Opelousas Kiwanis Club
Next Meeting - 05-02-12
James Newsome, Acadiana Baptist Center
Meeting Location:
Opelousas General Hospital - South Campus
MOB Room
3983 I-49 S. Service Road
Opelousas, LA
Visit from District Governor
At our meeting of March 14th, LAMSTN District Governor Greg Beard visited the club to outline the five things that our club could do to finish out the club year strong. He also promoted the upcoming international convention in New Orleans and the August district convention in Lafayette. Thanks Greg for visiting our club! He joined our club president Scott Pitre for picture to document the occasion.
Thanksgiving Baskets
The Opelousas Kiwanis Club continued its Thanksgiving tradition by distributing 30 lunch baskets to area citizens. Pictured is club president Scott Pitre, Keith Harmon, Gene Kidder and Dirk Boudreaux with the some of the packages. Thank you to club member Kevin Doucet and Piggly Wiggly for their assistance with the project.
Halloween at Le Vieux Village
Pictured below are Kiwanis members Dirk Boudreaux, Scott Pitre, Casey Boudreaux, Dee Boudreaux, and Karen Christian at the annual Safe Halloween for Children at Le Vieux Village in Opelousas. The Kiwanis Club gave out candy to the multitude of children that decended on the village searching for Halloween treats.
Kiwanis Club Scholarship Recipient
Pictured below is Donovan Guillory and club president Karen Christian. Donovan graduated from St. Edmund's in Eunice. He will attend LSU-Eunice. He is intersted in photography and criminal forensic investigation. We wish Donovan good luck at LSU-E.
Kiwanis Club Scholarship Recipient
Pictured below is Wyvos Edmond, receipient Dylan Richard, and Gene Kidder. Dylan is our 2011 scholarship recipient from Opelousas Catholic. Dylan will be attending LSU-Eunice and majoring in engineering. We wish Dylan the best of luck next year.
Kiwanis Club Scholarship Recipient
Pictured below is Jordan Knecht (middle), along with her mother Kim and Club President Karen Christian. Jordan, who graduated from Westminister Christian Academy, was the recepient of the 2011 Kiwanis Scholarship for WCA. Karen plans to attend UL with a major in nursing and plans to become a nurse practitioner in neo-natal care. Good luck to Jordan from all of us in Kiwanis.
New UL Coach Mark Hudspeth visits Kiwanis
Coach Hudspeth visited the Opelouas Kiwanis Club's weekly luncheon and spoke about the new direction of the UL football program. We appreciate Coach Hudspeth visiting with our club and we wish him and the Cajuns good luck in the upcoming football season.
Boys and Girls Club
At the meeting of March 30th, the Opelousas Kiwanis Club presented a check for $250.00 to representatives of the Opelousas Boys and Girls Club. The funds donated will become part of their current fundraising campaign.
What is Kiwanis?
Kiwanis is a verb. It’s something you do. Lots of Kiwanians do it a couple of hours a week - some a lot more. But in all of the doing there is a single purpose in Kiwanis - Service to our communities, especially to benefit the most needy members of our communities. Meetings, sometimes laced with horseplay, accompanied by sometimes mediocre food, laughter - and sometimes tears, build bonds among Kiwanians that strengthen the Team for the times when there is serious community service work to be done. The Kiwanian's time, care, and concern changes the lives of the recipients a little ... or a lot.
Kiwanians see the benefit directly, and the benefit is often immediate.
That's Kiwanis. It's a VERB!