THIS SATURDAY

This Saturday, December 13, 2025

8:30 a.m. Breakfast meeting. Membership Committee co-chair Lauren Traum will induct four new members, Susan Baron, Leila Brier, Lance Mald, and Christina Mattison, at this Saturday's meeting. Please join in celebrating these new Kiwanians.

10:00 a.m. Boards and committee chairs meet. The time is approximate; immediately after the breakfast meeting. All Kiwanians are welcome.

This Saturday's meeting is the last opportunity to donate used winter clothing for residents of Rippowam Park affordable apartments in Stamford. Frank Ferrara is collecting them for his colleague.

Frank has this thing about cold or unhappy children. In addition to securing funding and purchasing and delivering coats for coat donations to Norwal Head Start and helping his colleague collect coats for Rippowam Park, when Kiwaniscope reached Frank by phone on Tuesday, he was helping to set up an event for which he previously was an organizer, Operation Santa, presented by Community Mayors for Children With Special Needs, a children's party experience at the Delta Airlines hangar at JFK International Airport.

Norfield Congregational Church Christian Education Building

RSVP BY TOMORROW FOR OUR HOLIDAY BREAKFAST

Thank you to all who have RSVPed. 50 guests are attending and counting!

Santa is checking his list and needs to hear from 34 of us. Reply Yes or No from your personal invitation, not this newsletter. There is no link in this newsletter. Please make sure to RSVP even if you can't make it.

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All aboard! Following the holiday breakfast on December 20, Herb and Barbara Cotter invite Kiwanians, friends, and children of all ages to view fellow Kiwanian and model-train enthusiast Herb's iPhone-controlled S gauge (1/64) model train layout.

Herb's and Barbara's home is only five minutes from breakfast. Get printed directions at breakfast. No reservation necessary. The Cotter's rail yard closes promptly at 2:00 p.m.

LAST WEEK

Membership Committee Co-chair Lauren Traum, center, inducted Theresa Brasco and Sam Nestor, room left and right, respectively, accompanied by their sponsors, Bill Brady, and Harry Spencer, respectively at last week's meeting.

WELCOME, SUSAN AND LANCE

The board admitted Susan Baron and Lance Mald to club membership last Friday at President Harry's request for accelerated (unanimous written consent of of the board without a meeting) action on their applications.

Lauren Traum will induct Susan and Lance this Saturday meeting along with new members Leila Brier and Christinna Mattison.

You won't want to miss welcoming these four new members on Saturday.

Kiwanis photographs by Jim McMorris.

Families decorated gingerbread houses to bring home and enjoyed a visitor from the North Pole at the Weston Women's League's annual Family Gingerbread Event last Saturday at Norfield Congregational Church's parish hall. Bob Uzenoff responded to WWL's invitation to help out and is shown in the picture nearby with organizers Jess Tolk and Nikki Harrington,

WWL photograph by Christine Pagliarani.

DECEMBER/JANUARY

Next Saturday, December 20, 2025 Holiday breakfast. Last meeting of 2025.

Saturday, December 27, 2025 NO MEETING

Saturday, January 3, 2026 8:30 Breakfast. Happy New Year!

Saturday, January 10, 2026 8:30 Breakfast, Program: Steve Thomas GTKYFK; 10:00 board meetings with committee chairs

Saturday, January 17, 2026 8:30 Breakfast, food drive following

Saturday, January 24, 2026 8:30 Breakfast, program: True Ghost Stories of Connecticut

Saturday, January 31, 2026 8:30 Breakfast

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