March for Babies

The Siesta Key Kiwanis Club sponsors a Builders Club, a children’s version of the service organization, at Sarasota Middle School. I spearheaded the effort four years ago, and Marti Watson, the school’s guidance counselor, has done an outstanding job helping the kids grow their club.

The SMS Builders Club organized their first official fundraiser; a March for Babies supporting the March of Dimes. The kids solicited sponsors for a walk at Oscar Scherer Park on Saturday morning. Some members from our club also participated in the walk and prepared a BBQ lunch for the hungry kids.

Here is new club member Bill Irish dousing the flames with fellow grill cook Chet Wanvig. Great job on the burgers guys!

I would like to recognize and thank Drew Lowther, our club member who has led our sponsored leadership programs for the past two years, for helping the kids organize this wonderful event.

Here are two business lunches coming up that you may want to attend:

AAF Suncoast Business Workshop - How to Win an ADDY
Thursday, March 15, 2012
11:30am – 1:00 pm
Polo Grill and Bar
Florida Room

Learn from local advertising leaders what it takes to produce award-winning work. Panelists include Patricia Courtois from Clarke Advertising, Sam Stern from CAP Creative, and John Fain from Grapevine Communications.

STF Techbyte Luncheon – UEP on the Suncoast
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
11:30am – 1:00pm
Polo Grill and Bar
Florida Room

Mike Kennedy, CEO of Suncoast Community Capital, will talk about the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership with the Kaufman Foundation and how businesses can gain access to micro-loans.

Both events will help respective members of these organizations do their jobs better and prospective members find out if these groups are a good fit for their business. I hope to see you there…

Until next week,

Matthew Anderson, President
Milestone Marketing Associates, Inc.