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THE KIWANIS MISSION

Kiwanis empowers communities to improve the world by making lasting differences in the lives of children.

THE KIWANIS VISION

Kiwanis will be a positive influence in communities worldwide — so that one day, all children will wake up in
communities that believe in them, nurture them and provide the support they need to thrive.

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 MAY 2, 2019

Governor’s 2018-2019
Kiwanis Theme
“Inspired to commit, serve
and growth.”

Lieutenant Governor’s Theme

for Division 2018-2019
“Championing the cause for
service, growth, and persons
living with disabilities ”

Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew

Mission 2018-2019
“To create an environment that will ignite the
membership to offer meaningful and
impacting service to the children, elderly,
physically and mentally challenged mem-bers
in our communities”

Theme/Motto 2018-2019
Championing the cause for service, growth,
and persons living with disabilities

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 MAY 2, 2019

PLACE APRIL11, 2019

ADS

HERE
Objects of Kiwanis
International
“To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than the
material values of life”

“To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human
relationships”

“To promote the adoption and the application of higher

social, business, and professional standards”

“To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent,

aggressive, and serviceable citizenship”

“To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to

form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and
to build better communities”

“To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public

opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of
righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill”

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GOALS 2018 - 2019
GOVERNOR’S GOALS – 2018/2019
GOV. MELFORD CLARKE
1. Membership and Engagement
Strategic Priority
(a) Charter 12 new clubs for 2018-2019
(b) Add 254 net new members to the
District
(c) To ensure that all clubs have a trained
membership chairperson
2. Community Impact Strategic Priority
(a) Increase the number of SLP clubs by
20 during 2018-2019
(b) Have at least 60% of Kiwanis Club
develop/maintain a signature project
3. Our Kiwanis Image Strategic Priority
(a) Create a district contest for signature projects
(b) Produce a Quarterly “Kiwanis Image” article
for the District Newsletter
(c) Develop a clear district communica-tion
policy
4. Financial Viability Strategic Priority
(a) Produce Quarterly financial educational
articles for the newsletter
(b) Implement a non-dues revenue base
EASTERN CANADA AND THE CARIBBEAN
DISTRICT DIVISION 23 EAST | LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR’S GOALS – 2018/2019
LG PAM RODNEY
1. To encourage each club to do at least one
disability focused service project to build
awareness and increase assistance to persons
living with disability.
2. To continue with the provision of
leadership development training for
SLP and Kiwanian members.
3. To increase the number of Clubs in the
division through the formation of at least 1
club.
4. To encourage sponsoring clubs to Support
the reactivation of at least 2 Service
leadership programmes and grow
divisional membership by 5% using
media.
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APRILMAY11,2 2019
PRESIDENT’S MAJOR GOALS
ADMINISTRATIVE YEAR
2018/2019
PRES. BARRINGTON MILLER
1. Achieve 80% of membership
complying with dues payment or part
thereof by October 31 2018.
2. Continue to improve and strengthen the
bond and support of SLPs.
3. Have exciting and interesting club
meetings that will bring out the
members.
4. Recognition of our stalwart members who
have not been seen, on a quarterly basis.
5. Net increase in membership of 1.
6. Strengthen our financial base through timely
and realistic fundraising projects.
7. Register the club under the
Charities Act.
8. Ensure that our fiscal responsibility is
maintained
9. Re-Charter the St.Joseph’s Circle K Club.
10. The Construction of a medical ward at
the Bustamante Hospital for Children.
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 EDITORIAL MAY 2, 2019

JAMAICA MUST TAP INTO AFRIC A

Economic onlookers are well aware of China's growing influence in Africa. In the energy sector alone China's State-owned
development banks lent US$6.8 billion to energy projects in African countries in 2017, according to a study from Boston University's
Global Economic Governance Initiative.

Therefore, it is only prudent for Jamaica and China to establish the Jamaica-China Business Council for both countries to leverage
investment opportunities in Africa.

