K-Gram Update
Kiwanis Club of Murray County
It's Pancake Time!
Yep, it's that time again! Time for pancakes! Coming up this Saturday morning on the Dalton Green, the Dalton club will host its annual Pancake Day. Tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door. The event will begin at 6:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:00 p.m. Hope to see everyone there! If you would like to purchase some tickets in advance please stop by and see Cliff at the bank. Let's show our support for the Dalton club and all that they have done for us. This is a great and easy way to conduct an inter-club meeting/event!
Sock Drive for Community Christmas
It's time to collect more socks so here is what we need for everyone to do. Obtain a box, wrap it in Christmas paper, and place it in your place of business. We need to get these boxes set up ASAP! Our goal is to collect as many pairs of new socks that we can for Community Christmas. Thanks in advance for your help with this project!
MCHS Reality Store
This event, who's purpose is to depict real life, will take place on Thursday November 16th. We don't have a time yet and/or a schedule for sign-ups, however, we would ask that everyone dedicate some time during the day to help out with this project. We hope to have more information out to everyone soon about this event.
November 28th Club Meeting
Please make plans to attend our November 28th meeting at the new Boys and Girls Club location on Chestnut Street. We are looking forward to seeing this amazing facility! Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday November 14th at 1:00 p.m. at the bank.
Key Club Scholarship
This past week when we met after our community event at Venue 208, we discussed offering a $1,000 Key Club scholarship to a Murray and North Murray Senior. Of course at this point and time, there is no Key Club at either high school. However, we hope that this changes very soon. This proposal was discussed, voted on, and approved. Our next plan of action is to contact Mrs. Linder and Dr. Bradley and inform them of this new scholarship. In addition, once each club designates an adviser, he or she will be a paid member of our Kiwanis Club. We will keep you posted on the progress of re-building the Key Clubs at both high schools in our county.
Kiwanis Club of Murray County
Email: kiwanismurray@gmail.com
Website: gadistrictkiwanis.org
Location: 1006 Hwy. 76 Chatsworth, GA 30705
Phone: 706-537-5209
Club Dues Reminder
Invoices were recently distributed to members who need to pay dues. If you received an invoice and haven't paid, please do so ASAP. If you have already paid your dues, thank you! If you have any questions and/or concerns about dues please let us know. On another note, at last week's meeting, we voted to pay the $85 annual membership fee and join the Chamber of Commerce.
Possible Education Grant
We have been working in conjunction with Coker Elementary School to submit a grant proposal to the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA). We will be submitting our application today (10/31)! If we receive the grant, we will continue to build on our work that we started there last year. We will need everyone's support for this project. Instead of simply reading to a class, we are going to work to support students who are struggling to read and master basic reading skills. We would need for everyone to commit to one hour of service each week. Training will be provided for you and I can promise, it will be a most rewarding experience! We should hear something from GOSA in December regarding the status of our grant application. As we strive to do more to support education in our community, this is a great first step toward doing so.
ITEMS FOR SALE
If you know anyone interested in a complete king-sized bedroom suit please let me know. We have the headboard/footboard/side frames, dresser w/mirror, chest of drawers, and two nightstands for sale (pictures below). We would make someone a good deal if you're interested. It's in great shape and we even have the king-sized mattress and box springs too. They are used but in very good shape. Again, please let me know if your interested. If anyone is interested in posting any items just send me a picture and a brief write-up and I would be glad to put it into our bi-weekly newsletter.