This past Tuesday our Lt. Governor, Yvonne Mallory, visited with us. Her responsibilities include distributing Kiwanis information and filing reports for our area clubs. She coordinates the efforts of the Dubuque, Galena, and Maquoketa clubs. Thanks for your efforts in helping us serve our communities.
This week Dan Morizzo installed LeeAnn Sharkey to our Club. LeeAnn works for the Galena Gazette and was sponsored by Sarah Newton. Congratulations!
Our Club recieved donations from the following organizations for our support of local events:
$200 from the ARC for participation in Holidaze
$300 from the Galena Lions Club for supporting Oktoberfest 2022 to be used towards fireworks
Hillary Dickerson, Facilities Manager for the City of Galena, provided us with a few updates. The Fourth of July Parade will be organized by the City this year with a start time of 5:30pm. Further information will be provided as it becomes available.
New playground equipment is expected to be installed this year at Bouthillier Street, Hill Street, and Old City Cemetery. Hillary provided us with information regarding all upgraded equipment and costs for each site. Our Club’s Run For The Parks is a major sponsor to Park improvements.
We are grateful to Gerry Rojemann for his recent donation of $500 in memory of his wife, Mardy Rojemann. These funds will be targeted to the Race for The Parks event which will be held on April 23rd.
Mardy was an avid champion of our club who passed suddenly this past year. Thank you so much to the Rojemann Family for their continued support of our Club in her memory.
We appreciate our community partners! Thank you to Culver’s for sharing the proceeds of our recent Share Night. Club members along with Key Club Members participted in this event. A total of $313.27 was donated to our club and will helps us continue our commitment to serving the children of the world.
Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to run a 5 or 10k in 2023? Register during January for a discount on this fun race! $40 through January 31st.
Race Day is April 23rd this year. Follow this link to register now:
https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/Galena/RunfortheParksGalenaKiwanisSpringRaces.
Enjoy the Holidays! See you in 2023!
Thanks to Club members Joanne and Mike Muzzey for participating in the Galena Territory Holiday Housewalk and selecting our Club as the recipient of the funds raised by this event. Pictured above, they present a check to our Club for $599. This donation will go towards our community support event, Run for the Parks.
We really appreciate the excellent service we get each week from the servers at Emmy Lou’s. This year Tara was patient with us as she navigated how to get us our Tuesday lunches while we held our weekly meetings. Thanks to Tara and the rest of the group at Emmy Lou’s!
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