January 25, 2018 – Delane Titus of Soldier’s Angels spoke to 12 club members.  Soldier’s Angels is a national organization which provides assistance to deployed soldiers, wounded soldiers, soldiers’ families and veterans.  The local chapter partners with various organizations to provide a monthly lunch and entertainment to 30-40 veteran residents of the community living center at the VA hospital complex in Spokane.  They also visit the residents and organize monthly bingo nights.

January 18, 2018 – Our speaker was from Wishing Star, a regional charity that fills wishes for children with possible terminal medical conditions.  They also go beyond the wish to establish and maintain contact with the children’s families to provide support and help to family members.  They have 2 paid staff and their primary fund raiser is Taste of Spokane.  Fourteen members were present.

January 11, 2018 – Chuck Richardson spoke about Paint-a-Helmet, a Kiwanis District program.  The program started in 1997 and is organized by the East Spokane Kiwanis Club.  They give away up to 900 helmets a year – the helmets are plain white and the kids decorate them.  This year it will be on April 21 at the Fairgrounds.    Other organizations including SCOPE and Ronald McDonald house are there to offer information and services. 

Fourteen members attended.  We got information on dinner options for our sweetheart dinner on February 8 at the Marketplace at 5:30pm.  We also learned that Betz K-Kids are preparing valentines to for veteran’s home on the lower south hill. 

January 4, 2018 – Seventeen members were at the meeting.  We did not have a speaker so each person wrote down something we thought other club members did not know about us and we then guessed which member went with which statement.

December 28, 2017 – There was no club meeting.

December 21, 2017 – Thirteen members attended; we didn’t have a speaker so we tried solving some Christmas puzzles.  Several members helped setup the Gifts for Cheney Kids last week.  A community member emailed our club to ask if we did a Christmas yard of the month.  We didn’t have time to organize and promote it for this year but the club and the Cheney Gardeners will consider having a competition next year.

December 14, 2017 – Member Bob Quinn told us about the recent trip he and his wife made to Australia.  Bob also updated us on current weather patterns and forecast for our area.  Betz K-Kids are working on recess buddies and classroom helpers.

December 7, 2017 -  Fifteen members heard a presentation from Mary Reinbold of Transitions in Spokane.  She talked about their current program to build 24 cottages for homeless women and children.  The site will also have a playground and they received a $5,000 grant from Pacific Northwest Kiwanis to help pay for it.  She explained that their program is very structured and seeks to help women with job skills and education and ultimately get them into their own housing.