President's Welcome

Mack Secord

Serve…Learn…Connect

 

That’s our theme for the Kiwanis Year 2011-2012. And in order to carry out that theme, I have recommended three goals that I’d like for our club to focus on during the next twelve months.

 

The first goal is to continue our record of outstanding programs and to seek speakers of national stature as well as those of state and city importance. It has long been my firm belief that the key to a successful club is programs which inform, educate and entertain members. Under the leadership of  Gene Pearce, our program committee has already begin to focus on speakers who meet those criteria.

 

Next…Improve our service to the children of our community and the world. We already have a multitude of programs locally that each member can take a great deal of pride in, but there’s always room for improvement. And we have a great new opportunity beginning this year to have a worldwide impact on children and their mothers. I’m talking about Project ELIMINATE, which hopes to save thousands of children in developing nations from maternal neonatal tetanus. We can do this by funding a series of three injections at a cost of $1.65 for each mother of a newborn.

 

And finally, let’s make an all-out effort to connect with more Metro Atlantans by inviting them to join Georgia’s first (and best) Kiwanis Club. Bring a guest, let them have the Kiwanis experience, and like a great sales person, ask for the order. But make certain you explain that joining is a contract to volunteer and to serve our community.

 

If we do all these things, the next twelve months will continue and build on our long tradition of excellence.

Regards, 

Mack Secord, President
The Kiwanis Club of Atlanta