July 26, 2005 Program

Our guest speaker today was Mack Secord, a volunteer pilot with Angel Flight of Georgia and a fellow Kiwanian. Mr. Secord shared with us many pertinent facts about Angel Flight of Georgia which included the following:

  1. Angel Flight was established in 1984 by Jim Shafer to provide flights to and from treatment facilities for patients afflicted with ailments such as genetic birth defects, cancer, post trauma stress disorders, lime disease, etc.
  2. This volunteer, free service has grown significantly from fifty (50) fulfilled missions during 1990-1993 to 1201 fulfilled missions in 2004.
  3. Age-range of patients has extended from age 4 to age 94, and sixty percent of the patients have been children.
  4. Seven Southeastern states (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) constitute the geographical area covered by Angel Flight.
  5. Angel Flight is a tax-exempt organization that depends upon volunteers and financial contributions from individuals, corporations, businesses, foundations, and other donors.

Visitors

Sherry was somewhat disappointed by the absence of visitors who are most valuable as a resource for recruitment of new members.

Future Speakers

August 2nd   George will have a most interesting program for us.

Recognition

President Ray recognized Ronni who shared with us that the Planning Committee for 2005-2006 is hard at work and should be ready to report very soon. We sang "Happy Birthday" to Ronni and wished her many more wonderful years.

Pin Violation

Ronnie would not let her birthday stop her from yielding to Our Compassionate Mel.

Kiwanis Education

Fred Bishop from the New England District has been assigned Counselor to the Georgia District for 2005-2006 by Kiwanis International.

President Ray's Quote

"Agree, for the law is costly."
-- Author Unknown

Announcements

  1. Interclub is scheduled with Buckhead Breakfast at 7:30am on Wednesday, August 3. See Sandy.
  2. The board meets at 7:30am on Friday, August 5.
  3. The Georgia District Convention meets in Athens during August 5-7, 2005.
  4. The Hillside Picnic will be held during the last week in August. See Connie.
  5. Dusty and George remind us to get on board with the Annual Kiwanis Travel to China and visiting places such as Beijing, the Great Wall/Ming Tombs, the Yangtze River Cruise, Shanghai, etc. during October 17-30, 2005.


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