Lightfoot Restaurant in downtown Leesburg across from the courthouse.
Are you interested in learning more about our club? Why not attend a meeting or join us at one of our upcoming community service projects? Everything is in the calendar; please contact us for more information. We’d love to meet you!
Until Covid-19 our club met at Lightfoot Restaurant on the first and third Thursdays of the month, 6 pm. We will return to dinner meetings when it is safe, but until then we meet on Zoom at 6:30 pm; contact the club for an invite link–guests, and visiting and transferring Kiwanians always are welcome.
At our March 18 meeting Nancy Rybicki, marine biologist and retired USGS Aquatic xx Ecologist, will speak about an invasive species of water chestnut in our watershed that could threaten the Potomac River. Learn about the threat and what you can do to help eradicate it.
Help Stop the Spread of a New Species of Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinosa): Localities, pond management personnel and the general public are asked to look for a new species of Water Chestnut (genus Trapa) recently found in the Potomac Watershed. It has been spreading since 1995 so you may have already encountered this floating aquatic vegetation growing over the surface of a pond, lake or other fresh waterbody. This species (http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/july-2019/) is identified by the seed cases having two spines instead of four found in the Eurasian Water Chestnut. Reports of this or other invasive aquatic species can be made via the US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species web page, https://nas.er.usgs.gov/SightingReport.aspx. Water Chestnut (an annual) will sprout in April and May, spread over the water surface and then flower and fruit by July; it drops seeds all season until it senesces after a hard frost. To stop the spread, management by harvesting the plants in July is very successful in eradicating the plants but it may take several years of effort, if some seeds lay dormant. Early detection helps reduce removal costs and ecological impacts.
Distribution map (Trapa bispinosa): https://nas.er.usgs.gov/viewer/omap.aspx?id=f3a647f4-6906-4928-b5b4-1421cd95a211
Club Promotes Free Diapers The NOVA Diaper Bank provides tens of thousands of diapers free to income-qualified (e.g., WIC, SNAP, TAMP, Medicaid, Head Start) families in northern Virginia. To help get the word out our club presented the Ampersand Pantry Project with a banner promoting the program and provided fliers to hand out. We're just trying to help our neighbors in need. Learn more at www.NOVAdiaperbank.org. ... See MoreSee Less
Braving hot temperatures we picked up trash along a 3-mile section of the W&OD Trail between Leesburg and Paeonian Springs. It was gratifying to find so little trash--good citizen stewardship of this wonderful resource. ... See MoreSee Less
It’s not too late! Registration for the virtual Education and Leadership Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, is still available. Act now and you won’t miss a speaker or a session. Plus, you’ll have access to recordings of all proceedings. The fun begins Thursday! Register now at kiwanis.org/slc2021. ... See MoreSee Less
Education. Training. Fun. The 2021 Kiwanis International Education and Leadership Conference is June 23-26, 2021. Attend virtually or in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
"My grandfather had a great influence on me. He once said, 'You don’t have to be outstanding in life, but must be able to stand out in life... When you were born, you cried and we rejoiced, but you have to live your life in such a way that when you pass on, we cry and you rejoice.' That became my mantra."
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Are you interested in learning more about our club? Why not attend a meeting or join us at one of our upcoming community service projects? Everything is in the calendar; please contact us for more information. We’d love to meet you!
Until Covid-19 our club met at Lightfoot Restaurant on the first and third Thursdays of the month, 6 pm. We will return to dinner meetings when it is safe, but until then we meet on Zoom at 6:30 pm; contact the club for an invite link–guests, and visiting and transferring Kiwanians always are welcome.
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At our March 18 meeting Nancy Rybicki, marine biologist and retired USGS Aquatic xx Ecologist, will speak about an invasive species of water chestnut in our watershed that could threaten the Potomac River. Learn about the threat and what you can do to help eradicate it.
Help Stop the Spread of a New Species of Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinosa): Localities, pond management personnel and the general public are asked to look for a new species of Water Chestnut (genus Trapa) recently found in the Potomac Watershed. It has been spreading since 1995 so you may have already encountered this floating aquatic vegetation growing over the surface of a pond, lake or other fresh waterbody. This species (http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/july-2019/) is identified by the seed cases having two spines instead of four found in the Eurasian Water Chestnut. Reports of this or other invasive aquatic species can be made via the US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species web page, https://nas.er.usgs.gov/SightingReport.aspx. Water Chestnut (an annual) will sprout in April and May, spread over the water surface and then flower and fruit by July; it drops seeds all season until it senesces after a hard frost. To stop the spread, management by harvesting the plants in July is very successful in eradicating the plants but it may take several years of effort, if some seeds lay dormant. Early detection helps reduce removal costs and ecological impacts.
Distribution map (Trapa bispinosa): https://nas.er.usgs.gov/viewer/omap.aspx?id=f3a647f4-6906-4928-b5b4-1421cd95a211
Also see http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/july-2019/,
Trapa bispinosa profile and distribution maps by Ian Pfingsten (USGS)(https://nas.er.usgs.gov/viewer/omap.aspx?id=f3a647f4-6906-4928-b5b4-1421cd95a211),Virginia or https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesAnimatedMap.aspx?speciesID=2974, and The Virginia Plant Atlas(http://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=4646&search=Search).
It’s been in the media on ABC7 news https://wjla.com/news/local/invasive-plant-species-potomac-watershed
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Club Promotes Free Diapers
The NOVA Diaper Bank provides tens of thousands of diapers free to income-qualified (e.g., WIC, SNAP, TAMP, Medicaid, Head Start) families in northern Virginia. To help get the word out our club presented the Ampersand Pantry Project with a banner promoting the program and provided fliers to hand out. We're just trying to help our neighbors in need.
Learn more at www.NOVAdiaperbank.org. ... See MoreSee Less
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Cleaning Up the W&OD Trail
Braving hot temperatures we picked up trash along a 3-mile section of the W&OD Trail between Leesburg and Paeonian Springs. It was gratifying to find so little trash--good citizen stewardship of this wonderful resource. ... See MoreSee Less
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It’s not too late! Registration for the virtual Education and Leadership Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, is still available. Act now and you won’t miss a speaker or a session. Plus, you’ll have access to recordings of all proceedings. The fun begins Thursday! Register now at kiwanis.org/slc2021. ... See MoreSee Less
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Education. Training. Fun. The 2021 Kiwanis International Education and Leadership Conference is June 23-26, 2021. Attend virtually or in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.Comment on Facebook
Will any of the presentations be recorded - I'm interested in some of the topics, but I cannot attend live.
"My grandfather had a great influence on me. He once said, 'You don’t have to be outstanding in life, but must be able to stand out in life... When you were born, you cried and we rejoiced, but you have to live your life in such a way that when you pass on, we cry and you rejoice.' That became my mantra."
Read more from our conversation with Kiwanian and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Raveen Arora. ... See MoreSee Less
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