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Saturday September 20th 2006 Marked the First Annual	Flagler Palm Coast Kiwanis Safety Fair
Below we Present a Series of Pictures Featuring	Most of the Public Safety Displays at this Event
Kiwanian Frank Consentino adjusts a bike helmet for one of the dozens of children to whom the club provided free bike helmets. This was one of the most popular spots at our event.	We had help in the helmet fitting effort from the current Miss Flagler County, Sarah Kelly who is recipient of one of the Kiwanis Senior of the month awards.
Smokey the Bear was on hand to teach kids about wild fire safety. Smokey even found a perpetual kid in Sam Newton to ham it up.	Along with their kids finger printing/ ID program, the Flagler Co. Sheriffs Department had their mobile command center on display. This is the unit that would be deployed to coordinate a search for a lost child.
Some Kiwanians and Friends staffed the Family Life Center Booth that addressed domestic abuse and related family safety issues.	This is the van the Volusia/Flagler Safe Kids Coalition uses to take its care safety seat program out to events such as our Safety Fair.
Division 7 Lt. Governor and past club President Allen Whetsell relaxes with one of the young 'uns whose day was made with the red balloon and a safer car seat inspected by the trained specialist from the Volusia/Flagler Safe Kids Coalition.	Face Painting was a highly popular fun attraction which was provided at the Safety Fair by the Key Club at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
The Flagler County Humane Society was one of a host of local organizations contributing to the First Annual Safety Fair. Their booth helped teach children how to deal with dogs who may not be friendly.	Kiwanian Al Jones holds one of the many youngsters who attended the First Annual Kiwanis Safety Fair. Likely this little lass had her car seat checked to insure it was correctly installed.
January 26th was community service partners day when our club presented contributions to a number of the organizations in Flagler County whose programs we support. We are proud to help these groups as we all make our community healthier, stronger, and a better place to live.	RSVP- Judy Stetson spoke of the many person hours contributed through RSVP to our community.It was great to know that our contribution to RSVP was used for their "Giving Store" Christmas project whereby over 500 needy kids were able to shop for gifts for their families this past season.
Sharon Treen, new to the Flagler County Extension Service , spoke of the youth development programs that 4 H and other of their extension programs were able to provide through funds provided by our club. This 8 ½ week summer program reached 68 low income youth of whom 49 attended each session of that program. A great investment in our future !	Richard Lautte of Friends of Washington Oaks thanked our club for supporting their new Camellia garden as well as noting they have a fishing workshop for youngsters 10-15 year of age.
Ken Hale and Zane Keller represented the PAL program in town that our club has supported for a number of years. PAL uses Kiwanis funds to help offset some of the Pop Warner League football program as well as their new football program in the two area middle schools.	Terry Jones and Ron Pokigo from Friends of the Library thanked our club for our volunteer hours and funds that help provide a wealth of programs to both children and persons of all ages in the county. Terry was particularly pleased to note their new on line research tools available for students of all ages to help them with their homework.
Nicola McKean of the American Cancer Society noted "Camp Rock" for kids who are cancer patients. At this camp they are amongst peers and enjoy all of the funs stuff associated with summer camp without being the odd kids out. There are also "Rock" weekends for families and "Rock" scholarships which our donations help underwrite.	Sharon Tagliavento from Flagler County 4H describes summer programs underwritten by Kiwanis Club of Flagler Palm Coast
President Kiwanis Club of Flagler Palm Coast Allen Whetsell, Eileen Maher director Palm Coast Aquatics, and Chris Maher junior life guard with "Manny" the CPR mannikin and the AED training device contributed to the City by our club.	John Turan from Healthy Communities proudly displays check from our club that underwrote summer 2005 swim lessons for 106 kids in Flagler County.
Another way we partner with Healthy Communities is help promote their Kid Care health insurance program. For the Kiwanis Club of Flagler Palm Coast," Young Children are always Priority One."	Debra Naughton, Coordinator of the Flagler Volunteer Services Center announces Sept. 29th grand opening of the Center to club meeting Sept.28th. Center is at 2 Commerce Drive and is open from 9-3 Monday through Friday. Check out their web site at www.flaglervolunteers.org
	Our club supports the PACE program through one of the Flagler Kiwanis Foundation annual grants. We have contributed $5000 to their innovative program that utilizes horses in working with the young clients PACE serves. We encourage all who would support PACE to sign up for their Nov 19th Walk a Thon. Copy and enlarge the sign up sheet in the adjacent box, and use it to participate in the Walk a Thon.