The continent of Africa is resource-rich; hence there are innumerable opportunities for Jamaican and Chinese entrepreneurs to
engage in collaborative partnerships. Such engagements will make Jamaican businesses more competitive due to benefiting from
Chinese knowledge and expertise.

The council should also provide updates on China's regulatory framework to equip Jamaican entrepreneurs with the skills to
navigate China's business landscape.

Jamaicans can no longer take solace in being a beneficiary of aid. Political leaders have to prepare a strategy to make Jamaica a
player in the global economy.

Kiwanians at Key Club District Convention

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AGENDA
MEETING TYPE: AGM
CALL TO ORDER
NATIONAL ANTHEM
INVOCATION
OBJECTS OF KIWANIS INTL
WELCOME &APOLOGIES
BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS
CORRESPONDENCE

MAIN EVENT: AGM

ADJOURMENT

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NATIONAL ANTHEM OF JAMAICA

Eternal Father, Bless our Land, Guard us with Thy mighty hand, Keep us free from
evil powers,
Be our light through countless hours,
To our leaders, great defender,
Grant true wisdom from above,
Justin, truth be ours forever,
Jamaica, land we love,
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica, land we love

Teach us true respect for all, Stir response to duty’s call, Strengthen us the weak to cherish, Give
us vision lest we perish, Knowledge send us Heavenly Father, Grant true wisdom from above,
Justice, truth be ours forever, Jamaica, land we love,
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica, land we love

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

“””Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”

Plato

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 MAY 2, 2019

Kiwanis Club of North St.Andrew Minutes of Meeting held April 28 2019 at the Police Officers’ Club 34
Hope Road, Kingston 10

Call to Order:

The meeting was called to order by President Barry at 7:35 pm. He then invited the following Kiwanians to
lead the opening proceedings: BE Lipton (National Anthem), Kiw Dane Campbell (Invocation); and
Derrick Brown (Objects)

Welcome and Apologies:

President Barry called on PE Kenton to do the welcome. PE Kenton extended greetings to the following
persons:

Kiwanian Glen
Bromfield DLG Doug
DP Ian
DP Henry
DP Andrea Moore

Visiting Clubs

KC of Cyberconnect (1) led by Shalene Johnson

Guest/s of Kiwanians

No guests were present

Apologies and Absences

DP John (Absent)
Secretary John (Absent)
DP Mark Anderson(Absent)
PVP Mark Russel (Absent)
Director Dennis (absent)

Correspondence: There was none.

President Barry then recognized DLG Ashley, Kiwanian Caleb, Kiwanian Ray Campbell and Kiwanian
Archibald Campbell. He then invited DP Owen to give the report of the slate committee. Afterwards President
Barry invited members of KCNSA to be nominated for the following posts:
st
1 VP
ND
2 VP
Treasurer
PE

VP Dwayne Cargill was then introduced to give the following Notice of Resolution:

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Whereas a goal of Kiwanis International is to build, retain and support a growing Kiwanis membershipMAY 2,
2019 network;
And whereas the Kiwanis international strategies for achieving this goal are to: Increase membership; Open
Clubs; Develop leaders; Increase the value of the member experience; Invite and build with a service focus;
and Build a strong network of local and global partners;
Be it resolved that the Kiwanis Club of North St.Andrew organize a new 1-2-3 young professional Club within
our division.

Main Event
This was a reflection on the life of DP Charles Moore. The following persons gave tributes:

DLG DOUG
DP Hugh
PD Glen Bromfield
DS Colin Ifill
PD Andrew Wint
DP Franklin
DP Andrea

Announcements
st
President Barry announced that the Board of Directors meeting will be hosted on the 1 Tuesday
in May, by Director Bertram at the annex of the Police Officers Club

Sergeant of Arms: There was no sergeant of arms; however funds were collected

50/50 was drawn by DP Andrea and won by Kiwanian Kevin

PD Steadman did the thought of the week and benediction.

