SMCC Key Club

On Tuesday May 12th our club meeting was run by our Key Club. They did a FANTASTIC job. I cannot say enough about how proud our club is to be associated with kids who will be successful in the future because of their hard work and I hope some of their experiences in Key Club. They brought along with them as their speaker John May a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the US Marine Corps. He spoke of his experiences in Tibet and China as well as some of his experiences in the Pentagon. His speech was very motivational and solidified why we are members of Kiwanis as well. Once again a job well done by our Key Club and I am looking forward to next years officers running a meeting as well.

DON'T FORGET our golf outing is next Wednesday at Sleepy Hollow in Clyde.

The Culinary Vegetable Institute

On Tuesday may 5th our club toured the Culinary Vegetable Institute. The Culinary Vegetable Institute was started by the Jones family after being approached about growing specialty produce for top chefs all over the country. The CVI has designed their facility to provide a retreat atmosphere for their executive chefs and teams by providing them an escape from their busy lifestyles. The sleeping areas are without tv’s and overlook the fantastic wooded scenery. The facility has great craftsmanship of maple woodwork throughout the facility for a lodge like décor. The CVI has a greenhouse on their property that allows chef’s to pick herbs and vegetables for food to table preparation. The CVI provides a wide variety of events that are open to the public including their well known Food and Wine show that is approaching in July. This event typically features a well known celebrity chef and in the past years Paula Dean was the celebrity chef.

The CVI is company that is also affiliated with Veggie U, a youth educational program and Chefs garden that is known for their produce.

For more information visit http://www.culinaryvegetableinstitute.com/cvi_cms/

JM/TC

Adventures in Friendship

Here is the promised video for our Adventures in Friendship program. Thanks to everyone who was a part of this.!!!! The file will also be available for download on our main site www.sanduskykiwanis.org sometime in the next few days. Its a rather large file so be patient if you do wish to download it.

Committee Day April 2009

Our club had over 200 hours of community service among the members that attended. We donated $50 to Care and Share and $50 to the Salvation Army. Most of the meeting was reviewing Mary Baughmans fantastic video to promote our Adventures in friendship program. The ten minute video will be available soon on this page, our main page, our facebook page as well as the adventures in friendship site at www.adventuresinfriendship.org and the adventures in friendship facebook page and youtube. Stay tuned.

Erie County Department of Job and Family Services

On April 21st our speakers were Jennifer Rogers from the Foster Care Unit and Julie Kyer from the Adoption unit. They spoke about the various things involved in the process and who the kids are and the various aspects of their lives. They were both very knowledgeable about the topic and both cared about the kids they help get into homes. For more information you can call the JFS office on 221 West Parish St Sandusky Oh 44870 at 419-626-6781 or visit the adopt OHIO web page at www.state.oh.us/odjfs/oapl.

Papermoon Winery

On April 14th our speaker was Sheryl Cawrse of Papermoon Vineyards. She talked about how her family ended up in the wine business and about her family business history. The following is from their website: With the opening of Paper Moon Vineyards, the Cawrse family marks four generations of owning and operating a family business. After returning home from the war in 1946, Richard Sr. collaborated with his father, Walter, to buy a dairy business in Lorain, Ohio. Eastside Dairy, later known as Cloverdale Creamery, operated for 36 years with extensive home delivery and four neighborhood stores.

She was a very entertaining speaker and many of our members look forward to visiting and tasting the various wines.

Visit http://www.papermoonvineyards.com/ for more information.

Seving Our Seniors

Sue Daugherty was our speaker on April 7th. She is the director of Serving Our Seniors.

Serving Our Seniors offers many services to the Seniors of Erie County. Visit http://www.servingourseniors.org/services.htm for more information.

Serving Our Seniors is located in Erie County, Ohio.
Address: 310 E Boalt Street
Sandusky OH 44870
Phone: 419-624-1856 or 1-800-564-1856
Fax: 419-624-8176
Email: Mail@ServingOurSeniors.org

Office hours are from 8:00am to 5:00pm, weekdays
The answering machine is on 24 hours/day