Dear Friend,
April showers bring May flowers...and lots of new and exciting projects and events! So, mark your calendar and bring your enthusiasm for community improvement as we work together to change the world one child, one community at a time.
In this issue you will find:
'Henry Ford said: "Think you can or think you can't; either way you will be right." Kiwanis has succeeded for nine decades because Kiwanians have always thought they can - and we have been right! We can build better communities and better lives through voluntary service. We can change the world one child and one community at a time.' To RSVP for any event, please either contact the RSVP Contact or email us at info@cincinnatikiwanis.org.
Inspirational Moment
We have a number of projects and goals this year that need the "I think we can" mindset from our members. Are you an "I think we can" or an "I think we can't" type of person? Are you ready to help take our club and our projects to the next level?
Celebration! 
Join us in congratulating our club members on these recent and upcoming milestones!
Birthdays
JJ McHenry - April 7
Doug and Amy Kramer's twins are turning 1 year old this month! Congrats Doug and Amy, and happy birthday little ones!
Brian and Jeanette Yacucci gave birth to baby Jacob on Thursday, March 12, 2009. Happy Birthday, Jacob! Congratulations, Brian and Jeanette!
Upcoming Events
CANCELLED DUE TO OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES - Club Lunch Meeting - Monday, April 6
Kiwanis One Day: Tom Geiger Guest House Playroom Renovation - Saturday, April 4 - 10am-1pm - We're making repairs to the playroom we painted last year. Should be a fun time for the creative and non-creative alike! This is our big project for Kiwanis One Day, so our Circle K club and K-Kids club kids will be helping out!
Where: Tom Geiger Guest House, 2634 Melrose Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206
RSVP Contact: Jim Gerwe
St. Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen - Wednesday, April 8 - 4:15pm–5:45pm - We are serving dinner at the St Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen on the second Wednesday of every month. It is fun, rewarding, and your help is greatly appreciated! The work includes preparing food, cleaning pots/pans, and serving food.
Where: Parking is available in the fenced-in lot behind St. Francis Seraph Grade School, located on Liberty Street between Vine and Moore Streets. Enter the parking lot from Moore Street.
RSVP Contact: Bill Swanson
Kiwanis One Day: Tom Geiger Guest House Playroom Renovation - Saturday, April 11 - 10am-12pm - We're making repairs to the playroom we painted last year. Should be a fun time for the creative and non-creative alike! We hope to finish up what we started last Saturday for Kiwanis One Day.
Where: Tom Geiger Guest House, 2634 Melrose Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206
RSVP Contact: Jim Gerwe
Monthly Planning Meeting - Monday, April 13 - 6pm-7pm - Everyone is encouraged to attend, as this is where most of our club decisions are made. Each meeting we discuss our community projects, our charitable donations, and the planning of our events.
Where: Ronald McDonald House Board Room: 350 Erkenbrecher Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 
Lunch N Learn: Working with the News Media - How to get your story covered and on the front page - Monday, April 20 - 12-1pm: Dave Holthaus will be sharing his insider information on how to get your news stories covered and on the front page. Dave has worked at The Cincinnati Post as the Business Editor and as Assistant Managing Editor, and at IMG as the Innovation and News Editor for Soapbox Media Cincinnati. He currently owns Clarity LLC, where he is writer, editor, journalist and communications/PR consultant.
Where: The Banker's Club, 30th floor of the Fifth Third Building on Fountain Square, Cincinnati, OH 45202
RSVP Contact: Brian Yacucci
MidYear Education Day: Saturday, April 25 - 9am-4:30pm - The 2009 Mid Year Education Day is being held in conjunction with the 2009 Ohio District Key Club Convention at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The registration fee will once again include all meals, breaks, and conference handouts. Please contact the Ohio District Kiwanis Office at (614) 848-5000 for any questions regarding conference registration.
Not only is it a great way to empower your Kiwanis membership and share with other Kiwanians across Ohio, but also the Ohio District will be distributing various awards earned by clubs and individuals during the 2007-08 Kiwanis administration year!
The education workshops are segmented into five separate tracks:
1) Membership
2) Service
3) Service Leadership Programs
4) Leadership & Personal Growth
5) Things You Might Like to Know About Kiwanis
Where: Hyatt Regency Columbus at Greater Columbus Convention Center, 350 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Register online today
RSVP Contact: Dave Whiteman [614-848-5000 | dave@ohiokiwanis.org]
March of Dimes March for Babies - April 26, 2009 - Click here to register to walk with our club
one day... all babies will be born healthy.
today... too many moms and families know the heartbreak of having a baby born fighting to survive.
