Kiwanis and TERRIFIC Kids

Kiwanis Club of Marco Island recently held a dinner meeting at Cape Marco with Cod Enforcement Officer, Ray Leshinger, and Police Chief Tracy Frazzano as our guest speakers. Chief Frazzano gave us an update on Marco Island which is listed as the Number One safest city in the state of Florida for the second year in a row...something to be really proud of!

On November 18th, Kiwanis Club hosted TERRIFIC Kids from Manatee Elementary School 5th grade. TERRIFIC Kids is part of the Student Leadership Programs of Kiwanis International and it recognizes outstanding students of each grade who best exemplify the tenants of the program: Thoughtful, Enthusiastic, Respectful, Responsible, Inclusive, Friendly, Inquisitive, and Capable. These students are chosen by their teachers and their fellow students for this honor.  

~ Esther Jean Francois wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She would like to visit New York and Georgia because is it colder there and she likes the cold. If she could have one superpower, she would choose invisibility.  

~ Hanna Estrada Flores and her family are from México. Outside of school she likes to ride her bicycle and go to the pool. Her superpower of choice would be time travel, so she could see when her grandmother was still alive. Hanna would like to visit Paris because of the many artists from there. When she grows up, she wants to be a doctor or nurse. 

~ Abel Saucedo III enjoys playing football and basketball and playing with his dog. If he could go anywhere in the world, he would like to go to Mexico so he could meet more of his family. He wants to be an NFL player because he loves football.

~ Izabella Velasco wants to be a lawyer when she grows up to help people. She would like to go to New Jersey because she used to live there and still has family there. Her superpower of choice would be the ability to heal people and animals. Izabella loves to read, talk to her friends on her phone, and her favorite hobby is dance.

Of course, you can't have TERRIFIC Kids without Terrific Parents and Kiwanis is pleased to have the families of these kids as well as Ms. Debbie Eby, Counselor of Manatee Elementary School.