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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHandouts_Regular_Tab 05_01/08/2009 (2)KIWANIS OF JUPITER TE UES ~ What is I~Ciwanis? Kiwanis is a worldwide service organization of women and men share the challenges of community and world improvement. Since i~ founding in Detroit, Michigan, in 1915, Kiwanis has grown to about 9,~ clubs in more than 80 nations. Nearly one-third of a 'on Kiwanis every continent are.. helping o .improve people's lives. Who ai'e ~lW~nis? Kiwanis are iadividtahs who give a little of .their time to make then `communities and the world a better place is which to live and work As members of a Iocai club, members .have:. the- opportunity to: *Make business and profess%ua1 contacts and learn first-hand a~ Ioca1, aatit~aal d intematioaal and world issues *Improve and use leadecsh#P sk~11s to participate is the Life of tl community saddevelop lifelong friendships ups Sere Kiwaais clubs take on ht~aaitariaa projects that public authorities not prepared or able to perform. A typical Kiwanis club places hand-c projects focusing on the special needs of the community, such as helpin elderly, promoting literacy, or supporting youth sports. In addition to ~ meetings, Kiwanis members volunteer about two hours a month for pra involving children or a person in need. KIWANIS OF JUPITER TE UEST~ The Objectives of Kiwanis International To give primarily to the human aad spirit, rather than to the material values of life. To encourage the daily living of the golden role ~ all human relationshi, To promote the adoption aad the application of .higher social, business aad. professional standards. 'ro develop by precept aad example, a more intelligent, aggressive, aad serviceable citizenship. To provide through Kiwanis Clubs a practical means to form enduria$ friendships to reader altrtustic service aad to build better commuaitiea ro co-operate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and Localism which .make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good wi11. S' Under "Yottn~ Children: Priority one" Kiwanis is engaged in its first Worldwide Service Protect. Kiwanis h. teamed with UNICEF to virtually eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disord~ These disorders cause various degrees of mental and physical impairm~ the fetus and is ~ouag children. The, Ki~a~s Fa1v Tie "K" Family iactudes organizations for yo~$ ..people, which are sp sored by Ioca1 clubs, gad the: Riwanis Iateraatioaal Foundation. K~v C1ub_ Crete K_ provide school age ~xth the opportunity to heap others, become perso involved is their com~~an~ty, and bind a posi~ve future for themsely assists Kiwaais International is 'seig-the world by funding worth causes-sad o~g~oia$'ProJects. HIS?ORY OF JUPITER/rEQUES?A KIWANIS The word "Kiwanis" comes from an Indian word meaning "to make oneself known." BY: Roy Rood and Bill. Elliott In the begiaoiag, Kiwanis was formed so that- business urea could meet to Learn about ea -ther's business and help each other. Ho~avever, it was not a successful organization uat11 urea :ou1d see that it had to have as uaset~sh purpose to survive. the llrst Riwaais Club was formed at the turn of the century in Detroit, Michigan and the -ear was 1914. My Brst encounter with` Riwaais was is the early 1930's whey I was 13 years o gad I had to have some dental work dose. Harty Jackson went to West Palm Beach every Wednesday and was a member of the Wes 'a1m Beach Kiavaais Club. 1'hls clab sponsored the Rivvaais Dental Clinic at the Palm Beach Hi3 ichool is West Palm Beach, sad the dentists would donate their tune so that under-privileged [rea could have their teeth cared for in the proper meaner. Mr,Jacksoa would take us to the ct gad Leave us to have work done while he attended the Rivvaais meedag and did the banking fo: he Pennock Ptaatatioa where he worked. ?hen he woticld return and take us up back to Juplte~ vas told that thus was a Riwaais Dental C1#a1c, and I ~nst sstpposed these were Riavaaiaas wito vere practidmg dentists oa us "poor" kids. Later I ovas to learn that the Palm Beach R#ovaals Club held annual beae$tts to sapport tb tee clinics. Whey I was is the Navy is World War II, one of the dentists told `me that I had soy ~f the best dental work he iiad ever sees. Aber the vvar years, when ove were trying to rebuild :ommuaity, we formed 1'he American Legion, Rood-Wittiams Post No.271 which was named a! wo young urea who had bees killed, sourer Rood and A.J. W111iams. As veterans, we built our first Screhouse, worked oa the cemetery, bu11t the Brst town hall is Jupiter, and we built ?he ixnericaa Legion Post Home from blocks out of the old school building, which was torn down. Che town hall was on the site of the old school and today is the Jupiter Library. The Legion ha Became our second community center because the Brst one was the old Woman's Club Building ~vhich had burned down. Ia about 1953 or 1954 the West Palm Beach and Stuart Riwanis Clubs were designated t :~iwanis International to Look into the possi ' 'ty of forming a club in the Jupiter-Hobe Sound area. HIS?ORY OF JUPI?ER/?EQUES?A KIWANIS .The "Four Harry's" in Jupiter, who were all Kiwaaians, took the Lead in helping to get th group of men together to form the Jupiter-Hobe Sound Kiwaais Club. Harry Jackson was fron West Palm Beach Club, Harry Moues aad Harry Mi11er were from Columbus, Ohio, aad 8arr9 Phipps was from MassBChusetts. These four sued got together aad .made our Brst lectern is H Moues shop. ?his was a giflt to us. A11` of the,. sarrouadiag ctscbs gage ua its to get us started right aad we had a big affair at the Coloaaades Hotel oa Singer Island where we were gives ~ club charter by -the District Governor.. Ted Chambers from Hobe Soaad, who had been a member of the Stuart Club, was iast~ as our first president, and Roy Rood was elected vice president. The Riviera Beach Riwaais Club came is to help with