JANUARY 2000
FROM
1999-2000 LT. GOVERNOR
“TEAM 2000”
We have only been together three months and they have gone by fast. It is still a shock to see all that we can do as a team. Team 2000 has given over 4,205 man hours to our communities. We have contributed over $36,061 to the needy, to the youth, to our communities and to the needs of our world. What a job you have done. I say THANK YOU for letting me be part of this great team, “TEAM 2000.
There are a lot of active members in Division 33. In just three months there has been 51 inter-clubs. Don’t be left out, ten clubs have accomplished this feat. This is a way to do make-ups, find new ideas, new speakers and just socialize with good people.
Golden K is leading the pack when it comes to performance points with 260 points YTD. Bakersfield and Westchester are just behind with 256 each. What are performance points you ask? Performance points are a way or the Lt. Gov. and the Governor to monitor what the clubs are doing. We look at membership, if it is up or down. Also we look at attendance, programs and inter-clubs. With this information we determine the strength of each club. Along with the administration of the club we look at the service of the club. Are they participating in community service, youth services, human & spiritual values, YCPO “WWSP-IDD” and our sponsored youth. I am pleased to say the clubs in Division 33, there are 13, are functioning well.
We have one area that all clubs need to work on and that is MEMBERSHIP. We have added 19 members during the first three months. This number is significant but not significant enough. We have lost 27 members. Remember what TEAM stands for?
T ogether
E veryone
A chieves
M ore
Just
look at what we have done with our membership so far. Then think what we could have done if we had increased our
membership 10%???????? One last point
to think about is all is takes is to ASK.
Ray Hacker
Lt. Governor
Division 33
YOUR HELP REQUIRED
Each month we will try to include news from the Kiwanis Clubs of Division
33. The Division Secretary, Carl Bryan,
will be coordinating this effort. Input
from each Club must be received by the Thursday before the next Division
Council Meeting in order to be included in the new month’s Division Bulletin. Without
such input, we will have to “guess” at something to say (from Club newsletters,
Monthly Reports, etc.). Please use your
space to brag about your accomplishments, advertise future events, or to
solicit cooperation from other Clubs.
Information may be submitted to the District Secretary by fax (872-3801),
e-mail (cbryan3524@aol.com), or by snail mail (3524 Purdue Dr., Bakersfield
93306).
CLUB NEWS
JANUARY 2000
MANY THANKS TO THOSE CLUBS
WHO SUBMITTED THEIR INFORAMTION BY THE JANUARY 13TH DEADLINE.
EAST BAKERSFIELD
A new meeting place: Hill House (700 Truxtun Ave. at R Street – the same place as the Kern Club). Meetings still at 12 Noon on Tuesdays.
The East Bakersfield Kiwanis
Club’s sponsored Key Clubs have been very busy. The Garces Key Club raised about $8,000 through the school’s
Winter Formal. The Foothill Key Club
sold churros, went Christmas caroling, and helped to decorate a float for the
Rose Parade.
SHAFTER
Still meeting Wednesdays at 12 Noon at the Veterans Memorial Hall (301 California St.).
The Shafter Kiwanis Club had
a busy December. They delivered
Christmas Food Boxes to 75 needy families (a $900 donation); awarded $500 in scholarships;
held a Children’s Christmas Party; sponsored their local high school Basketball
Tournament; held a Terrific Kids luncheon; contributed to the California Parks
Ministry; and contributed to Pyles Boys Camp.
Their Key Club helped with the collection of over 5,000 pounds of food
for the Christmas Boxes. And, they
inducted two new members!! Salute!!
OILDALE
Still meeting Wednesdays at 12 Noon at the North Veterans Hall (400 Norris Road).
The Oildale Kiwanis Club has had a productive January. On the 3rd, President Jack Roth presented a check for $5,000 to CALM to help upgrade that facility. The Club has a work day scheduled for CALM on the 29th. On the 8th they participated in the Christmas Tree Recycling Project at Bakersfield College. On the 12th their Young Children Priority One chairperson (Dana Fabri) delivered reading books to Wingland Elementary School. And on the 19th, they honored students from Norris Middle School, Standard Middle School, and Beardsley as Students of the Month.
TAFT
Still meeting Thursdays at 12 Noon at Oz Victoria Gardens (1117 Kern Street).
The Taft Kiwanis Club is busily putting final plans together for their gala 75th Anniversary and Past President’s Recognition Dinner. It will be held on January 27 at the Victoria Gardens (next to the Chicken of Oz) in Taft with dinner being served at 7:00 PM. Reservations can be obtained by calling 661-765-5356.
WESTCHESTER
During December, the Westchester Kiwanis Club donated 105 member-hours delivering poinsettias for the American Lung Association fundraiser. They participated in their “First Annual” Christmas Caroling to members and friends who are confined to their homes. And they provided their annual Christmas Shopping Spree to 50 deserving kids ($75 each) while piling up 156 member-hours of service.
HISTORY OF THE
CAL-NEV-HA DISTRICT OF KIWANIS (Part 1)
(Condensed and edited from
Irv Chapman’s “History of California Nevada Hawaii District Kiwanis 1917-1980”)
In 1917 the world was at war. A score and more of our great nations were
pouring their every resource into this stupendous upheaval. Millions of men were engaged in the business
of killing and maiming and destroying.
