Dear Division 37 Team:

Our incoming Lt. Governor-Elect, Norm Dotson, would encourage all clubs to attend the KI Convention in Las Vegas .  If your club does not have a representative going to the convention, please contact our Division Secretary to arrange for representation.  Let’s make sure we get all of our votes in for Randy Delay.

Warmly, Alice Mae

May 25, 2010

Lt. Governor’s Message:  October, 2009

We brought the bags of food into the lobby where three children and their mother sat waiting to retrieve it and hike back to the bus stop.  As we neared them with the food, one of the two little boys stood and rushed forward to put his hands under a bag.  As he took the weight of the bag, he instantly began scanning the content when his eyes caught sight of a package of hot dogs. He said, “hot dogs” in an excited shout, then dropped to the floor and began announcing to his siblings every item of food.  They rushed forward to see.  Their mother, with a nervous and embarrassed smile, told him to get up so they could get to the bus stop.  As the little boy went out the door carrying the bag of food, we heard him ask affirmatively to his mother, “We’re going to have hot dogs tonight, right mom?”

 I have witnessed this kind of occurrence in my lobby often since I have been back in North Texas, and I know from having visited already Division 37’s clubs that my fellow Kiwanians are cognizant also of this kind of suffering and have been on the frontline of such priorities for children for a long, long time. 

 The Division 37 Lt. Governors, Club Officers, and Kiwanis Club Members, past and present, have reached out to children and their families with deep compassion and care.  Over many years, the dedication within Division 37 has fostered a united strength across our club locations.  During the upcoming Kiwanis Year (2009-2010), we will continue, together, that profound commitment to others and a strong legacy of service.   

 We begin this Kiwanis Year with three overarching goals:  

I.                    Focus on the basics that children need for healthy growth and development—food, shelter, clothing, education and healthcare

II.                 Deliver to children truly rewarding experiences---with a special emphasis on the physically challenged within our communities

III.               Become continuous ambassadors---speak wherever possible and as often as possible for children who are counting on us to engage more concerned people  

In Division 37, this is our time to grow, one to one.  Absolutely every individual with whom we speak on behalf of a child will understand the importance.  He or she immediately will share in the discovery we already have made, that the height of esteem is service above self.  The existence of Kiwanis International has made it really easy for that individual we will meet to immediately join in this phenomenal effort.  

We just need to tell that individual (1.) how significantly he will help, (2.) how to join in with all of us, and (3.) how to fit it well inside of his own life because, first and foremost, he must take good care himself and his own family.  

I am excited for children yet to know how much we deeply care about them, and I am excited to meet the future Kiwanians who will lend that helping hand for them.  

I look forward to a positive Kiwanis Year filled with joy and happiness, fun and positive support within our Division.  See you soon.  

Warmly, Alice Mae Britt, 2009-2010 Lt. Governor

 Alice Mae Britt

Chief Executive Officer

Network of Community Ministries

741 South Sherman Street

Richardson , Texas   75081

abritt@thenetwork.org

www.thenetwork.org

Division Council Meetings – First Saturdays - 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.  1^st Presbyterian Church in Allen  605 S Greenville Avenue.