Welcome to the Web Site of the Missouri-Arkansas District of Kiwanis International. Kiwanis has a plan for service in your community and we invite you to join us.
The MO-ARK History committee headed by Les Mace announced the new history book at the convention. See the flyer and more info on the history page: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/district-history/
Facebook Tools — MO-ARK Convention 2023
At the 2023 MO-ARK Convention, Bryce Kinder had a Powerpoint explaining how advertising on Facebook can be used to recruit membership and to advertise fundraisers, etc. The Powerpoint is now available.
On October 1st each year a few members of the Beatrice Johnson Kiwanis Youth Board complete their term of office. New Kiwanians are invited to serve for two to three years.
The time commitment is about 26-28 hours a YEAR! Some sweat equity might be involved. If you can’t donate labor, you could tell the BJKYK Story to other Kiwanis clubs across Missouri and Arkansas (or other civic, youth groups). The rewards are many; you might even get a s’mores hug from a happy scout!
Please consider making this a commitment for 2023 or even 2024. The Board has set up rolling years of service so that a few new faces are added at beginning of each Kiwanis Fiscal year.
For more information call Sam Taylor, President or Dolores Stamps, Secretary at 479-799-1687 or any other member of the current Board.
Facebook Advertising for New Members or Your Events
At MO-ARK Education Day, Sarah Moreland Byrne, of Kiwanis International, presented “Strategies for Using Social Media as Club Tools,” focusing on Facebook. Her presentation can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV33UGHc40k.
She suggested advertising on Facebook for events or new members. Ads can go to a defined group up. Design your group to reach 10k prospects near your zip code. You can apply numerous parameters to reach your target audience. Age 30+? Begin at morning coffeebreak, 9:30 am, when they may be looking for something to do later?
West Little Rock Kiwanis Charter — December 6, 2022
Attending members with Membership Chair Barb Thompson, Immediate Past Governor Carla Proetz O’Brien, and Governor Roy OckertPresentation of the club charter: West Little Rock: Club President, Club Secretary, Club Treasurer, IP Governor CarlaWest Little Rock Club Officers with Governor Roy OckertThank you speech by Arkansas Food Bank representative – canned goods and cash donations were collected at Charter night
Mo-Ark History Book 2023
The last Missouri-Arkansas Kiwanis District History Book was published in 1995, which means that we have a lot of “catching up” to do as we prepare for the 2023 edition.
We will have printed history books to sell during the District Convention next August. The Earl Collins Foundation will provide the books, with all proceeds to go to the ECF.
Listed below are the chapters and members showing the area of Mo-Ark history that they have agreed to research and write a chapter about:
Aktion Club, Dolores Stamps; BJK Youth Kamp, Jerry Martin; Builders Club, Bill Dooley; Circle K, Richard Hammond; Community Service, Les Mace, Conventions, Jennifer York; Earl Collins Foundation, Les Mace; Key Club, Jim Fritz; Key leader, John Goss; Kiwanigram, Mary Vaughn; Kiwanis Children’s Fund, Roger Jespersen; Kiwanis International, Paul Sherman; MoArk Mid-Year, Susan Lafond; MoArk Trivia, Les Mace; Past Governors, Carla O’Brien; Past Lieutenant Governors, Tom Wiles; Website, Paul Eckler.
The oldest edition of a Kiwanigram that I have on hand is for October 1926. It contains a lot of information along with other older editions in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
The timeline is to have any information, questions or suggestions forwarded to the writers of the chapters no later than December 31, 2022.
Mo-Ark History 2023, Community Service and Service Leadership
An added feature of the Mo-Ark History 2023 book is to feature a section highlighting individual club Community Service and Service Leadership. As we know, community service with an emphasis toward children is the bottom line of Kiwanis. Please include the name and location of your club and information about Community Service or Service Leadership and events. The committee will select the ten best Community Service and the ten best Service Leadership projects to include in the history book.
Mo-Ark History 2023, Articles
Photos from club projects are encouraged. Preference will be given to photos of Kiwanians participating in and interacting with children at service projects. Please include a brief description of each photo and the names of the Kiwanians featured in the photo. The photos should be submitted by email and have the suffix or ending of .jpg or .jpeg. Preferably with a dots per inch (DPI) of 600 or more.
All articles shall be submitted in Word format.
Chapters to be included in the Mo-Ark 2023 History Book shall be submitted to Les Mace by e-mail to [email protected] no later than January 31, 2023.
