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Kiwanis Kapers Official publication of the Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills, AZ

May 2015

Thanks to

Thrivent

for grant

The Noon Kiwanis Club’s inaugural service project in conjunction with Tumble-weed Center for Youth De-velopment was enhanced with a $250 grant from Thrivent.

Thrivent is a financial ser-vices firm based in the Mid-west. The company offers a special program for its mem-bers called “Thrivent Action Teams.” Immediate past club president Mike Schar-now has an account with Thrivent, and he successful-ly applied to participate in the program.

Thrivent Action Teams are encouraged to be formed and work in conjunction with some type of service project in the community — church-es, service clubs, other char-itable programs, etc.

Besides sending T-shirts and other promotional items, the firm also supplies a $250 gift card that can be spent toward each particular ser-vice project.

Brenda Scharnow was re-cruited to help shop for items with the gift card that were used for our service project at Tumbleweed’s donation center. Food items, snacks, socks, drinks, cleaning supplies and more were purchased for the pro-ject and as a donation to Tumbleweed, which helps homeless teenagers.

Thanks, Thrivent!

Making a Difference Club awarded $10,000 grant through town, USA Today

Because of our past involvement

with Make a Difference Day and our

planned Centennial Project to re-

place Golden Eagle Park’s tot lot, the

Noon Kiwanis Club is receiving a

$10,000 grant.

The monies are actually coming

from USA Today in recognition of the

town’s Make a Difference Day efforts.

The town was one of 14 grant winners

nationwide.

A stipulation of the community

grant is that it be presented to a

501(c)3 charity organization that has

shown leadership and involvement in

Make a Difference Day efforts.

For the past five years our club has

provided volunteers, tools and sweat

equity for significant Make a Differ-

ence Day projects. Approved by the

Town Council, the $10,000 grant will

be used four our Centennial Project

to celebrate the 100th anniversary of

Kiwanis International and the club’s

40th anniversary.

The Noon Kiwanis Club has already

secured a $5,000 grant commitment

from the Kiwanis International Foun-

dation along with $5,000 from the

Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation.

The Make a Difference Day grant

application was submitted by

Heather Ware, the town’s volunteer

coordinator who organizes the annu-

al Make a Difference Day here.

Ware said Noon Kiwanis is commit-

ted to serving others and was

pleased to receive the grant and pass

the money along to the club.

“Whether across the border, in a

shelter, Ronald McDonald House or

helping our residents in need in town

The proposed Centennial Tot Lot at Golden Eagle Park.

Hard-working Noon Kiwanians during the 2014 Make a

through Make a Difference Day, the Noon Kiwanis

Club’s leadership and volunteerism in our community

is outstanding,” Ware said. “Many congratulations in

advancing the Kiwanis Centennial Project.”

Noon Kiwanis Club President Al Roselieb said, “We

are extremely grateful for Heather’s inspiration and

hard work in securing this grant. Thank you so much

to Heather for her guidance and leadership.

“With her help we will be able to see our Centennial

Project to a positive end this year. On behalf of the

children who will enjoy this new playground equip-

ment, a million thanks!”

Gannett and its USA Today publication was the

founding sponsor of the Make a Difference Day pro-

gram.

Fellow Kiwanians:

I came across an enlightening new pamphlet entitled “Kiwanis is a Verb” written by John F. Yegge of Richland, Washington. He states, “Kiwanis is a verb. It’s something you do. Lots of Kiwanians do it a couple of hours a week – some a lot more. But in all of the doing there is a single purpose in Kiwanis – service to our communities, especially to benefit the neediest and youngest members of our communities.”

Along these same lines, our International President, Dr. John Button, says, “Year 2 of the Formula is the Year of Engagement, a year during which we engage, mobilize and motivate our members. For many years, I’ve believed that the ‘take home’ value of Kiwanis is fun, fellowship and relevant service — rele-vant not just to the community, but equally as important, relevant to the member. Fellowship is so much more than friendship. Kiwanians have an interest in each other, their wellness, success, mentoring and experience. They maximize one another’s Kiwanis experience. Fellowship makes Kiwanians out of mem-bers.”

