Western New Mexico University
WNMU is still a new club getting underway, We look forward to the new school year and new year of CKI. We welcome our new vice-president, Carla Viejo Sanchez, to WNMU CKI. We may be small, but we work on great things. This past year, the four of us officers of WNMU CKI( Serina Pack-President; Brandon Cook-Vice President; Lacey Oldham-Secretary; and Robert Pack-Treasurer) have really enjoyed it. Fall Rally and DCON will certainly be highlights of our year, but also the service work we did. We are especially blessed by the support of Kiwanis Club of Silver City, our faculty sponsor-Dr. Cline, and our Kiwanis Advisor-Lori Bonomo.
The last two weeks of April, we are continuing our special service work that is being made possible by two grants earned: CKI Tomorrow Fund Grant and the Disney Friends of Change grants. Our work in focused on promoting reading to elementary students. We are expanding " For the Love of Art and Read for Joy " program to 4th grade students in the Silver Consolidated schools. We are hoping to offer this program to over 200 students and have many of their art pieces showcased in art shows in the community, creating awareness about the importance of reading. The art is being created from books being read in workshops with youth mentors, it is an exciting time that also involves Global Youth Service day the last weekend of April. The project is a very large project, but much work has already been completed and has been most rewarding.
-Serina Pack
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