Baton Rouge Early Risers Kiwanis

3rd SeNSE meeting to be hosted @ Southern University!

This is an organizational meeting for a combined society of young entrepreneurs for SU and LSU. It is being sponsored by local investors and venture capital firms. The goal is to build new businesses created by and headed by headed by young people in Baton Rouge.

Time: October 7, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Southern Campus – T.T. Allain (Room 204)

Come meet student entrepreneurs from SU and enjoy another energized night of networking and practical education.

http://brentrepreneur.ning.com/events/event/show?id=3660078%3AEvent%3A967

The pictures from the annual dinner can be found at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/brearlyrisers

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Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, September 1, 2009, we will be discussing how we can best make use of the Internet to both add new members and to keep our membership better informed on club projects and progress.

This posting is the first to use the automatic e-mail notification feature, so many, but not all, of you will see this notice in your e-mail before you join us at Mayberry.

Please think about how we can tailor our internet use to support all or our programs.

• Membership information and membership applications
• On-line dues and membership fees
• On-line meetings including shared chats and on-line presentations (webinar)
• E-mail notifications of meetings, projects and task assignments
• Use of community building systems such as FaceBook and Twitter.
• Taking advantage of recommended club use from International

This is just a start. Your insight and input is crucial to our potential success in extending our club reach.

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As of July 14, Baton Rouge Early Risers Kiwanis Club conducts its weekly breakfast meetings at 6:30 am at Piccadilly Cafeteria in north Baton Rouge.  The address is 5179 Plank Road.  Directions: from south on I-110, exit Evangeline, turn right to Plank Road, turn left on Plank.  Turn left again into Delmont Place shopping center.  From north on I-110, exit at Hollywood, turn left to Plank Road and right on Plank to the shopping area, on the right from this direction.  Piccadilly is set back from the road a little ways.

       We will return to our meeting place at Southern University at the end of the summer.

President-Elect Richard Moncrief announced the date for the Red Beans & Rice fundraiser for 2009:  It will be held on Saturday, May 2nd.  The Baton Rouge Early Risers Kiwanis Club has the opportunity once again to bring a great meal to hungry families, fund next year’s growing list of its traditional and new projects for kids and community, and “pass a great time” in the process.  Happy New Year!  

Hey Early Risers!  Need a battery restart?  How about an engine overhaul?  Well, we’ve been looking forward to this for a good while.  Mr. Mayor-President Melvyn “Kip” Holden is coming home!  He’s sure to receive a warm welcome, in addition to the usual robust measure of Early Risers’ ribbing.  Maybe he would come back more often if we were a little gentler?  Nah, he moves in tougher circles all the time.  If we are too easy on him, he’ll worry something’s wrong.  Do come on out tomorrow, December 9th, to see that famous Holden smile and get a lot of great information on the state of the city! 

    Please note:  We’re meeting at Southern tomorrow for the last time before the Christmas break, and we do not return to Southern until January 20th.  All of the interim meetings will probably be with our friends at Bayou Cafe, but you’ll get updates as they develop. 

Roberta Madden, Chair of the Program Committee and Program Chair for June, brings us the following speakers to look forward to:

June 3, Michele Spielman, LSU Office of Public Affairs, speaking on a book entitled Left to Tell, by Immaculee Ilibagiza, a woman who survived the holocaust in Rwanda

June 10, Dr. Jule Assercq, physician with LSU Health Sciences Center, speaking on nutrition and exercise

June 17, Leroy Helire, Principal of Northdale Magnet Academy, speaking on that school’s remarkable success with at-risk teens.

State Rep. Avon Honey was welcomed home to Early Risers on April 15th.  He spent a generous amount of time with us, sharing observations on the new administration and current issues in the State Capitol, and catching up with old friends.  We can hope, and do, that he will be able to return more often. 

Avon Honey, Phil Quartararo, Ike Thomas, Joe Jenkins, and Carl Porter take advantage of a rare chance to hang out after the meeting.

Our all-important annual fundraiser is coming right up. All members: Keep those ticket donations coming in, and pass the word that a great hot meal at a beautiful place for many worthy causes is available at an incredible price! While gasoline, medical insurance, and all sorts of other costs have continued to skyrocket, Early Risers have managed to hold the price of our tickets at $4.00 per person. As this may be the last year we can keep them so inexpensive, it’s really worth mentioning to all your potential “investors.” Have a great time telling everyone about Baton Rouge Early risers Kiwanis and all the good stuff their enjoyment of the best Red Beans & Rice in town will make possible next year.

For our web site visitors: All this commotion is about

Baton Rouge Early Risers Kiwanis Club’s annual fundraiser, Red Beans & Rice Dinner with Smoked Sausage available for a donation of $4.00 per ticketon Saturday, April 5th, at Southern University’s Mayberry Dining Hall, Faculty Wing

Get lots of dinners and take them home to family and friends, or bring your folks along and eat them out at the tables on beautiful Scott’s Bluff, the most gorgeous view of the Mighty Mississippi in town.

For more information and tickets please e-mail us at: redbeans@brerk.org

Hope to see you all on the 5th!