The Taylorville Kiwanis Club held their monthly business session, and heard comments from the Taylorville High School boys basketball coach, at their weekly meeting on Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.
During the business session, Kiwanis members learned several members collected donations in the donation booth, for the Taylorville Park District’s “Christmas in the Park” at Manners Park on December 21st. Almost 350 vehicles went thru the lighted displays that night.
Kiwanis members also began making plans for their annual Pancake and Sausage Day taking place at the Moose Lodge Saturday, April 27th. Kiwanis member and treasurer Jeff Grimmett is this year’s chair for the event.
Program speaker was Ryan Brown, varsity boys basketball coach at Taylorville High School. Ryan outlined to Kiwanis members the boys basketball program, which begins in the 7th grade, and operates on 6 principles: Attitude, defense, First to the Floor, offense, be powerful, and having the “one more” mentality in players’ minds.
Besides being the boys head basketball coach, Brown is also a physical education teacher at the Junior High and Elementary levels.
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge. For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.
