Big Week for Kiwanis

This week Kiwanis' Amy Zimmeran, 2008-2009 Lt. Governor of the 6th Division of Ohio, asked fellow Cincinnati Club members to attend Interclubs (#2) this week. I was able to make it out to three!

From the 6/30 – Clifton Kiwanis at Lenhardt’s (Clifton)– 11:45 meeting:

Geneva, Here I come!!!! July 7-11, 2001

From the 7/1 – Riverfront Kiwanis at Chez Nora (Covington) – 12 noon meeting:

Stewart won the 50/50 pot... again!

From the 7/2 – Harrison Kiwanis at Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, New Haven Road, Harrison, OH – 12 noon meeting:

Harrison club to have an Interclub at the RMcDH on July 27th with us!

Thanks for reading,

Alex

Bring Your XO to School or Work Day

Today, Nov 17^th 2008, was dimed “Bring Your XO to School or Work Day” by the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and I did just that.

The Downtown Cincinnati Kiwanis club had its regularly scheduled lunch/invited guest speaker meeting at the Banker’s Club today. Our guest speakers were fellow Kiwanian Bill Burwinkel and Kathy from the Adopt A Class program, focusing on local businesses and community groups to adopt a classroom of children to be their mentors and supporters as positive role models and to help these children develop practical and social skills.

Before our speakers began I was able to bring my XO (purchased last year during their buy one for a child, buy one for you campaign) for show and tell to Kiwanis group. The XO initially billed to be the $100 laptop is a small, light weight, nearly indestructible laptop running a Linux based operating system that works great in classroom setting for educating, sharing ideas, and exploring the internet in third world counties. While the XO isn’t a robust computer designed to be an everyday computer for most Americans, I think it has a great role as a tool for educating those in classrooms which lack resources such as books and paper. Watch the video from Amazon.com to learn more about the One Laptop Per Child philosophy.

I LOVE my XO,

Thanks for reading,

Alex