We have some great examples of Kiwanians stepping forward to benefit the neediest and youngest. My sincere thanks to Mike & Brenda Scharnow for purchasing $250 in food, back packs, and other sup-plies from a Thrivent Financial Services grant that a dozen of us took up to the Tumbleweed Youth De-velopment Donation Center last Saturday. We helped sort clothing, food, shoes, toiletry items, and other donated sundries at their store, which supplies goods for homeless teenagers in the Phoenix area. Our hope is we can enter into even greater service next year by equipping a room in one of their teen homes. Another fine example, on Sunday, May 3, we will be taking a prepared evening meal to the Ronald McDonald Roanoke House, near Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Not only does this provide a real service to those families seeking advanced medical treatment for their children but it gives our Kiwani-ans the opportunity to visit with the families and hear, first hand, their stories of prolonged illness and life-saving treatment (in many cases – cancer). We bring a little sunshine into their lives as we share in their hopes and frustrations. I want to compliment our Kiwanis Board for approving the provision of grants to deserving charities, both in Fountain Hills and throughout the Valley and the world through our KI Project Eliminate. You will be hearing much more in the coming weeks as we present these grants and scholarships, and as we continue to be of service to the “neediest and youngest members of our community!” As Mr. Yegge suggests, “Take in as much Kiwanis activity as you can – as soon as you can! You’ll enjoy your membership more and you’ll be a more effective Kiwanian!”

“Each One, Reach (Out To) One!”

A WORD FROM PRESIDENT AL ROSELIEB

‘Kiwanis’ is a verb

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Food for Kidz Hair netz and handz add up to kidz getting nourishing mealz

The Noon Kiwanis Club once again had a good

showing at the annual Food for Kidz community

food pack held in March at the Community Cen-

ter.

More than a dozen Noon Kiwanians were part

of 300-plus volunteers who packed 81,000 forti-

fied meals that evening at the event organized

by New Journey Lutheran Church and Church of

the Ascension.

The club also contributed $150 toward the pro-

gram, helping purchase nutritious dehydrated

meals. The meals were being distributed by var-

ious groups that feed the hungry both locally and

internationally. This marked the fifth year that

the Food for Kidz packing event has been held.

In total, the project has packed 227,000 meals for

hungry families.

“We had quite a visible presence with our yel-

low T-shirts and big smiles,” said club President

Al Roselieb. “We worked several hours loading

up the small bags and helping stack the boxes to

be trucked out. It was a great service project and

helps demonstrate once again to the community

the willingness of Noon Kiwanis to chip in and

get our hands dirty. This directly impacts chil-

dren, and that’s what we’re all about.”

Brenda Scharnow and a young friend are all

smiles as they take a break from packing food

boxes to help starving children around the world.

Noon Kiwanians were quite efficient in their packing skills that evening.

Keith Junk, above, moves a box at the event, but

we’re not sure if the box contained any food or

not. It might have been just an empty box? At

right, Jean Linzer concentrates on getting the

packed food bags ready to be boxed up.

Photos by Flash Geller Photography

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Kiwanis One Day The Noon and Sunset Kiwanis clubs of Fountain

Hills joined forces April 11 to spruce up a part of

town dear to their hearts.

We actually joined forces – in spirit – with Kiwa-

nis clubs around the world as we participated in

Kiwanis One Day. April 11 was designated by Ki-

wanis International as “Kiwanis One Day.”

Kiwanis clubs around the globe are encouraged

to participate in community service projects that

day, joining their brothers and sisters in demon-

strating what Kiwanis is all about.

In addition, the Fountain Hills High School Key

Club, sponsored by the Sunset club, participated

with the adult clubs on Kiwanis One Day. Approxi-

mately 50 Kiwanians and Key Clubbers gathered

at the Kiwanis Activity Center to pull weeds, trim

bushes and trees, clean up debris and participate

in the Adopt-A-Street anti-litter program.

Some screens were repaired on the Kiwanis

building, and the back storage area was straight-

ened up. Planter boxes were cleaned up and new

low-water use vegetation was planted to top off the

various hands-on projects.

After about 90 minutes of hard work, the service-

oriented clubs gathered around for hot dogs,

chips soft drinks and Kiwanis camaraderie.

This marked the fourth consecutive year the two

clubs gathered for mutual service projects on Ki-

wanis One Day.

“It’s always good to get together as a Kiwanis

family and demonstrate what we’re capable of

doing as one group,” said Margaret Ziefert, Sunset

Kiwanis Club president.