We've joined March for Babies because the March of Dimes champions the needs of moms and babies in our community and across the nation. Find out why you should walk to help support the March of Dimes efforts
Walk Distance: 6 miles
Registration Time: 8:00AM | Start Time: 9:00 AM
Where: Sawyer Point
RSVP Contacts: Alyson Gerwe, Amy Zimmerman
Ronald McDonald House: Service Project - Monday, April 27 - 5pm–7pm - We will be serving dinner for the residents of the house, so they can spend quality time with their family or just relax after a long day at the hospital. After working so hard, we also get to eat dinner with the residents!
The kitchen is open and ready for our large group again!
Where: Ronald McDonald House Dining Room: 350 Erkenbrecher Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229
RSVP Contact: Brian Yacucci
Safety Rocks Presentation: Service Project - Monday, April 27 - 7pm–7:45pm - Stick around after the Ronald McDonald House to help present home and outdoor safety information to the children at the House. We'll be participating in the Safety Rocks presentation along with Krista Jones, the SOKKS Representative. Your role would be assisting with the safety books for the children in reading a few of them to them along with reviewing our home safety poster.
What a great way to really get to spend time with the kids at the house, and to disseminate great safety information in hopes of preventing pediatric trauma!
Where: Ronald McDonald House Dining Room: 350 Erkenbrecher Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229
RSVP Contact: Alyson Gerwe
Kiwanis Membership Night - Tuesday, April 28 - 6pm- You are invited to the Cincinnati Kiwanis membership recruitment happy hour at BlackFinn Restaurant & Saloon on Tuesday April 28th at 6pm. All members are strongly encouraged to attend and to bring a friend or two! Or three!
If you have been interested in membership for a while, but haven't made the plunge in meeting our club, this will be a fun chance to do that in a casual setting!
The cost for each member will be $15 (free for guests). Appetizers and drinks will be provided!
Join us for a fun night!
Where: BlackFinn Restaurant & Saloon - 19 East 7th Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 - Tel: 513.721.3466
RSVP Contact: Sopheap Sok
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Kiwanis Club News Nominations for Club Elections Now Open
 New Service ProjectOur club will be collecting Box Tops for Education to help support local schools. Box Tops has helped America's schools earn over $250 million in the past 12 years. Your school can earn up to $60,000 every year –that's as much as $20,000 from each of three easy ways to earn. Go to the Box Tops for Education website for more info. If you collect Box Tops for Education, please let Alyson Gerwe know so that she can award you service hours. Monthly Quiz Congratulations to Alex Hamling for winning this March's quiz contest! Event News from March Club Lunch Meeting - Mon Mar 2 - We had a lot of fun at this meeting catching up and chatting about current events. St. Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen - Wednesday, Mar 4 8 - Downtown Kiwanis Club members and guests volunteered at the Freestore Foodbank to sort through over a ton of food and other goods donated by Kroger for distribution to the more than 160,000 people in southern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. Monthly Planning Meeting - Mon Mar 9- - At this meeting, we discussed: 1. Meeting times - A survey will be coming out soon to get your vote on new meeting days. 2. Elections - Elections will be held April 21-May4. 3. Mid Year Conference - We have about 5 people attending. 4. Membership Recruitment - We will be soon inducting another new member, Rebecca Hansen! 5. Donation Requests 6. March of Dimes 7. Circle K - They gave us an update and they'll be ready to charter in late April/early May! St. Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen - Wed Mar 11 - - As we do every month, we served dinner to those in need. This month was a “family affair”, with Tim, Linda and Mike Gramke serving over 200 meals at the Soup Kitchen! Club Lunch Meeting - Mon Mar 16 - Tony Fischer, club member and candidate for Cincinnati City Council 2009, spoke to the club about the status of the streetcar project and the positive economic impact it will have on the community, especially the Over the Rhine neighborhood. Lots of great information was shared and questions answered. Division 6 Meeting - Wed Mar 18 - At this meeting, we elected the next Lieutenant Governor for Division 6 (Tom Riggs, PH-WH Kiwanis), discussed the Division golf outing and Reds game, the Lenten prayer breakfasts, and Student Recognition Day. International Trustee, A. Alan Penn was the special speaker for the evening. Tom Geiger Guest House Playroom Renovation - Saturday, March 21 - Amy Zimmerman and Jim Gerwe worked to prep the playroom walls, so that it would be ready to paint on Kiwanis One Day-April 4th. Thanks guys for putting in the extra effort! Ronald McDonald Service Project - Mon Mar 23 We made and served dinner for the residents of the house, so they can spend quality time with their family or just relax after a long day at the hospital. It was great fun in the newly remodeled kitchen! And after working so hard, we enjoyed dinner with the residents! Brian and Jeanette brought their new little bundle of joy, Jacob, to meet everyone! Putting Kids First Raffle and Silent Auction (Riverside Kiwanis) - Fri Mar 27 Amy Zimmerman and Randy York had a great time at the Putting Kids First Raffle and Silent Auction, an annual fundraiser for the Riverfront Kiwanis Club held at the Syndicate in Newport. The live band was amazing and everyone had a blast! For more information about the event: http://riverfrontkiwanis.org More past events.... |
