December 2 & 9, 2008 Newsletter

1st & 2nd Notices for Membership dues went out in September and October. Members who have not paid their dues by December 29th will be removed from the membership list. Send check to: Kiwanis Club of East Boston P.O. Box 83, East Boston, MA 02128.

December 2nd - Governors visit (see photos below)

December 9th: Ed Coletta, Marino (Buddy) Cuozzo, Marisa Di Pietro, Frank Durante, Joseph Ferrino, George Gambale,

John Gillis, Clark Moulaison, Pat Rosa, Joe Ruggiero and Carol Simpson

Guests: Fran Rowan and Tom & Katie of Meridian House

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS: Guest Fran Rowan introduced Meridian House residents Tom and Katie. Each told their stories of struggle and triumph over drug addiction. Tom’s parents divorced when he was 15 and the loss of his mother, as well as being raised by an alcoholic father, contributed to the beginning of his alcohol and then drug abuse. Tom was in the service and spent 7 months in Iraq last year. There he saw and was a part of horrific events which changed him profoundly. He was honorably discharged with a diagnosis of PTSD and fell into drug abuse once again. With the help of Meridian House Tom is now 4 months sober and on the road to recovery. Katie was raised in a Catholic family and was a good student, graduating from both high school and then college. Abusing drugs was something she never thought she would do, until she graduated college and fell in with a group who started her on the drugs. Katie is married, has a 19 month old son and has been sober 5 months. Clark Moulaison announced that the 13th Annual “Taste of Eastie” event will be held on Thursday January 15th at the Logan Hilton Hotel. The cost is $35 and tickets are available from Clark and at the EB Main Streets Office. Joe Ferrino reported that the Freedom’s Foundation Annual Christmas Party was a great success on Sunday and thanked all who were involved in the event. Pres. Marisa reminded members that this Friday, Dec 12th, Cpt. Cunningham and the EB Police will hold their District 7 Holiday Party from 12noon to 2:00pm. All are invited to attend. Frank Durante reminded club members that next Tuesday, December 16th, we will be holding our Annual Christmas Party at 6:00pm at Spinelli’s. There will NOT be an afternoon meeting! The EBARC group will attend and our club will be presenting them with a gift, as well as others. Joining us will be the East Boston/Revere Rotary, District 7 Police Dept, EB High Key Club Officers, Revere Kiwanis and Santa Clause. Please RSVP as soon as possible – as always, WE NEED A COUNT FOR SPINELLI’S! Call Marisa 617-650-3442.

“Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.”

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Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 83, East Boston, MA 02128 Meetings: Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.

Spinelli’s, 280 Bennington Street (Day Square) E. Boston

617-650-3442

2008-2009 President: Marisa Di Pietro Board of Directors: John Dudley

Immediate Past Pres.: Buddy Mangini Frank Durante

President Elect: Marisa Di Pietro Nicholas Moscaritolo

Vice-President: George Gambale Clark Moulaison

Secretary John Gillis Joseph Ruggiero

Treasurer Carol Simpson

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

♦ Membership –OPEN

♦ Key Club – Buddy Mangini

♦ Interclub – Clark Moulaison

♦ Speakers Bureau – Matt Mallen

♦ Reading Program - George Gambale

♦ Fundraiser – TBA

♦ Governor’s Visit – Buddy Mangini

♦ Thanksgiving Event - George Gambale

♦ Christmas Caroling at Don Orione - Joe Ferrino

♦ Christmas Event - Frank Durante COMMITTEE REPORTS: Membership – We are in need of a chairperson for this committee. PLEASE let Marisa know if you are willing to take on this committee. Growth is essential to the future of our club and the goal is to have every current member bring in a new club member. Key Club (Buddy Mangini, Liaison) The EB High Key Club have been very active at several events in the community; the Thanksgiving meal at Sacred Heart Church, Dec. 5th Eastie’s Elves, Dec. 7th EB Chamber Santa Trolley & Tree Lighting and the Dec 9th EB Kiwanis Christmas Caroling at Don Orione Nursing Home. Interclub (Clark Moulaison, Chairperson) The Next Interclub will be Malden’s this Thursday December 11th.

