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| February 2nd, 2012 |
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Above Mark Wetherbee Jr. was recognized by the Ewing Kiwanis Club for his volunteer support over the years. Mark has been there for many years of unloading fruit for the annual fruit sale fundraiser, construction the buildings for safety town and many other products. Mark has supported the club since a freshman in Ewing High School Key Club and still to this day as a graduate student form Rider University. Pictured above with Mark is Joe Schmeltz - President Elect who presented the Kiwanis Star to Mark in recognition of his years of volunteer service.
| January 28th, 2012 |
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The Kiwanis Club of Ewing presents a donation of food and a check to the Crisis Ministry of Trenton in support of their recovery from a fire that destroyed their internal food pantry in Trenton. Supporting the Ewing Kiwanis was the Key Club of Ewing High School and the Circle K Club of The College of New Jersey. Pictured above on the left is Sarah Unger from the Crisis Ministry receiving the check and the food donation from Sal Puca, President of the Ewing Kiwanis Club. Left to right after Mr. Puca is Donald Cox, Linda Reasoner, Dolores Sebasto, Kirsten Braley, Carl Reasoner and Mark Wetherbee. Linda Reasoner, Dolores Sebasto, Barbara Gusz and Kevin Burdwood are the Kiwanis Members who teamed up to make all the collections for the donation. Also in the two additional photos is Dolores Sebasto, Mr. Burley - Ewing High School Key Club Advisor, Barbara Gusz, and Linda Reasoner. The second photo is Dolores Sebasto with two members of The College of New Jersey Circle K presenting their donations.
| January 5th, 2012 |
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The Kiwanis Club of Ewing Township recently honored member Jack Ball with the Legion of Honor Award for his 35 years of continuous servis to the Kiwanis and his community. Pictured above is Jack Ball and Kiwanis President, Sal Puca.
| September 6th, 2011 |
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The Kiwanis Club of Ewing Township recently celebrated their annual installation of officers. Pictured above are the newly installed officers for the administrative year 2011 - 2012. They are from left to right, Gerald Spencer - Board of Directors, Carl Reasoner - Treasurer, Joseph Schmeltz - President Elect, Salvatore Puca - President, Kirsten Braley - Immediate Past President, Dolores Sebasto - Secretary, Bruce White - Board of Directors, Rett Campbell - First Vice President, and Jack Ball - Board of Directors.
| April 30, 2011 |
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On Saturday, April 30, POAC (Parents of Autistic Children) sponsored the Mercer Walk for a Difference in Ewing at the Ewing High School. POAC is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit formed in 1999 to help families of children with Autism. The organization if totally self supporting through their fundraising activities such as Saturday's walk in Ewing and uses no state or federal funding. POAC provides about 224 training classes a year free of charge to families of autistic children with training on how to keep autistic kids safe in the community. Also, they have provided training to over 12,000 police and firemen in how to recognize autistic children. POAC was officially credited by the police for saving the lives of 3 children due to this type of training. Gary Weitzen, Executive Director of POAC said that over 750 people participated in this Saturday's walk, where 600 were registered walkers who attended to support the walk and 150 were volunteers from supporting organizations. The Ewing Kiwanis volunteered to cook lunch and served up fresh cooked hamburgers, hotdogs and beverages and donated the proceeds of those sales to POAC. Student groups from Ewing High School included the Basketball team and the Key Club and students from Rider University also volunteered to support the event. Other organizations supporting the event include Focus Autism, Hinkle, Fingles & Prior Attorneys at Law, David Lerner Associates, Inc., Hopewell Valley Community Bank, Ewing Public Education Foundation, Parents Educating Parents, Stouts Transportation, Princeton Mortgage Corporation and the Ewing Township Education Association were contributors to this year's event. Gary Weitzen expects that this year's donations will be about $20,000 which is $8,000 better than last year's walk. Contributions can still be made by visiting their website, http://www.poac.net. Visit the website for more information about this organization. In New Jersey, 1 in 94 children have autism.
| | April 2, 2011 |
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Ewing Kiwanis members join with the Ewing High School Key Club in a "One Day" Community Service day at Ewing Township Veteran's Park. The community service was to clear cut brush and debris at an area on the to of the hill in the back section of the park in an effort to build a "Quite Area". This area will have benches in the future for residents to sit and read and just relax. The Veterans Park was developed in 1992 by the Ewing Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis Brush Removal team picture above are from left to right, are Mike Tucker, William Burdwood, Kirsten Braley - club president, Kevin Burdwood, Nicole Fowler - Ewing Key Club, Linda Reasoner, Tess Mulligan - Ewing Key Club, Joe Schmeltz, Lillie Capone - Ewing Key Club, Karl Reasoner, Bruce White, Sam Williams - Ewing Key Club, Van Cotter, Mark Wetherbee Jr., Rett Campbell.
| February 12, 2011 |
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Ewing Kiwanis Member Mr. Joe Schmeltz, presents Ms. Lisa Albright, Parkway Elementary School PTA president with a check for $400 on behalf of the Ewing Kiwanis in support of the PTA's Annual Book Fair Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser.
| | May 24th, 2007 |
 
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Ewing Kiwanis join other service organizations from Central New Jersey to visit the Library of Congress in Washington DC and meet with our elected officials and policy makers in an effort to better support our communities at the invitation of Representative Rush Holt, 12th Congressional District. In the first photo are the members of Ewing Kiwanis and Ewing Lions. Pictured left to right are Dolores Sebasto - Ewing Kiwanis, Joanne Wetherbee, Mark Wetherbee - Ewing Kiwanis, Representative Rush Holt, Carolyn Giovannini - Ewing Kiwanis President, Samuel Hood - Ewing Kiwanis, Michael Tucker - Ewing Kiwanis, Christine and Lew Ischinger - Ewing Lions. The second photo includes members from other central New Jersey service organizations.
The group was addressed by Rep. John Larson - CT-1st district, Rep. Jim Ramstad - MN-3rd district, Brad Fitch, co-founder and CEO of Knowlegis, Rep. Gene Taylor - MS-4th district, Karen McAfee - Tax Counsel, Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Wayne Gilchrest MD-1st district, and Sen. Harris Wofford, Former CEO Corporation for National Service: America's Promise Alliance.
| | January, 2007 |
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As part of the Ewing Kiwanis commitment to the safety of the children in our community, the club recently distributed over 400 copies of the Kiwanis International Home Safety Checklist to six preschool centers in Ewing Township. The printing was donated by Ron Sodomin from Nexgen Press in Ewing who is also a long time member of the Ewing Kiwanis. As part of our effort to provide the community with copies of this very valuable booklet, we have posted it here on our website. For a copy of the version formatted for printing to a booklet for use by your organization click here The Kiwanis Website
| | May 6 2005 |
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As part of the dedication ceremony, the Ewing Kiwanis and Ewing Lions were recognized for their contribution to the park. Pictured here are Mark Wetherbee, president Ewing Kiwanis and David Lecter, president Ewing Lions. Each clubs emblem has been engraved on the dedication monument.
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