On Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Kiwanis Uptown made a splashy debut into the Uptown scene with their Southern Summer Charter night! With 75 Kiwanians and guests in attendance, they danced, sang and celebrated the night away, all to benefit Ace & TJ's Grin Kids!
The evening started as you were handed a mason jar souvenir upon entering... First stop... the photo booth provided by ShutterBooth, next, a guest performance by Elvis! A silent auction featuring a trip to Daytona, Richard Petty Driving Experience and a complete golf package were a huge hit!! (Not to mention the Firefly Sweet Tea package, um, yum!)
All of this fun, fellowship and celebration added up to over $3,000 that Kiwanis Uptown will donate to Grin Kids, LIVE on Kiss 95.1 on Wednesday, July 15th!
So make sure to tune in and browse on over to Kiwanis Uptown for some more great pictures! www.kiwanisuptown.org.


Kiwanis Uptown meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Cans Bar (corner of 5th and Graham). Check out their website www.kiwanisuptown.org for more details!

Today, Immediate Past Lt. Governor Matthew Hagler and I made the trip to Gastonia, NC for the Gastonia Kiwanis Meeting. The Gastonia club is growing, setting goals, learning and doing some serious service in Gastonia! They told me today that they'll be taking on 3 additional schools this fall for a total of 5 TERRIFIC KIDS PROGRAMS!! How awesome is that!?!
Incoming President Benny Benson and incoming Secretary Karen Lees will be attending CLO this coming weekend, and I'm sure it'll prove to be very informative to them!
They are such a welcoming, friendly bunch... We had a great trip!



The Gastonia Kiwanis Club meets at the City Club on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays... And trust me, you don't want to miss the dessert! For more information visit www.gastonia.kiwanisone.org.

Today I went to the Mecklenburg Kiwanis meeting where of course they welcomed me with open arms. I truly feel like I am a member of their club too, what a cool feeling.
I spoke some about International Convention and was followed by Dr. Mark Mogul who spoke about the Kiwanis Pediatric Cancer fund, and how it relates to the Kiwanis' plea to find the next worldwide service project. The key is figuring out local impact (partnership with the Children's Oncology Group www.curesearch.org) and international impact (100% of the world is affected by cancer). They are putting together a proposal to submit to Kiwanis International... How cool would it be to have a project from right here in the Carolinas become our next Worldwide Service Project? How cool would it be to cure cancer? Hey, if you're going to dream... DREAM BIG!
President Doug Dickison closed the meeting by challenging every member to bring a guest to the July 20th meeting... They are motivated to grow Kiwanis to the one million member mark by 2015... And I'm confident we can do it!
Thanks for having me Mecklenburgers... See you in 2 weeks!



The Mecklenburg club meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday at Crown Plaza Hotel Uptown from 12-1pm.
More information at www.mecklenburgkiwanis.org

July 11th!!!

By now you've elected your new officers... now it is time to help them start planning for their term in office!

While geared toward incoming Club Presidents and Secretaries, 0ther incoming officers (such as Vice President) are welcome to attend. Registrations must be completed so that we confirm commitments for food.

Oh, one more thing, this event is FREE!

Topics to be discussed include: district restructuring, club committees, meetings, membership, public relations, sponsored youth, and the monthly report among others.

Leadership Guides will be distributed during the CLO. This action is different than previous years, where Kiwanis International MAILED the guide to each club secretary in May.

Points will be awarded on the 2009-2010 Club Achievement Award for those incoming Presidents and Secretaries in attendance.


Click here to download the registration form