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Kiwanis Club of Chester, VA - Heart of Virginia Home Site
  Serving the Children of the World™Capital District Divisions 4 & 18
PO Box 2275 Chester, VA 23831  Chester Kiwanis Meeting Highlights - March 1, 2010
 Rick Dodson, Kiwanis Club of Chester Programs Chairperson
Rick Dodson continues to work in tradition with his predecessors to obtain quality speakers. Rick announced that either Mark Fausz or Larry Madison will speak next week concerning Chester Community Association's Chester Summit. Tom Williams thanked his fundraising committee members Joan Benton, Allen Shore and David Elswick for their participation in forming several recommendations for 2010 and 2011 fundraising events for our club. Tom described each event and made recommendations concerning how our club should proceed. Unfortunately, there was not a quorum to hold the planned board meeting, so the recommendation to the board will be deferred to a make up board meeting to be held next week.
Inter-club chairperson Kris Der reminded everyone of the inter-club meeting with the Circle K Club at Bryant Stratton College (8141 Hull Street) from 5:30 till 6:15 P.M. on March 2. Allen Shore requested that anyone who wishes to help out with Portfolio Career Day mock student interviews on March 24 at Bryant Stratton College should contact him for details.
Chester Kiwanis Meeting Highlights - February 22, 2010
 Kevin Bacon (L), Harris Bacon (M), Tom Hoof (R)
Guest speakers were Kevin Bacon, his dad Harris Bacon and Tom Hoof. Harris and Tom are civilian members, two of 28, that are charged with providing administrative oversight for Crime Solvers. Harris has been President twice and Tom Hoof four times. Crime Solvers was created to overcome the two main problems which prevent law enforcement from obtaining information about crimes from citizens. Fear and apathy. Crime Solvers mission is to provide an anonymous means to the public for reporting information to the police about crime. The citizens can provide tips without disclosing their names. Tips are provided to two full time Police Coordinators who are responsible for the day to day operation of Crime Solvers. Tips do not come through the law enforcement channel.
Rewards, which are approved by the civilian member board, are paid for tips that lead to an arrest. In this day and age, telephone calls are only ones means of receiving tips. Text-a-tip and web site tips are very popular. Crime Solvers has a speakers bureau and can provide a speaker for any event. Contact (804) 748-1278.
Chester Kiwanis Meeting Highlights - February 15, 2010
 Thomas Dale High School Keyette Club OfficersNicole Jordan and Beth Jaeckle introduced the 2009-2010 Thomas Dale High School Keyette Club Officers. Each of the officers presented a summary of their projects and activities for the semester. The keyette club logged 1,500 hours of community service for the semester. This included projects such as the YMCA Kids Night Out, Fall Festival and Light Up the Night. The club helps out with many activities at Bon Secours Nursing Home, tutoring, ChesterFest, canned food drive for Christmas Mother, and making blankets for the Jackson-Feild Home for Girls. The Kiwanis Club of Chester could not be more pleased to help sponsor the TDHS Keyette Club.
Chester Kiwanis Meeting Highlights - January 25, 2010
 Danny Wyatt (L) and Ed Montgomery (R) Cancer Survivor CaringBridge PromoterWe were pleased to have Ed Montgomery as our guest speaker. By trade, Ed has been a handyman and licensed commercial builder. A couple years ago, Ed's dentist advised him to see a specialist concerning swelling of his lymph nodes on his neck. Ed went on to discover that he had throat cancer. Ed described his ordeals with having his cancer treated through recent advancements in treating cancer. Ed went under chemo therapy and suffered many side-effects including loss of hair, loss of taste, trouble with salivary glands, trouble swallowing, weight loss, and other sicknesses. Ed showed the brass and silver filters used during radiation therapy where he underwent eight weeks of treatments. During this time, Ed became aware of caringbridge.org where he developed a web site to stay in touch with his family and friends. As many have found with serious illnesses, family and friends may be hesitate to communicate often as not to disturb the patient. Though the use of the CaringBridge web technology, patients have an easier time staying in communication and relaying progress and soliciting support. To learn more about Ed's compelling story of surviving cancer, please click here to view his web site where you can also order his book " Ed, It was Malignant". Chester Kiwanis Meeting Highlights - January 18, 2010
 Kathy Jentgen, Executive Directory of the Chester YMCA Our guest speakers were Kathy Jentgen, Executive Director of the Chester YMCA and Mary Jo Dodson, Board of Management Chair for the Chester YMCA. Kathy has been with the Chester YMCA for six years, with prior experience with the YMCA in Ohio. Kathy has been married for 36 years and has two grown children and two grandsons. The YMCA serves 150,000 people in the greater Richmond area. The YMCA is the largest provider of child care services in our nation. The YMCA's Bright Beginnings program provides children in need with such items as clothing, pens, paper and pencils. The Marquerite Fun Club serves 25 children from section 8 housing development. This year, the YMCA was pleased to induct 32 children in their Leaders Club volunteer program to read to patients at Lucy Corr Nursing Home. The YMCA would like to add on to their facility as they continue to grow, including a family friendly pool and teen center.  Kiwanis Club Promotional Material developed by Rick Dodson and David Elswick___________________________________________________________
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
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Kiwanis Club of Chester, Inc. - PO Box 2275 - Chester, VA 23831Club Key: K06948 | | | | |
