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KIWANIS CLUB OF ASHEBORO
Mailing Address: PO Box 975, Asheboro, NC 27204-0975
ORIENTATION INFORMATION
Club Meetings
The Kiwanis Club of Asheboro meets every Tuesday night at 6:45 at the
AVS Banquet Centre. Most members arrive by 6:30 in order to have time
for fellowship with other members. Name badges are placed close to
the door, and all members are expected to wear their badge. We begin
our meetings with singing, the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, an
invocation, recognition of guests, and a buffet meal. At 7:15, the
meeting is called back to order for a brief business session during
which announcements are made and members are recognized for
birthdays, anniversaries, perfect attendance, and achievements.
Following the program, which usually lasts about thirty minutes, the
meeting is adjourned at 8:00.
Attendance
Regular attendance at meetings and participation in other club
activities is expected of all active members. Many of our members
achieve perfect attendance. Meetings that are missed can be made up
by attending one of the following: a regular board meeting (the first
Tuesday each month after the regular meeting), a meeting of another
Kiwanis club, a Key C lub m eeting, o r b y p articipating i n a
planned project of the club. Senior status may be granted by the
Board to a member who has been a Kiwanian for at least ten years
which reduces the attendance requirements to only three meetings per quarter.
Club Finances
Funds to operate the club come mostly from dues paid by members and
are kept in the administrative account. Dues are $108.00 per quarter
and include the cost of meals, International and District dues, and
administrative expenses of the club. There is a new member processing
fee of $15.00 charged by Kiwanis International. Funds generated
through fund-raisers are kept in a service account. These funds can
only be used for charitable and educational activities of the club.
Special Events
There are at least three meetings each year where we invite our
spouses or other special guests to attend. These occur at Christmas,
Valentines, and the end of September at the installation banquet. We
u sually have an a ctivity e ach year that involves the entire
family. All meal charges for guests ($9.00) are billed to the member
bringing the guests. A guest brought to a meeting as a prospective
member or as part of the program is considered a guest of the club
and not charged for their meal.
Club Activities
Our club was chartered in 1928 with the help of the Kiwanis Club of
Sanford. Since that time, our club has made many significant
contributions to the Asheboro community. Kiwanians are known for
their work in the community. Although some of our contributions to
the community are monetary, much of it is given in volunteer hours.
Some of the current activities we are involved in are listed below.
1.) Pancake Day: Usually held the third Tuesday in March, this day
long event is our major fund- raiser for the year. Every member is
expected to give as many hours as possible to this event.
2.) American Legion Baseball: We sponsor our local Legion team by
providing money for team expenses, hiring coaches, selling tickets to
the games, selling concessions, and operating the public address
system and scoreboard at the games.
3.) Terrific Kids: This is a program to recognize children in the
Asheboro City School system for making improvements in one of several
areas of their school life.
4.) Adopt-A-Highway: We keep a one mile stretch of Highway 220
By-pass free from litter. We usually have trash pickups quarterly.
5.) Bell Ringing: We man the collection kettles during the Christmas
Season to raise money for the Salvation Army.
6.) Food Distributions: We participate in quarterly distributions of
surplus commodities at the National Guard Armory in conjunction with
Randolph County Social Services.
7.) Underprivileged Children: We provide funds for any child in the
Asheboro City School system to have a new pair of shoes if a nurse or
guidance counselor determines there is a legitimate need.
8.) Scholarships: We provide the money to award (typically $1,500
each) college scholarships to three seniors in the five Randolph
County high schools.
9.) Farm-City Night: We invite the local farmers for our meeting on
the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. They reciprocate with a pig-picking
in May.
10.) Sponsored Youth: We sponsor a Key Club (a Kiwanis Club for high
school boys and girls) at Asheboro High School and Builders Clubs at
the Alternative School and North Asheboro Middle School.
11.) Youth Athletics: We sponsor little league baseball, basketball,
football, and girl's softball.
12.) Youth Services: We usually contribute to the YMCA, Boy and Girl
Scouts, 4-H, D.A.R.E., and Boys and Girls Home.
13.) Capital Campaigns: We have helped with the campaigns of the
Salvation Army, Randolph Hospital, Hospice, and the YMCA.
14.) Community Services: We have recently made contributions to the
Randolph Prison Chaplaincy Program, Randolph Senior Adult
Association, and the Randolph Arts Guild.
Club Organization
Our club is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the club
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Past-President, and
seven elected Directors. All officers (except the Secretary) and
directors are elected in the spring of each year by the Club.
Directors serve two-year staggered terms. The Vice-President
automatically becomes President, and the Secretary is elected by the
Board of Directors.
Kiwanis International is divided into 46 districts in 91 nations. Our
club is in the Carolinas District, which consists of all clubs in
North and South Carolina. The head of the district is the Governor.
The Governor is elected each year in August. The home of the Governor
is rotated among three regions comprised of eastern North Carolina,
western North Carolina, and all of South Carolina.
Within the Carolinas District are 28 divisions, of which we are a
member of the 8" Division. Each division is led by a Lt.
Governor. Our division consists of the 12 clubs in Randolph,
Guilford, and Davidson Counties.
Inter-Club Visits
When we visit another nearby club (usually in our division) with at
least four members, this is called an inter-club. Every member is
encouraged to participate in at least one inter-club visit each year.
Much can be learned by seeing how other clubs operate.
Publications
Kiwanis Klarion: This is our club bulletin and is published
bi-weekly. This newsletter will keep you i nformed o f upcoming
events and let you know what you missed if you were not able to
attend a meeting.
Carolina Kiwanian: This newspaper is published quarterly and will
keep you informed of activities in the Carolinas district.
Kiwanis Magazine: Published monthly by Kiwanis International. In
addition to information about Kiwanis happenings, this magazine
contains many articles of general interest.
The Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis
club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado.
To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the
material values of life.
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
To promote the adoption and the application of higher social,
business, and professional standards.
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive,
and serviceable citizenship.
To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring
friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better
communities.
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion
and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness,
justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
Summary
We hope this information has been helpful in educating you about the
Kiwanis Club of Asheboro. We trust you will wear your lapel pin and
display your window decal proudly. We also hope you will share
Kiwanis with a friend, just as someone did with you. It is important
to remember that you will get out of Kiwanis exactly what you are
willing to put into it.
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