March 2013
Newsletter
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Hooksett NH
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“Serving the Children of the World”
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President Dave’s Message
I hope everyone enjoyed the blizzard of 2013 and
had a wonderful
Valentine’s Day!!!
I like to share some
important news that
pertains to our club.
Fund Raising-- The
procrastination
period is over!
Please reach out to
President-elect Sue
Kunkel, VP Judy, Treasurer Sue W or me if you can
put in a few hours in March to assist our efforts.
Please mark your calendars for our 2013 Kiwanis
Golf Open Tournament on Friday, July 12 at
Canterbury Woods. After the great time we had at
Canterbury last year it was a very easy decision to
go back there for 2013. Golf Chairman Steve
Creamer has reported that he is already getting
commitments of members booking foursomes.
On Saturday, March 16 we’ll do a joint service
project with the Hooksett Lion’s club that will focus
on the KIDS in Hooksett with free vision, hearing
and dental exams. Kiwanis will provide volunteers
along with the Kids Kloset being open and the
Central Key Club providing face painting.
Jon Cayton is Vice president at Citizens Bank in
Hooksett is our newest member. Jon is a former
member. His sponsor is Judy Barrett.
There is a special feeling you get when providing
service to one community and one child at a time.
Thanks for all you do to make Hooksett a better
place for our families and neighbors.
Welcome New Members:
Scott Riley is rejoining the club after a brief
absence. Scott manages the Edward Jones office in
Hooksett. His new sponsor is Dave Dickson.
Congratulations to our own Barb Brennan for being
named Hooksett Citizen of the Year for 2013! At our
February dinner meeting I announced that VP Judy
Barrett was our member of the month for January.
Judy has just been all over the place the last few
months conducting club business. Judy will be a
great club President in 19 months.
Schedule of Upcoming Club Meetings:
March 7, 2013 (THURSDAY) at 6:00PM in the
Penman Room at Southern NH University. Our
speaker will be Rachael LaBattaglia who will be
talking about Dean Kamen's FIRST Robotics.
Our Interclub visit challenge is off to a very strong
start. Katie Orlando has been on fire leading this
initiative. At the end of February we‘ll have 10 visits
accomplished with 20 more to go. Fred, Pauline,
Ron and Vivian will be visiting the Aruba club to
assist in our efforts. Katie has been communicating
the schedule and I’m trying to keep up with her on
these visits. Try and join us for a club visit. I can
happily report that the meal and value we get at
SNHU is superior compared to what has been served
so far on our tour.
March 20, 2013 at 6:00PM in the Penman Room at
Southern NH University. Our speaker will be
Lieutenant Lenny O’Keefe from the Merrimack
County Department of Corrections in Boscawen. He
will speak on Gang activity in NH
April 3, 2013 at 6:00PM in the Penman Room at
Southern NH University. Our speaker will be Dr.
Brian Gilchrist, director of the new Children’s
Hospital at the Elliott. Dr. Gilchrest was formerly
the director of the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center
at New England Medical Center in Boston.
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May 1, 2003 at 6:00PM in the Penman Room at
Southern NH University. Our speaker will be new
Hooksett Police Chief Peter Bartlett.
employees and equipment in one central
location, adding approximately $15 million in
assessed valuation
Community Leaders Announced
An independent group of judges has selected the
winners of the 2012 Community Leaders Awards.
The following businesses and individuals will be
honored at the 4th Annual Community Leaders
Celebration event on April 20 in the Dining Center
at Southern NH University. Our emcee will be Doug
Folsom, Plant Manager at GE Aviation in Hooksett.
Following are brief profiles of the winners. We are
still awaiting photo of several of the winners.
Small Business of the Year: Blue Ribbon Fence &
landscaping.
Blue Ribbon Fence and
Landscaping, a 21-year old firm, with 20
employees, is owned by Dennis and Sean
Sweeney. In 2004 it relocated its business to the
Hooksett Industrial Park. Four years later it
acquired the former NH Landscaping business
from Leon Pearson. The company immediately
became engaged in the Hooksett community.
