Welcome to 2010! The Kiwanis Club of Tysons Corner is great because of the contributions that our members make. Every club member is a member of one of our committees that guide the activities of the club, from service to socials to service leadership programs. However, everyone is encouraged to contribute to any committee. If you have an idea for a service project, social event, or any other club activity, please let the appropriate committee chair (listed below) know!

Thanks,
Stacy Bruss
Club President, 2009-2010

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Safe Sitter Class - Dec 6th
Nothing special to note, just our standard Safe Sitter class at Pinecrest in December.

Wreaths Across America - Dec 12th
This is an annual event we volunteer with the Wreaths Across America organization. Dave, Beth L., Stacy, Corey G., Rory, Adam, Kristina, Mitra, Anh, Jim, Matt, Sebastian, Beth B., prospective member Eric, prospective member Lourdes, a member of the NVHS Key Club, and guests came out to help lay wreath(s) on the tombstones of fallend soldiers/veteran at the Arlington National Cemetry on this cold winter day. A lunch social followed at Whitlow's in Arlington.

Holiday Basket Project with Our Daily Bread - Dec 14th
As the club does every year, we adopted a family through Our Daily Bread for the holiday season. Various members of the club signed up to buy items for the holiday basket and Corey G. and Adam collected the items to delivery to our adopted family.

Holiday Gift Wrapping for Literary Council of Northern Virginia - Dec 24th
Stacy volunteered with LCNV to wrap gifts at the Borders in Tysons Corner and collected donations to help raise money for the organization.

Habitat for Humanity – Jan 23rd
Since our ASPAN project was cancelled, this project was scheduled instead. Stacy, Mitra, Kristina, Carly, and Sebastian helped our local Habitat for Humanity with construction on the Maple Ridge condos in Fairfax.

Club Social at National Christmas Tree - Dec 18th
Members of the club (Jim, Stacy, Adam, and Sebastian) got together to have dinner in DC and to see the National Christmas tree for some holiday fun.

Club Social at Jason’s Deli – Dec 22nd
Since we did not have a club meeting that night, some members (Adam, Corey G., Kristina, and Nicole) got together for a dinner social at Jason's Deli in Falls Church.

Club Social at On the Border in Tysons Corner – Jan 21st
A large group of us (Stacy, Jim, Sebastion, Scott, Anh, Libby, Adam, and Beth B.) gathered together for some chips & salsa, drinks, and fun times at the On The Border in Tysons.

REGISTER NOW - CKI 50th Anniversary DCON/Kiwanis Mid-Winter
Dates: February 26 - 28, 2010
Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City - 2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202
Registration Link: http://cdmw10.delportals.com/register.aspx
Conference Details: www.novakiwanis.org/midwinter

Not much to update on our SLPs as most of them were out for Winter Break for a good part of December/January.

Division 20 Key Club had their Winter Rally and LTG Elections on January 10th. There was actual competition for the position LTG, which demostrates how strong the leadership is in this division.

As always, please support our club through shopping at the links below!
• www.smartraise.com/tysonscornerkiwanis - Online shopping portal
• www.magfundraising.com/kctc - Magazine fundraiser
• www.shopwithscrip.com - Gift cards fundraiser

NEW Online Fundraiser
If you ever need to buy anything from Amazon, please click on the Amazon box on our website to access Amazon so the club will get a percentage of your purchase! The box can be found halfway down on the main page at www.tysonscornerkiwanis.org.

December & January Birthdays

- December 25: Matt Green
- January 11: Corey Goggin
- January 16: Dave Lurie

December Member of the Month
For the month of December, the board honored Corey Jerome as the Member of the Month. He attended our happy hour social at the Blue Iguana and has been great at helping out with our Safe Sitter Training Classes. Thank you for all your dedication to the club!

Feel like you don't really know the members of this club? Well, we're going to spotlight a random member for each issue to help you get to know one another!

Name: Carly Gagen-Cheeney
Age: 29
Where I live: Centreville, VA
What I Do: wetlands delineation, watershed management, environmental sampling, etc.
Years in Kiwanis Family: 3+
Fun Facts: I am fluent in Spanish, I'm a yoga addict, I have a serious sweet tooth, I can spend an entire day working on 1000-piece puzzles, I kick butt at Karaoke and rockband, and I still have "getting a group together for paintball" on my wish list.