LIFE CONNECT HOME SERVICES -
Joins Kiwanis International in support of Kiwanis Family House

The Citrus Heights Kiwanis board of directors unanimously votes to approve personal emergency response system company, Life Connect Home Services’ offer of a monthly charitable contribution to Kiwanis Family House for every customer who mentions Kiwanis at time of purchase.

January 24, 2012 — Sacramento, CA - In response to Kiwanis Family House’s current financial needs, Life Connect Home Services, LLC, which provides personal safety products and solutions, is now donating 10% of all of their monthly monitoring charges from their Kiwanis members directly to the Kiwanis Family House. This is not just a one-time gift, but will continue for the life of the Life Connect Home Services member’s service! It is also not limited to active Kiwanis members, but also to referrals.

Max Woodford, president and CEO of Life Connect Home Services, and Kiwanian, says, “Our hope is that this substantial monthly contribution will help the Kiwanis Family House raise much-needed funds for operation while offering the very best, most affordable personal and home protection for our Kiwanians and their loved ones.”

To raise awareness for Kiwanis Family House and how Life Connect Home Services can help this and other charities, Life Connect Home Services is available for studio interviews or live coverage onsite at Kiwanis Family House.

Praise for the Kiwanis Family House
“To all Kiwanis Family House staff and the volunteers of Kiwanis Family House:  We stayed here for two weeks, including Christmas. If it were not for the Kiwanis Family House, we would not have maintained our sanity. Thank you, thank you for this place and the many volunteers who keep it going. This is an amazing place.”

“We thank Kiwanis House so much for the gracious hospitality that was extended to our family during a very stressful and worrisome time. Staying here has been a great help in allowing us to be near to our son when he needed our support the most.”

About Kiwanis Family House
Kiwanis Family House is dedicated to providing temporary housing and support to families of seriously ill or injured children and adults being treated at the UC Davis Medical Center and Shriner’s Hospital.

About Life Connect Advantage
With the ability to provide protection for your family, with or without a home phone line, LCA has catapulted the personal emergency response system into the 21st century. LCA’s groundbreaking system provides affordable protection not just for seniors, but for anyone who lives alone, caregivers in the home, younger or disabled family members, and people in assisted-living or care facilities. LCA monitors are trained to determine the level of response needed and they work hand in hand with law enforcement and emergency personnel to get immediate assistance to those in need. To learn more about Life Connect Advantage, visit www.lifeconnectadvantage.com or call toll-free at 1-866-516-2787.

Life Connect Home Services, LLC
2377 Gold Meadow Way, Suite 100
Gold River, CA 95670

Contact Person: Max Woodford
Phone: 916-847-0755
Email: mwoodford@lifeconnectadvantage.com

Click here for a printable “Life Connect” flyer

A Fundraiser for Kiwanis Family House

“Own The Clouds”: The first Guide to Investing in Cloud Computing Companies
by Joyce Blonskij

The book launch party for Own the Clouds has been changed to: Tuesday, March 6th.

From: 4pm to 7pm

Place: 7840 Madison Ave., Suite #107, Fair Oaks, CA

Kiwanis Family House board member Joyce Blonskij is launching her book, “Own The Clouds: The first Guide to Investing in Cloud Computing Companies”, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

All of the author’s proceeds will be donated to the Kiwanis Family House and other charities. The goal is to raise $100,000.

Joyce says, “My goal is to enlist the help of hundreds of caring Kiwanians and friends to send out over one million messages around the world using: e-mail, Facebook post and Twitter feeds to generate at least 12,000 book sales, and to raise one hundred thousand dollars to help hospitalized children get better faster and back home with their families by providing parents a way to be at their child’s bedside.”

To see Joyce’s new book: OWN THE CLOUDS, visit:  http://www.owntheclouds.com/

Get a FREE Chapter NOW and a party reminder at Own The Clouds website:  http://www.owntheclouds.com/

See what others are saying about Own The Clouds:

“A star is born! When it comes to shedding light on technology and
investing, Own the Clouds is your destiny.”
-Peggy McColl, New York Times best-selling author

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, December 27, 2011 -  William “Bill” Hooper, President of the Kiwanis Family House Board of Directors, today announced that Gary Christensen has been named Interim House Director of the Kiwanis Family House effective January 1, 2012.  In his new role, Mr. Christensen will be responsible for the daily operations of the Kiwanis Family House, including  oversight of the facility, staff, and guest services.  Mr. Christensen will retain his current volunteer position as Development Director as he takes on these additional responsibilities.

A long-standing member of the East Sacramento-Midtown Kiwanis club, Mr. Christensen has served as a Past Board President of the Kiwanis Family House from 2002 to 2005, and was instrumental in leading the capital campaign which successfully raised the funds needed to build the current Kiwanis Family House on the campus of the UC Davis Medical Center, which opened in July of 2006.  As the volunteer Development Director, Mr. Christensen has continued to provide fundraising and operational support to help insure the future success of the Kiwanis Family House. [Read more...]

