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Upcoming Events

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Sunday, November 2nd at 7:30PM
Topic: TBA

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Governor’s Monthly Address

Greetings!

It’s November, the second month of our Kiwanis year!  We look forward to:

Governor’s Conversations:  open to all members of our Kiwanian family in the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District!  Join us at 7:30 pm on Sunday, Nov 2nd as we enjoy the opportunities to meet our Membership Dream Team and Connie Barreras, Awards and Recognition Chair and  K-Kids Chair.  Zoom in to find out more about these teams and how you can support and enhance their efforts.

Ken Whitmore and I will begin our journey on Wednesday, Nov 5th with a Mega Event in Champaign / Urbana. We look forward to meeting Division 21 members as we learn about our goals and the plans for celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation. Lieutenant Governors are encouraged, as possible, to invite your Key Club and Circle K Officers.

Other stops include:

Nov 6th: Anna
Div 36 Council Mtg
Lt Gov Randy Kinder

Nov 7th: Collinsville
Div 31 Council Meeting
Lt Gov Julie Clark

Nov 8th: Quincy
Div 29 Council Meeting
Lt Gov Keith Harrison
Gov Elect Tracy Armstrong will preside.

Nov 9th: Peoria
Div 20
Lt Gov Herb Kasube

FIRST CLUB BUILD: Lisle Week of Nov 16th
It’s been a busy period of time getting ready to build. Jay Howard has trained a group of people to call and set appointments. Although we have about ten people that began calling on Oct 27th, we invite you to participate. Contact Tom Willis. We even have a training video for your use. Our contact list contains about 1800+ possibilities!

Several Lt Govs are participating in different ways. Join us! It takes a Team!

Thank you to all the Kiwanians that enriched my Kiwanian experiences during the month of October! You educated me as we travelled the Kiwanis Road of Education.

Allen and I met and interacted with many Kiwanians as we learned about your divisions, clubs and YOU! We’re shooting for the stars as you strive to serve your communities AND CHILDREN.

You’ve recognized clubs and individuals for their efforts in designing and implementing quality programs to benefit our children. We met people who are working to establish working relationships with their Service Leadership Clubs. We recognize those clubs that include Aktion Clubs as part of their Division and Club Recognition efforts.

I am excited when I listen to your ideas for the future. Looking ahead and thinking outside the box are crucial to our Illinois-Eastern Iowa’s success and we move ahead!

Move forward! Don’t lose that excitement! I look forward to a most memorable NOVEMBER!

Yours in Kiwanis Service,
Mary Zeronas, Governor, 2025-2026
Illinois – Eastern Iowa District

About Kiwanis

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time. Kiwanians are volunteers changing the world through service to children and communities. Kiwanis members help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged, and care for the sick. They develop youth as leaders, build playgrounds, raise funds for pediatric research, and much more. No problem is too big or too small. Why? Because working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. When you give a child a chance to learn, experience, dream, and succeed, great things happen!

The I-I District consists of all K-Family clubs located in the State of Illinois as well as those in the following counties of Iowa: Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Jackson, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Louisa, Henry, Des Moines & Lee.

The members of the I-I District are very proud of our midwestern heritage and our long standing Kiwanis service in our communities. Having chartered on September 27, 1920, the I-I District K-Family has provided service to children for over 100 years!

The term “Kiwanis” comes from a native term closely resembling, “we build.” Our district volunteers with communities in Illinois and Eastern Iowa. We acknowledge our service occurs on the ancestral lands of the Osage, Myaamia, Sauk & Fox, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo and Peoria peoples. As we give back with our hands and hearts, let us honor the original stewards of these ancestral grounds, the living land that we collectively gather upon, and acknowledge the strength of all indigenous peoples.

Birth of Kiwanis