Termination

The meeting was terminated at 8:56 pm

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CONGRATULATIONS

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 APRILMAY11,2 2019

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Kiwanis International offers
different types of clubs to meet the
needs of a diverse world. These club
types were created to attract
potential members who share
common lifestyles —
and to offer service opportunities to

KU
more people.
CLASSIC KIWANIS CLUBS
THE TRADITIONAL CLUB FOUND IN
MOST COMMUNITIES TODAY, THE
“CLASSIC” TYPE FITS MANY
COMMUNITIES AND CAN BE
ADAPTED TO DIVERSE GROUPS,
CORPORATIONS OR SPECIFIC
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES.
MAY 2, 2019
INTERNET-BASED CLUBS
OFFERING FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE
WHO TRAVEL OFTEN OR CANNOT
ATTEND TRADITIONAL MEETINGS,
INTERNET-BASED CLUBS OPERATE IN
MUCH THE SAME WAY AS CLASSIC
CLUBS. HOWEVER, MEETINGS ARE
GENERALLY HELD IN CHAT ROOMS, Kiwanis International’s continuing service focus is called “Young Children:
AND OFFICERS USE TECHNOLOGY Priority One.” This program seeks to serve the special needs of young
EXTENSIVELY TO KEEP MEMBERS children from prenatal development to age 5 in four areas: maternal and
INFORMED AND CONNECTED.
child health; child care and development; parent education and support; and
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CLUBS safety programs and pediatric trauma care.
THESE CLUBS MEET THE NEEDS OF
YOUNGER MEMBERS WITH BUSY
LIFESTYLES, GENERALLY OFFERING
MORE FLEXIBLE MEETING
SCHEDULES AND HANDS-ON SERVICE
PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS CLUBS CONDUCT

KIWANIS UNIVERSITY
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS
AND FAMILIES, AND THEY USE
TECHNOLOGY IN CLUB OPERATIONS
AND ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION COMMITTEE
3-2-1 CLUB
INSPIRED BY FEEDBACK FROM
CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS, THIS
CLUB TYPE REFLECTS A DESIRE TO
MEET LESS AND DO MORE. A 3-2-1
CLUB REPRESENTS THREE HOURS OF
SERVICE, TWO HOURS OF SOCIAL
ACTIVITY, AND A ONE HOUR
MEETING EACH MONTH.
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2019
MAY 2,
2019
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 HERE
A THOUGHT
FOOD FOR THOUGHT

D
"Activity without purpose is the drain of your life." - Tony Robbins

With the volume and speed of change, it is easy to get caught up in all the
latest fads of business, leadership, technology, etc. While we are expected
to adapt to changing tides, and sometimes even to predict how they will
change, if we follow or try to adapt to every whim we will lose our way. As
leaders, we don't do things because everybody is doing it. Leaders do
things because they will ultimately help to achieve the vision. There will be
missteps and wrong calculations, but these are often reduced when there is
clarity of purpose, "By doing X we will achieve the goal of …". The actions
and decisions of leaders are viewed through the prism of 'how does this get

S
us to our goal?'. Leaders should first be able to answer this question for
themselves so they can break it down for team members who are unsure.

What is your vision? Do your team members share this vision? How
have your actions/decisions in the past week impacted your vision?

H
E
R
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 2. Stimulation MAY 2, 2019
Theme: Basic Education and Literacy
During the first 1,000 days of life a
The well-being of a child starts at conception. Research has
child who is read to, talked to, sung
proven that the earliest years of a child’s life, the first two and a
to and played with, is not only
half to three years, are critical for cognitive, social and emotional
happier but has a better cognitive
development, creating a solid foundation for health and well-being
capacity and a better chance to live a
in their childhood and beyond. Development, not education, is
fuller , more productive life.
important at this stage of life.
Children exposed to high quality
On July 6, 2018, The Early Childhood Commission in collaboration
learning experiences from a young
with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information launched the
age develop bigger vocabularies and
0-3 strategy which focuses on the time spanning roughly between
become better readers.
conception and one’s second birthday, a unique period of opportunity
3. Protection
when the foundations of optimum health, growth and

neurodevelopment across the lifespan are established. Early stress can affect brain function,