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New Membership
Distinguished Member Status To qualify for Distinguished Member status, club members must: • Recruit two (2) new members, • Attend either a Mid-Winter Conference (April 25, 2009 - Columbus, OH), International Convention (June 25-28, 2009 - Nashville, TN) or District Convention (August 15, 2008 - Sharonville, OH), • Participate in six (6) Kiwanis service efforts, and • Financially support the Kiwanis International Foundation. |
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An Interview with Jeanette Yacucci (Club Treasure and New Mom!)
This month’s featured member is Jeanette Yacucci, our club Treasurer who transferred to our club from the Kettering Club in Dayton few years ago. Jeanette’s husband Brian is our club President. Jeanette grew up in Delta, Ohio, a village in Fulton County in the Toledo metro area. Delta is a small village, really small, about 3000 people in 2003. Jeanette left Delta after high school to head to the University of Dayton to major in Accounting. She then continued her education earning an MBA from Xavier University. During her freshman year at the University of Dayton, Jeanette was looking for a service club to join. She became a member of Circle K and enjoyed being part of the club for the four years at UD. After college, some of Jeanette’s friends were already members of Kiwanis and encouraged her to join. Having enjoyed being a member of Circle K for 4 years, Jeanette joined Kettering Club in Dayton, OH around 1999 or 2000. Jeanette originally met her husband Brian when they were in different Circle K clubs, but they were just acquaintances. They reconnected in 2003 at the rubber duck banding in Cincinnati when they were (once again) members of different Kiwanis clubs. Brian likes to cook and Jeanette wanted one of his recipes so Brian emailed it to her so she invited him up to Dayton to join some friends for dinner. Then one thing led to another! Jeanette moved to Cincinnati after she and Brian were engaged and transferred her membership to the Kiwanis Club of Cincinnati a few years ago. Brian and Jeanette were married May 20, 2006 and welcomed the addition of their newborn son, Jacob, on March 12 of this year. It’s a hard job but she is loving every minute of being home with Jacob for a few more weeks before returning to work. The service projects are generally Jeanette’s favorite Kiwanis events. She enjoys working with the members of our club to help other people with a variety of service activities. Jeanette is a mainstay with the service team at the Ronald McDonald House each month. She often shares her recipes for the RMH dinners. From talking to Jeanette, you would never suspect that she is outstanding in the kitchen. If you enjoy buckeyes, as all Ohioans do, you haven’t tasted a buckeye until you’ve had one of hers. Jeanette has one addiction, which she readily admits. She’s addicted to American Idol. There are usually many lunch conversations with coworkers, centered around American Idol. And the debates go on about who should or could actually win. Other hobbies of Jeanette’s include traveling, reading (fiction) and spending time with friends and family. Since Jacob’s arrival, there has been time with family and friends. However, the free time to travel and read has greatly diminished, but she’s enjoying taking care of Jacob. |
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Kiwanis International News
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A Word of Encouragement
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Membership Information
We always welcome new members to our team! If you are interested in becoming a member of Cincinnati Kiwanis, either contact a Cincinnati Kiwanis member or come to a meeting to fill out a membership application. Our membership is open to the public. New members means more volunteers working together to make a greater positive impact on our community...Learn more about Membership
Not a member, but want to come to our events? No problem! The public is invited and encouraged to join us for all our activities and events. Want another incentive to try out our lunch meetings? We buy lunch for prospective members 3 times as our guest (3 FREE lunches). Hope to see you soon!
Thanks everyone for all the hard work this past month in putting this newsletter together!
