Wendy Kromer Specialty Confections

Our speaker on Tuesday November 10th was Wendy Kromer. What a fantastic journey she has made from runway model in Paris to working with Marth Stewart and baking wedding cakes! She currently resides in Sandusky and runs her wedding cake business and city bake shop on 137 E Water St Sandusky Ohio 44870. For more information please visit www.wendykromer.com 419-609-0450. Thank you Wendy for sharing your stories with our club!

Volunteers of America Northwest Ohio

Sondra Anderson, the homeless services director from Volunteers of America of Northwest Ohio was our speaker on Tuesday October 6th. She discussed the increase in homelessness and the different organization that help homeless families. The Crossroads Emergency Shelter in Sandusky offers sleeping accommodations for 30 days or less to help transition families to more stable homes. To reach the shelter call 419-626-6505. Volunteers of America of Northwest Ohio offers many more projects too numerous to list here. The Sandusky office is located at 1843 Superior Street. The local website is http://voanwo.org Please contact Sondra or the VOA office for volunteer opportunities.

Kiwanis Year

Congratulations to Jody Meisler for completing her year as president of our club. For our first meeting in October our new president Anne McGookey will be presenting her ideas for the future of our club not only for her upcoming year but also the near future. Jody, our club appreciates all of your hard work and effort!!!!

Sandusky Main Street Association

On September 22nd John Lippus from the Sandusky Main Street Association was our speaker. He discussed the top 10 myths of downtown planning. He also spoke about things happening in our downtown and ideas for the future. For more information please visit http://www.sanduskymainstreet.com/ or contact the Sandusky Main Street Association at 419-627-5942 or 279 E Market St Sandusky, Oh 44870.

Kiwanis Club of Sandusky Pancake Breakfast

Just another reminder our breakfast is to be held on Sunday October 4th from 7:30 am to 1pm at the Sandusky High School Cafeteria. Tickets are available now or at the door for $5 each with each paid ticket admitting an adult and one child under 12. Please contact us if you have not been contacted already! Look forward to seeing the community there. You can also get additional information at our main site at www.sanduskykiwanis.org as well as our page on facebook.

Salvation Army, Family Health Services of Erie County, Serving Our Seniors, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Firelands Symphony Orchestra

Unfortunately work and family life has taken time away from updating the blog on a more regular basis. (I usually updated at night, with newborn twins I sleep when I can!!!) I hope to be able to update more frequently once things settle down on both fronts. I apologize to our speakers who I normally write about after their visit to our club. At the very least I can get a quick mention out to support their causes. On August 4th Capt Mark Larrick from the Salvation Army discussed the Salvation Army Learning Zone. On August 11th , Wilson Forney CEO of the Family Health services of Erie County discussed their programs. On August 18th, Sue Daugherty from Serving our Seniors and Joe Bores from Perkins High School discussed the intergenerational program our club supported recently. On September 1st Mary Stacy from the Firelands Regional Medical Center discussed Sleep Apnea, its dangers and how it can be treated. On September 8th, our very own Pat Scheid was our speaker and discussed bible translations and the ongoing effort to convert the bible into as many written languages as possible. Our most recent speaker, Jamie Steinemann was our guest on September 15th to discuss the upcoming season of the Firelands Symphony Orchestra. The list is much longer than I anticipated. Once again I hope to be able to update more frequently in the near future. Next week John Lippus from the Sandusky Main Street Association will be our speaker. Feel free to contact us and our club would be happy to direct you to one of the above organizations or speakers for more information.

Pancake Breakfast 2009

Updates have been few and far between. I will be hopefully posting updates on a more regular basis with our upcoming meetings. Just a few quick notes in the mean time. Our annual Pancake breakfast is at Sandusky High on Sunday October 4th. If you need tickets please contact us. Our members will be out selling tickets and you can also purchase them at the door. Tickets are $5 each this year. Each ticket will also admit 1 child under 12 for free. For a family of 5 with 3 kids under 12 the meal would be $15. I hope everyone can make it for a great meal!!!!