Over the past year Blue Ribbon has dedicated
financial and in-kind resources to Old Home
Day, Hooksett Kiwanis, Central Key Club,
Hooksett Heritage Commission Hooksett
Farmers Market and the Skateboard Park.
Business Leader of the Year: Jack Solloway
Jack Solloway is the founder and owner of SoilAway Cleaning and restoration services. He is a
23-year veteran in his profession, and holds
multiple IICRC Master Certifications, the
highest in the industry. In nominating him, his
son Josh states that “Jack has forgotten more
than the average person in that industry will
ever know”. He really shines with his ability to
serve and care for his employees. He openly
shares his expertise and life to help and counsel
younger generations, and is looked upon by
many as a “father figure”.
Hooksett Educator of the Year: David Fleury.
Kevin Fleury has been an educator in the
Hooksett School system for 20 years. In
thinking about Kevin, his nominator Principal
Matthew Benson remarked “I have experienced
many educators throughout my sixteen years in
education and Kevin Fleury is one of the finest I
have ever observed.
Students are highly
successful learners in his class because of his
personalized instructional strategies, innovative
and creativeness and his strong ability to build
positive relationships with all students’. He is an
expert in communicating his knowledge of
science and social studies to all students.
Large Business of the Year: PSNH. PSNH has
located three major operations in Hooksett.
These include the Manchester District Field
operations
facility
serving
PSNH’s
customers
in
12
communitie
s in greater
Manchester.
Second, is
its Distribution and repair, housing its
electricians, communications, control, and
construction. A $4 million upgrade and
expansion at this facility was completed in
August 2012. Dedicated in October 2012, its
new headquarters of the Statewide Transmission
Group, a new 70,000 square foot building will
provide space to consolidate transmission
Hooksett Municipal of the Year: Jon Daigle: In
what many call a “crisis year’, Captain Daigle
was the glue that held the Hooksett Police
Department together. He was able to build
morale, positive relationships, and restoring
pride in the Hooksett Police Department. Jon
worked with many on his staff to recognize He
is a professional, team player and overall “nice
guy”. He was the lead in implementing many of
the management audit recommendations.
Hooksett Youth Volunteer of the Year: Vera Lee.
Vera Lee, a 17-year old senior at Central High
School, is Hooksett’s Youth Volunteer of the
Year. In 2012, she completed over 250
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volunteer hours to the Hooksett community, her
high school, and to her church. Vera has served
in a leadership position in the Central Key club
throughout high school, including director and
executive vice president. Vera also serves her
community as a regular volunteer at the
Manchester Christian church, attended by many
Hooksett citizens. In 2012 Vera volunteered for
nine 10-hour shifts working in the technology
role to ensure that the four Sunday services
work seamlessly to provide a very meaningful
religious experience for the church’s 5,000
member congregation.
February Meeting
We had only one meeting in February, with both
Builders Clubs and the Central Key Club as our guests.
All three spoke and gave us an update on their
activities. Vera Lee showed a promotional video that
the District Board has prepared for the District
Convention (DCON). It featured Three Central Key
Club leaders (Vera, Addie and Delaney). Our speaker
on February 7 was William Gillett, Chairman of the
Board for the International Institute. Mr. Gillett also
serves as the Dean of the Business School at SNHU. He
spoke about the refugee situation in New Hampshire.
About 70,000 refugees settle in the United States each
year. Many have spent their entire lives in camps in
different parts of Europe. Most that arrive here are
dedicated to the education of their children.
Hooksett Adult Volunteer of the Year: Mike
Horne. It is not the number of committees alone
Member of the Month: Judy Barrett
President Dave recognized Judy Barrett as member of
the month for January. Judy is chairing our first-ever
Membership
Development
Committee.
Judy
and President Dave
are leading the effort
to establish a K Kids
Club (level below
Builders Club) at
Hooksett Memorial
School. She is also
an active member of the Fundraising Committee,
liaison with the Hooksett Chamber and an assistant
advisor to the Builders Club at Cawley.
with which an individual becomes involved, but
the manner in which someone volunteers his or
her time. Some
create a flash and
want everyone to
be aware of their
level
of
involvement.