Kate Pruett, a Sunset Kiwanian, FHHS teacher and

Key Club advisor, said the students always enjoy

interacting with the adult Kiwanians.

“And it’s always good to see them up by 9 a.m.

on a Saturday helping with community service,”

she added.

Al Roselieb, Noon Kiwanis Club president, said it

demonstrates to the Town of Fountain Hills what

Kiwanis is capable of contributing to this commu-

nity.

“We are all about service and helping better the

lives of children around the world,” he said.

“Getting together as a Kiwanis family to perform a

service project embodies the spirit of our organi-

zation and shows the community of Fountain Hills

what Kiwanis has to offer.

“It’s always good for our clubs to get together.”

Noon, Sunset and Key Clubbers spruce up the grounds

Those left at the end of the project pose for a photo taken by Jon Geller.

These Key Clubbers were all set to pick up litter along Kiwanis Drive.

Noon Kiwanian

Brice Moor-

man worked

with Key Club

members to

pull weeds

next to the

Kiwanis club-

house.

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Noon Kiwanian Jerry Comeau handles trash.

How many Sunset Kiwanians does it take to plant a cactus?

Must be lunch time — a time for clubs to get to know one another better….

J.W. Clarkson wasn’t

bashful when it came

to trimming rosemary.

Sunset Kiwanis Club President

Margaret Ziefert, above, works

with Key Clubbers as they

replace some window screen-

ing; at right, Noon Kiwanian

Mike Scharnow volunteered

for grill duty. A good time was

had by all!

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Getting to know our members Our Mystery Person was born in Detroit, Michi-

gan in 1947 and moved with his family to Tucson,

Arizona in 1957. He attended the University of Ari-

zona and obtained both his Bachelor’s and Mas-

ter’s Degrees in the field of Music Education. He

and his future wife had the distinction of perform-

ing with the UofA band during the first twp Super

Bowl galf-time shows (he – trumpet, she – twirler).

He completed his student teaching in the Tucson

schools as a band director, however encountered

an abrupt career change by enlisting in the USAF

in 1970 serving in the Command & Control Center

working with computers. Some 29 years later, he retired from active duty

with the USAF as a colonel. He spent 2 years in the Senior Executive Ser-

vice, retiring completely in 1999 as Director of the Chief Information Of-

fice. Then he became an information technology contractor for several

Federal Government agencies and wound up with IBM. He finally retired

completely in 2014 when he and his wife, Marcia, moved to Fountain Hills.

They have one son, who was born in Tucson while he was stationed in

Thailand, and one daughter, born in Germany while he was in active duty

in Italy. Their son is an USAF Lt. Colonel, stationed in Tampa, Florida, and

their daughter was an USAF Captain, now a retired civilian married to a

Naval Officer, stationed in San Diego, California. They also have four

grandchildren, with another expected soon. His hobbies include road

biking and table tennis. His sponsor was our Past President, Mike Schar-

now, and both he and his wife were inducted into our Noon Club member-

ship in February of this year. And as he says, “We’re glad to be here and

continue ‘service‘ from a different perspective.” Our Club is also very

delighted to welcome, BERNIE HOENLE!

And our second mystery person... Our Mystery Person was born on June 28, 1942 in

New York City. She was one of five children and

they moved to Denver, Colorado where she was

raised. She began her collegiate studies at Indi-

ana University, got married, had three sons, got

divorced, and went back to college to obtain a

B.A. in elementary education, 20 years after she

began college! She graduated as a straight A

student, Cum Laude from Florida State Universi-

ty. She worked as a stock broker for several

years in Florida and eventually transferred to

Denver, where she met her husband David. He

worked as a general contractor and she, as a real

estate broker. She held membership in Kiwanis International for 15 years

and was elected club president in 1990. While in office, she accompanied

a small group to Prague, Czech Republic where they presented their Kiwa-

nis Club’s flag to the Prague Kiwanis, thus making them their “sister club.”