Jennifer, a guest at the Kiwanis Family House, visits baby Erica at the UC Davis Medical Center

The Kiwanis Family House was featured in the Sacramento Bee’s annual Book of Dreams, requesting cash donations for stocking the food closet at the Family House. The story centered on our guest, Jennifer Deshaies and her baby daughter, Erica.

HOW TO DONATE

To contribute use this online form or print the donation form and mail it to The Sacramento Bee Book of Dreams Fund, 2100 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95816. If you have additional questions, please call the Book of Dreams line at 916-556-5667. Donations will be accepted through January 13, 2011.

From the Sacramento Bee:

Kiwanis facility provides comfort of home for UCD patients’ families

By Carlos Alcalá
calcala@sacbee.com

Jennifer Deshaies went to a prenatal doctor’s appointment in Redding in August.

She knew her baby had medical problems, but she was in disbelief when they told her it was so severe she’d be taken by ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center.

“I said, ‘Shut up,’ ” Deshaies recalled.

A few minutes later they said, no, she wasn’t going by ambulance. She was going to be flown by airplane.

Deshaies has been in Sacramento since. Needless to say, she didn’t have time to collect her belongings to bring with her.

Not even a toothbrush. [Read more...]

Megan Vincent (left),of the Pacific Coast Building Products Foundation, and Jake Mossawir (right) of Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern California, present Bill Hooper (center), president of the board at Kiwanis Family House with a check for a grant award. The grant was awarded to fund the “Sponsor A Family” program which provides a subsidy to families who cannot afford the $40 per night room rent fee. This grant award will provide a subsidy to over 125 families who reside at the Kiwanis Family House.

From the October issue of House Talk:

“Earlier this year, our 6-year-old daughter suffered a stroke while we were on vacation in Pinecrest, California.

We were quickly airlifted to UCD Children’s’ Hospital where (our daughter) spent the next week in the PICU.

She subsequently was transferred to the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose which is much closer to home where she spent an additional three weeks.

She underwent an additional five months of rehab therapy, and is doing miraculously well, and even started back at school.

I am writing to express my family’s gratitude to the Kiwanis House, and of course to the people who keep it available and running.

During the first few days, we never left the PICU, and never gave a thought to where we would shower, etc.

When the PICU staff let us know that we had a room available at Kiwanis House, I was quite surprised, yet grateful for the kindness.

The workers at the house were friendly and at the same time seemed sensitive to the enormous strain that we and other families were under.”

2011 was “Out of Office for Others” for Intel

- from the October issue of House Talk

Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, as Integrated Electronics Corporation
Intel encouraged all its employees to volunteer provided a list of 20 charities to choose. Our Kiwanis Family House was on the list.

President Bill Hooper writes: “On Friday Sept 8th Intel provided 17 of their Folsom based workers to volunteer to help us with tasks around our Kiwanis Family House. The volunteers still received their pay from Intel, provided valuable service to the House, and Intel also paid KFH $10 an hour for the time each employee spent at the House.

“The friendly and cooperative volunteers were willing to work outside in the 99+ heat performing much needed cleaning up and trimming of our 2.5 acres. A group of the lady volunteers completely reorganized our clothes closet. [Read more...]

One of our sponsoring clubs in Division 27 has been able to collect some $1,562.00 in the Kiwanis year of 2009 – 2010.  They will exceed   that amount for 2010 -2011. All they do is pass this collection vessel around at each meeting. They have purchased several items on the wish list, which is published each month in this journal. So far coffee,  paper towels,  T.P. for you know what, two sets of small tables, chairs for the rooms, arms for the toilets in order to make them handy cap safe, refrigerator for common use and many other items.

All it takes is one or two member in a club to take it upon them self to collect the funds and send them along to Mauda Butte at the house.  You can designate how the money is to be spent or purchase something on the wish list and deliver it yourself.  If nothing else sponsoring a family once a month for  $40.00 will be a big help.

Do the math.  If the 87 sponsoring clubs would collect just $40.00 a month that would be $3,480.00 to help the house meet some of their financial commitments. This Club is averaging $130.00 +/- a month.  In all my years I have never heard anyone state that the Kiwanis Family House was a waste of time and/or money.  On the contrary everyone that is exposed to the work of the Kiwanis Family House are ecstatic about the project.  If your club is looking for an on going project try this one.

A Fundraiser for Kiwanis Family House

“Own The Clouds”: The first Guide to Investing in Cloud Computing Companies

by Joyce Blonskij

Book launch date will be: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

All of the author’s proceeds will be donated to the Kiwanis Family House. The goal is to raise $100,000.

“My goal is to enlist the help of hundreds of caring Kiwanians and friends to send out over one million messages around the world using: e-mail, Facebook post and Twitter feeds on launch day, Tuesday Jan 31, 2012, to generate at least 12,000 book sales, and to raise one hundred thousand dollars to help hospitalized children get better faster and back home with their families by providing parents a way to be at their child’s bedside.”