Les Mace., CHAIR
November 11, 2023
Secrets of the District
At the 2022 MO-ARK Convention in Springfield, MO-ARK Secretary Mary Vaughan gave a presentation on this topic. Download her slides as a pdf below.
Kiwanis International president Bert West (left) of Divide, Colo., installs Roy Ockert of the Kiwanis Club of Jonesboro as governor-designate of the Missouri-Arkansas District while Roy’s wife Pat waits to apply a governor’s pin. The installation took place Saturday night during the 72nd annual District Convention at Springfield, Mo. Ockert will officially become governor on Oct. 1. Photo by Ron Sitton(Borrowed from the Springfield South Kiwanis Misprint Newsletter)Mary Vaughan’s last convention as MO-ARK Secretary. My last convention is in the books! A great time was had by all! A great way to go out! Thanks Missouri Arkansas Kiwanis District! I have loved taking care of you all!!
Candidates for Governor Elect at the MO-ARK District Convention
Dr. Wil Blechman Fellowship
Kiwanis has announced a new fellowship for those who donate $2500 to Kiwanis Children’s Fund. Proceeds will go for service to young children rather than Eliminate.
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES, October 2, 2021, p 5
ENROLLMENT FEE
Upon recommendation of the Board Committee on Audit and Finance, it was moved and adopted:
That the Kiwanis International Board approves the following change to Procedure 342.2 –
Enrollment Fee:
342.2 –Enrollment Fee (4/13)
Prorated dues, magazine, and insurance are waived for: Kiwanis club members who join another Kiwanis club within a six-month period during the same administrative year and for former [deleted Key Club or Circle K] club members of a Kiwanis International Service Leadership Program. (10/90) (10/19)
Below is the MP4 of Katie Page of OFallon Club singing We Are Family – Kiwanis Style. Also attached are the lyrics. Feel free to disseminate as you see fit – cover the earth!
Carla OBrien Elected Governor; Roy Ockert Elected Governor-Elect
It was my honor to be elected and installed Saturday as governor-elect of the Missouri-Arkansas District of Kiwanis International. In this photo taken by Kiwanigram editor Diane Baker of Batesville, the newly installed governor, Carla O’Brien of High Ridge, Mo., presents me with a governor-elect badge and pin. Actually, we won’t take office until Oct. 1. The installation took place during the 71st annual Mo-Ark District Convention, held Friday and Saturday at the Red Wolf Convention Center in Jonesboro.
Earl Collins Foundation has a new brochure. Check it out on their page or–
Shorthand: You can reach this site at www.moarkkiwanis.org or by searching on Google or Bing.
Welcome to the new MO-ARK Website. This a bit of an overview. The information is all the same but the presentation is different with a broad screen device like a laptop or desk top and a narrow screen device like a smartphone. My comments compare my desktop experience with my Amazon Fire 7.
Both have links at the very top to the MO-ARK Facebook page and KI’s Instagram page.
Broad screen has the main menu horizontally across the top of the screen. We have nine main topics with additional pages listed alphabetically below them. A powerful search box that lets you search the text on all 90 pages.
The main screen is in two columns with text on the left and the top postings on the MO-ARK Facebook page on the right. Below that is an alphabetical list of all 90 pages by title.
Narrow Screen has the Facebook and Instragram links at the top. Click the small white button on the upper right to see the menu. It presents the text as a single column followed by the search box, Facebook posts and then the alphabetical list at the bottom.
We have retained the News column as one of the pages at the top.
I think you will find them both informative but note the broad screen has a bit more umph.
It’s been fun and challenging putting the website together. If you spot any errors or dead links, etc, please pass them along. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Missouri-Arkansas District
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Welcome to the Web Site of the Missouri-Arkansas District of Kiwanis International. Kiwanis has a plan for service in your community and we invite you to join us.
