YOURS, MINE and OURS
Kiwanis Family Bulletin of the

KIWANIS CLUB OF ST. MARTINVILLE
May 23, 2007  •  Vol. 15 - No. 24

Editors/Publishers: Peggy Hardy, Carol Lagarde and Gerry LeBlanc
 

2006-07 CLUB OFFICERS: 
Elaine St. Julien - President
Jean Potier - President-Elect
Annie Durand - Secretary
Peggy Hardy - Treasurer
Gerry LeBlanc - Immediate Past President
Directors: Larry Roy, Christine Berard,
Judy Bonhomme, Anika Porter,
Tommy Romero and Dan Berard

BOARD MEETING
THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
7:00 p.m -location in Calendar of Events

Builders Club Meeting:  2^nd Friday of the month Trinity Gym @ 1:00 p.m.
 
Key Club Meeting:  Every Thursday
in the SMSH library @ 11:20 a.m.

MAY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES:
   HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Ted St. Julien (Elaine) 5/1; Judy Bonhomme 5/2 ; R. J. Robichaux 5/3;
  Peggy Hulin 5/14; Larry Roy 5/26; Dennis LeBlanc 5/27. 
   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:  Jean & Ben Potier 5/11; Jim & Janis Robb 5/12.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
May 30 – Regular Meeting-Orientation/Marti & Carol
Jun 02 – New Officer Training @ Bailey’s in Lafayette
Jun 06 – Regular Meeting
Jun 09 – Bike Safety Event
Jun 13 – Regular Meeting
Jun 21 – Board Meeting – Judy Bonhomme, Host

THOUGHT/QUOTE OF THE WEEK: I still believe in spite of everything that people are really good at heart. - Anne Frank

The First Object of Kiwanis:   To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.

New Member:  We would like to welcome our newest member, Mr. James Trosclair, who was inducted in on May 23^rd.  He is  sponsored by his daughter, Peggy Decou. 

Scholarship:  We are pleased to announce the winner of the Scholarship at SMSH:  Meagan Melancon.  Gerry thanked the members of the committee,  Margaret Richard, Carol and Charlar,  who had the difficult task to make the selection.  There were 10 applications. 

Kiwanis Bucks:  Elaine reminded everyone of her offer for members  to have a chance to beef up their “Kiwanis Bucks” with several incentives.  Speaker getter and greeter through June will receive double bucks; bringing in a new member through July will also get you double bucks.   If members can cite/write the Kiwanis defining statement at orientation on May 30, more bucks will be theirs. 

New Officer Training:  There will be New Officer Training on June 2^nd, at Bailey’s in Lafayette.  You do not have to be an officer or board member to attend.  If you are a semi-new member, (or an old member) and would like to know more about Kiwanis, think about attending.  Please contact Jean @ 394-9734 if you would like to attend. 

ECAS:  Christine was at the meeting to thank/brag on everyone who turned out to help with another successful season of Every Child A Swimmer.  The final day was dampened by tornado warnings, so the volunteers went to ELC to go over more safety tips with the little ones and to hand out their t-shirts.

Program/May 16:  Jay Neü with Foster Care Recruitment talked to us about the need for more Foster parents.  He quoted many statistics, one of the main ones was that there are 5090 children in Foster Care in Louisiana.  He told us that the agency works for about 9 months to one year to reunite the child with the biological family, and if there is no success along that line they start the process to terminate parental rights.  The child then becomes available for adoption, because every child deserves a safe and wholesome environment in which to grow to become productive citizens.  

 Program/May 23:  Paul Allain, architect from New Iberia, gave a presentation on the history of a sunken steamboat that was found at the bottom of Bayou Teche near the Shadows on the Teche, and their cooperative efforts to keep the site as an educational tool. 

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