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Good morning ! This week in Kiwaniscope - today is our club's 50th birthday, Saturday hear Dr. Andrew Gerber from Silver Hill Hospital, board members meet, the Community Service Committee assembles and hangs Weston's holiday wreath, our support of reading and kindness at Weston Intermediate School is picked up by Kiwanis International, division members help support website changes, and how Kiwanis Children's Fund grants help young leaders grow. Editor | |
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MEMBERS’ MILESTONES
Keith Johnson's birthday is tomorrow, and Andrew Cumming's birthday is on Tuesday. Happy birthday, Kieth and Andrew!
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This Saturday, December 2, 2023
Breakfast meeting. Speaker: Andrew J. Gerber, M.D., Ph.D., Silver Hill Hospital
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Club board monthly meeting
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 10 a.m.
Holiday wreath assembly and hanging
Norfield Congregational Church and Weston's historic onion barn, 10 a.m.
Andrew J. Gerber, M.D., Ph.D., is the president and medical director of Silver Hill Hospital, a private non-profit psychiatric hospital in New Canaan. Dr. Gerber is an associate clinical professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and at the Child Study Center at Yale University. He completed his medical and psychiatric training at Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia medical schools and his Ph.D. in psychology at University College London. Dr. Gerber is the past director of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the past medical director and CEO of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Note: The Town of Weston has partnered with Silver Hill Hospital to provide Weston residents in urgent need of mental health treatment with a timely psychiatric assessment and tailored referral for ongoing care. The Weston Urgent Assessment Program serves children, adolescents, and adults who are Weston residents at no out-of-pocket cost. - Editor
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Kiwanis International accepted and adapted a story originally appearing in Kiwaniscope on its own home page and News and Features blog page on Tuesday. - Editor | |
KIWANIS MEMBERS PROMOTE LITERACY THROUGH FREE BOOKS IN SCHOOL | |
By Bob Uzenoff, member of the Kiwanis Club of Weston ♦ Photographs by Reed Ameden,
Lisa Barbiero, Barbara Gross
Shelly Rinas, teacher-librarian at Weston Intermediate School (WIS) in Connecticut, U.S., dreamed of promoting literacy while supporting a positive school culture. In particular, she wanted to add a book vending machine to the school's library.
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INTER-CLUB RELATIONS
Kiwanis division clubs Danbury and Wilton are providing welcome to Weston support as we prepare to migrate our current website and club management systems to alternates as February 29, the announced date for the current Portalbuzz platform, approaches.
Tom Connors and Saul Goldberg from Wilton and Bob Uzenoff have met by Zoom to compare and explore migration options and strategies and are working to the same deadline.
Joe Magrino, Danbury Kiwanis's technical guru, has offered to share his experience with Weston too. Joe has already migrated the Danbury website to another website platform and has established Google Workspace as an asset sharing solution.
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The Kiwanis Club of Greater Danbury board met Tuesday evening at Barbarie's Grill in Danbury Fair Mall, where the club will be ringing Salvation Army kettle bells at three of the main mall entrances in December. After dinner, Joe Magrino (far right) demonstrated Danbury's new website to the board and suggested best practices.
Danbury Kiwanis Club and its foundation have board members in common, so both boards operate efficiently with a single monthly board meeting. Of course, as distinct legal entities, each board operates separately, e.g., with separate elections, meetings, minutes, and accounting.
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Saturday, December 16, 2023
Breakfast meeting. Holiday Party 🕎🎅🏻
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, December 23, 2023
NO MEETING
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, December 30, 2023
NO MEETING
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
Breakfast and Annual Club Meeting for Elections (NO SPEAKER)
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Foundation Annual Meeting
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 9:30 a.m. (immediately following the annual club meeting for elections.
Club Board Meeting
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 10 a.m.
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Saturday, January 13, 2024
Breakfast meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Foundation trustees and officers monthly meeting
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 10 a.m.
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
Breakfast meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
Food Drive
Weston Shopping Center 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Saturday, January 27, 2024
Breakfast meeting.
Norfield Congregational Church parish hall 8:30 a.m.
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NEW ENGLAND AND BERMUDA DISTRICT | |
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NEW ENGLAND AND BERMUDA DISTRICT EVENTS
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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2024 CONVENTION
Denver, Colorado
July 3-6, 2024
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GRANTS HELP YOUNG LEADERS GROW | |
By Erin Chandler
Kiwanians know that today's children are the future of every community around the world. That's why Kiwanis clubs help kids to not only survive but thrive as they grow into adulthood. The following six projects received club grants from the Kiwanis Children's Fund to help kids across four continents grow into leaders who give back to their communities.
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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. | | | | |
