Kiwanis Club of East Lansing

Kiwanis Club of East Lansing
11:50 a.m. Monday at the MSU Student Union, Abbott & Grand River Ave.
Proud Sponsor of MSU Circle-K

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2008 Third Grade Dictionary Project

Our Defining Statement

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

Kiwanis Students of the Month

Each month during the school year the Kiwanis Club of East Lansing recognizes outstanding High School and Middle School students for outstanding achievements.

For November 2008 Hannah Cregg from MacDonald Middle School.

For November 2008 Alexis Dodd from East Lansing High School.

The Kiwanis Club of East Lansing congratulates these fine students and their families.

Dictionary Project

November, 2008

Members of the Kiwanis Club of East Lansing will distribute Dictionaries and Thesauruses to East Lansing elementary and middle school school students during the month of November. Students in the elementary schools will receive their own copy of a dictionary while students in the middle school will a copy of a thesaurus. This is the fifth consecutive year of this successful project.

Members are shown distributing copies of Thesaurus to McDonald Middle School 7th graders.

Schools that will be visited for the distribution is shown below.

	Donley Elementary School
	Marble Elementary School
	Pinecrest Elementary School
	Red Cedar Elementary School
	St Thomis Acquianis School
	MacDonald Middle School

This project is funded by the Kiwanis of East Lansing Foundation.

Annual Salvation Army Bell Ringing

December 12, 2008

The Kiwanis Club of East Lansing will support the Salvation Army bell ringers at Meridian Mall.

Phone Cards for Soldiers

The Kiwanis Club of East Lansing donates phone cards to soldiers stationed in Iraq. Funds are raised through donations by club members and friends of the Kiwanis Club of East Lansing. The club also collects used cell phones as a part of our fund raising for Phone Cards for Soldiers. Send your check or money order, payable to Kiwanis Club of East Lansing, to P.O. Box 138, Okemos, MI 48805-0138. E-mail us with your questions to phonecards@kiwanisofel.org.

Programs and Activities at Recent Club Meetings

Monday, December 1
	Michelle Gallager, Warmels and Comstock, "2008/2009 Tax Planning Issues".

Monday, November 24
	Tom Wibert, Club Business Meeting.

Monday, November 17
	Dr. Ashleigh Hanlin and Dr. Terri Wolf, Meridian Eye Care, "Eye Care Issues".

Click here for a schedule of upcoming programs.

Interclub Opportunities

Visiting other clubs is an opportunity to share ideas about service and fund raising. In addition credit for missed meetings can be obtained to maintain perfect attendance records. An interclub is when four or more members of one club visit another club. Upcoming interclub opportunities for members are listed below. Signup at the next club meeting or e-mail the Interclub Chairperson.

None currently scheduled.

Click here for a list of area clubs.

Objects of Kiwanis

	To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.
	To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
	To promote the adoption and application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
	To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
	To provide, through this club, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build a better community.
	To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.

Links

	Circle K International at MSU, meetings on Sundays at 7:30 p.m., MSU Union, Lake Huron Room. Contact Circle-K.
	Kiwanis Michigan District.
	Kiwanis International.

Serving the community since 1949.
Contact the Kiwanis Club of East Lansing.