Others, like Mike
Horne
simply
quietly go about
making an impact on others. His military
background comes through with his ability to
lead with a quiet “follow me” style that draws
others in to help. In addition to his full time
duties as Director of the NH Veterans Cemetery
in Boscawen, Mike excelled in four areas as a
volunteer. He served as chair of the supervisors
of the checklist, Chair of the Hooksett Cemetery
Commission, member of the Parks and
Recreation Advisory Board and chair of the
Trails Committee.
Meal Costs for Guests
Questions often arise about meal costs for guests at our
Kiwanis meetings. Generally, a member who invites a
guest to a club meeting is expected to take care of the
guest’s meal. A guest who is seriously considering
becoming a Hooksett Kiwanis member, however,
receives one complimentary meal paid from the club’s
administrative account. This is done with the hope that
the prospect will join Kiwanis and pay dues. The
speaker’s meal is also paid from the administrative
account. All funding for the administrative account
comes from dues paid by members. We cannot use any
of our fundraising dollars for internal club expenses,
including meals for guests at club meetings.
Tickets to the Gala event are available for $50 per
person (or $320 for a table of 8) with $20 per ticket
representing a tax-deductible contribution to the
Hooksett Kiwanis Foundation. This is a classy event
with choices of Baked Stuffed Haddock or Chicken
Marsala. For tickets, please contact David Dickson
by
calling
627-9773
(email:
dfdickson@comcast.net) or Deborah Charest 4853565 (email: littledebc@comcast.net)
Meals for Key Club and Builders Club members who
attend our meetings are paid from our Charitable
Foundation account. This is part of our obligation of
sponsorship to provide leadership education to these
3
young people. These guests learn how to run a meeting,
speak in front of an adult group, and hear an interesting
speaker.
Central Key Club Report by Chandler Tucker
I hope everyone has survived the latest snowstorm of
this winter. Who knew we
needed another foot? This past
February has been quite
productive
for
Manchester
Central High School Clubbers.
As new and old board members
wrap up their fundraising for
DCON, plans finalizing the SkiA-Thon have been made! On
February 7, the 2013-2014 board
was elected! The new board is as follows: Brendan
O’Neil – President, Hind Chiboub – Vice President of
School Service, Ja’Kiea Williams – Vice President of
Community Service, Alex Kivikoski – Secretary, Kyle
Adams – Treasurer, Bri Furtado – Editor, Grace Martel
– Senior Class Director, Dario Vitagliano – Junior Class
Director, and Cloe Dickson – Sophomore Class
Director. Best of luck to them all!
Member Birthdays in March
Only five members celebrate birthdays in March:
Nicholas Hunt-Bull 5th, Tara
Lindh 17th, Mike Horne 18th,
Dennis Sweeney 19th, and
Richelle Pinard 28th. Happy
birthday to all!
Cawley Builders Club by Kathy Dickson
The month started out with Builders Club members
volunteering at the blood drive on January 3rd at Cawley
Middle School. The Salvation Army reported to the
Builders Club that the total donations for the day(s) the
members rang bells at K-Mart was $772.87.
Due to school closing because of weather, there was
only one general meeting this month. The board met to
discuss possible service opportunities as well as the
start up of volunteering at Underhill School. This
service would involve members traveling via school bus
to Underhill twice a week to help teachers there with
tutoring and other tasks. The club also discussed was
possibly volunteering at the New Horizons Food
Kitchen in Manchester and fundraising ideas.
One of the board members is working on setting up a
Cawley Builders Club blog on the school’s website,
where members would be able to view club
announcements and see reminders to those who signedup for upcoming events.
Hillside Builders Club by Fred Bishop
The Builders Club hosted a tube-a-thon at McIntyre Ski
area on February
15, with about 20
students
participating. The
kids had a lot of
fun, and the
weather
was
beautiful.
