Chatham-Madison Kiwanis Interclub at Parsippany Wine Tasting

This happy group from Chatham-Madison Kiwanis Club had a great time and supported the Kiwanis ELIMINATE Project to help stamp out Neonatal Tetanus by attending the Parsippany Kiwanis wine tasting event on April 1, 2013.

Announcements - March 1 Kiwanis Meeting

The Chatham High School Key Club is holding a Restaurant Night fund-raiser to benefit the Children’s Specialized Hospital on Thursday, March 10 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Friendly’s Restaurant in New Providence (75 South Street). Betty Anne announced that Ten percent of customers’ bills will be donated to the Hospital. You can do take-out as well as eat-in. Alan Robertson reported that Fish and Chips placemat adds are doing fine. Other preparations are going fine. Gary Arnesen reported that Chatham Boro clean-up will be rescheduled from April to May or later in the year. Nancy invited members to the 7:30 PM April 12 Awards Recognition Reception to be held at Charlie Brown’s. Checks will be given to Benevolence recipients and a special Community Aid Award will be given to someone selected by Kiwanis. Members are requested to nominate candidates.  Rich gave a quick update on the successful Wine-Tasting event. He asked for feedback on the event. Members were asked to submit any last minute bills within the next two weeks. A very high percent of members participated in the event. Dick noted that the Wine-Tasting was a great Kiwanis Team event. 

Kiwanis Wine-Tasting Event a Success

The February 24 "Wine Tasting - Wines from Around the World" was a success.  Funds from the event will be given to ECLC of NJ and Kiwanis Scholarships. Kiwanis thanks all the people who came and contributed items for the event. Here are a few photos taken at the event.

Kiwanis February 1 Luncheon Meeting Announcements

Argyle Restaurant in Kearny is having the Robert Burns “interclub” February 2. Two members will attend.  Mary Anne Maloney reported that quite a few Wine-Tasting tickets have been sold.  Nancy Boucher announced that more tricky tray auction items are needed. Dick Plambeck reported on the NJ District Kiwanis Mid-Winter Conference held January 29, where the ELIMINATE project was discussed. Chatham-Madison Kiwanis won an award for growth in District 10. He also announced that the Valentine’s Luncheon will be held next week and asked members to alert Valerie via email regarding plans to attend.

Kiwanis January 25 Meeting Announcements

Nancy Boucher reminded members to sell Wines from Around the World Wine-Tasting tickets, which are available from Mary Anne Maloney. She also has post cards which members can use to invite their friends to the February 24 party. Nancy will distribute postcards to New Jersey Kiwanians at the January 29 Mid-Winter Conference.


Mary Anne Maloney hands Wine-Tasting Tickets to Doug Bryant as Nancy Boucher looks on.

Alan Robertson handed out Fish and Chips Dinner placemat ad bills to members. He also asked members to suggest businesses who might be advertisers.

Dick Plambeck said that he will not be going to the Kiwanis International Convention and asked for a volunteer to attend the Geneva, Switzerland event.

Valerie Olpp passed around a sign-up sheet for the Valentine Luncheon to be held on February 8. The served meal will include a choice of entrées: prime rib, chicken, pasta, etc.

Kiwanis January 11 Meeting Announcements

Valerie Olpp introduced guest Terece Patalini, the manager of the Peapack Gladstone bank in Chatham.

Joan May reviewed club scheduling information for the month of May. Madison May Day (Kiwanis cleans up Cole Park) is the first Saturday, May 7. Mother’s Day is the next weekend. The Neighborhood Sale could be held on the third or fourth weekend. Evangeline Lee suggested combining the Alumni Concert, held last year at Bayley-Ellard Field on the last weekend in May, with the Neighborhood Sale in Cole Park. Plans for the event must be made early so that an approval request can be submitted to Madison Borough by the beginning of March.

Betty Anne Keat reported that the CHS Key Club meeting on 1/12/11 will probably be cancelled because of the forecasted snow storm. She said there will be a Builders Club meeting on 1/11/11.

The Board of Directors meeting will be held Wednesday, January 19 at 8:00 pm at the Methodist Church. The District Mid-Winter Conference will be January 29 and six people are attending, more can attend if they want to.

Alan Robertson asked for help with the Fish and Chips Dinner which is scheduled for March 30. He needs volunteers to lead certain tasks. Rich Behling passed around the Wine-Tasting signup sheet, looking for a few more volunteers. Everyone is asked to contribute to the tricky tray and he passed around a list for sign-ups. Posters for the Wine-Tasting were handed out. Discussions regarding plans for the event were continued at a meeting on the Wine Tasting event held after lunch.

Wine-Tasting: Wines from Around the World

Chatham-Madison Kiwanis will hold the “Wines from Around the World" Wine Tasting event to benefit Kiwanis Chatham and Madison High School Scholarship Funds and the ECLC Foundation for Developmentally Disabled. The event will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2011 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm in Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940.  Wine samples from a variety of vineyards and food from a local restaurant will be served.  There will also be a 50-50 drawing, a “tricky-tray” auction of contributed items and door prizes. Advanced admission tickets may be purchased in-person at a price of $50.00 (cash or checks made out to “Chatham Kiwanis Scholarship Fund”) by visiting Main Street Wine Cellars, 300 Main Street, Madison, NJ 07940. Go to website www.chathamkiwanis.org for more information, to place on-line ticket orders and to print a form for ordering tickets by mail.  Ticket orders by mail should be sent to arrive before February 18 to Chatham Kiwanis, P.O. Box 422, Chatham, NJ 07928. For more information and to order tickets, please call 973-635-7779 or 973-635-1705 (extension 17) or send email to Chatham-Kiwanis@comcast.net. Tickets will also be available at the door during the event at a cost of $60.

Kiwanis January 4 Meeting Announcements

Rich Behling passed around a sign-up sheet for the Wines from Around the World Wine Tasting Event. Members are asked to volunteer for unfilled jobs on the sheet. He will continue to pass the sheet around at future meetings.

Stu Shippey gave members a final report on the Holiday Nut Sale project. The project was completed as scheduled December 25th last year, income was very good and everyone gave Stu a rousing round of applause for a job well done. He and President Dick Plambeck thanked everyone, many of whom stood in the cold, for selling all the nuts. Mary Lloyd told everyone how helpful Stu was in delivering a large order of nuts to her office. She thanked him for doing a fabulous job.

Dick will be going to the training session Thursday evening and he asked anyone interested in going along to contact him. He also passed around a sign-up sheet for the NJ District Mid-Winter Conference to be held on Saturday, January 29 at the Crown Plaza in Somerset. Tom Mullin mentioned a letter from the NJ District office asking for input regarding planning for the 2012 District Convention. He will forward the letter to Ron to email it out to everyone. Karen Swartz announced that next Wednesday at 10:40 am there will be a general meeting of the CHS Key Club in the auditorium.

The buffet lunch menu for the day was announced: cream of broccoli soup, chicken Frances, meat balls, teriyaki salmon, mashed potatoes, string beans, garden salad, mushroom salad, corn salad, barley salad, garlic beans and assorted deserts.