They invited their club to return the visit to Colorado whereupon they

hosted the entire Prague Club and had a great time (putting them up at 14

different members’ houses). Most of her Kiwanis’ time has seen her in-

volvement with Builders and K-Kids . . . “she loves working with chil-

dren!” She and her husband have four sons and six grand children. They

spend the summers in Friday Harbor, Washington where they enjoy a

Carver (boat). Her interests include going to Bible study, walking and

reading. She has already volunteered to assist Phyllis Horan with our

Sponsored Clubs in Fountain Hills. Let us introduce and welcome SUSAN

WILLIAMS to our Noon Club!

Club President Al Roselieb accepts a $1,000 grant

from Allstate Insurance agent Paul Smith, who hap-

pens to be a former club president.

Allstate gives $1,000 grant

The Noon Kiwanis Club is pleased to receive

$1,000 from the Allstate Foundation in honor of

Allstage Agent Paul Smith’s volunteerism.

“We are pleased to partner with Allstate and

their commitment to making our hometowns bet-

ter, safer places to live,” said club President Al

Roselieb.

“Paul helps tremendously at our food booth dur-

ing the fairs, and of course he is a past club presi-

dent along with his wife, Dr. Liz.”

Our club has been the recipient of an Allstate

grant for several years now.

The grant money has been designated for use

toward the club’s Centennial Project, which en-

tails replacing the tot lot at Golden Eagle Park.

Helping JA Dena Kidd, left, of Junior Achievement accepts a

$500 donation from club President Al Roselieb. JA

presents many business– and economic-oriented

programs in the Fountain Hills schools, utilizing

community volunteers to present the materials.

Their programs reach hundreds and hundreds of

youngsters at most grade levels in Fountain Hills.

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Hands-on at Tumbleweed

The group sporting Thrivent Action Team T-shirts and showing off the items donated to Tumbleweed.

The Noon Kiwanis Club performed its first

service project at the Tumbleweed Center for

Youth Development’s donation center on Sat-

urday, April 25.

Members participating were Al Roselieb,

Paul Appeldorn, Mike Scharnow, Joyce Steh-

lik, Marcia and Bernie Hoenle, Betty Pantuso,

Phyllis Horan, Charlie Fox, Pat Costa, Jo Nel-

son and Jon Geller.

The group spent several hours at the dona-

tion center sorting through clothes, shoes and

other items — putting the items on shelves

according to sizes and generally organizing

the center to make it more presentable to

homeless teens who utilize serves through

Tumbleweed. The organization operates a

separate residential facility elsewhere for

teens and young adults. They come to the do-

nation center to pick up casual clothes in addi-

tion to business clothing for interviews, school

supplies, hygiene products and more.

“We hope to expand our involvement with

Tumbleweed even more during the coming

year,” said club President Al Roselieb. ‘We

are pleased to help them with this initial ser-

vice project. Our crew worked hard, and the

Tumbleweed personnel were impressed with

our enthusiasm and willingness to dive right

in.”

Our Aktion Club is exploring possibilities of

getting involved with Tumbleweed as well.

May 3 Ronald McDonald House service project

May 5 Aktion club meeting at STARS

May 7 Luncheon meeting; Terrific Kids presentation

May 7 Day of Prayer at Fountain Park; serve hot dogs

May 12 Adopt a Street litter pick-up

May 13 Division 12-13 council meeting

May 14 NO MEETING; So. Mtn. Interclub meeting

May 16 Service project at Extended Hands Food Bank

May 19 Aktion Club meeting at STARS; Interclub meeting

May 21 Luncheon meeting; presentation of grants

May 28 NO MEETING

Upcoming Calendar of Events

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Street Cleaning

The next Adopt A Street litter pick-up

project is set for Tuesday, May 12, at 7:30

a.m. The place to meet is the Fountain Hills

Community Center, since Saguaro Blvd.

right now isn’t sporting too much litter, just

a lot of construction.

For details, call or see Paul Appeldorn.

He has plenty of orange vests for everyone

and “claws” that help with the litter pick-

up.

Kans and more Kans

The Noon Kiwanis Club can never get

enough aluminum kans. Paul ‘The Kan

Man’ Appeldorn collects the kans on a

regular basis and then cashes them in. We

use the money to help children as part of

our Kiwanis Across the Border program.

Did you know that kans today weigh 33

percent less than 25 years ago? That’s why

it’s important to keep drinking and turn in

those kans! It takes three kans today to

equal one kan from the 1980s!

Ronald

McDonald

scenes

Photos by Flash Geller Photography