On December 3 our ZLT programme was launched to learning and memory adversely and

empowerment. Frequently, in developing countries, poverty and its permanently. New research provides

attendant condition, malnutrition, weaken this foundation, leading a scientific basis for the obvious fact

to earlier mortality and significant morbidities such as poor health that children who experience extreme

and substantial loss of neurodevelopmental potential. stress in their earliest years are at

The three (3) critical areas of focus for the first 1,000 days of life are: greater risk at developing a variety of

1. Nutrition cognitive, behavioural and emotional

difficulties later in life. This is

Inadequate nutrition before birth and in the first years of life can
because violence, abuse, traumatic
seriously interfere with brain development and can lead to
experiences etc. produces high level
neurological and behavioural disorders such as learning
of cortisol. When cortisol steroids
disabilities or mental retardation.
remain high for too long, they
In the early years a child’s brain consumes 50-75% of all energy through
produce toxic stress, which will
absorption from food and good nutrition. A child’s cognitive and
ultimately limit brain connectivity.
physical are at risk of being stunted if they do not receive the appropriate

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 Additionally, the overreaching goal
While the human brain continues to develop and change throughout MAY 2, 2019
of the 0-3 strategy is to improve the
life, the most rapid period of brain growth and its period of highest
provision of early stimulation and
plasticity is in the last trimester of pregnancy and the first two years of
learning for children zero to thirty
life. Parents, caregivers and practitioners must ensure optimum
six months by providing direct
development during this time-span in order to increase the child’s
funding to day-care institutions to
chance of growth to their full potential. The years from conception to
support children until they are ready
eight years of age are critical to the complete and healthy cognitive,
to move into pre-primary
emotional and physical growth of children.
institutions, at age 4 and the primary
In the first postnatal year, there is rapid growth of the language
school system at age 6.
processing areas as well as early development of the prefrontal
The purpose of the Brain Builders
cortex that will control “higher processing” such as attention,
Centre/Day-care Initiative is to:
inhibition, and flexibility. The first 1,000 days are characterized by
a) Increase the quality of early
rapid rates of cell numbers, growth, complexity and connectivity.
stimulation experiences in
Thus, this time period provides the greatest opportunity to provide
Early Childhood Institution-
optimal nutrition to ensure normal development.
based programmes in Day-
There is almost universal enrolment of children in pre-primary
care Centres and Nurseries
schools (ages 3-5 years). According to Jamaica Survey of Living
serving children up to age
Conditions, in 2004, 96.8 per cent of children at this level, were
three-plus
enrolled with an attendance rate of approximately 71.3 per cent.
b) Encourage the exposure of
While enrolment of children in pre-schools remains high, the quality of
parents who access these
services is often poor. According to official estimates, fewer than one
services, to the benefits of
out of three children entering grade one were ready for primary level,
early stimulation through
and some 30 per cent of primary school dropouts were illiterate. This can
programmes modelled
be contributed to lack of development within the early years. Hence, our
within Day-cares Centres
12 Operating Standards for Early Childhood Institutions. These
and Nurseries.
standards ensure that Early Childhood Institutions are complying with

the law whilst providing the best environments for children, regardless It is important that we, as a nation,

focus on providing all children with

of their background. Children who start, have smooth transitions into
access to early childhood
primary level and secondary levelinstitutions Page 16 of 24
development. Therefore, our thrust to increase the number of infant
MAY 2, 2019
schools (government owned and operated) must be taken seriously, as

we see the detriment of the well-being of each child who didn’t get it

right from the start.

There are 2,656 ECIs now in Jamaica (as captured by our Registration

Information System). Only 371 of these institutions are infant schools

which mean they are owned and operated by the Government. One

thousand two hundred and eight (1,208) are public/private institutions.

This means that one thousand and seventy-seven (1,077) ECIs are

private. These private institutions charge fees for accepting children

which means all children are not able to access the same level of early

childhood development.

