Downtown Kiwanis meeting of September 23rd

Mark Maxwell and Dale Stringham were are guests at todays meeting
The agenda for today included the following items :
1. More members are needed at the ALCC for tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays
2. The first meeting was held at MCCC for the Kiwanis Circle K Club
3. The Customer Appreciation Grill Out at MBT will be held on Friday October 2nd from11am2pm
4. Dale Stringham had his 3rd reading today and will be inducted next Wednesday
5. Jim Keegan thanked all those who helped with the events held recently at the River Raisin Battlefield
6. The Bed Race for Kids is this Sunday downtown and members are asked to come down and support our team
7. The shoe collection will be started on October 1st and members are asked to start collecting
8. The bowling team took 1 point this week
9. The next Board meeting is October 13th at noon
10. Dick Sager announced the Monroe County Special Olympics Half Marathon-Slingshot 5K-Fun Run on 11-8-2015. They could use some help for that event
11. The Kiwanis Newsmagazine sales need to be wrapped up by next Friday. Members are asked to bring ads,pictures and articles on Wednesday
12. The Induction of Officers for the administrative year of 2015-16 is next Wednesday night at 6pm at the Carrinton Golf Course. Please make sure Ig Cuccia knows you are coming ASAP so he can make arrangements with the kitchen. Members are asked to bring your Hixon Medals with you that night.
Pictures will be taken at both the regular meeting at noon and the Induction at 6
13. At the Board meeting on Tuesday we discussed the increase that was handed down by the Kiwanis International and the District for dues
14. There was also some discussion about hosting a breakfast with Santa. More details will be coming
15. The Fireman of the Year will be awarded on October 7th
16. Several members attended the Leave a Legacy presentation last week at MCCC of which we were one of the sponsors