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Local Angel Flight Volunteer Shares Store Of Haiti Relief With Kiwanis Club

"The most critical need is for tents, tarps, rice, beans
and tools such as hammers and chisels." So says
Phillip North, volunteer pilot with the Angel Flight
programs, when he recently took time out of also serving
as a partner/attorney with the North, Pursell, Ramos &
Jameson, PLC, firm to share his story of relief service
to Haiti.
Angel Flights is a group that provides non-emergency airplane flights free of charge to and from treatment facilities for patients. North's humanitarian flight was to provide help to those devastated by the January 12, 2010, earthquake that rocked Haiti. North explained, "We took off from south Florida and flew through the Bermuda Triangle to carry not only badly needed medical supplies, but also five doctors, to Port Au Prince. From there, they were to be transported to makeshift hospitals, where they would provide the most care."
The flight was not without problems. Said North, "I was actually found to be carrying too much weight. That meant that we had to take three hours to land the plane, so that we could drain approximately 45 gallons of gas in order to get back in the air and stay there without risk." Landing was difficult because of the language barrier, and while North was waiting to return to the skies, he watched a constant stream of helicopters delivering medical supplies, water and food to languishing Haitians.
While the experience is one that he will never forget, from beginning to end, North's flight home from Haiti to the U.S. was one that holds special meeting for him. "I brought back orphans, some who have been waiting five years, to be adopted by wonderfully caring families."
North has been a member of Angel Flights stable of pilots for some years. Of his usual 'cargo,' he says, "About half of the patients we serve are children. Often, our patients do not have local treatment options, the illness has become a huge financial strain, or maybe he or she lives in a remote location." Angel Flight also provides natural relief efforts. Its volunteer pilots flew over 450 flights to help the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, and most recently, Haiti.
So, why does North spend so many hours volunteering with the Angel Fight network of dedicated men and women? The answer is: "I simply love to fly! It's a great thing in life when you can both indulge your passion and help someone in need, at the same time."
SPEAKER'S
CORNER...

March 10
Megan Davis
Girl Scouts of America
March 17
Rodney Smith
Assistant Director of Giving, Alumni Affairs
Belmont University
March 24
Danny Sutherland
Our weekly meetings
put the focus on
the many issues that our community faces in its
efforts to build a solid foundation for our young
people.
The sessions feature a backdrop of of fun, learning and
fellowship, as our officers lead Kiwanis members in
capping off old business and planning upcoming service
projects.
Guest speakers who have invested in, or work with
organizations who support, children in our community,
are invited to coordinate presentations for our members
to learn more about the resources available for us to
give as much as we can to the leaders of tomorrow.
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.”
And there appears to be some interest in the subject of
pancakes, as well. Americans have their flapjacks, the
Dutch their pannenkoeken, and Hungarians their
palascintas. It almost seems as if a culture is not a
culture without its very own pancake.
Certainly, the pancake has quite a ‘delicious’ history.
It is a direct descendant of the very early Neolithic
flatbreads baked on hot stones. Apicius, the ancient
Roman cookbook, includes a recipe served with pepper and
honey. A 1430 English culinary manuscript mentions
pancakes, and the oldest Dutch cookbook printed in 1514
includes several recipes. As for America, the English
and Dutch settlers not only brought their various
pancakes to our shores, but also their undying devotion,
as well. In short order, Americans claimed them as
their own, flipping johnnycakes for the hearty
breakfasts needed to build a nation.
Today, the Netherlands most readily boasts two types of
pancakes: the thin, wide pannenkoeken and the small,
fluffy pofferties. Pannenkoeken are a bit thicker than
crepes, frequently ‘stuffed’ with apple slices or bacon
, but almost any fruit or cheese can be used.
Poffertjes are eaten more frequently as desserts since
they appear to be exclusively served with powdered
sugar, spices or chocolate sauce.
With all that said, 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.
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