I know that as members of the Rotary Club of Kingston, you have

amplified your commitment to inspire those you touch through your

service in order to positively impact communities and the country

at large. To this end, I am imploring you to partner with the Early

Childhood Commission to assist with the building of infant

departments so that all children, regardless of their background, are

able to receive the same level of early childhood development.

Contributed by the Early Childhood Commission

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 MAY 2, 2019

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Member’s Birthdays
May 05 DP Henry Hall
May 14 PPE Bertram Burgher
May 15 DP Roy Pennant
May 28 PD Dwayne Peters
May 30 PVP Easton Gordon
Wedding Anniversaries
Wives’ Birthdays
May 05 Kiw Andrew and Ingrid Irving
May 16 Ann-Marie, wife PVP Patrick Walker May 11 PVP Wayne and Karen Smith
May 17 Mill;icent , wife of Kiw. Roy Walker May 19 DP Lynden and Carol Nugent
May 27 Janice, wife of DP Owen Wissart May 20 PD Kingsley and Dionne Morris
May 21 PD Charles and Shelette Brown
May 28 PD Fred and Lorraine Duncan
May 28 Pres Barry and Joyce Miller

KIWANIANS NOT WELL

DP Roy Pennant
DP Vinroy Whyte
DS Henry Kettle
PD Amniel Doaman
Kiw. Robert Watkiss

Please visit them a call/visit. You can liaise with PE Kenton regarding visits

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 MAY 2, 2019

Kiwanis Club of North St Andrew – Calendar of Activities for May 2019

Wk # Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat
1 1 2 3 4
AGM Builders Clubs’ Maths Funeral Service for
& Essay Competetion PD Charles Moore
at Boulevard
Baptist Church
2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
BOD Meeting – Business Meeting & Division 23 Builders
Annex at POC, Builders Clubs’ Awards & K Kids Rally at
hosted by Dir Presentation of Maths the Mico Youth
Bertram Burgher & Essay Competition Counselling Centre
3 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Key & Circle K Joint Guest Speaker’s
Meeting Meeting

4 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Monthly Church Community Builders Club Ctte YCPO Ctte Labour Day – Project at
Service Services Ctte Meeting Meeting St Paul’s Basic School
Meeting

5 26 27 28 29 30 31
DP Roy Pennant’s Joint Ctte Meeting YCPO – Early Education Meeting
Meals on Wheels of Membership, Literacy Initiative
& Marie Atkins House Admin and – National Baptist
Feeding Project Human & Spiritual Basic School
Values

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 Jamaica Employers Federation, 62a Ruthven
BARBICAN CITY Road, Kinston 10, 1 st and 3 rd
Tuesdays at 6:00PM

YOUNG College of Insurance and Professional

PROFESSIONALS, Studies, 3A Richmond Road, Kingston 10,
KINGSTON, JAMAICA
3rd Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.

