By unamimous vote the following slate of Officers and Board of Directors were elected to leadership roles in our club. Please support their committment to serving our club and congratulate them when you get a chance.

President                 Dick Berliner
President-Elect George Williams
Vice President John Rives
Treasurer Neal Carroll
Secretary Bill Clement

Board of Directors

(2007-2009 Term)
Pat Manasco
Bill Hanks
Jim Reilly
Dick Stanford

(2008-2010 Term)
Leon Waters
Brian Savage
Mary Browning

Mountain Brook alum Stephanie Zicarelli was recognized at todays meeting as the recipient of our annual scholarship. Ms. Zicarelli was an active leader in the Mountain Brook Key Club. She will be going to Auburn University in the Fall and plans to double major in Speech Therapy and Spanish. She shared that she looks forward to becoming active in the Auburn Circle K program, as well.

It is with deep sadness to inform you that Linda Canaday, wife of Don
Canaday – International President-Designate passed away due to
complications from surgery. Please click on the link to read.

Shortcut to: http://www.kiwanisone.org/memberresources/default.aspx

Please join my in thoughts and prayers for Don and his family.

Below is an article from today’s Birmingham News that features the Alabama Child Caring Foundation. Barbara Hutchinson will be our speaker and share about this worthwhile project on August 20th. Read the rest of this entry »

Bookmark This Link to see the most current version of the Kiwanis Calendar. This will be updated to include upcoming speakers, social events, service projects, and conventions. This will replace the Trumba Calendar, which has drastically increased their price structure. The one feature they do not have on Google Calendar is the weekly email update, but I will be doing this manually.

Please give me your feedback and let me know if you would like to help as an editor for either the weblog or the calendar. -Brian

I am looking for a few people to help with weblog postings and Google calendar updates with upcoming service projects. All committee chairs will have access to the calendar to add speakers, service projects, social opportunities, interclubs, etc.  I will have a thorough training for this… though it is very easy and requires no technical knowledge- just an active internet connection. Please let me know if you would like to help and I will give you access as an editor.  Brian  brianrodgers@gmail.com

Following our July tradition of off-site meetings durig sprucing up at the Club, we return to the Gold room on July 23rd. We will have 2 weeks of meetings int eh Gold room and then be one of the inaugural groups meeting in the newly renovated staterooms. Below is an update from Gary Kamenicky, General Manager of The Club… Read the rest of this entry »

Click Here For the Registration Form

The Alabama District of Kiwanis International will be holding its annula convention in Gadsden, Alabama on August 1-3. This is a great opportunity to connect with other Kiwanians and hear about how Kiwanis Intennational is changing the world, one child and one community at a time.

The Club has budgeted registration funds for members to attend. Please let me know if you plan to attend and submit the attached Registration Form. All participants are encouraged to bring a laptop, as several of the content sessions are interactive.

Click Here for the schedule.

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