For more about Kiwanis see: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/about-kiwanis/
Key Leader 2024
John Goss asked me to post Key Leader dates this year–
April 26-28, 2024: Camp War Eagle, Rogers AR
October 11-13, 2024: Camp Mihaska, Bourbon, MO
November 1-3, 2024: Camp Tanako, Hot Springs, AR
Distinguished Club 2022-2023
MO-ARK has announced this year’s selection as follows–
Kiwanis Club of Meramec Valley Community
Kiwanis Club of South County-St. Louis
Kiwanis Club of Wright City
Kiwanis Club of Springdale
Kiwanis Club of Downtown Springfield
Kiwanis Club of Batesville
Kiwanis Club of Crestwood-Sunset Hills
Kiwanis Club of Bridgeton
Kiwanis Club of Siloam Springs
Kiwanis Club of Normandy
Governor’s Column
See the most recent column here: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/governors-column/
International Convention
July 3-6 International Convention in Denver, CO
Registration is now available. https://www.kiwanis.org/members/kiwanis-convention/registration-options/?_zs=NuOge1&_zl=h4wO9
MO-ARK Distinguished Club 2022-23
See: https://dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/315/2023/09/2022-2023-Distinguished-Criteria-MOARK.pdf
MO-ARK History Book
The MO-ARK History committee headed by Les Mace announced the new history book at the convention. See the flyer and more info on the history page: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/district-history/
Facebook Tools — MO-ARK Convention 2023
At the 2023 MO-ARK Convention, Bryce Kinder had a Powerpoint explaining how advertising on Facebook can be used to recruit membership and to advertise fundraisers, etc. The Powerpoint is now available.
A similar presentation from 2023 Education Day is posted on the Membership page, also the permanent home of the Facebook Tools Powerpoint.
BJKYK Seeks Board Members
On October 1st each year a few members of the Beatrice Johnson Kiwanis Youth Board complete their term of office. New Kiwanians are invited to serve for two to three years.
The time commitment is about 26-28 hours a YEAR! Some sweat equity might be involved. If you can’t donate labor, you could tell the BJKYK Story to other Kiwanis clubs across Missouri and Arkansas (or other civic, youth groups). The rewards are many; you might even get a s’mores hug from a happy scout!
Please consider making this a commitment for 2023 or even 2024. The Board has set up rolling years of service so that a few new faces are added at beginning of each Kiwanis Fiscal year.
For more information call Sam Taylor, President or Dolores Stamps, Secretary at 479-799-1687 or any other member of the current Board.
You will be blessed! KIDS NEED KIWANIS!
Dolores A Stamps
For BJKYK Board
479-799-1687
Flexible people never get bent out of shape!
[email protected]
For more info, see the Beatrice Johnson Kiwanis Youth Camp page
Facebook Advertising for New Members or Your Events
At MO-ARK Education Day, Sarah Moreland Byrne, of Kiwanis International, presented “Strategies for Using Social Media as Club Tools,” focusing on Facebook. Her presentation can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV33UGHc40k.
She suggested advertising on Facebook for events or new members. Ads can go to a defined group up. Design your group to reach 10k prospects near your zip code. You can apply numerous parameters to reach your target audience. Age 30+? Begin at morning coffeebreak, 9:30 am, when they may be looking for something to do later?
For more see the Membership Strategies page: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/membership-strategies-2022/
https://www.kiwanis.org/convention/2023-convention?_zs=NuOge1&_zl=50al8
West Little Rock Kiwanis Charter — December 6, 2022
Mo-Ark History Book 2023
The last Missouri-Arkansas Kiwanis District History Book was published in 1995, which means that we have a lot of “catching up” to do as we prepare for the 2023 edition.
We will have printed history books to sell during the District Convention next August. The Earl Collins Foundation will provide the books, with all proceeds to go to the ECF.
Listed below are the chapters and members showing the area of Mo-Ark history that they have agreed to research and write a chapter about:
Aktion Club, Dolores Stamps; BJK Youth Kamp, Jerry Martin; Builders Club, Bill Dooley; Circle K, Richard Hammond; Community Service, Les Mace, Conventions, Jennifer York; Earl Collins Foundation, Les Mace; Key Club, Jim Fritz; Key leader, John Goss; Kiwanigram, Mary Vaughn; Kiwanis Children’s Fund, Roger Jespersen; Kiwanis International, Paul Sherman; MoArk Mid-Year, Susan Lafond; MoArk Trivia, Les Mace; Past Governors, Carla O’Brien; Past Lieutenant Governors, Tom Wiles; Website, Paul Eckler.
The oldest edition of a Kiwanigram that I have on hand is for October 1926. It contains a lot of information along with other older editions in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
The timeline is to have any information, questions or suggestions forwarded to the writers of the chapters no later than December 31, 2022.
Mo-Ark History 2023, Community Service and Service Leadership
An added feature of the Mo-Ark History 2023 book is to feature a section highlighting individual club Community Service and Service Leadership. As we know, community service with an emphasis toward children is the bottom line of Kiwanis. Please include the name and location of your club and information about Community Service or Service Leadership and events. The committee will select the ten best Community Service and the ten best Service Leadership projects to include in the history book.