LG DIVISION 23E
DIV SECRETARY
DIV TREASURER
ADVISOR
ADVISOR

Kiwanis Club of Meeting Place & Time

NAMES Neisha Sutherland neisha.sutherland@yahoo.com 247-9052
EMAILS Richard Rowe r.roweonly@gmail.com 862-2740
Dane McLean mcleandane88@gmail.com
nd Savionne Gayle savionnegayle@gmail.com 349-7319
CAPITAL CITY Betting Gaming and Lottery, 2 & Amanda Crawford amanda.crawford@sahs.edu.jm 465-4197
Venisha Johnson johnson.venisha9062@gmail.com 546-8717
Mayfair Hotel, 2
nd
&4
th
Tuesdays at 7:00:00
Sandra McPherson prettyeyes_362@yahoo.com
CONSTANT SPRING Mitzie Bernard Mills mitziembm@yahoo.com 373-3559
Nicola-Annmarie Brown- nicolabp82@gmail.com 375-8558
Althea Blissett altheablissett23@gmail.com 817-9098
CyberConnect Jamaica Internet Club Wednesdays at 6:30PM, DLG Eileen Donaldson 326-7924
DP Velmore Lawrence velmorel@yahoo.com 778-1005
DOWNTOWN
Leon Marrett Leon.marrett@gmail.com 899-3577
KINGSTON
Hotel Four Seasons, Mondays at 1:00:00 PM Afis Ismail seafis@gmail.com 376-5412
Kermit McGann kmcgann@gmail.com 383-6907
EASTERN KINGSTON & Patrick March pmsmtropic@gmail.com 432-4729/909-0012
Alhambra Inn, Mondays at 6:30, p.m. Donald Grant 278-8498
PT. ROYAL
Franz McKnight franzmcknight@gmail.com 537-8768
EASTERN ST. Jamaica Exporters Assoc., 1 Winchester Rosemarie Brown rosemarie.brown1@gmail.com 564-8494
ANDREW Maureen Clarke mdclarke16@yahoo.com 832-7192
Road, Kinston 10, Tuesdays at 6:30PM
Camille McLeish shanmac83@gmail.com 351-4529
FRIENDS ACROSS Bridgette Steele bscleaningservices13@gmail.com 817-3531
rd Sandrina Davis kcfriendsacrossborders@gmail.com 457-2173
BORDERS Online via Go-T0-Meeting, 3 Tuesdays
Jean Bell jeanbell@flowja.com 9951210
Julian Davis-Buckle juleda1@yahoo.com 889-4342
Jamaica fire brigade Headquarters, 61 Hagley
JFB, KINGSTON
nd
Kay Madden- Henderson maddenkay@yahoo.com 360-6093
Park Road, Kingston, 2 Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m.
Charmaine McFarlane charmbet23@yahoo.com 334-1476/562-8529
Jamaica Theological Seminary,
Nadine Buckland ndbuckland@gmail.com 449-9448
JTS Davion Boreland davionboreland@jts.edu.jm 372-3195
rd
3 Saturdays 3:00 p.m. Domenique Martin domenique.grant@jts.edu.jm 305-2007
Rupert Whittaker rupert.whittaker@gmail.com
KINGSTON Kiwanis Headquarters, National Chest
Chevon Lewis chevonlewis@yahoo.com 416-7462
Hospital, Tuesdays at 6:30pm, DLGE Stanley Lewis dosan@cwjamaica.com 995-5755
Shane Walters sm_walters2003@hotmail.com 527-0058
LIGUANEA Hope United Church, 2nd Nigel Dixon dixonnigel@outlook.com 468-3810
& 4thTuesdays at 7:30PM Dave Michael Laing dmglaing@gmail.com 470-8830
Kiwanis Headquarters, National Chest Tiffany Mentore tiffany.mentore3@gmail.com 276-3162
MEADOWVALE st rd Marcia Bent marfer702003@yahoo.com 395-8332
Hospital, Kingston 6, 1 &3 Thursdays at
7:00PM Marcia Bent marfer702003@yahoo.com 395-8332
Dianne Harris kiwaniandianne@gmail.com 361-8703
NEW KINGSTON Police Officers Clubs, Wednesdays at 6:00PM Ann-Marie Rowe-Mitto. secretarykcnk2019@gmail com 579-7454
Donna Mesquita donnamesquita69@gmail.com 550-3325
Barrington Miller barrington.miller@myguardiangroup.co 278-5223
NORTH ST. ANDREW Police Officers’ Club, Thursdays at 6:30PM John Smith jsantonio2002@yahoo.com 613-7397/876-416-
Leroy Reid leroyreid@gmail.com 527-3339
st Susan Webb elaine_sue@yahoo.com 356-9661
Altamont Court Hotel, 1 &
ST. ANDREW Jodi-Ann Blake blakejodiann@yahoo.com
rd
3 Mondays at 6:30PM DLGE Charles Brown bimmo5@yahoo.com 509-0394
st Camille Brown camille0706@yahoo.com 828-8844/440-5535
Stitches, Albion, St. Thomas 1
ST. THOMAS Stacy- Ann Fisher staceyann.fisher@yahoo.com 446-8517
rd
and 3 Thursdays at 6:30PM Layton Wright wright_layton@yahoo.com 343-4509
nd Shaneka Thomas katherinekelly18@gmail.com 467-3662
UCC, 34 Old Hope Road, 2
SOUTH ST. ANDREW
th Carline Stanberry cephie_stanberry@yahoo.com 868-3176
&4 Wednesdays, 6:00 PM DP Karen Carnagie karencarnagie@yahoo.com 371-5053
nd Audrey Morgan audrie2502@yahoo.com 379-3387
Constant Spring Golf Club, 2
STONY HILL
th DP Keith Byfield kestcbyfield@yahoo.com 439-0395
&4 Mondays at 7:30PM DP Sharon Usim sharon.usimwilliams@gmail.com 995-8861
Religious society of Friends, 4 Worthington Arlene Ellison arlenepeach45@yahoo.com 410-9771
nd
TRAFALGAR Terrace, Kingston 5, 2 & Tameka Hinds tammyhyn@gmail.com 829-9285
th
4 Wednesdays at 7:00PM Karen Miller kamiller2900@gmail.com 481-5819
st Charmaine Shaw charmaineshaw@gmail.com 551-9164
WEST ST. ANDREW Medallion Hall Hotel, 1 &
PP Clava Mantock clava_mantocksnr@yahoo.com 342-6365
rd Roy Townsend townsendroy2@gmail.com 999-4409
3 Wednesdays at 8:00PM
Naketa West naketa.west@gmail.com 847-0227
Kathrina Bennett bennettkathrina@hotmail.com 782-2473
Nateisha Sewell glamoramacity@gmail.com 594-1663