Proceeds
will
benefit Make-awish. Upcoming
events include a dance and movie night on March 29
with another school organization “The Green Machine”.
Proceeds will help fund the end of the year field day.
The club is also planning its elections for 2013-2014
officers and directors.
Also, this year’s Ski-A-Thon will be held on Saturday,
March 16 from 1pm-9pm at Crotched Mountain. This
event benefits the Crotched Mountain Accessible
Recreation and Sports Program (CMARS) which assists
those with disabilities in the skiing and riding
experiences. Last year we raised over $1,500 for this
program
making
the event a huge
success! This is by
far the most well
known and loved
event all year, and
we greatly thank
the
Kiwanis
members who are
chaperoning
to
make this event
possible! Enjoy the
snow and I’ll talk
to you soon! Editor’s note: photo taken at Key Club
meeting. Vera Lee Hooksett’s, Youth Volunteer of the Year,
is second from the right.
Update from Key Club Lt. Governor
Following is a few excerpts from Key Club Lt.
Governor Delaney Roche’s “Roche’s Review
newsletter to her division. On January 19, 2013 she held
an Officers Council Meeting and a Lieutenant Governor
caucus at Panera Bread in Bedford, NH. At this meeting
they spoke about New England and Bermuda District
Convention, including information about the contests,
and a divisional project. At this caucus they also elected
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Cole Jackson as the new Division 9/10 LTG for the
2013-2014 year. Cole attends Manchester Memorial
High School as a freshman. Previously he attended
Hillside Middle School and was a charter member of
the Builders Club sponsored by Hooksett Kiwanis.
This past fall he was one of the students sponsored by
Hooksett Kiwanis to the Key Leader weekend in
Ossipee, where he obtained many new leadership
qualities.
were several volunteers helping to sort and hang clothes
as well that night. Donations have been very good, and
we have kept up with sorting. We are going into a
month of vacations, but with the extra volunteers that
have joined in the past months, we should be OK. We
will monitor, and if needed, will seek club members to
help out.
Twelve Hooksett Boy Scouts and two moms came to
the Kids Kloset for a yearly project on January 29.
They helped organize and sort hangers, as well as
transfer to new plastic bins, and hung up summer
clothes. They will schedule helping in the future around
April as we changeover the winter to summer stock.
Their help was greatly appreciated and they did a great
job.
Delaney also writes about the upcoming District
Educational Conference (aka DCON).
“DCON is
following
an
underwater
theme this
year with its
slogan
being: “Just
keep
swimming
into service!
On the first
night of DCON there will be a dance that will be
underwater theme, so make sure you bring some
underwater themed clothes! Throughout DCON there
will be some exciting raffles, donation games, and
much more, so I suggest that you budget some money
in order to donate to many worthy causes! Most
importantly, there are all different kinds of workshops
that will be held at DCON. These workshops range all
the way from how to be better at the specific position
that you hold to the district projects. These workshops
are fun, interesting, and very informative. I will be
holding two: One about ELIMINATE and one for
incoming LTGs.”
We have been asked to have the Kids Kloset open
from 9 am to 1 pm on March 16 as part of a Vision,
Hearing, and Dental Screening Clinic. We are pleased
to be part of this project started by the Hooksett Lions
Club. The next open house will be March 4th.
Hooksett Community Food Pantry (HCFP) update
by Barbara Brennan. In January Contributions
were received from Granite United Way, HPHC,
Lesmerises family, GE Aviation, Planet Aid, for a
total of $833.
We had 70 client households use the HCFP made up
of 166 individuals receiving food, with 42 being
children. We distributed 7,280 items including dry
goods, frozen meat, bakery & snacks, an average of
104 (usually around 70) items per family. We hosted
262 monthly client appointments (that's 30 over our
prior highest), with just 3 no shows!
