treasurer: Henry Clarke
Secretary: Janice Williams
Directors 2018-2020
Our Club Projects Dina Hendrix
Martha Wildes

1. Bring Up Grades Ken Cannon

(BUG): ongoing pro- Directors 2019-2021
gram designed to Linda Lightfoot
recognize elemen-
Dorothy Brinson
tary school students
who improve their
grades.
2. Promote Child- Who will you tell
hood Literacy: about our commu-
reading to children
in the elementary nity activities?
schools participat-
ing in the BUG pro-
gram. Kiwanis International is a global or- Important Dates
ganization of volunteers dedicated
3. Hygiene Kit
to improving the world one child
Drive: collecting Invite Your Pastor Day: April
and one community at a time.
toiletries for stu- 3rd, regular meeting time and
dents in collabora- Kiwanis Vision
place.
tion with “The “Kiwanis will be a positive influ-
Piece-makers of Good Friday Service: April 10th,
ence in communities worldwide — First Baptist Church, 12:00pm
Jamestown”.
so that one day, all children will
4. Luggage Drive: Kiwanis International Conven-
wake up in communities that be-
ongoing project for tion: June 18-21, Indianapolis, IN.
lieve in them, nurture them and
kids going into the provide the support they need to Georgia District Convention,
foster care system. August 21-23, 2020 at Riverfront
thrive.” Kiwanis.org
Marriott, Savannah.
 Program Coordinators
• March: Jeff Garmon
• April: Dorothy Brinson and Judy Yarborough
• May: Dorothy Riggs
• June: Joann White
• July: Linda Kay Lightfoot
• August: Dina Hendrix
• September: Martha Wildes
• October: Carol & Henry Clarke
• November: Michael-Angelo James
Our motto: Serving the Children of the World
Kudos Kiwanians
1. 6 Kiwanians and a South Georgia
State College student volunteer, read
to kindergarten and second grade stu-
dents at Ruskin Elementary over a 3
day period: February 20th, 27th, and
March 5th.
2. We presented a check of $200.00 to Ty-
ler Bennet, principal of Center Ele-
mentary, to purchase materials for the
Bring Up Grades (BUG) program on
February 7th.
3. 4 Kiwanians signed up to be Reading
Mentors at Center Elementary in
March.
4. Kiwanians will also participate, for the
third time, in the Progress Report
Card Conference at Center Elementary
on March 20th at 8:00am.
Photo: Kiwanians participated in
Read Across America Week at
Ruskin Elementary, one of the
schools in our Bring Up Grades Pro-
gram. On March 5th, designated
Cat In The Hat Day at Ruskin, Ki-
wanians (left to right) Dorothy
Brinson, Janice Williams, Martha
Wildes, Dina and Tony Hendrix
read to 4 kindergarten classes.