LG Pam Rodney-White pr25white@yahoo.com 816-2392

DP Deborah Manning deman103@hotmail.com 276-9059
DP Patricia Bowen kiwanianpatbowen@yahoo.com 995-1591
DLG Beverly Thompson bevcovver@yahoo.com 797-7000
PLG Llewelyn Allen llewallen@hotmail.com 990-7178
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 MAY 2, 2019

The students in Memorial School’s Honors Accelerated Placement

classroom were concerned. This group of 60 first- and second-
graders – all of whom scored above grade level in reading and math
– had heard a lot about the Zika virus through news reports. During
one of their weekly meetings at their Garden City, Michigan,

KIWANIANS HELP school, they began discussing the issue and the cause behind it:
mosquito bites.
“We began wondering what we could do to get rid of mosquitoes,”
says Kelly Depriest, a teacher at Memorial and one of two staff to
oversee the HAP. “The students started thinking, reading and
brainstorming ideas. Bats seemed to be the most practical way of
HONORS STUDENTS ridding the community of mosquitoes.”
So the students decided to build bat houses. They found a design
they liked and thought they could craft – with a little help, that
is.
That’s when the Kiwanis Club of Garden City, Michigan,
FIGHT MOSQUITO- stepped in. After receiving a letter from the students asking for
assistance, they readily answered the bat signal. At the students’
request, Home Depot had agreed to donate all necessary
materials and tools. Five Kiwanis members and a guest visited
Memorial to precut the items, assemble a prototype and then

BORNE ILLNESSES. supervise the construction.

“One student acted as a project manager and kept the students
rotating through the assembly line process, which the Kiwanis
members created for ease of completion,” Depriest says. “All of
the students participated throughout the day.”
Their hard work yielded 22 bat houses. The students already had written to the city’s mayor and the school district’s
superintendent and received permission to install the houses in community parks and on school properties. Several Kiwanians
purchased houses for themselves. The students donated those funds back to the Garden City club to support future community
projects.
“Most of the children had never handled tools before and were thrilled to have that opportunity and to build something useful at
the same time,” says Tom Jankowski, immediate past president of Kiwanis Club of Garden City. “As for the Kiwanis members,
we had as much fun or more than the children involved.”

This was published by the Kiwanis Magazine on August 13 2018. Story by Julie Saetre

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