Full Slate of Fall Meetings for Kiwanis Club

The Kiwanis Club of Marco Island has had a busy start to their year. Guest speaker for the November 17th meeting was Andrea Leiner, Chief Communications Officer for Global Response Management, who gave a very interesting talk about her organization which provides trauma surgeons, short term emergency medical care, and training situation analysis in many war torn regions of the world. Andrea has traveled the world with this organization including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sierra Leone, the Bahamas, Mexico and Ukraine. She has trained medical clinicians, nurses, and pediatric hospital workers.

Our guest speaker for the December 1st meeting was Jennifer Pierce, Fire Marshal for Marco Island. The Fire Marshal is responsible for ensuring that all construction and renovation meets the required life safety code. She works with contractors, property owners and businesses in assisting them to ensure the safety of the public and themselves in the structures they live in or visit. She also investigates all fires for determination of cause. 

On December 2nd, the Marco Island Historical Society held its Annual Meeting and Christmas luncheon at the Marco Island Yacht Club. At this meeting, members were asked to donate books for local children. All of these books were then donated to Kiwanis Club of Marco Island to use in the "Reading Is Fundamental" program. Pat Rutledge, CEO of the Historical Society, was on hand to present all of the donated books to Cindy Crane and Marie Lynn McChesney from the Kiwanis Club. 

Kiwanis Club of Marco Island is part of Kiwanis International and is dedicated to serving the children of the world. Upcoming fundraising events scheduled are the annual Texas Hold'em Tournament on January 27th, the 5 K Family Fun Run/Walk "For the Kids'" on January 28th, and the annual Car Show on February 19th. If you are interested in joining this very rewarding club, contact Secretary Cindy Crane at lucindaed@aol.com for an application.