All day every day your friends welcome you with the Kiwanis Community Calendar. All day every day your favorite organizations’ phone is handier than riffling phone book pages or searching your computer's jillion choices.

Easier, quicker, more selective than yellow pages

Making it easy and convenient to talk to other Islanders is one value of the calndar.

Reminding you of your appointments and other important dates as well as community activities the Kiwanis Community Calendar is another.

In sum, the calendar offers a convenient way to encourage unity in community.
Proceeds go to community needs

All proceeds typically go to more than a dozen community causes each year. Subscribe now. Get your calendar before the new year.

To be sure your family or group is on the 2010 all-Island community Calendar call Jay Becker, 206 790 9457 now or e-mail him at jaybecker@aol.com.

Space limited

There’s limited space, of course, for this welcome that works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

To order your $10 family calendar (everyone in your house) call Dorothy Johnson, 463 9831.

Volunteer group? Call now

To order a $15 listing for your volunteer group or club including your major events call Jay Becker, 206 790 9457 now or e-mail him at jaybecker@aol.com.

Business or professional office?

To order a $50 business listing (name, phone, web page or e-mail) or an $80 business display ad (block ad) call Jay Becker, 206 790 9457 now or e-mail him at jaybecker@aol.com.

A display or block ad to gain more attention is $80. There is room for six.

Morning reminder on the wall

For more than a decade hundreds of islanders sipped morning coffee noticed the community calendar on their wall. It’s where they noted appointments, community meetings, and other reminders. Birthdays and anniversaries can be there when your family subscribes. Favorite businesses too.

The calendar helps clubs and organizations public and private keep their name, phone, and web page address in front of people any hour of the day or night.

Categories for quicker look

Businesses and professionals are listed by category. Businesses can also take block display adds for more attention every day.

There’s space for your own frequently called numbers and web site addresses.

Key emergency numbers, too

Key emergency numbers are listed separately for easiest use.

A dramatic color photo of a typical Island scene offers Island photographers’ insight into what Island life is like. Some Islanders buy calendars for relatives.

Many Islanders post their community calendar near their phone. Others post them in sight of their breakfast table.

Businesses and professional offices celebrate community by posting their calendar where customers can see what date it is.

To reserve your calendar call Jay Becker, 206 790 9457 now or e-mail him at jaybecker@aol.com.

To see where previous proceeds were invested, go to our menu at left and click on "Community Fund".

“You strengthen your community” when using the community calendar. Networking is easier, quicker. The calendar is an affordable, responsible way for individuals and volunteer groups to keep in touch and plan their time.

General improvement recommendations for 2009-2010 calendar

1.Move calendar work to begin this spring for a September 2009 publication & delivery

► No other major Kiwanis programs underway in spring, work done by June 15
►Committee of four develops timed plan of work for members’ clarity
► Share master list of who’s doing what to assure understanding
► Train volunteers in using sales materials to save time of members making calls and sanity of keyboarder.
► Bring sale coach speaker Jerry Johnson April 28 K meet?
► Call members not signed up to negotiate and assign responsibilities
► Publish on web page who is doing what by when for deadline coordination
► Send e-mails to all possible contacts to alert them to calls
► Follow up with weekly phone to volunteers making calls to support them

2. Offer calendar to individuals and groups as proven outreach to one another and newcomers

● Contact schools to get list major events (JB)(done, pick up in summer re Donna Donelly)
● Contact VMICC April 6, (Jay B) and 20 (Melodie Woods) to list big events & co-sponsor 300 outreach copies @$2.70 ea. (est. cost) =..…………………………….$810
Each co-sponsor can insert a flyer in calendar brown envelope along with Kiwanis donation appeal and return envelope.
● Contact C of C April; 8, (Jay B) list major events & co-sponsor 300 outreach copies @$2.70 ea. (est. cost) = ……………………………………………………..$810
Each co-sponsor can insert a flyer in calendar brown envelope along with Kiwanis donation appeal and return envelope.
● Contact bed and breakfasts for listings, add category for listing. (Who? When?)
● Add e-mail or web page address between organization name and phone number
● Publish directory listings on www.VashonKiwanis.org, update as notified (Jay B)
● Use black ink for contrast or larger, screened numbers ? (Decision needed)
● Put contacts’ data on data base for planning /managing volunteers (JR Crawford)
● Use collage of happy faces at pancake breakfast for picture as has been done before (Jay B, John W, Dave P, etc.)
● Add Kiwanis phone number to call for calendars anytime and to update listings

3. General sales effort

● Each Kiwanian buys four or more calendars for household and relatives to show customers our commitment, $10 X 4 =$40 X 20 members = ………………$800
● Contact current customers to sell calendars. $10 X 70 = …………………$700
● Contact current business listings, $50 per business, 70 listings X $50 = .$3,500
● Contact volunteer organizations for listings @$15 per line including e-mail or web page if wanted—(JB) 25 listings X $15 = $375
● Sell six box ads (emergency numbers move inside) @$80 each (?) = …….$480
Offer block advertisers eight calendars to give away.
● Sell two vertical ads next to picture @ $200 to insurance agents? (JR) = $400
Offer vertical block advertisers 15 calendars to give away
● Ask block advertisers to be distributors to build customer traffic
Tell people & e-mail people as you sell where to pick up their calendars
Give customers a choice from list.
● Promote calendars with poster, samples, and table/booth to aid in selling 50 calendars at $10 per household=…………………………………………………………….$500
a. Kiwanis One Day April 25 (?)
b. Festival breakfast (?) and
c. Kiwanis web pages (JB)
● Appeal for donations to Community Fund with separate letter in each calendar
Enclose return envelope and list of who got your $ so far
► Possible gross revenue (probably unrealistically high) ……………………..$8375
4. Order calendars based on advance sales(JR?)
5. Evaluate changes as campaign unfolds, adjust numbers and contacts as it unfolds

Possible future improvements to add value to 2010-2011 calendar;

Year 2010-2011 Sept-August Community Calendar

1. Add pocket appointment calendar to package with all listings
a. May save insurance firms cost of buying 100-200 individual pocket books
b. Expanded listings add user value to pocket appointment books
c. Offer appointment books on calendar, “come to office to get your freebie”
2. Enlist Parks Dept. as co-sponsor of calendar and add listings
3. Enlist banks as co-sponsor of calendar and distribution points
4. Enlist grocers, insurance agents, realtors, etc. as distribution points
5. If 2,000 distributed in 2009, review ad rates and sales promotion effort for 2011-2012 calendar
6. Consider going to community activity picture for each month (more local faces!)
7. Explore partial printing partially Island