{"id":16964,"date":"2010-07-22T20:59:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T00:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=16964"},"modified":"2010-07-22T20:59:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T00:59:29","slug":"kiwanis-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/kiwanis-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis AKtion Club Members hold picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10july\/aktionth.jpg' alt='image.jpg' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-left' \/>for Military Families<!--more--><br \/>\nKiwanis AKtion Club members recently hosted a patriotic picnic in honor of Military Moms, family members, veterans and other loved ones of those serving in the Armed Forces. At this special event in Motz County Park, honored guests enjoyed all the trappings of a typical summer picnic.<br \/>\nCarrie Curtis, support technician with Transitions of St. Johns, assisted AKtion Club members in coordinating the gathering. She summed up the spirit behind the occasion. \u201cAKtion Club members are very supportive of military men and women from our area who are serving in the Armed Forces,\u201d said Curtis. \u201cThey really wanted to do something special to recognize the sacrifices made by them and their families. This picnic was entirely their idea and they have worked hard to see it come together.\u201d<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10july\/aktion1.jpg' alt='image.jpg' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-center' \/><br \/>\n<em>Nan Simons, left, and Carrie Curtis work closely with the Kiwanis AKtion Club, assisting the group in planning various community events.<\/em><br \/>\nAKtion Club members worked to assemble all the items needs for a successful event \u2013 from planning the menu to ordering the food and finally sending the invitations. While AKtion Club members acted as hosts and hostesses, several St. Johns Kiwanis supported the event by grilling hot dogs and hamburgers and overseeing the serving line.<br \/>\nKiwanian Nan Simons, liaison to the AKtion Club, and Curtis worked with members to ensure guests had everything they needed to enjoy the picnic atmosphere. \u201cThis picnic is just one more example of the close bond AKtion Club members feel with our community. This group always inspires me to work harder at finding new community partnerships where their enthusiasm will be welcomed and appreciated.\u201d<br \/>\nIn all, the evening event was enjoyed by the nearly 40 attendees. Representing military ties at the picnic were Jeff and Debbie Gould and family whose son is an Army veteran. Army veteran is David Thomas attended with wife, Trish Morton Thomas. Bert and Sue Katzman have two sons serving in the Marines. Mary Dieterly and her son, Edward, 3, remembered her husband who currently serves in the Army. Lesa Stoddard and family enjoyed the time by honoring her Marine veteran son. Debbie Pytlowany also remembered her Marine veteran son. Judy Rademacher and family honored her Army son.<br \/>\nAKtion Club members already are discussing a new community project. \u201cThere\u2019s no stopping our members,\u201d said Curtis. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for ways to be more involved with our community.\u201d<br \/>\nThe St. Johns Kiwanis AKtion Club members are young and mature adults with disabilities. The Club is supported by St. Johns Kiwanis 707 in cooperation with Transitions in downtown St. Johns, a Community Mental Health affiliate.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10july\/aktion2.jpg' alt='image.jpg' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-center' \/><br \/>\n<em>Sharing some picnic fare are, from left, Mary Diederly and her son, Edward, 3, Kiwanian Jeanette Huard; and Bert and Sue Katzman. Diederly\u2019s husband is stationed in Arizona. The Katzmans have two sons in the Marines, one in Afghanistan and another in California.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>for Military Families<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}