Speakers Bureau (Matt Mallen, Chairperson) Phil Freehan will be guest speaker in April ’09. There are other speakers planned for after the holidays. More details to follow. Reading Program (Co-chairs George Gambale & Marisa Di Pietro) the children and their Kiwanis “Buddies” continue to enjoy their reading days. On December 3rd George Gambale brought gifts of journals and “magic” pencils to the children so they could write their poems and stories. The children in turn gave each of their buddies a collection of poems that they wrote themselves. The 3rd reading date is scheduled for Monday January 5th at 12:45pm at the Curtis Guild School. Please contact George or Marisa if you are interested in joining the group. Governors Visit (Buddy Mangini, Chairperson) –Gov. Dick England’s official Governors Visit to Division 14 was held on December 2nd and was extremely well attended. The 50/50 raffle raised $540 - $270 to the lucky winner from the Woburn club and $270 was donated to the Kiwanis New England Foundation. Many thanks to the committee and all the members of the clubs in Divisions 10, 11 and 14 for their help and participation! Christmas Party Event (Frank Durante, Chairperson) the date for our Christmas Party has been set for Tuesday December 16th. PLEASE NOTE: this will be an evening meeting (NO AFTERNOON MEETING!). We hope to see our club members who are not able to attend afternoon meetings at this event. We will once again have members of EBARC as invited guests and will be making a donation presentation to them as well as some other community groups. Cost is $20 which includes a chance at some door prizes. Please RSVP so we can have a count for Spinelli’s as soon as possible. Call Marisa at 617-650-3442. Christmas Caroling at Don Orione (Joe Ferrino, Chairperson) The Don Orione Christmas Caroling event was held today and was a wonderful and heart warming event. Many thanks to Mr. Enzo Amara who provided musical accompaniment to the melodic voices of our Kiwanis Club and Key Club members who participated. The residents of the Nursing Home were each given a small gift from the club and Fran Rowan also gave them all hand knitted scarves! A beautiful cake was provided and Santa Clause attended and spent the entire time singing and delighting the residents with his presence. Thanks to Mike Tallo of the East Boston Savings Bank for putting in a special call to Santa and having him attend the event during his busy season. ☺ Santa brought along Rudolph and the Gingerbread Man to assist him.

Birthdays, Anniversaries & Member Announcements:

Pat Rosa’s granddaughter, Giana, was 1 year old December 6th! Pat Rosa’s daughter, Brenda, celebrates her birthday December 17th Ed Coletta’s mom, Helen, celebrates her birthday on Saturday.

Member Birthdays in December:

December 10 – Nick Moscaritolo December 18 – Phil Freehan December 23 – John Gillis

Raffle Winner

December 9, 2008 – John Gillis. John donated his winnings to Meridian House for their Food Pantry

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HOLIDAY PARTY

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Spinelli’s Day Square, East Boston 6:00pm

Cost: $20 (Includes Buffet Dinner & Door Prizes)

Please RSVP by Friday, December 12

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Marisa Di Pietro: 617-650-3442

“Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.”

2008 - 09 DATES TO REMEMBER:

December 11 (Thursday) – INTERCLUB - Malden Kiwanis, Anthony’s of Malden, 12:15pm

December 13 (Saturday) – KPTI Open House 10:00am-2:00pm call 617-636-6381 to RSVP

December 16 (Tuesday) – EB Kiwanis Holiday party w/EBARC, Spinelli’s 6pm – NO AFTERNOON MEETING!

January 13 (Tuesday) – INTERCLUB – Everett Kiwanis - NO EB MEETING – MEET AT EVERETT INTERCLUB)!

January 15 (Thursday) – “Taste of Eastie” by East Boston Main Streets at Logan Hilton Hotel

February 12 (Thursday) – INTERCLUB – Chelsea, Wyndham Hotel, 12:15pm

March 6 – 8, 2009 - Mid-Winter Conference, Mansfield, MA

March 12 (Thursday – INTERCLUB - Somerville Kiwanis, location TBA

April 4, 2009 (Saturday) – Kiwanis One Day of Service

April 19 (Wednesday) – INTERCLUB – Revere Kiwanis, Mount Vernon Wharf Restaurant 12:15pm

May 19 (Tuesday) – INTERCLUB – Stoneham Kiwanis, China Moon Restaurant, 6:00pm

June 23 (Tuesday) – INTERCLUB – East Boston Kiwanis, Spinelli’s East Boston, 12:15pm

June 25-29, 2009 – International Convention, Nashville, TN

◄ EB Kiwanis President Marisa DiPietro,

International President Don Canady and

Div 14 Lt. Gov. Buddy Mangini

At the Fall Training Conference in

Rockport, Maine

New England District of Kiwanis Governor Dick England

Official Governor’s Visit to Divisions 10, 11 and 14

Tuesday, December 2nd

, 2008

China Moon Restaurant, Stoneham MA

◄ Div 14 Lt. Gov Buddy Mangini

50/50 Raffle Winner

NEDK Governor Richard “Dick” England

Div 10 Lt. Gov Claire Cloutier

Div 11 Lt. Gov Ken Comeiro

▲Presentation of CHELSEA CLOCK to Governor Dick England