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Kiwanis Kapers Official publication of the Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills, AZ
March 2015
T-shirts
are now
available
We virtually sold out the first box of T-shirts ordered, so it was time to order some new ones.
The much-coveted golden-rod Noon Kiwanis T-shirts are now available to mem-bers for $15 apiece.
The T-shirts say “Fountain Hills Noon Kiwanis: Making a Difference” on the front. On the back is featured a giant Kiwanis International logo with the words “Serving the Children of the World” quite prominent around the logo.
Members proudly wear the T-shirts to service projects, fundraisers and other spe-cial events, helping brand our club and signify our commitment to Kiwanis and performing service.
“The T-shirts are quite visi-ble and people do take no-tice of them,” said club Pres-ident Al Roselieb. “They help our club stand out at various functions.
“It’s also easier to wear T-shirts to some of our events, because we are performing much more hands-on ser-vice these days.”
Various sizes are available at the clubhouse before or after meetings. The club does not make any profit on the shirts; they are sold at cost to members.
See President Al or Mike Scharnow if interested.
What a celebration Foundation grant highlights 40th anniversary
The Kiwanis Activity Center
was packed to the gills Thurs-
day, Feb. 19, as the Noon Ki-
wanis Club of Fountain Hills
celebrated its 40th anniver-
sary and honored its past
presidents.
Southwest District Governor
Joe DeBlasi and his wife Patti
were in attendance along with
SWD Executive Director Rose
Ann Dodson and Ron Smith,
Kiwanis International Founda-
tion trustee.
Fountain Hills Mayor Linda
Kavanagh attended and read
a proclamation declaring Feb.
19 as “Kiwanis International
Day” in Fountain Hills to hon-
or the Noon and Sunset Kiwa-
nis clubs along with the 100th
anniversary of Kiwanis Inter-
national.
The biggest news of the day
was the announcement from
Ron Smith that the Fountain
Hills club had been awarded
a $5,000 grant from the KI
Foundation.
This grant will be used by
the club for its centennial pro-
ject at Golden Eagle Park to
replace a 22-year-old tot lot
for youngsters ages 2-5.
There were more than 70
grant applications reviewed
by KIF, but only 15 received
approval, and all of them
were for lesser amounts than
requested. Three SWD clubs
had applied, and Fountain
Hills received the only grant.
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KI Foundation Trustee Ron Smith, left, presents a $5,000 check
(sort of) to club President Al Roselieb and Mike Scharnow.
SWD Governor Joe DeBlasi SWD Dir. Rose Ann Dodson
Dwight Johnson,
left, through his
father’s foundation,
is donating $5,000
toward our club’s
Centennial Project
at Golden Eagle
Park.
Fellow Kiwanians:
Sorry, Chick-fil-A! (don’t you dare sue me!) Just got carried away after three days of the Great Fair! Quoting Psalm 121: “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” We have certainly been blessed this past month with a wonderful Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast (in excess of $1,500 – can you believe it?!), the Kiwanis 40th Anniversary Luncheon, and a terrific Great Fair!
Our Distinguished Governor Joe DeBlasi sent us an e-mail thanking our Noon Club for inviting himself and First Lady Patti to our celebration event and commented how much he enjoyed hearing especially from all of the club’s past presidents in attendance. He says we certainly know how to have fun! I want to personally thank Jerry Comeau and the members of the board for their assistance in preparing for this successful event!
Our Great Fair was truly that! Our treasurer, Bud Fuls, tells me that our profit from the Great Fair is just below $9,000, which exceeds our budget prediction and last year’s Great Fair! When we add the two fairs together for this year, we are over $15,000! That’s terrific news! Even more important, we had a lot of members (including new) work multiple shifts to make this a very successful effort! We had over 10 members helping out for the Thursday set-up and Sunday tear-down. As with the fall fair, things would not have run so smoothly were it not for the tremendous time, talent and perseverance of our two trailer managers, Bill Jaeger and Mike Scharnow. These guys were there early each morning and stayed throughout the day with the final lock-up of the trailers after everyone else had departed. They truly made all of our efforts worthwhile by taking care of ordering the products, fixing broken equipment, eas-ing the shift transitions, teaching members new job skills, working with the food inspectors, and just making sure everything ran as productively as possible! Our thanks and grateful ap-preciation to both of you for jobs WELL DONE!
We want to extend a hearty welcome to four new members of our club: Bernie and Marcia Hoenle, Kristen Shore, and Justin Duran (corporate membership from the Boys & Girls Club). Their sponsor was Mike Scharnow (kudos, Mike!). Please take time to personally wel-come them both at meetings and our outreach events. No one should ever feel like a stranger in our club! At meetings, invite these new members (10, so far this year) to sit with you and get to know them better! Friendship and fellowship are really important to our continued success! Now, let’s “March” forward by “Making a Difference” with InterClubs, Ronald McDonald House, Food For Kidz, St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser, Kiwanis Blood Drive, Eggstravaganza and meetings (see the March calendar).
“Each One, Reach (Out To) One!”
A WORD FROM PRESIDENT AL ROSELIEB
Eat Mor Chikin?!
