Kiwanis meeting of October 27th, 2021

Our guest today were Stefanie Jennings, Heather Burkhart and Parker Starr
Jim Jacobs celebrated his club Anniversary this week
A sign up sheet is being circulated for the Salvation Army Bell Ringing on December 11th. We are only doing Wal Mart north and south entries and Hi-Lite
We could use some help filling theses spots. Please contact Dale Stringham to help fill in
Next week is Committee Day to discuss up coming projects.
The Kiwanis Lottery Committee will also be distributing the Kiwanis Lottery Tickets to all members so it will be important that you show up. Should you not be able to be there please notify Karen Lemerand for your allotted tickets to sell. This is the only major fundraiser we have now so we are asking all members get behind the committee. All of us have relatives, friends or co-workers to sell them to or buy them yourself for easy Christmas presents.
Karen Lemerand ,Doug Kuras, Bill Hassett and his wife, Tyler Gedelian, Gene Jenkins, Troy Goodnough, Katie Burroughs, Bob De Sloover, Jerry Spence and his wife were in attendance to stuff the tickets into envelopes on Wednesday night. A special Thanks go to Jerry Spence and his wife for opening up their home for us and providing snacks.
Our own member, Angie Bomia, was our guest speaker today.
The focus was on :
Scams and Small Business
Identity Theft
Ransomeware and issues it presents
Part of it was on Payment Fraud through credit and debit card payments
It is estimated by 2023 there will be $130 Billion in retail lost revenue
An email was sent by me earlier with more information about these issues.

From Angie Bomia: Thank you to all for allowing me to present today. Attached is the various information about business fraud and person Identity thief. Below is the link to the video that goes more into depth about fraud trends and prevention.

https://www.firstmerchants.com/treasury-management-fraud-prevention-video