Cumulative Member Participation
(Minimum criteria for membership participation is 60%)
                                 
Ed Blumenauer 100
Leslie Bruchey100
Ed Crawford 100
Ken Dell 100
Austin Elmaghrabi 100
Larry Fellows 90
Eric Gatrell 100
Mark Gaver
Patrick Haley
Bud Jackson Senior
Jerry Jenkins 100
Jim Krysiek Leave
Glenn Magaha 100
Dave Maloney 100
Charlie Mertz 100
Frank Parker 96
Phil Pople 100
Bob Rankin Senior
Austin Rippeon Senior
Doc Schaden 100
Christine Semon 100
Paul Sheets 100
Ellis Stroup 100
Rob Summers 100
Jim Wiggins 100

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Dec 1 - Christine's Cronies- Board Meeting
Dec 8 - No program
Dec 15 - No program, Giftwrap
Dec 22 - No program, Giftwrap
Dec 29 - No program

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Christine's Connections by Pres. Christine Semon

As our club continues to move through the “Season of Giving” we are about to start our largest fundraiser for the year, so get ready! As if you didn’t already know this from all of Dave Maloney's reminder emails and pleas at meetings, we should continue to sign up for (many!) shifts at the gift-wrap! We will be at the FSK Mall, in front of J C Penney’s one more time (thanks Dave!) from December 8 (for set up only) thru December 24. We will be assisting patrons with wrapping gifts for their friends and families in exchange for donations. The best part is what we do with our donations earned afterwards — we use the monies to support our sponsored youth (Circle K, Key Clubs and Builders Club) and many agencies and organizations throughout our community. So far, many club members have signed up. Thanks! We have also had some members’ from the Downtown club, parents and scouts from Cub Scout Pack 235, MSMU, and members from the new Key Club at Tuscarora H.S. sign up too! Yea! We are still waiting to hear from others to fill in some of the blanks. Please go to our club web site to see where the vacancies are. Then contact Dave Maloney ASAP and tell him which positions you would like to fill.

Next I would like to update the club on a few items. First of all, GREAT job on the Fruit sale this year!!! Phil can take a lot of pleasure in pushing this fundraiser through and making it a success. Phil estimated that we sold about $4600 in fruit for a net profit of over $1100. See Phil's report below. Special thanks to Walkersville Key Club members for selling this year also. The fruit has arrived. Thanks to those who helped off-loading. Contact Phil to arrange to pick up the fruit that you sold. It is located at 1195 N. East St. Thanks again!

The next update is in regards to the Family K Day. It was supposed to occur in November, however, unfortunately, it didn’t due to “not enough publicity and not enough people signing up.” I have been in contact with some Circle K representatives and the new date is scheduled for March 18, 2006. This will be a great event to participate with all levels of the family and providing direct service to the community. Please save the date now and I will pass on more details, as soon as I hear them.

In regards to the new Key Club at Tuscarora High School, here is the scoop. Jim Krysiek, Mark Gaver and I met with the new advisor (Mr. Mosser-who helped start the Key Club at Middletown High), the principal (Jay Berno-who helped start the Key Club at Walkersville High when he was there), and many of the new clubs members at one of their meetings this past month. Yes, in three different visits! They are all very excited and enthusiastic about being sponsored by our club! They already have several projects they are working on and some have also signed up to assist us with our gift-wrap. I am hoping that we can discuss this topic at the Board meeting in December and work on getting their club officially chartered with KI soon. Maybe we can have a Charter night in January or February 2006? As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Tuscarora, along with our other sponsored clubs at Mount St Mary’s University, Walkersville High and Middletown Middle, are definitely out there achieving great successes and making a huge difference, enthusiastically, in our community and the world! Keep up the outstanding work!

On a similar note, I have one more area to cover. As we are in this ‘Season of Giving,’ many of us will be out there doing lots of shopping for gifts for friends and family in our lives. This could also be a time for us all to reflect on our own gifts, that we personally possess. Maybe we could reflect on a few tough, yet powerful, questions to help us focus on our own purpose in life. Ask yourself: What am I meant to do here? How can I best serve mankind? What have I done with my life so far? What do I want to do with the rest of my life? The answers could be pretty energizing and revitalizing. There is only one YOU in this Universe. I know that you have offered and continue to offer many gifts to all you come in contact with. I am so proud of what each of you and our club has done in our community and the world over the past 33 years! I am honored to be in the Suburban Frederick Kiwanis Club! We are all about finding new ways to serve others and isn’t that what life is and should be all about, anyway? Let's keep discovering, sharing and giving away our gifts! I’d like to end with two more inspiring and motivating quotes. To quote Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson, again, "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” I believe our club is full of such nuts! (Sorry, I meant acorns!) Finally, to quote the great Dr. Albert Schweitzer, "I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."

I wish you and your families a wonderful Holiday Season. And remember — YOU ARE THE GIFT!!!!

I want to personally thank all those involved with making this year a sucess with the fruit sales. Thanks to your hard work we did better then last year!! Our total profit came out to $1147. I had to subtract $50 for shipping. Even with that we made about $250 more than last year. The Walkersville Key club made a cool $241. The fruit arrived on Dec. 1 and has already been off-loaded. Contact me to pick up your fruit.

I will also be passing around a sign up sheet this Thursday for help with the gift wrap set up. It is scheduled for Dec 8 at 7:30. I will be helping Larry load up all the material at his house then going on to the Lone Star for dinner if anybody wishes to join us at 6:00 that night. Thanks again for all your help

The Builders Club at Middletown Middle School is accepting new members. The club, which is similar to Key Clubs in high schools, is open to anyone in sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

Linda Caron, a sixth-grade social studies teacher who advises the Builders Club, said the club aims to provide teamwork opportunities for service to the school and community. ‘‘The kids get a variety of work in the community, outside the community and in school,” Caron said. ‘‘Whatever they do, the kids come up with the ideas.”... read the entire story.

At a recent club meeting, Kathy Lecomte shared her son's experiences as a Navy Medic serving with the Marines in Iraq. Her son is HM3 Robert J Phillips. He is serving with the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines Weapons Company in Western Iraq. Involved in battles, tending to the wounded, being in an armoured vehicle when struck by a roadside bomb, enduring the heat and boredom — all now routine for a son finishing up his third tour of duty and scheduled to return home early in 2006.

Kathy Lecomte used a slide show to describe her son's experiences in Iraq.
Kathy's son, HM3 Robert J Phillips, remains armed while relaxing in Iraq.
Robert poses with finacee L13(AW) Carey A Phillips. Carey is currently stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf.

Hi Friends and Family. Well, the Sheets "Snowbirds" have migrated to Florida again for the winter. (Until May, 2006). We are at: 408 Laurel Lake Drive, # 202, Venice, Fl 34292, Phone 941.496.7504, pmsinfl@closecall.com. Hope everyone has a great Winter, Holidays, Etc...see you in the spring.

Bobby Schell, a vocalist who of often performs at local clubs, entertained our club recently with a selection of oldies & goodies.

Members can pick up a supply of Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick business cards at club meetings. The cards are designed to help spread the word about our club and help encourage would-be members to check us out by being a guest at a club meeting or activity.