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Super Breakfast Pancakes and more feed community and our Eliminate Project commitment
The Noon Kiwanis Club more than doubled
the proceeds earned last year at its second
annual Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast on Sun-
day morning, Feb. 1.
The money has been pouring in for weeks,
but it is believed more than $1,500 was raised
from the breakfast, ticket sales, donations,
change jar contributions and more.
This will go a long way to our annual com-
mitment of more than $2,200 toward the Elimi-
nate Project, which is striving to eliminate
neonatal/maternal tetanus from around the
world in cooperation with Kiwanis Internation-
al and UNICEF.
The hours of operation were from 8 a.m. to
12 noon, and it was fairly busy throughout the
morning as various folks came in after walk-
ing Fountain Park or after church services let
out. At several times during the morning the
line to pay and order was out the front door at
the Kiwanis Activity Center.
“We were extremely pleased with the re-
sults of this pancake breakfast,” said club
President Al Roselieb. “Seems the word is
getting out in the community that every Super
Bowl Sunday Fountain Hills can expect the
Noon Kiwanis Club to host a delicious pan-
cake breakfast.
“Thank you to everyone who worked that
morning both in the clubhouse and in the
cook trailer. It was an efficient operation and
really works well with the trailers being right
next door to the building.”
Joyce Stehlik and Jackie Miles took orders and
the money from customers during the event.
Drew, Bill and Jamie were all smiles from eating delicious pancakes and more.
A couple of scary Dreamcatchers motorcycle riders even showed up to the
breakfast — Drs. Tim and Lisa Loving and Joanne and Ron Smith.
Noon Kiwanian Brice Moorman helps Mo and Maggie Smith.
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Great Fair Our club netted approximately
$9,000 in its largest fundraiser of
the year. The iconic food booth
was once again located the busy
intersection of Saguaro Blvd. and
Avenue of the Fountains.
The Great Fair experienced
beautiful weather and large
crowds all three days, helping
our club raise needed funds for
our projects, scholarships, grants
and other needs.
“This was a tremendous boost
to our bottom line and I thank
each and every member who
helped out during the fair,” said
club President Al Roselieb.
“We worked hard, but we also
shared many fun times during the
three days. We also had more
help during set-up and tear-
down, and we appreciate that
tremendously.
“We also had some excellent
volunteer service from members
of our Builders Club at the middle
school and our Aktion Club at the
STARS facility in Scottsdale.
“This shows our booth visitors
what Kiwanis is all about and how
we teach leadership and commu-
nity service to young people and
to special people living with disa-
bilities. I salute everyone for their
efforts!”
Aktion Club, Builders assist our club at giant fundraiser
Aktion Club advisors Rick Hopwood and Charlie Fox with four Aktion Club members as they
took a break from dishing out refreshments at the Great Fair.
Steffnie Beck, daughter Ashley and Lydia were tremendous helpers during the fair.
Brice Moorman, left, learned
the valuable trailer skill of
cooking scrambled eggs for
our pancake breakfasts. Brice
is taking on all kinds of jobs
for Noon Kiwanis as he strives
to help where he can and
serve the children of the
world.
Bill Jaeger mans the chili station.
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Photos by Jon ‘Flash’ Geller
©FlashPhotos
Town, Kiwanis collaborate on blood drives
United Blood Services presents ‘Hero Award’ to coordinators Paul and Liz at banquet
The community blood drives in
Fountain Hills continue to make a giant
impact in the Valley and throughout
the state.
The drives, sponsored by the Noon
Kiwanis Club, Town of Fountain Hills
and United Blood Services, have con-
sistently been recognized by UBS for
their success.
And this past year proved to be no
exception. Friday the 13th was a lucky
day for UBS, Kiwanis and the town dur-
ing a celebration of saving lives.
The efforts of blood drive coordina-
tors throughout the state were ap-
plauded Feb. 13 at Valentines for Life,
an annual awards luncheon hosted by
UBS.
Dr. Liz Smith and Paul Appeldorn of
the Fountain Hills Noon Kiwanis were
among the top 3 percent of award-
winning blood drive coordinators hon-
ored with a “Hero Award” by UBS for
providing the largest impact on the
blood supply. This marked the 10 th
year in a row that the Fountain Hills
club has received the Hero Award.
The coordinators acknowledged the
town’s assistance and participation in
community blood drives at the Feb. 19
Town Council meeting by presenting
the Hero Award and red capes to town
officials.
The town helps sponsor the drives
by making the Community Center
available without cost.
Since 1990, when United Blood Ser-
vices began keeping records here,
local donors have given approximate-
ly 8,825 units of blood, or 984 gallons
with 7,872 donors contributing.
“We so appreciate the dedication of
Paul and Liz to the blood drives,” said
club President Al Roselieb. “And we
certainly thank and acknowledge the
Town of Fountain Hills for their role in
helping sponsor the community blood
drives. Many lives have been saved
over the years because of these indi-
viduals.”
Fountain Hills recorded 650 dona-
tions last year, which was the third
highest in the state.
Blood drive coordinators Paul Appeldorn and Dr. Liz Smith present the Hero Award and
red capes to Mayor Linda Kavanagh and Town Manager Ken Buchanan.