A total of 32 volunteers contributed 265 hours of
support for regular client activity, administrative
tasks, food shop and pickup, year-end tally and
charting, and operating committee meetings. We
received 4,454 items of donation from our Hooksett
community. Large contributors included Shaw's &
Shaw's Spirit of Giving, Market Basket, Hannaford,
Walmart, and Freihoffer. We used 2 Salvation Army
vouchers at Walmart for food purchases. The next
HCFP committee meeting is Wednesday, March 13th
2013 at 6:00 PM at the HCFP.
Kid’s Kloset Update by Joan McDonald The
monthly open house night was February 4. There were
13
families
representi
ng
38
children
and about
350
pieces of
clothes
were
taken.
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Thank you letter received
A letter has been received from Joy Buzzell, Hooksett
Family services Director thanking Hooksett Kiwanis
members for supporting the 2012 Adopt a Family
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Program, which Enabled Family Services to reach out
to the Hooksett Community. Our sponsorship of the
BJs Giving Tree resulted in assisting 226 children.
Joy also thanks Barb Brennan for her time and effort
in coordinating this project.
Associates, 1193 Hooksett Road. Since Hooksett
Kiwanis is a Chamber member up to two members
may attend the event at no cost. Additional Kiwanians
will need to pay $5.00.
Board Meeting Highlights
On February 25, the Hooksett Kiwanis Club and
Foundation boards held their monthly meetings.
Several agenda items discussed are featured in
various articles in this newsletter. A complete copy of
the minutes will be found on our club website.
Interclub Contest by Katie Orlando
Kiwanis Club of Hooksett
 The Treasurer’s report was approved. As of
January 31, 2013 there was $9,636.24 in the
Administrative account.
 From Membership Committee chair, the board
learned that the Heritage Family Credit Union will
join Kiwanis. They will also be contributing to
three upcoming Kiwanis events.
 Learned that HYAA will post a link to our website
on theirs.
 The Builders Club will send home letters to parents
about Kiwanis.
An Interclub occurs when 4 or more members of a
Kiwanis Club attend a meeting of another Kiwanis
Club, Key club or Builders Club. Hooksett Kiwanis
participated in several Interclubs in late January and
early February,
including
Central
Key
Club, Concord,
Haverhill, MA,
Manchester,
Palm
Beach
Aruba,
and
Young
Professionals
Aruba. Listed below is a listing of planned Interclubs
for February and early March. Please email Katie
Hooksett Kiwanis Foundation
 The Treasurer’s report was approved. As of
January 31, 2013 there was $14,017.40 in the
Foundation account and $21,892.00 in the Food
Pantry account.
 Learned that we earned $3,645 from the series of
February Gaming Events run by the Granite State
Poker Alliance.
 Approved a donation of $500 to the Kiwanis
Foundation of New England.
 Approve the 2013 Golf tournament to be held at
Canterbury Woods on July 12, and to pay required
$ 1,000 deposit.
 The Board approved spending up to $ 100 for
supplies and snacks for the joint Lion / Kiwanis
event on March 16 at Hooksett Town Hall.
Orlando at katierorlando@yahoo.com to let her
know what Interclubs you would like to attend.
You can also sign up at our upcoming Club
meetings!
 Monday, March 4th: 7PM: Hudson Kiwanis, Hudson
Kiwanis Hall 14 Melendy Rd
 Wednesday, March 6th: 12PM: Peterborough
Kiwanis, Monadnock Country Club, 49 High St
 Monday, March 11th: 6:15PM: Laconia
Kiwanis, Pheasant Ridge Country Club, 140
Country Club Road, Gilford
 Thursday, March 14th: 2:45PM-3:15PM: Central
Key Club, Café, 207 Lowell St.
The next board meeting will be held from 5:30PM –
7:00PM on March 25 at the Elliott Medical Center
on Chambers Rd. in Hooksett.
“Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers
dedicated to changing the world, one child and one
community at a time”.
Hooksett Chamber of Commerce
On Wednesday March 13, the Chamber
will host a Business after hours
networking event from 5:30pm 7:30pm at RE/MAX Elite with MJM
Editor: Fred Bishop, fredwbishop@comcast.net
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