Rick, as the new President, took over the honors of opening the meeting today. His first comment was to say how good the Installation Banquet was this year. He mentioned that new Key Club members attended which the club has not had happen in a while. He praised all of those who put the event together and helped with set up and take down. The food was great and it made for a much more relaxing event to have serving and kitchen clean up done by the caterers. Lon put together a powerpoint with a brief history of the last 50 years and the past year's accomplishments. He showed the special award he gave to all of our Honorary Members at the banquet.

 

This was the day to celebrate September birthdays for Emily, Billy and McBride Wilson. Jennifer brought home baked brownies and Kristi provided cake balls in autumnal colors with the delightful Fall spices of ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg with a pumpkin base.

 

Rick noted the following:

Today is -

National Pancake Day is celebrated on September 26, 2024.

IHOP's National Pancake Day is celebrated on Feb. 13, 2024

National Day of praise and worship.

Johnny Appleseed Day

 

Remember October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Rick encouraged members to wear pink at the Oct. 3rd meeting.

 

Dr. Vanessa Westbrook was a guest at this meeting. She has been a 20 year member in Kiwanis and wants to join our Club by transferring from the Kyle/Buda Kiwanis Club. She is the Kiwanis Key Club District Advisor.

 

Jesse performed the Induction ceremony for our newest members.

 

Susie is married to Steven and they have two children. She is involved with the Chamber of Commerce and is Bowie PTO President. She works with "Fresh Journey Counseling" and would like to work with Kiwanis Sponsored Youth programs which is wonderful as the club is working diligently towards increasing our involvement with these programs.

 

Veronica works with the Hays Caldwell Women's Center. She was in Circle K while in college. Her skill sets are Social Media, event planning, youth mentoring, PR, fundraising, and recruitment. She has not chosen a committee to work on yet, but with her skill sets she will be a great help in whatever she decides to do.

 

Welcome to the club!

 

Rick wrote a list of the following events and went over them for the rest of the meeting. There was no program today.

 

Oct. 4th: There is a K-Kids meeting at 2:05 p.m. with Amanda Beck at Lorenzo de Zavala Elem. School. Remember to have both the Kiwanis International background check completed and the school district background check done if you plan on going.

 

Oct. 12th: Camp cleanup day starting at 9:00 a.m. Address is 2901 S. Stagecoach. Weed wackers welcome. No Social this time.

 

Oct. 14th: Key Club meeting at San Marcos High School. Be there by 10:00 in order to get processed into the school in time for the meeting at 10:23. Same requirements needed as for K-Kids.

 

Oct. 19th: Pumpkin Dash. Moee gave an update and passed around information on how to run a race. He went over details including snacks provided for runners. La Cima has given a $1000 donation and Jesse has received several other donations from sponsors. We could use more. Members can buy a Pumpkin Dash shirt for $20. The race will start at the La Cima activity center. Arrival time is 6:30 a.m. for setting up. Moe thinks 10 volunteers will be able to get it done. La Cima has a contract with law enforcement so they will provide safety support.

 

Oct. 29th: We have a table at the Kissing Tree Vendor Fair. Jesse has taken charge with Veronica, Billy and Cheryl helping. He is providing his photo booth which should be a hit, as always. The $100 fee was waived due his bringing the photo booth.

 

Oct. 31st: Trunk or Treat at the San Marcos Police Dept. Kristi is coordinating this event. Please bring a bag of candy at any of the meetings leading up to this event with Oct. 31st being the last meeting to bring treats. Treats will be handed out at the event.

 

Nov. 9th: We are again participating in the Veteran's Day Parade. Lon has handled registration. Veronica volunteered to go to Academy Sports to see if they will again donate a boy's and a girl's bicycle for the drawing. There will be a Bicycle Brigade behind the Parade float.

 

Rick encouraged the members to get involved with School Fuel by volunteering to pack the food bags on Thursdays at Mendez Elementary at 5:00 p.m. weekly. There is a sign up sheet online. https://www.schoolfuelsanmarcos.org/volunteer

He noted that $230 feeds one child's weekend food for one year.

 

Rick needs a Chairperson for the Programs committee. He also asked that everyone check the committees they are on in case any changes need to be made.

 

Lastly, he is sending out a survey soon.
 

Oct. 3rd: San Marcos Public Library report on Summer Reading Program

Oct. 10th: Krewe of Okeanos

Oct. 17th:

Oct. 24th: Greg Wurzbach German Club

Oct. 31st: Surprise Halloween Speaker

 

Oct. 12: Camp cleanup starting at 9:00 a.m. 

Oct. 19th: Great Pumpkin Dash - La Cima Race starts at 8:00 a.m.

Oct. 29th: Kissing Tree Vendor Fair, 

Oct. 31st: Trunk or Treat at San Marcos Police Dept. 5:30-8:30.