The Kiwanis Club of Madison TN
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Kiwanis Club of Madison TN To Participate In Madison Clean-Up Day
Our club will be a part of the Madison Clean-Up Day crew on Saturday, March 20th! This is a service project dedicated to Kiwanis One Day when all Kiwanis clubs and volunteers commit hours of service to make a different in our community and the world.
We will be responsible for the block from Neely's Bend and Gallatin Road down to Madison Boulevard and Idlewild Drive.
Dutch TV Covers February Kiwanis Club Of Madison TN Pancake Breakfast
It was billed as a fundraiser for scholarships to be
awarded to worthy graduating seniors in the spring.
But, somehow, correspondents from a Dutch current
affairs program got wind of the Kiwanis Club of Madison
TN 2010 Pancake Breakfast, and they traveled to Madison
on Saturday, February 6, to film it for a future feature
segment on Dutch NOVA TV!
Willem Lust, a world renowned correspondent, who, along
with his lovely wife, Merel-Miedema, cameraperson/sound
engineer/
technical editor, not only narrated and taped
the event, but they also ate a healthy number of
pancakes while mingling with the crowd. As for their
appearance at the breakfast, Lust explained, “We are in
town to cover the speech to be delivered at the Gaylord
Opryland Hotel by Sarah Palin for the Tea Party
Convention, and we read about your pancake breakfast in
a local newspaper. Since pancakes are some of the
favorite foods in the Netherlands, we wanted to see how
Americans take to them.”
It seems that Lust is the perfect reporter to produce
this segment, given his colorful history PLUS a
connection with America. Lust began his career in 1979
at a Dutch financial newspaper where he wrote mainly
about the stock exchange and other economic happenings.
In 1983, he moved to the NOS Journal, the leading Dutch
TV-news program, to work as a reporter. In1989, Lust
left public television to join with RTL Nieuws, a
commercial TV station, and it was here that he became
known as a war reporter. In 1999, Lust began reporting
for NOVA, and he was sent to the U.S. to cover the
American Elections of 2000 and 2004. Lust married
Merel-Miedema, once an architect apprentice with
renowned architect Herman Hertzberger in 2006. In
January 2007, Lust and his wife took up residence in New
York, and he continued working as a correspondent for
NOVA, with Merel-Miedema manning the camera by his
side. 
In 2008, Lust published the book “Her Amerika van
President Obama” about the presidential campaign of
2007/2008. As to why the media coverage and authorship
of books about America’s top ‘stars’ Palin and Obama is
important, Lust explained, “There is a great deal of
interest in Europe about U. S. politics.”
Politics aside,
in planning the 2010 Pancake
Breakfast which brought in hundreds of people on a snowy
Saturday morning, the Kiwanis Club of Madison TN never
figured on scoring a hot spot on NOVA TV, even though
the club is a member of an international association
(Kiwanis Intl.) However, it just goes to show you the
power of marketing and promotions, and the dedication of
a local civic organization to a great cause.
Check out our candid pix from the February 6th
fundraiser
to benefit scholarships for area graduating seniors.
Photos are courtesy of Mel Cooper.
About
us ...
Find out
what this group of service- and civic-minded men and
women...committed to serving children and young adults in
the Madison-Rivergate area of Northern Davidson county
(near Nashville, TN)...is all about!
Meetings ...
YOU ARE INVITED...to the luncheon meetings for Kiwanis Club of Madison held
each Wednesday, 11:45AM, at the Skyline Medical Center,
located at 3441 Dickerson Pike in Nashville, TN.
SPEAKER'S
CORNER...
March 10
Megan Davis
Girl Scouts of AmericaMarch 17
Rodney Smith
Assistant Director of Giving, Alumni Affairs
Belmont UniversityMarch 24
Danny Sutherland
Boy Scouts of AmericaMarch 31
Lori Corley
Director of FiftyForward (Madison Station)
& events ...
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News Media
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media is saying about the Kiwanis Club of Madison?
We talk about ourselves, too, through our monthly newsletters.
And we'd love for you to check out the pix from past
meetings and special events.
Join us ...
The Kiwanis Club of Madison TN is looking for a few good
men...and women...to join us in working together to
build a strong future for our community through the
youth of today.
Visit our JOIN US page to find out exactly how you can become part of this strong service organization. We need...and WANT YOU!
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