the orgaaizatioa aad the follow ui work. There were dot many .:places where we could meet aad with so many of us working thrs the aooa hour we Bas11y decided to meet oa Monday sight of each week. Our meetings were m the Hobe Sound Commodity Center aad Tress Albrecht from Jitter world go up each wee aad cook for us. We had Bsh fries to raise mosey so that we could begin prof acts, aad we had peopie frc Jupiter Island donate clothes, etc. for our "Treasares aad Trash" sales. ?here was ode mad w1 donated his whole kitchen ode year aad that included the cabinets, siaTr, stove, aad refrtgerat Ode. of our Brst projects was Little League Baseball for -the boys aad we had to travel t~ Stuart for all of our games. Addy Ond#ch aad I worked together oa this aad whey I couldn't i my wife wos~ld take the boys to the games. Our aaaual "Kids Day" was a big hit because this involves boys aad girls of all ages frog Jupiter aad 8obe Souad.(?here was ao ?equesta is those days.) A big uadertakiag we started was when vo!e acquired by lease from the State Parks Department, 41 acres of lead to form the li-lavaa~s Recreation Park. There was the baseball di moad, a section for the Cub Scoats aad their fort, and the Girl Scout area where they bu11t th Girl Scout House. Later we built the rest rooms dad they the snack house dad the pa ' 'on as press box. ?hen we moved a family with a trailer is so we would have security When the pra was well under way aad very successful with all of the different baseball leagues, the comma; took over the recreation part, which is today kaowa as the Jupiter-Tequesta Athletic Associate HISYORY OF JUPITER/?EQUES?A RIWANIS We turned the park over to the Village of Tequesta and they changed the name to Vina€ Tequesta Park. I would like to point out that the Kiwanis policy is to act as a catalyst in gettis project going and then get the community to take it over. This was the case with both the atb association and the park project. We became too busy coaching, keeping up the diamond and accompanying facilities and running the concession stand that our club was literally tied dow; with these two projects. Today there are over one thousand youngsters taking part in the various athletic progra The Girl Scouts not only have troop meetings in their hor=se but also have day camps is the summer. Our club has always been service oriented by helping our youth, our elderly and those are handicapped, or less fortunate then most people. We have helped the handicapped "Special Olympics" several times, and with the Billy Watson Project. The Jupiter Hospital Van Project is a tresneadoas help to our elderly people i getting to and from their medical appointments. The Girl Scout and Boy Scout programs have received yearly support from our daub in eacoaraalag our young people to learn about their government. Since I was a Boy Scout Couasetor for eight years, I can vouch for this being me well used. The Girl Scout and Boy Scout programs have had our on-going support since we - been a club. As a matter of fact, Kiwanis wives started Girl Scouts in Hobe Sound. The Jupite High School Band through leadership of RiavaMan Dr. Al Nessmith, and others in our club, ha had our long-standing support. Scholarships for.,deserving students have been awarded over the years and today our c has formed a Trust Fund for scholarships.'The senior Graduating Night g gh Party was gives its bid boost from our club. Our Kiwanis Club of Jupiter-Tequesta has always opened its arms to any needy and wo: while project and has responded in a positive way by giving the necessary support and momentum until the community takes over. Kiwanis is an organization that affords the businessman of our community to pool their time, talents and resources to help build a Bette: community in a very positive way. You can be sure that we abide by our motto: " WE BUILD.' Wouldn't you like to join our club and help to build a better community? Roy Rood "H¢ Stands For Kiwan~ Roy (Buster). Rood's success is a classic Horatio Alger storq. A poor boy orphaaed at a age whey his father was killed to as auto-tra~a accideat He was raised with izis tea brothers ; staters by Ids mother to the Rood house, whfch stilt steads oa Couatq Ltae Road. IIader her dynamic tutelage, he Learned the Iessoas that made him a a success: Work Hard .Serve God. Serve People. Auer afour-year tos~r In ilia Soath Pack wfth the U.S. Navy during World War II, Roy returned to the. Jupiter area with v#stoa and foresight to make. the Jttptter-?equesta area and ~ Beach County a better place #o Live and work. He has been ~avoived with multtfartous commr service agendas. Furthermore, he has served ~ Leadership positions la all of these orgaatzati However, what is sigaiBcaat is that. he was often a fouad#ag member. ?his forethought and m combined with his drive to see the community graov and tmprave have made him a noted community Leader. Examples include but are not limited to: Foaadiag Member sad Vtce Presi of the Jupiter-?equesta Juno Beach Chamber of:Commerce, Tooad#ag Member of Jupiter Atb] Assocfatioa, Founding Board Mesriber of the First Marine Bank of Jupiter (now Bask of Ames Founding Board Member of Jupiter Chrlst~an School,. Charter Member and First Comsaaader Rood-W~iams Post No. 271 of the Amerl~caa Legtos (named s part for bts brother Homer w was killed of tha Aazito Beachhead during gflorld War II), Charter Member and Second Preside Ktwaats Club of Jupiter-Y'eq+aesta, Charter Member of the Palm: Beach North Camp of the Gid Iateraattoaal having served as President, dice Presicteat, .Secretary and Chaplain, Founding Member of Grace Immaauei Btb1e Church, and Founding Member and past President of the Florida Nurserymen and Growers Assodattoa. In a speech Roy gave recently, he discussed the spirit of volunteerism. He stated, "I bed this is one of the factors that keeps our area a cut above most communities." 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