Summer has arrived! Man do I ever love this time of year. May has been good for the soul! It just seems like people are smiling more. We all seem to have more energy and that is a good thing because we as Kiwanians are going to get very busy with fund raisers and service projects coming up!
In May we have had the Mothers day flowers deliveries headed up by David Jarvey and many of you stepped up to get them delivered before Mothers day.
We also served over 500 volunteers for the City of Auburn at their annual Clean Sweep Day. That was chaired by your incoming President Michael Hursh. He and his fellow Kiwanians did a spectacular job that morning serving those 500 folks in a little over 2 hours!
Last weekend was Petpalooza. The City of Auburn expected more than 8,000 participants to bring their pets. We saw everything from a rat named Zoe to cats in push carts and every kind of dog imaginable. Gail Spurrell Chaired this new fundraiser. Good Job Gail! We sold ice cream, water, pop, cotton candy and snacks from a booth inside the park. We are hoping that this will be a regular fundraiser for us to replace the furniture sale we have done in the past.
In June the “Cowboy Breakfast” is back! On June 14th which is a Sunday the New Auburn Farmers Market will be kicking off for the summer. We will be serving breakfast from 8 to 10:30. You should have received 10 tickets for this fundraiser. Please sell them to you friends and family. We will have the Cowboy Breakfast Band playing some of your favorite country music… and a little bit of rock and roll for your entertainment!
As you can see we are going to be very busy this summer. Lisa and I will be going to Nashville to the Kiwanis International Convention along with Pamela and Greg Smith in late June. We are looking forward to that! I love that county music you know! After that we have District Convention in Medford OR. That’s also a great way to learn more about Kiwanis.
June has the annual Cowboy Breakfast on June 14th. The Cowboy Breakfast is rich with Kiwanis History and started at the old stock yards in Auburn. The cowboys used to drive cattle to the stock yards and Kiwanis was there to feed them as they came in!
Finally I want to say thank you to all of you who have been stepping up to make all these events happen. Because of your involvement we are able to serve so many children in our area and you make it fun too! So let’s have fun with the upcoming events and make Auburn Kiwanis the club people are talking about joining!
Wes Gill
