Weekly News – Aug 20, 2025

Aug 20, 2025 | News

Aug 20, 2025

Hello Everyone,

Tomorrow’s speaker will be Lisa Monee Korbas, Title One Coach at McCormick Elementary. She will share the story behind McCormick’s innovative Book Vending Machine—a program where students earn gold coins to “purchase” books as special prizes. Thanks to Kiwanis’ Scholastic Books program, every student received two books to take home, with additional funds used to stock the vending machine. Students can earn tokens through good attendance, positive behavior, academic achievement, and more. Cody Cornoyer serves as our Scholastic Book Chair.

Kyle Rhodes-President/CEO Pesco- was last week’s speaker. What an eye-opener on this amazing company!! Pesco is a family owned company with over 50-years’ experience in manufacturing high quality equipment for the natural gas and oil industries. They are the largest privately held manufacturing firms in San Juan County, and one of the largest in New Mexico. They have over 420 employees.

Volunteers Needed. Can you please help for 2 hours Saturday morning of Sept 6 to help set up for Dining With the Dead? Please let Paul know if you can. 505-860-5165

Hours 10am to 12pm. Also, a few volunteers to help with cleanup after the event.

Summer Social at Summer’s home was a very nice evening last Saturday. If you missed it, you missed a great evening of camaraderie and great food from the Outback Steakhouse. Many thanks to Aaron Wasson, Proprietor of the Outback Steakhouse, for the delicious ribs, cocoanut shrimp, and chicken! And, Summer’s salsa was amazing!

It’s time for Kiwanis annual dues! Club Treasurer Chris Troyer will be emailing invoices soon. For your convenience, if you’d like to pay by credit card, Chris will have the Square available at club meetings—making payments quick and easy.

Club Treasurer Needed!
Jareen White has graciously offered to fill this position and Chris has gladly offered to help train her! Jareen is with Presbyterian Medical Services and the Presbyterian Festival of Trees Teddy Bear Story Time is her project.

National Day of Service – September 13
Club President Nikki announced that Kiwanis would join in by assisting the Salvation Army. Christopher Rockwell shared that volunteers are needed to help move clothing from storage containers in preparation for recycling.
Time: 9:00 a.m.–Noon
Meet at: 319 W. Broadway
For more information: Call Christopher at 505-932-9311

Dining with the Dead tickets Sold Out!

At last week’s Board Meeting the Board voted to sponsor Presbyterian Medical Services Festival of Trees Teddy Bear Story Time. Jareen White encourages Kiwanis members to volunteer to help at this event. Let Jareen know if you have questions or want to volunteer. Kiwanis has been a sponsor for the past 2 years.

Reminders & Announcements:

Invite a friend or colleague to join you at a Kiwanis luncheon.

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