Top blood drive coordinators were recognized by UBS at the group’s annual luncheon.
Ubie the giant in-
flatable blood drop
greeted visitors to
the Valentine’s
luncheon hosted
by United Blood
Services. Paul, Liz
and Ken took the
obligatory picture
beside the inflata-
ble outside the
Desert Ridge re-
sort.
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Celebrating 40 years of service in Fountain Hills
Getting to know our members Our Mystery Person was born in General George
Custer’s home town...Monroe, Michigan, and grew
up in Livonia, Michigan graduating from Bentley
High School. He attended two years of Community
College and two more years at Christ College in
Jackson, Michigan. He said he accumulated an
enormous collection of baseball cards from the
50’s, 60’s and 70’s, only to have his mom give them
away to other children. His hobbies include read-
ing, Sudoku, and hiking. He has written three books
including one focusing on motivation, entitled “Yes,
I can!” In fact, after seeing Neil Armstrong walking
on the Moon on July 21, 1969, he began walking on a daily basis and has
kept up his daily walks for number of years. He completed three hikes in
the Grand Canyon, all of them from the South Rim to Phantom Ranch and
back again IN ONE DAY! He has also hiked to Havasu Falls! He married his
wife Margie (named after the television show “My Little Margie”) in 1975.
They have two daughters: Rachel who lives in Flagstaff and married to a
philosophy professor at NAU.; and Julie, who lives in San Diego, California.
He and Margie also have six grand children. But, I digress! He completed
seminary at Grace Seminary in Indiana and served pastorates in Akron
and Columbus, Ohio (22 years) before moving to Fountain Hills in 2012. In
fact, he and his wife purchased the home of our retired Chamber CEO
Frank Ferrara. He currently serves as Associate Pastor at Fountain Hills
Presbyterian Church! Please let me introduce KEN BROWN!
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Dwight Johnson also was in attendance, repre-
senting the Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation,
named after his father. The foundation has
agreed to donate $5,000 to the Noon Kiwanis
Club as well for the Golden Eagle playground
project, which is expected to be done later in
2015.
Johnson said his father was a huge supporter of
collaboration between private and public enti-
ties, and his son, Lucas, played on the very play-
ground at Golden Eagle Park as a youngster.
“My dad would have been proud to support a
project such as this,” Dwight said. ‘We are more
than happy to help out with this cause. It means a
lot to Fountain Hills.”
Bernie Comeau, brother of board member Jer-
ry Comeau, made a special appearance as a
charter member of the club from 1975. Bernie
talked about the early days of the community
and how private entities and individuals had to
step up to serve Fountain Hills since there was
no local government at the time. He wished the
club well and continued success in the years to
come.
Each former president was asked to share
highlights from their terms, and plenty of laugh-
ter filled the room as funny stories were told and
how everyone appreciated the fellowship and
community service performed by the Noon Ki-
wanis Club over four decades.
“It was a great meeting, and people were still
talking about it days later,” Roselieb said. “I
appreciate everyone’s contributions to the
event.”
Past club presidents had fun reminiscing about their years of service to the club.
Mayor Linda Kavanagh presented an official proc-
lamation to Al Roselieb declaring Feb. 19 as Kiwa-
nis International Day in Fountain Hills.
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March 3 Aktion Club meeting at STARS
March 5 Luncheon meeting; Lyn McDonough, ASU Non-Profit
March 8 Ronald McDonald House dinner
March 12 NO MEETING; Food for Kidz at Comm. Center
March 13-15 SWD Midyear Convention in Farmington, N.M.
March 14 Extended Hands Food Bank service project
March 15 St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser at Fountain Park
March 17 Aktion Club meeting at STARS
March 19 Luncheon meeting; David Gonzales, U.S. Marshal AZ
March 26 NO MEETING
March 27-28 Community blood drive
March 28 Eggstravaganza pancake breakfast at GE Park
March 31 Adopt-A-Street litter patrol
Upcoming Calendar of Events
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Each One Reach One! It might have been a record-breaking day as four new members were induct-
ed into our club as part of the Feb. 19 festivities surrounding our 40th anniver-
sary celebration and visit by SWD Governor Joe DeBlasi. Holding new mem-
ber certificates are Kristin Shore, Lauren Cassidy (representing Justin Duran
from McKee Branch of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale), and Bernie
and Marcia Hoenle. Immediate past president Mike Scharnow sponsored all
four new members, and club President Al Roselieb, far left, was more than
happy to oversee the induction ceremony.
New directories
for the club
are available Thanks to John Rosenquist, new pictorial
directories of the Fountain Hills Noon Ki-
wanis Club are now available.
John has spent the past few months tak-
ing photographs of everyone and compil-
ing their vitals into a small booklet.
Club President Al Roselieb at the start of
his term recruited John to work on this
project, since many members were asking
for updated versions of a directory that
was distributed several years ago.
The new directory features photos, eve-
ryone’s mailing address and their phone
numbers. Copies are available at the
luncheon meetings, and work is being
done to hopefully post the directory on the
club’s website as well. President Al said
the photo directory will help members get
to know each other better.