Mo-Ark History 2023, Articles
Photos from club projects are encouraged. Preference will be given to photos of Kiwanians participating in and interacting with children at service projects. Please include a brief description of each photo and the names of the Kiwanians featured in the photo. The photos should be submitted by email and have the suffix or ending of .jpg or .jpeg. Preferably with a dots per inch (DPI) of 600 or more.
All articles shall be submitted in Word format.
Chapters to be included in the Mo-Ark 2023 History Book shall be submitted to Les Mace by e-mail to [email protected] no later than January 31, 2023.
Les Mace., CHAIR
November 11, 2023
Secrets of the District
At the 2022 MO-ARK Convention in Springfield, MO-ARK Secretary Mary Vaughan gave a presentation on this topic. Download her slides as a pdf below.
Photo by Ron Sitton
The August Kiwanigram is now available. See: https://dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/315/2022/08/Kiwanigram-August-2022.pdf
Dr. Wil Blechman Fellowship
Kiwanis has announced a new fellowship for those who donate $2500 to Kiwanis Children’s Fund. Proceeds will go for service to young children rather than Eliminate.
https://www.kiwanis.org/childrens-fund/give/dr-wil-blechman-fellowship?fbclid=IwAR1kOq1nMoyKdeA8TW8IRq9ZIG5EoDxKb7GxGryM2zLEhwTdgTbLcteTzIs
Key Leader Returns for 2022
See: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/key-leader/
Membership Strategies – 2022
See Roy Ockert’s video and forms here: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/membership-strategies-2022/
KI Waives Enrollment Fees for former SLP Members
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES, October 2, 2021, p 5
ENROLLMENT FEE
Upon recommendation of the Board Committee on Audit and Finance, it was moved and adopted:
That the Kiwanis International Board approves the following change to Procedure 342.2 –
Enrollment Fee:
342.2 –Enrollment Fee (4/13)
Prorated dues, magazine, and insurance are waived for: Kiwanis club members who join
another Kiwanis club within a six-month period during the same administrative year and for
former [deleted Key Club or Circle K] club members of a Kiwanis International Service Leadership Program. (10/90) (10/19)
Missouri-Arkansas Kiwanis, Inter-Club Rules, 2021-2022
The new Inter-Club rules have been issued. See: https://k14.site.kiwanis.org/governors-interclub-contest/
Below is the MP4 of Katie Page of OFallon Club singing We Are Family – Kiwanis Style. Also attached are the lyrics. Feel free to disseminate as you see fit – cover the earth!
We are going to ROCK this year!
Warmest regards,Carla A O’Brien
MO-ARK Kiwanis Governor
Carla’s SongDownload
(Save on your cellphone for easy access.)
Carla OBrien Elected Governor; Roy Ockert Elected Governor-Elect
It was my honor to be elected and installed Saturday as governor-elect of the Missouri-Arkansas District of Kiwanis International. In this photo taken by Kiwanigram editor Diane Baker of Batesville, the newly installed governor, Carla O’Brien of High Ridge, Mo., presents me with a governor-elect badge and pin. Actually, we won’t take office until Oct. 1. The installation took place during the 71st annual Mo-Ark District Convention, held Friday and Saturday at the Red Wolf Convention Center in Jonesboro.
Earl Collins Foundation has a new brochure. Check it out on their page or–
ECF BrochureDownload
Shorthand: You can reach this site at www.moarkkiwanis.org or by searching on Google or Bing.
Welcome to the new MO-ARK Website. This a bit of an overview. The information is all the same but the presentation is different with a broad screen device like a laptop or desk top and a narrow screen device like a smartphone. My comments compare my desktop experience with my Amazon Fire 7.
Both have links at the very top to the MO-ARK Facebook page and KI’s Instagram page.
Broad screen has the main menu horizontally across the top of the screen. We have nine main topics with additional pages listed alphabetically below them. A powerful search box that lets you search the text on all 90 pages.
The main screen is in two columns with text on the left and the top postings on the MO-ARK Facebook page on the right. Below that is an alphabetical list of all 90 pages by title.
Narrow Screen has the Facebook and Instragram links at the top. Click the small white button on the upper right to see the menu. It presents the text as a single column followed by the search box, Facebook posts and then the alphabetical list at the bottom.
We have retained the News column as one of the pages at the top.
I think you will find them both informative but note the broad screen has a bit more umph.
It’s been fun and challenging putting the website together. If you spot any errors or dead links, etc, please pass them along. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Paul Eckler
MO-ARK Webmaster
[email protected]
636-273-5398
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