Kiwanis Club of North Mason “One-Day” honors Kiwanis 100th
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Results: Over 160 volunteers showed up to rake, hoe, cut limbs and bushes, weed, haul, scrape, sweep, and uncover hidden treasures in 20 exhibit areas on Saturday, April 18th, 2015.
Our focus for Kiwanis “One-Day” activities was on cleaning up and maintaining the Theler Center grounds, along with creating a stronger connection with community members by having areas identified that they could partner with the North Mason School District to adopt for ongoing maintenance and upkeep. We also wanted to create a stronger connection between our youth and adults; with the combination of school district members, community leaders, business owners, faith groups, youth and their families working side-by-side for a common goal: helping to preserve a community jewel – safer trails for walking, improved outdoor classroom and exhibits for science classes, hidden treasures displayed, a more welcoming and healthier environment for tourists and local residents to enjoy.
Of the over 160 volunteers, approximately 75 were today’s youth, our future leaders. Youth from Key Club, Builders Club, K-Kids, North Mason High School’s Fast-pitch, Track, DECA, Honor Society, Leo Club, North Mason & Shelton Girl Scouts.
One fun fact a volunteer shared is: on average, a person can pull about 12 weeds a minute which adds up to 720 an hour. Conservatively, each volunteer worked a minimum of 2 hours for a total of 320 volunteer hours, times 720 weeds equals an estimated 230,400 weeds pulled.
Our Key Club purchased 144 T-shirts for volunteers with the message, “Team North Mason – Together We Can” further promoting our sense of community. We’d also like to thank BJ’s Catering for feeding our volunteers with support by our Kiwanis Club.
Event Chair, Del Morton had a vision to design a unified community service project in honor of KI’s 100th anniversary, facilitated by our local Kiwanis Club of North Mason, Belfair, WA in Division 33 of the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis International, and he did just that.
Respectfully submitted,
Tamra Ingwaldson
President, Kiwanis Club of North Mason
