A Message for our Sponsor Clubs
Sponsor clubs should have recently received Kiwanis Family House’s annual dues notice. As always, we would be grateful if all KFH sponsor clubs would send in their $100 annual dues in a timely manner. In that recent mailing, we included a separate form requesting each club President to identify one club member to serve as a KFH […]
Endings and Beginnings | Rita Germain
Welcome to the final issue of Kiwanis Family House’s monthly newsletter, House Talk. Over the years, beginning with a paper newsletter that was mailed to subscribers, House Talk has been a way for supporters and friends to keep up with the news of Kiwanis Family House on a monthly basis. Now, 18 years later, the news cycle has accelerated, […]
August President’s Message | Guy Blair
This year the Kiwanis Family House (KFH) plans to have a major emphasis on building relationships with Sponsor Kiwanis Clubs and Corporate Sponsors. Our goal at the Club level is to have a KFH Liaison in each Sponsor Club for the purpose of communicating KFH accomplishments, needs, and future activities. We would like every Kiwanis […]
“Average” — What’s That? | Charlie Bussey
The “average” guest stays at Kiwanis Family House for about 3 days, stays only one time and we never see them again because their family medical emergency has been resolved. Other guests stay with us over and over as their medical crisis may take longer and require one or more follow up visits or surgeries. […]
Director’s Letter – July 2017
Like many Kiwanis members who attended the recent International convention in Paris, we were drawn to some of the city’s landmarks during our stay – Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Palace at Versailles, the Hotel Ritz, and the River Seine. Each of these beams its own history, its own legacy, and its own significant […]
July President’s Message | Guy Blair
I am optimistic about the things the Board of Directors will accomplish in the coming year. Last year the Board developed a Strategic Plan that established a good foundation from which we have achievable action items in 2017-18. We have already made changes to our Committee structure and we are working on other changes to […]
June President’s Message
The Kiwanis Family House fiscal year ends June 30th and so does my term as the 16th President of the Board of Directors. How quickly time flies… This has been a memorable year in many ways and much has been accomplished to maintain a consistently high level of customer service. The eleven member Board of […]
Director’s Letter – June 2017
“Everything starts with one step, or one brick, or one word, or one day.” ~Jeremy Gilley The brick in the north patio reads, “MYRON AND JUDY HAHN (AND COREY DOG).” Even though few will ever know the story that this particular brick memorializes, it holds a meaningful and personal message to whoever caused it to […]
Volunteer Spotlight | Charlie Bussey
Since before I started working here in July of 2013, our outside landscaping was being tended by some dedicated volunteers, Jim Legler, a “proud and happy member of the Galt Kiwanis Club”, and Carol Frost, a longtime member of East Sacramento Kiwanis. Jim and Carol spend two or three hours every week mowing, edging, trimming, […]
Director’s Letter – May 2017
Springtime conjures up impressions of renewal and regrowth. Each year, these few months are a period of transition for Kiwanis Family House (KFH). The spring of 2017 has brought an extraordinary sense of anticipation for me. In addition to familiar annual transitional processes – adoption of a new operating budget and the election of new […]
