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Good morning ! This week in Kiwaniscope - this Saturday breakfast, news from last Saturday's program, and our 13th Super Bowl lunch for veterans, RSVP for a Bunco game night with Weston High School Key Club and announcing a leap day get-together.
Test your Kiwanis knowledge. Question: What opportunities does Kiwanis provide adults living with disabilities? Answer below.
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MEMBERS’ MILESTONES
Leigh Michl and Shannon's wedding anniversary is next Wednesday, February 20. Happy anniversary!
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This Saturday, February 17, 2024
Breakfast meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Come for coffee, conversation, a hot breakfast, and happy bucks.
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JOURNALISM AT WHS
Weston High School Warhorse co-editors-in-chief Katarina Todorovich and Mia Tomanelli at our breakfast meeting last Saturday. We learned about the history, operations, and production of the student print newspaper.
Kiwanis has provided funds to support increased print edition production and grow readership beyond the school.
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WHS will add a journalism class to its curriculum in the next year.
Pictured above are Mrs. Vanessa Eisenman (left, Weston Warhorse faculty advisor), Katarina Todorovich and Mia Tomanelli, and Kiwanis program chair Tom Glass.
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Kiwanians put together a Super Bowl lunch feast for veterans residing at Homes for the Brave and PFC Nicholas A. Madaras Home for Women Veterans in Bridgeport. Weston Kiwanians signed up for over 30 menu items and brought them to Norfield Congregational Church parish hall Sunday morning. Several members drove the feast to Bridgeport, decorated the dining area, and served the residents. The Kiwanis Club of Bridgeport supplied beverages, and The Kiwanis Club of Norwalk brought individual snack packs for the festive day. Weston Kiwanian Jane A. Young-Anglim organized the first of what has become an annual event in 2011. | |
The Kiwanis Club of Bridgeport supplied drinks. | |
The Kiwanis Club of Norwalk provided individual snack bags, pictured here. | |
Kiwanians served residents, the first time since the pandemic. | |
We let Steve Thomas handle something sharp as Hutch and Dave Burns look on. | |
Frank Ferrara (center) took salt-and-pepper hair literally as he "hams" it up with Dave Burns and Steve Thomas. | |
Karen Chrisley, Steve Thomas, Frank Ferrara, former member Barbara Gross, and Dave Burns in the kitchen with Kiwanis bounty. | |
Kiwanis photographs contributed by Tom Failla. | |
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Next Saturday, February 24, 2024
Breakfast meeting. Program: Filmmaker Nathaniel Coleman
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Bunco Game Night - Weston High School Key Club and Weston Kiwanis Club
Weston High School cafeteria at 6 p.m. for bag dinner; play starts at 6:30 p.m.
RSVP email Dawn Egan or her cell (203) 451-4964.
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Happy Leap Day Get Together
Barcelona Wine Bar, 4180 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Save the date! Social Events Co-chairs Karen Chrisley and Jacqui Morrison are planning a social event to mark this special day. If we like it, we'll do it again in 2028.
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Saturday, March 2, 2024
Breakfast and business meeting. Election to fill two board vacancies and the continuation of the adjourned annual club meeting for election of five officers and five directors with terms beginning October 1.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, March 9, 2024
Breakfast meeting. Program: State of the Town, Hon. Samantha Nestor, first selectman
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Kiwanis New England and Bermuda District Midwinter Conference
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Community Service Committee meets by Zoom at 8 p.m.
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Breakfast meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, March 23, 2024
Breakfast meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Community Service: assembly and finishing of picnic tables.
Lachat Town Farm at the Juliana Lachat Preserve, 10 a.m.
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Breakfast meeting. Program: Care Patrol
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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NEW ENGLAND AND BERMUDA DISTRICT NEWS | |
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Midwinter Conference, March 8-10, 2024, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Kiwanis Cruise Boston, Bermuda, Bar Harbor, Boston sailing May 17-24, 2024, on the Norwegian Gem
District Convention, August 15-18, 2024, Springfield, Massachusetts
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BRIDGEPORT, NORWALK JOIN WESTON IN SUPPORTING VETERANS
Kiwanis clubs in Bridgeport and Norwalk again are joining Weston in providing a Super Bowl lunch feast at Homes for the Brave and Female Soldiers: Forgotten Heroes in Bridgeport. Thank you!
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ANSWER
Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities, with more than 12,000 members worldwide.
Aktion Clubs draw members from various organizations that support individuals with disabilities and other community programs. Aktion clubs can also be established at churches, libraries, YMCAs, lodges or similar facilities. A Kiwanis club, composed of like-minded, service-oriented people from the community, serves as the club’s sponsor.
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KIWANIS CLUB OF WESTON, CONNECTICUT, INC.
PO BOX 1033
WESTON, CT 06883-0033
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Kiwaniscope is published weekly for the members and friends of the Kiwanis Club of Weston on Thursday mornings September through June by the Kiwanis Club of Weston, Connecticut, Inc. | | | | |
