Dedi Merced’s birthday is tomorrow, and Jim McMorris is a year older on Monday. Happy birthday, guys!

Norfield Congregational Church parish hall - 8:30 a.m.

The Kiwanis Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 24, 2023, will be streamed live online and can be viewed for free. Watch kiwanis.org for streaming information. Kiwanis International Bylaws only allow for in-person voting. 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. [CDT]

Created by Weston Kiwanis after Dave’s death in 2001, the award recognizes a student who has demonstrated the qualities best representative of Mr. Brown:

This Saturday, June 24, 2023, our program is "The Active Shooter.” This subject has found its way onto the front pages of just about every newspaper in the country and appears on your television daily. Presented by Mike Vincelli, learn what to be aware of when you are out and about and what to do if you find yourself in an active shooter situation.

Michael J. Vinceli, CHS IV, FABCHS, DABCHS, CNTA, CHPP, is deputy emergency management director of the Town Of Weston. He is also director of emergency management and homeland security at the Aspetuck Health District, public health emergency response coordinator for the Towns of Wilton and Trumbull, president of the Westport-Weston Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and State of Connecticut division emergency management and homeland security region #1 ESF-8 public health chair.

Kiwanis welcomes guests at Kiwanis meetings. We meet at Norfield Congregational Church parish hall Saturday mornings. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and conversation. The breakfast meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast is $10 and complimentary for individuals interested in membership on their first visit. Interested in just the program? Come after breakfast, about 9:15 a.m.

Get informed about the business of Kiwanis International. Executive Director Stan Soderstrom will address the state of Kiwanis International. Delegates from clubs around the world will then elect the organization’s next leaders and vote on changes to the Kiwanis International Bylaws. A lunch recess will be taken.

Past Lieutenant Governor Paula Conte will be the delegate of record representing the Kiwanis Club of Weston at the Kiwanis International convention June 21-24 in Minneapolis.

Weston Kiwanis Club members attended the Fairfield Road Races’ half marathon and 5K events over the June 3-4 weekend. The events’ organizers projected that the races would host approximately 6,000 runners.  Steve Thomas, Tom Johnson, Reed Ameden, Woody Bliss, Alex Burns, and Dan Gilbert distributed Reservoir Run flyers. Kiwanis club members will distribute flyers at eight Fairfield County races throughout the summer and fall of this year. Flyer distribution helps the club solicit runners and sponsors for its fall Reservoir Run half marathon/5K races. 

Runners can register at www.runsignup.com/Race/CT/Weston/ReservoirRun

Those interested in sponsoring the Reservoir Run can get information at Sponsors@westonkiwanis.org.

Photographs and story contributed by Dan Gilbert.

Weston Kiwanis Awards Committee Chair Dawn Egan (1) presented the Kiwanis Community Service Award to Miles Fine (5) and Lindsay Gare (2), the Diane Mary Huston Schultz Memorial Award to Christiane Lapalme (4), and the Superintendent’s Scholarship Award to Molloy Rubin (3) on Saturday. On hand supporting the students was Weston Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Barbiero (6).

Kiwaniscope, in a future issue, will feature more information on these awards and the recipients, plus the Dave Brown Award, which Dawn will present this Saturday.

I will email your annual dues invoices on July 1. It will be due by the end of July. You can pay online by a link in the email notice or pay by check by mail.

On July 10, I will print and postal mail invoices to members who still need to open their invoices. After that, I will email and postal mail statements to members with an unpaid balance on August 1 and again on September 1, if necessary. As you may know, postal rates for a first-class letter go up to 66¢ July 9. With postage, window envelope, paper, and printer ink, it costs over $50 to send all 74 of us an invoice in the mail, not to mention better than an hour of my time. Last year I spent about $100 from our general operating account on postage and supplies to collect members’ dues. I and the general operating account will appreciate your prompt payment.

Tip: Members can view and pay their past and open invoices anytime online.

Members approved an increase in the cost of the coffee, juice, and pastry option from $4, set in 2015, to $5, effective in September, at the club meeting last week. The price of a complete breakfast is unchanged at $10. President-designate Amy, in making the motion, said it was more about making change easier and faster for our treasurer than the money.

It’s true! This is the last issue of Kiwaniscope for a while. The club continues its tradition of having regular meetings from September through June and taking July and August off, excluding social events. After this Saturday, the next regular Saturday morning club breakfast will be Saturday, September 9, 2023, with a club board meeting following.

We welcome opportunities to enjoy fellowship over the summer. Add the Kiwanis Family Picnic to your calendar if you still need to. It’s Saturday, August 26, 2023. You’ll be hearing more about it as we get closer. 

Get involved at westonkiwanis.org. #KidsNeedKiwanis

News and other content contributions from individual members, committees, the club board, and the foundation are requested. Please identify as such and email to kiwaniscope@westonkiwanis.org before noon every Wednesday.

Kiwaniscope is published for members and friends weekly Thursday mornings September through June by the Kiwanis Club of Weston, Connecticut, Inc.