Governor

It is my honor and my privilege to serve as your District Governor for 2018-19.
I personally would like to thank you for sending me the best board that I have been affiliated with. I was on two District Boards and also worked with Governor Forbes as his executive assistant. I know every governor has the best board ever, I will let you be the judge after our year.
Let me share a short example. During pictures at our last dinner at our training at Utica, one of our lieutenant governors gave a short report on the Eliminate Project. One of HANKS HELPING HANDS stated, raise your hand if you will give $20 if I jump in the pool. With that, off with the shoes and splash, $400 to Eliminate in three minutes.
My Governor's Project this year is to send 100 military kids from Fort Drum to our Kamp Kiwanis. We will be raising approximately $45,000 to make this happen. We have no intention on taking any thing from the kids we usually send to Kamp, this is above and beyond. It’s approximately $170 per club. We are calling on our larger clubs to help our smaller clubs. Your lieutenant governor will fill you all in.
Distinguished Kiwanians, every year you go to our district web to find out what qualifications are needed to be a distinguished Kiwanian. We have all seen the form. Complete six out of eight. Well this year, you want to be distinguished? BRING IN TWO NEW MEMBERS. That’s it. Bring in two new members and my Distinguished Chairperson Doris Mellina will get your certificate and distinguished pin out right away. I want you to wear your distinguished pin all year! It is something to be proud of! That’s it: TWO NEW MEMBERS.
Every club that participated in the Governor’s Project will receive a banner patch.
Every club with an increase in membership gets a banner patch.
You see this is how HANKS HELPING HANDS rolls. We will take us FROM GOOD TO GREAT. Why don’t you join us!

Column Posted on Web Site October 25, 2018