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Common People Producing Uncommon Results
A number of months ago, we learned that some communities in the Kentucky-Tennessee district (K-T) had been devastated by terrible storms and tornados. Kiwanians began to look for ways to help people in those stricken communities.
Learning that three schools were destroyed in Salyersville and West Liberty, Kentucky and learing about the availability of Kiwanis International Foundation grant funds that could be used to help children suffering from those storms, we applied for and received $5,000. Those funds were distributed to those three schools and were designated for supplies and instructional materials for children.
You donated books for children and put together blankets at our Midyear Conference in February. With the advice and consent of our Service Committee Chairpersons, books were sent to replace children's books in those Salyersville and West Liberty schools, and blankets were given for children in the Children's Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Kiwanians have been generous in other ways. That generosity has helped countless numbers of our youth receive scholarships to attend college through scholarships awarded by the K-T Foundation and by individual clubs. That generosity has also resulted in donations to the Kiwanis International Foundation for "Eliminate."
Without you and your contributions to the district and International foundations, those children in Salyersville and West Lberty would not have received that help, those Kentucky-Tennessee District youth would not be receiving those scholarships to attend college, and those babies and mothers in third world countries would not as quickly receive those shots that immunize them against maternal neo-natal tetanus.
You should remember that our district receives matching scholarship funds from the Kiwanis International Foundation. How much our district receives is determined by how much we and our Kiwanis clubs donate to the Kiwanis International Foundation. These are all good reasons for us to maintain our individual and club financial support of our K-T District and Kiwanis International Foundation.
It cannot be denied that by ourselves we can give some help. It should also be remembered that as a member of the Kiwanis team, the quanity and quality of our help multiplies significantly. Together you and I have a profound effect on what Kiwanis does for children.
Someone has said, "Teamwork is the fuel that enables COMMON PEOPLE to produce UNCOMMON RESULTS". Thanks for being a member of the team that is producing uncommon and positive results for the children of the world.
Don
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