THIS SUNDAY MARKS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST "NON-HOLIDAYS" OF THE YEAR: THE SUPER BOWL! #42 FOR THOSE KEEPING COUNT.
No matter how many times I say it, I still have trouble believing that my beloved NEW YORK GIANTS are in the SUPER BOWL against what a team that some say is the BEST ever to play the game. So who is really under pressure? The team that is SUPPOSED TO win and finish the season 19-0? Or the team that many thought would barely get into the playoffs? I have to admit that I am playing with house money right now. I am usually counting down the days to when pitchers and catchers report to spring training by now (like those NEW YORK JET fans usually do by the 6th game of the football season).
I apologize for riding the excitement of my Giants on the Kiwanis blog, but we can certainly draw comparisons to the perceived "DAVID & GOLIATH" Super Bowl teams to those we help in Kiwanis where the odds seems so stacked against those we help, that all they need is a little support. Sometimes we need to look in the mirror and help ourselves first. That help can come in many forms.
Just to name a few: BRANDON BESTER, FAMILIES AND "KIDS" OF POSITIVELY KIDS, FAMILIES OF SHADE TREE, THE RECIPIENTS OF OUR HOLIDAY BASKETS, THE ANONYMOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE DOLLARS WE POUR BACK INTO THE LAS VEGAS COMMUNITY, AND ON AND ON AND ON.....
RIDDLE ME THIS BATMAN?
But why do we continue to do this? Does it make us feel better to help others? Do we do it because it is the in thing to do? Do we do it just to see our friends and there is no other time? Do we do it for the tax donations we get? The reasons are as many as there are stars in the sky.
LEAVE YOURSELF A NOTE:
NEXT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, IS THE SCHEDULED "LT. GOVERNOR VISIT" TO OUR CLUB. LTG. DAVE PALMER WILL BE OUR SPEAKER. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE A GREAT TURNOUT SO PLEASE BE WITH US NEXT WEEK AS WE WELCOME DAVE.
ALSO COMING UP IN THE MONTH IS THE OFFICAL GOVERNOR'S VISIT ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23RD. DETAILS ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED BUT COSTS ARE GOING TO KEPT TO AROUND $25/TICKET.
Overdue Congrats to Roy who has been voted in as our new "President-Elect". Roy took over for Cory Fuqua who moved out of state earlier this year.
President Teri is looking for one more volunteer to take over the vacated seat of Linda Marx who has resigned from The Lakes and joined Greater Henderson Kiwanis. You will only have 6 meetings to sit in on to finish this year. Please contact Teri to offer your services.
We also completed an Interclub outing with the Las Vegas Club last Wednesdat at Marie Callanders.
Last week's Shade Tree went very well. Teri, Steve, Ilene, Staci, Elyssa, Sandy, Melissa, Roy, Rebecca and Cameron all helped out. There were also 4 Circle-K members helping out.
March 8th is the "Key-lympics". Check out the "Comments Box" from the last posting for more details.
As more details become available, the Blog will be updated so keep checking it out.
Phil
