After coordinating the service work through the School Board, then with each elementary school and the teachers, during April more than 150 elementary children were able to participate in the program for free through six workshops. Then for Global Youth Service Day, the last weekend of April, all of the children’ s art was displayed in community art shows. Two art shows were hung and managed for a week by CKI members after each of the children’ s art creations were matted and mounted for display. In one of the two art show venues, more than 100 pieces of art were on display during the Kiwanis Club of Silver City’ s year-end Student of the Year banquet, when incoming Southwest District Kiwanis Governor, Wendy Mortenson, visited.
During May, each of the children’ s art pieces were created into literacy calendars. This required a lot of work to create calendars for each class and featuring the work of the children. The calendars included fun, family reading activities each month. Then the classes were each revisited and the calendars and art presented to the participants with the importance of reading discussed again. Also, each child received a free book thanks to Literacy Link Leamos, thanks to the coordination efforts of CKI. Also, all of the costs of the workshop were covered by the two grants and contributions by Serina Pack.
A total of 401 community service hours were involved with this project. A very sincere thanks is given to many as this project would not have been possible without the tremendous support of the Kiwanis Club of Silver City, the schools, Literacy Link Leamos, American Legion Auxiliary, administrators, youth mentors, CKI, and others, with special thanks given to Kiwanis member, Sabra Humphrey, retired English teacher and artist who helped with many aspects t of the project as a volunteer.
- Serina Pack
Pictured Left--Wendy Mortenson, Incoming Governor of Southwest District Kiwanis, pictured with Student of the Year banquet speaker and CKI Lt. Gov. for Rio Grande Division, Serina Pack. WNMU CKI attends many functions of the Kiwanis Club if Silver City and tries to represent CKI in many capacities within the district of Kiwanis in the southern region of the state of New Mexico... so was the case when three WNMU CKI members attended the Silver City Kiwanis Club " Student of the Year " banquet on May 2nd, 2013, where Wendy Mortenson attended. Ms. Mortenson was presented a special painting by Serina Pack in admiration of her leadership inspiration to others. Mrs. Mortenson presented scholarships and special recognitions to area youth. The evening was also enhanced by an art show in progress by the service work completed by WNMU CKI from their literacy art and reading workshops made possible in part by the CKI Tomorrow Fund Grant. WNMU CKI sincerely thanks the Kiwanis Club of Silver City and Ms. Mortenson for their support of CKI.
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