Kiwanis Club of Asheboro

Communities in Schools of Randolph County sent us a thank you letter for our club’s recent donation.

Start trying to locate your special hat to wear to our Favorite Hat Day meeting on 3/12/13.  There could be a prize for the winning hat.

After our 3/5/13 meeting we’ll have a board meeting.  One item that’ll come up is a request for a contribution from the Randolph County Mayor’s Committee for Disabled Persons.

Have a great week and we’ll see you 3/5 when our program will be Peter Rieke, Carolinas District Aktion Club Administrator, providing  an update on the status of Aktion activities in the Carolinas District.  Aktion Clubs are service clubs for adults with disabilities.  Joseph Sands gets credit for this program.

A thought for this week is: All people smile in the same language.

Recently our Kiwanis Club provided me with the opportunity to attend the Kiwanis Carolinas District Mid Year conference that was held in Wilmington, NC.  Thank you for this opportunity.  Below is some info gained which I would like to share with you.

Kiwanis One Day: usually is the first Saturday in April, is a non fundraising event, is meant to do a job/task that needs to be done in the community in one day or about five hours, is opportunity to draw attention to Kiwanis benefiting the community by trying to get the paper, TV or radio to cover the event, could be done by working along with another group such as a key club, Kiwanis club or another service club (we’ll have more to say about this later when we share our plans for this year’s event)

Connecting with Our Community: as we evaluate potential projects we should ask ourselves what can we do to make our community better?, where can our efforts/dollars do the most good in the community?

Have a great week and we’ll see you 2/26 when our program will be provided by Dr. Lynley Holt, a geriatric physician, with White Oak Family Practice.  Don Monroe has arranged this program for us.  

A thought to ponder this week could be: Do we see difficulties in every opportunity or opportunities in every difficulty?

President David Poe

Direct and plain-spoken, with southern charm and humor, renowned speaker and successful businessman BOB CRUMLEY laid out the Three Simple Yet Difficult Rules of Success in his new book and keynote speech, See The End First.  It was very enlightening.

Our speaker was Dr. Michael Walden, economics professor at NCSU.  Dr. Walden is a Recipient of the 2010 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Public Service.  He can be contacted at 919-515-4671; e-mail: michael_walden@ncsu.edu.  He shared an interesting perspective on the economy, indicating that the "Great Recession" was due to the housing market bubble that burst in mid 2000's and the related effect on the financial sector.  Housing accounts for 15% of the economy.  The good news is that the economy has slowly recovered, housing values are back on the rise (historic rate was 3%,) and unemployment is down.  Housing debt is down paving the way for improved consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of the economy.  He was fairly confident that a deal will be reached on the fiscal cliff to avoid drastic changes to taxes and government spending.  Learn more from the Winter 2012 economic outlook.

In other business, David Smith is looking for a few volunteers for the pancake breakfast this Saturday, 12/8/12 at the airport.  Dean Lail still has a few spots open for bell ringing for the Salvation Army.  Barb Swanson has tickets for the Tour of Homes.

On Dec. 11 we’ll meet on the first floor of Magnolia on Worth.  The doors will open at 6 PM.

Have a great week and we’ll see you 12/11 when our program will be Dr. Mike Loomis from the NC Zoo.  This program has been arranged by Eddie Pugh. 

Have a great week and we’ll see you 12/4 when our program will be Mike Walden, an economist at NCSU, talking about the economy.  This program has been arranged by Barb Swanson.

Following the program on 12/4 we shall have a board meeting.

On December 11 we shall be meeting & eating at Magnolia on Worth Street.  The doors will open at 6 PM & we’ll be meeting on the first floor.  Don Simmons will be providing our meal.  Pinewood Country Club will not be able to accommodate us that evening due to another function.