MIDLAND KIWANEWS
MIDLAND KIWANEWS President: Tom Darger Secretary: Richard Kopple President Elect: Cathy Devendorf Treasurer: Gilbert Harter Asst. Treasurer: Deb Rittenburg Bulletin Publisher: Carl Edmunds Vol.96 No. 33 June 5, 2017
Location: Valley Plaza, The Great Hall Time: Monday Nights, 6:00 PM Website: www.midlandkiwanis.org www.mi.kiwanisone.org www.kiwanis.org
President Tom Darger called meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Tonight’s meeting was short. We were going on a FIELD TRIP to Diaper Alliance for a tour. Program Next Weeks: Blue Water Angels, an organization of New Venture Capital Investors Program Upcoming Meetings: TBD Committee Meetings this week: None Committee Meetings next week: Foundation Secretary’s Report: Monthly Reports DUE September 7-10 District Convention at Chrystal Mountain. More information to come. Want to be a Delegate? Contact Dick K. Birthday Celebration 100 yrs for Saginaw and Bay City Clubs, June 15, $50 per person. Contact Dick K. Anniversary: Frank A. Birthday: Frank A., Roger Bohl
Meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. Program: Tour Site of Diaper Alliance of MidMichigan Tera Sassin, Development Director led us on a tour, provided additional information and answered many, many questions.
Guests: None Announcements: Roses Delivery: This Thursday, June 8 at Farmers Market at 8 a.m. until ??? Friday, June 9 at Kevin’s house 2501 Dilloway 8 a.m. to Noon. Partnerships: Your Kiwanis Foundation partnered with Kiwassee to provide a shelter at the ESA Longview Spray Park. See letter from Kiwassee below: Thanks to the contribution of the Evening Kiwanis Club Foundation, this is the Longview Spray Park Pavilion just in time for families to gather and enjoy the opening of the Spray Park…We will let you know so you all can be included as well. Thanks does not seem adequate... Karen Adams,YCP-1 Co-Chair
Diaper Alliance DATA: - Corporate sponsor is Huggies and National Diaper Bank - Provides 300,000 diapers per year. Cost $6000 - Distribute to nonprofits (NPOs) and government organizations who serve low income clients - NPOs order and distribute 60 – 65,000/month - 60 diaper changes per child in a family - Sizes Newborn to 6 diapers and some adult pullups - NPO Partners now include Midland, Bay City, Saginaw and Clare Counties. Each county funds their demand.
Section of Diaper Warehouse
Research has proven that cloth diapers are not healthy. Cloth does not absorb as well as today’s disposable diapers. It shows that 6 or more changes per day results in a healthy baby. Tera indicated that there are other reasons why low income families don’t use cloth diapers: low income families have to use laundromats. Laundromats can’t by law allow cloth diapers in their washers and dryers. Daycares also require a supply of disposable diapers for each child each day (about 4-5 diapers). Tera also mentioned that because Diaper Alliance covers such a large geographic area in 2016 Huggies Corp. awarded them a second delivery truck with another 350,000 diapers. In 2017 they are organizing fundraisers in each of the counties they serve to make sure they are able to maintain the 700,000 diaper demand each year.
Location: Valley Plaza, The Great Hall Time: Monday Nights, 6:00 PM Website: www.midlandkiwanis.org www.mi.kiwanisone.org www.kiwanis.org
President Tom Darger called meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Tonight’s meeting was short. We were going on a FIELD TRIP to Diaper Alliance for a tour. Program Next Weeks: Blue Water Angels, an organization of New Venture Capital Investors Program Upcoming Meetings: TBD Committee Meetings this week: None Committee Meetings next week: Foundation Secretary’s Report: Monthly Reports DUE September 7-10 District Convention at Chrystal Mountain. More information to come. Want to be a Delegate? Contact Dick K. Birthday Celebration 100 yrs for Saginaw and Bay City Clubs, June 15, $50 per person. Contact Dick K. Anniversary: Frank A. Birthday: Frank A., Roger Bohl
Meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. Program: Tour Site of Diaper Alliance of MidMichigan Tera Sassin, Development Director led us on a tour, provided additional information and answered many, many questions.
Guests: None Announcements: Roses Delivery: This Thursday, June 8 at Farmers Market at 8 a.m. until ??? Friday, June 9 at Kevin’s house 2501 Dilloway 8 a.m. to Noon. Partnerships: Your Kiwanis Foundation partnered with Kiwassee to provide a shelter at the ESA Longview Spray Park. See letter from Kiwassee below: Thanks to the contribution of the Evening Kiwanis Club Foundation, this is the Longview Spray Park Pavilion just in time for families to gather and enjoy the opening of the Spray Park…We will let you know so you all can be included as well. Thanks does not seem adequate... Karen Adams,YCP-1 Co-Chair
Diaper Alliance DATA: - Corporate sponsor is Huggies and National Diaper Bank - Provides 300,000 diapers per year. Cost $6000 - Distribute to nonprofits (NPOs) and government organizations who serve low income clients - NPOs order and distribute 60 – 65,000/month - 60 diaper changes per child in a family - Sizes Newborn to 6 diapers and some adult pullups - NPO Partners now include Midland, Bay City, Saginaw and Clare Counties. Each county funds their demand.
Section of Diaper Warehouse
Research has proven that cloth diapers are not healthy. Cloth does not absorb as well as today’s disposable diapers. It shows that 6 or more changes per day results in a healthy baby. Tera indicated that there are other reasons why low income families don’t use cloth diapers: low income families have to use laundromats. Laundromats can’t by law allow cloth diapers in their washers and dryers. Daycares also require a supply of disposable diapers for each child each day (about 4-5 diapers). Tera also mentioned that because Diaper Alliance covers such a large geographic area in 2016 Huggies Corp. awarded them a second delivery truck with another 350,000 diapers. In 2017 they are organizing fundraisers in each of the counties they serve to make sure they are able to maintain the 700,000 diaper demand each year.
