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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Power of One! Update
Kiwanis Club Makes a Difference
at Boys & Girls Club
Special to The Newscaster by Ruth Ruppert
Phase I of the Power of 1! Program ended May 28th, 2009. To square up the re-
cord: Mrs. Sanford’s 2nd grade class won FIRST place among all the classes (234 letters!),
Members of the Board of Directors from The Kiwanis Club of Central Ridge-Crys-
Ms. Fries’ 4th grade second place and Mrs. Carson’s 3rd grade class third. Individually,
tal River visited the new Boys and Girls Club of Beverly Hills. They observed the bank of
Amanda De Gennaro was the 2nd grade, Drashti Patel the 3rd grade and Anna Konuch the
computers purchased by their club from a recent $10,000.donation.
4th grade GRAND PRIZE WINNERS! (Anna and Drashti both wrote 40 letters).
The Kiwanis club was successful in matching their funds of $5,000 with $ 5,000
Phase II of the program will run from now through August 23rd. There will be an
from The Florida Foundation. through the efforts of long time member Bob Adams.
awards ceremony the first week of school for Phase II. Phase III of the program will run
Two additional computers were purchased for staff work. The balance of the funds
from August 24th - December 15th. The “stamp and envelope stock” for our young writers
will purchase additional equipment including a color printer.
dwindled considerably until 263 stamps and 100 envelopes were donated by local merchants
Program Dir. Beth Klein said they are just getting started and have immediate
(Yellow Rose II, Young Boats, Florida Public Utilities, A-1 Automotive, Ruttingers Wood
needs for the following items: ping pong table, hard cover books for ages 6-13, dress up
Shop, Mousetrap Saloon, Buddy and Freds II, Florida Archery, Gobblers Eatery, Amelia
clothes, calculators, small clip boards, soccer balls, softballs, basketballs, DVD’S, (G rated),
Liquor, Hickory Island, White’s Quality Auto, and Shell Super Stop). THANK YOU!!!
Lego sets, and a small wagon to haul 5 gallon jugs of water. Volunteers are also welcome to
In Phase II Drashti Patel has earned the rank of “full bird” Colonel (50 letters)
assist the staff with various educational programs.
while Vanessa Samples is one letter away from achieving the rank of Major (30 letters).
Remember “One letter... once a month...” Come on in to the Inglis Post Office so we can
ring the bell and shout out “POWER OF ONE! POWER OF ONE!” Stay tuned!
Yankeetown School Teacher Ms Fries, Seth Myers, Anna Konuch, Vanessa Samples and Kimberly
Evers join Marge Soper and Ruth Ruppert at Awards Day at Yankeetown School. Ms Fries class
KIWANIS VIEWS EQUIPMENT PURCHASED FROM THEIR $10,000 DONATION
Board of Directors Gerry Peterson, Marlene Nordquist, John Kister and immediate
won 2nd place in the Power of One Program (letter writing program created and run by Rup-
past president Pete D’Elia. Kiwanis Photo
pert of the Inglis Post Office with Ms. Soper as her assistant. Photo by Sally Price
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