Capital City Kiwanis

Dec. 11- Dec. 17 Newsletter

Dec. 10 Meeting Recap

Song: Jerry Boyce
Pledge: Ben Brown
Prayer: Bill Stracener
Introductions: George Simoneaux introduced Anna Zebeau, Assistant Director of CAPStrategy and Sandra Taylor, Dept. of Labor Incumbent Worker Regional Specialist

Jackpot Winner: Lenton Sartain and Amy Starnes lost the jackpot. Charles Rea was the jackpot winner!

Welcome to

Members of the Downtown Kiwanis Club: Stan Carpenter, Ellie Chaney, Bonnie Cooper, Nelson Goings, Robert Lank, and Bill Springer.

Happy Birthday

David Cooley, Dec. 12
Jodi Moscona, Dec. 15

Last Week's Speaker: Korey Wales

Korey Wales is the new regional business liaison for the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. His job is to create awareness of the Incumbant Worker Training Program (IWTP). 

The IWTP is designed to benefit businesses by providing customized training to existing employees. The training program strives to update employee skills, increase overall company productivity and increase employee wages. The program is designed to prevent job loss caused by obsolete skills, technological change or national/global competition. To be eligible for participation in this initiative, a business must have operated in Louisiana and contributed to the state's Unemployment Insurance System for at least three years. Also, an employer or consortium of employers with similar needs must have at least 15 employees needing to be trained. Employers must exhibit a long-range commitment to employee training.

Once a business's employees complete training through the IWIP program, the Dept. of Labor reviews the raises offered to employees.

Announcements

Reality House: The deadline to donate toys/clothes to Reality House has been extended to Wednesday, Dec. 17.

Christmas Party: The Christmas party will be held at Steve Brown's house on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m.

Baseball Tournament: Please sell baseball tournament sponsorships to any companies you think would be interested. Most of the tournament's profits are generated from selling sponsorships.

Roundtable Meetings: Roundtable meetings will be held Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 31 at The Great Wall.  There is no speaker scheduled but the club will pay for the meal.

District Governor's Visit: The district governor's visit will be Wednesday, Jan. 21. The visit will replace our weekly meeting since we are the host club for Division 8A.

Mid-Winter Convention: The mid-winter convention will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Baton Rouge on Thursday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15

Annual Survey Results

Question: Please name any service projects that you would like to see our club involved with.

-Projects that highlight young children

-Special Olympics Louisiana State Indoor Games

-Baton Rouge Food Bank Food Drive

-CMN Projects

Comments & Suggestions:

-Great job working as a group!

-Retaining members is important. Also, continuously recruiting new members is important for the future of our club.

-To achieve a varied agenda of speakers and topics, members should be asked for suggestions on programs and speakers for the committee to follow up on. Suggestions should be assessed every three to six months.

-Keep up the good work!

Quote of the Week

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

--Eleanor Roosevelt

Newsletter Team

Ben Brown, Editor, riptidebcb@hotmail.com
Mandy Michel, Copy Editor
Aimeé Shultz, Designer