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Good morning ! This week in Kiwaniscope - this Saturday breakfast with speaker award-winning Connecticut-based filmmaker Nate Colman.
Test your Kiwanis knowledge. What do Diana Nyad, the Colorado Rockies, and the Milwaukee Brewers have in common? Answer below.
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MEMBERS’ MILESTONES
President Amy has a MAJOR birthday on Tuesday, March 26. Kiwaniscope won't say which birthday this is, but, as a hint, do you know how many deadly sins there are? Hills in Rome? Days in a week? Happy birthday, Amy!
Tom Johnson and Carol have a wedding anniversary on Wednesday, March 27. Tom, you should think about celebrating with a trip somewhere special. Do you know anything about the Turks and Caicos Islands?
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This Saturday, February 22, 2024
Breakfast meeting. Speaker: Filmmaker Nate Colman
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Come for coffee, conversation, a hot breakfast, and happy bucks.
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Nate Colman, a sophomore at Weston High School, is a Connecticut-based award-winning filmmaker with accolades for filmmaking, cinematography, writing, and directing.
Nate has produced many short films and documentaries. In 2021, he founded Crystal Lake Creatives, a film production company specializing in wedding films and documentaries. Crystal Lake Creatives won The Knot’s national “Best of Weddings” award in 2023 for their wedding filmmaking.
This spring, Crystal Hill Film will also produce "Maybe I’m a Monster," a psychological drama.
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Nate Colman produced the documentary "Innocents Held Hostage: The Pawn Morad Tahbaz," a short documentary about Morad Tahbaz, a Weston, Connecticut resident, nature conservationist, and former Iranian hostage.
The film explores the past, present, and future of tensions between Iran and the United States and how that contributes to why Morad was taken hostage. The film includes an interview with Morad Tahbaz, who explains the situation and describes his heart-wrenching stories. The film also includes interviews with Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman Jim Himes, and New York Times White House Correspondent Michael Shear.
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Next 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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Next 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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Kiwanis will be a vibrant presence at the Memorial Day Weekend Fair again, as in the past 30-plus years, earning money to support Kiwanis community service activities.
The club board committed this past Tuesday evening to producing the food concession at the Hurlbutt Elementary School and Weston Intermediate School PTO event, providing the popular fair-goers menu of hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, chips, and drinks. President-elect Tom Watson led discussions with the PTOs' 2024 committee, which newly this year insisted on the availability of menu selections that Kiwanis and our supplier could not commit to providing. Under the arrangement reached for this year, the PTO will allow purveyors of the other menu items to vend their food from trucks at the onion barn.
We will need all members on deck to staff this event. In addition to our food service, we'll actively promote the Weston Kiwanis Dog Jamboree on Saturday, September 7, 2024, and membership in Kiwanis.
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Next 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. This meeting will serve as the monthly club board meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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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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Saturday, April 6, 2024
Breakfast and business meeting. All members. This meeting weill serve as the monthly club board meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, April 13, 2024
Breakfast meeting
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
Breakfast meeting. Program: Millie Best Environmental Award presentation.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
Breakfast meeting. Program and community service: Green Up Day activities.
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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DIVISION COUNCIL MEETING
President Amy and Bob Uzenoff represented Weston at Lieutenant Governor Karl's division meeting Sunday afternoon. We discussed many topics, including the growing membership and social and fellowship opportunities.
Lieutenant Governor Karl shared information from Kiwanis International on the availability of funding grants from the Kiwanis Children's Fund and plans to vote on a $25 dues increase at the international convention. If passed by two-thirds of the delegates, this would be the first due increase since 2015, yet comparable to peer service organizations.
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