Richmond Kiwanis
Conducts 2007 Roadblock for Kids
2007 Roadblock for Kids participants pose for a last
photo at the end of the roadblock. Included in this group were
Kiwanians, members of the Xi Beta Chapter of Delta Zeta and four
Japanese students studying English as a second language at Eastern
Kentucky University. Kiwanians held the Roadblock for Kids from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 8 during the annual
Great American Pottery Festival sponsored by the City of Richmond,
KY. The group this year collected slightly more than $2,000 during
the four hour roadblock. The club expresses its appreciation
to Madison County residents supporting this fund drive.
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here for information about the support activities of the Kiwanis
Club of Richmond.
Delta Zeta's successfully get donations from a large
number of drivers during the four hour roadblock.
Also helping in the 2007 Kiwanis Roadblock for Kids
were four students from Yamanashi University in Japan (an Eastern
Kentucky University sister school) studying English for one month
in the EKU EELI Program.
Those working the roadblock are seen here (in center of photo)
visiting with Dr. Kenneth Clawson, former Governor of the
Kentucky-Tennessee District
of Kiwanis International. The Japanese students working
the roadblock are (left to right) Hiroki Ito, Aiko Gomi, Dr.
Clawson, Arisa Omoto, and Shusuke Suzuki. There were
22 Kiwanis clubs, with a membership of 1,389, in the Japan
District of Kiwanis International in 2007. The first Japanese
Kiwanis Club was established in Tokyo in 1964. Japan has been
the host of three Asia-Pacific Conventions of Kiwanis International.
Asia-Pacific Conventions held in Japan were held as follows: 1980-81
in Tokyo, 1994-95 in Osaka, and 2003-04 in Nagoya. The Japan District
of Kiwanis International may be contacted at the following email
address: japandist@japankiwanis.or.jp
Aiko and Shusuke give drivers an opportunity to contribute
to the roadblock.
Larry gives the DZ's a smile as he contributes to the
roadblock.
Kiwanis Roadblock For Kids signs were strategicly placed
to quickly explain the nature of the roadblock. Adam Poff
(right photo) was the roadblock chairperson and will be the incoming
new Kiwanis Club of Richmond president in October, 2007.
The 2007 Delta Zeta morning crew posed for a photo
at the conclusion of their shift. They are (left to right) Katie
Forge (Philanthropy Chairperson), Jackie Chambers, Whitney
Blount, Jessica Burba, Megan Gandy, Laura Cook-Weil, Stephanie
Schriver, and Courtney Head
Eight DZ's worked each shift of the Kiwanis Roadblock
for Kids
The DZ's said they enjoyed seeing their friends as
they worked their roadblock shift.
Every contributor was given a reciept which explained
what Kiwanis did with their roadblock contribution.
Several lanes were worked at the EKU By-Pass and Lancaster
Road stoplight.
Runners brought cold bottled water to all of those
collecting at the roadblock.
The 2007 Delta Zeta afternoon crew posed for a photo
at the conclusion of their shift. They are (left to right) Samantha
Holden, Leslie Bumgarner, Lindsey Fennen. Ashley Frankel, Lindsey
Peyton, Heather Williams, Megan DeLong, and Ashley Gray.
Elizabeth Robinson (right photo) and Ben
McPherson (left photo) were just a few of the many Kiwanians
working the roadblock.
Bruce E. Nichols, Vice President of the National
City Bank and local Kiwanian, takes a break from collecting for
the roadblock as a caravan of motocyles passed the roadblock intersection.
Shusuke was amazed by the number of motocycles that
participated in the Great
American Pottery Festival Car Show & Motorcycle
Show.
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