Selfishness and self-interest controlled human actions and governed
human relations. Patriotism burned like
a consuming flame. The one dominating
thought was to “win the war,” and war was a force of destruction.
In May of that year Kiwanis came to California. Its primary purpose was to teach, in a
language the average man could understand and bring to full fruition, the basic
principle of an unselfish interest in the other fellow. Perhaps it just happened. Perhaps it was a natural reaction to the
prevailing human passions, racial prejudices and international hatreds. Anyway, it was a force of construction.
Just how Kiwanis came to California is a matter of
historical interest. Shortly prior to
May, 1917, W. W. Widenham and Paul Jesburg of Los Angeles made separate trips
east and while there has some contact with Kiwanis Clubs. Memories of that contact were brought back
with them and caused them to realize the need of Kiwanis among local business
men and the opportunity of forming clubs in California. They communicated with Allen S. Browne,
organizer of the several Kiwanis Clubs of the east, and requested that
representatives be sent to California.
Pursuant to that request, E. F. Wescott and Alvah G. Stimmers came to
Los Angeles and on May 16 made contact with Mr. Widenham and Mr. Jesburg. Things moved very fast and five days later
J. Benjamin Fahy signed the first application blank for the Kiwanis Club of Los
Angeles. The group of men who were
selecting the members of the club met with Mr. Wescott and Mr. Stimmers in
numerous conferences in the law office of Dell A. Schweitzer.
On September 5 with a membership of about sixty, the
new club adopted its Bylaws and began to plan activities. On October 23 they held a Kiwanis Night at
the Billy Sunday Tabernacle and the first Ladies’ Night in the District was a
Christmas party held on December 21.
W. W. Widenham (who had been re-elected President on
or about March 1, 1918) was the first delegate from California to attend an
International Convention and made the trip alone to Providence, Rhode
Island. At this Convention, Widenham
was appointed as the first California District Governor. This Kiwanis pioneer blazed the trail
eastward to the great “University of Kiwanis,” a trail which thousands of
Kiwanians have since followed. It was
proposed at this Convention to fix the territorial limits of the District so as
to include the state of California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, but after
considering the vast expanse of these states, the District was restricted to
only California.
Even though we had a District and a Governor, no
California club yet held an International charter. Finally, on June 19, 1919, the Los Angeles Kiwanis Club with a
membership of one hundred received its charter and became the sixty-seventh on
the International roll of clubs.
(To
be continued …)
WELCOME TO THE YEAR 2000
Division 33
January 1, 2000
Club Membership
Club
|
10/99 |
+ |
- |
YTD |
Bakersfield
|
34 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
Delano
|
14 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
|
East Bkfld. |
23 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
|
Golden K |
19 |
3 |
1 |
21 |
|
Kern |
66 |
0 |
2 |
64 |
|
Oildale |
45 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
|
Rosedale |
19 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
|
Shafter |
39 |
3 |
3 |
39 |
|
South Bkfld |
31 |
2 |
6 |
27 |
|
Southwest Bkfld. |
28 |
1 |
5 |
24 |
|
Taft |
51 |
2 |
4 |
49 |
|
Tehachapi |
46 |
2 |
0 |
48 |
|
Westchester |
46 |
1 |
1 |
46 |
|
………33 Total |
461 |
19 |
27 |
453 |
Division 33
Monthly Performance Points
.
|
|
|
|
Month |
YTD |
Club
|
Adm. |
Serv |
Total |
Total |
Bakersfield
|
28 |
50 |
78 |
256 |
Delano
|
12 |
20 |
32 |
80 |
|
East |
32 |
40 |
72 |
158 |
|
Golden K |
44 |
40 |
84 |
260 |
|
Kern |
34 |
40 |
74 |
212 |
|
Oildale |
0 |
40 |
40 |
170 |
|
Rosedale |
40 |
50 |
90 |
242 |
|
Shafter |
48 |
50 |
98 |
244 |
|
South |
16 |
30 |
46 |
80 |
|
Southwest |
-14 |
20 |
6 |
98 |
|
Taft |
0 |
50 |
50 |
178 |
|
Tehachapi |
30 |
50 |
80 |
228 |
|
Westchester |
34 |
50 |
84 |
256 |
Division 33
January 1, 2000
Inter-Club Report
Club
|
Month |
Total |
Monthly Mileage |
YTDMileage |
Bakersfield
|
0 |
3 |
0 |
104 |
Delano
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
East Bkfld. |
1 |
2 |
20 |
45 |
|
Golden K |
2 |
3 |
44 |
76 |
|
Kern |
4 |
12 |
129 |
588 |
|
Oildale |
0 |
4 |
0 |
625 |
|
Rosedale |
3 |
6 |
258 |
478 |
|
Shafter |
0 |
1 |
0 |
80 |
|
South Bkfld. |
2 |
2 |
65 |
65 |
|
Southwest Bkfld. |
2 |
9 |
105 |
2628 |
|
Taft |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tehachapi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Westchester |
3 |
9 |
171 |
771 |
|
Division 33 Total |
17 |
51 |
792 |