Officers

President
Phil Pople

Pres Elect
Dave Maloney

Vice President
Bud Jackson

Secretary
Terry Proescholdt

Treasurer
Tracy Bemiller

Immediate Past
President
Christine Semon 

Directors

2006-2008
Leslie Bruchey
Terry Proescholdt
Eric Gatrell
Jim Wiggins

2007-2009
Bill Muffi
Mick Hickman
Debbi Matthews

Committee Chairs

Community Service
Christine Semon

Young Children: Priority One
Ed Crawford

Sponsored Youth
Christine Semon

Public Relations
Dave Maloney

Fund Raising
Bill Muffi

Membership Growth & Education
Frank Parker

Interclubs
Jim Wiggins

Human & Spiritual Values
Bud Jackson

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Nov 1 - Board Meeting

Nov 8 - Clergy Appreciation Night

Nov 15 - TBA

Nov 22 - Thanksgiving

Nov 29 - TBA

Phil's Podium by Pres. Phil Pople

Well, believe it or not I've been President for a month now and the club is still alive and kicking!! Miracles never cease!

First and foremost our thoughts and prayers go out to Glenn and Ken. I've asked Bud to keep sending out get well cards on a monthly basis. Please keep both of them in your thoughts.

Our holiday party is now scheduled for January 12th. Right now it looks like it will be downstairs at the Holiday Inn. Cocktail hour begins at 5:30 and the festivities start at 6:30. Thanks Charlie for coordinating that.

According to Bill, our fruit sales is going gangbusters. If that's the case we are going to need a lot of help offloading the truck. As usual we will have very little notice when the truck rolls into town, so please make yourself available when the time comes.

Look out - the gift wrap is almost upon us for another year. Don't forget we are wrapping again this year on black Friday weekend. We will be setting up Wednesday Nov 21st at 8 PM. We will also be setting up Friday Dec 7th at 8 PM. Thanks to Dave with coordinating with the mall management in pulling this off. I know it can be a major headache. And thanks to Larry and Charlie for procuring the supplies. Bill and I are going to be soliciting sponsors to help defray some of the costs. If anybody would like to join us your more than welcome.

On the 17th we have the Mt Airy Breakfast. Its also the day we are going down to Crofton to see how their club handles an auction. Hopefully we'll get some good tips. Our speaker last week had a wealth of information to pass on about auctions. After the gift wrap we are going to be discussing on how we can pull a major auction off. I'm looking forward to it. We've proved we can do it on a smaller scale, now lets step up to the plate and hit a home run on this next one.

This year I am really stressing interclubs. We do a good job with interclubbing with downtown, but we seem to be lacking in spreading the wealth with the other clubs in our division. I would like to take a journey in the past and re-visit the idea of having everybody interclub and that every club in the division is visited at least once if not twice this year. A round-robin is certainly a feasible idea possibly this spring or summer. And lets not forget our Circle K and Key clubs. We need to reach
out more with our sponsored youth groups. Circle K meets on Tuesdays at 5PM at the Knott Academic center room 221.

Thanks to Bud and Bill for the fantastic lineup of speakers this past month. Please let Bud know of any speakers you might have in mind for the future.

We're off and running this year. Let's see if we can keep this pace up.

Annual Club Fruit Sales Underway

Fundraising chairman, Bill Muffi, encourages members to sell, sell, sell. Return all orders by November 1st. Delivery will be between Nov. 23rd and Dec. 1st.

Award for Christine

Shown to the right, outgoing 2005-2007 President Christine Semon receives an over-sized award from in-coming President Phil Pople in recognition of serving as President of the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick for two consecutive years!

Tranquility Farm Speakers

Guest speakers from Tranquility Farm Equestrian and Renewal Center of Thurmont, MD explained to the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick recently that the first and dominant purpose of Tranquility Farm is to establish and administer programs that bring together rescued equines and persons suffering from physical, mental or emotional injury. Shown (l to r) Kiwanian Bud Jackson welcomes Tranquility Farm guests Sarah Transeau, Founder & President, and Directors Norman Gibat and Carl Braun.

New Officers and Directors for 2007-2008

New officers were recently installed for the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick for the 2007-2008 administrative year. Pictured left (l to r) are Terry Proescholdt, Secretary, Bud Jackson, Vice President, Dave Maloney, President Elect, Christine Semon, Immediate Past President, Phil Pople, President, and Tracy Bemiller, Treasurer.
Incoming members of the Board of Directors for the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick for the 2007-2008 administrative year (l to r) include Jim Wiggins, Debbi Matthews, Leslie Bruchey, Mick Hickman, and Bill Muffi. Not shown is Eric Gatrell.

Club Donates $900 to Healthy Start Program

The Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick recently donated $900 to the Frederick County Health Department's Healthy Start Program - a program that assists pregnant women to access and properly utilize health related services, to practice healthy behaviors, and to utilize good parenting skills. Pictured (l to r) Healthy Start nurses Amy Gummarson, RN, and Burneda Russell, RN, accept the check from club member, Bud Jackson.

Bob Wilson Explains Charity Auctions

Robert Wilson of Robert A. Wilson Auctioneers recently attended a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick to explain charity auctions and how they might be a useful method of raising funds to support the club's goal of serving the children of our community. Pictured (l to r) Mr. Wilson accepts a club "thank-you" gift from club member Bill Muffi.