News

New Club Charter Meeting

Clubs

Cape Coral Meeting Times
If your club would like to attend a meeting at the Cape Coral Club, dinner meetings are held the 1st Wednesday of each month. Dinner starts at 6:00PM for $8.00 and the meeting starts at 7:00 at:
Kiwanis Hall
360 Santa Barbara Blvd.
Cape Coral, FL
 
Guest attendees notify house@mycapecoralkiwanis.org
Since officers and telephone number change, please use their website to advise how many are attending and if all will be having dinner (they arrange with a caterer) by 5:00pm two days before the meeting.
It is best, if you go to their website . Look under “Links” at the bottom of the page and click on leadership. There are email addresses there. Pick one of the officers or just use info@mycapecoralkiwanis.org.
Phone calls can be forgotten, but an email is forever….

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New Meeting Day For Greater Pine Island
Effective January 13th, The Kiwamis Club of Greater Pine Island will meet on Wednesdays. Time and location remain the same. Also, they will continue to have an evening meeting on the last Thursday of each month at the Island Grill.

Division/District

Lt Governor-Elect Candidate Needed for 2017-18

if you think you, or someone you know would make a good Lt Governor for the 2018-19 Kiwanis year, please let us know. Here are some of the aspects of the position:

RESPONSIBILITIES

Just as the club president is the leader of the club, the lieutenant governor is the leader of the division. The lieutenant governor invests balanced efforts in working with existing clubs and opening new clubs to strengthen Kiwanis within the communities in the division. This position is the connection between the clubs and the global Kiwanis organization when it comes to communication, resources, education opportunities and information. The lieutenant governor works closely with club leadership, specifically club presidents, to ensure that they feel supported and have access to information to continuously improve their members’ experience.

• QUALIFICATIONS
  • Familiar with communities in their division
  • Knowledgeable of basic Kiwanis club operations
• Willing to learn and use Kiwanis online reporting
  • Aware of Kiwanis tools and resources
  • Organized and able to manage time well
  • Able to build relationships with club leaders within the division
• DUTIES
  • Develops a division action plan, which includes a division growth plan
  • Serves as leader for the division growth team
  • Is accountable for meeting the membership growth goals for the division
  Most lieutenant governor duties support the four roles of the district:
  1. Supports and strengthens existing clubs
  2. Opens new clubs
  3. Delivers Kiwanis education to clubs, in coordination with Kiwanis International
  4. Delivers Service Leadership Programs and Global Campaign for Children programming to and through clubs

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In The Media

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  January 27, 2018

  Metro-McGregor Kiwanis 10th annual Calusa Bug Chase 5K run
  January 2018
  
  The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis will hold the 10th annual Calusa Bug Chase 5K run and BUG Crawl on Jan. 27, 2018 at the Calusa Nature Center located at 3450 Ortiz Avenue in Fort Myers. The race will benefit the Fort Myers-Metro Kiwanis Club’s BUG (Bring Up Grades) Program and other local club sponsored youth service projects. Participants can register online at ftmyerstrackclub.com. Last year there were 225 registered runners.
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