In 2005, Kiwanis International and the Capital District introduced the TAG Team. In 2007, the District formed the Growth Team, using current marketing and communications techniques, the Regional Teams would work with District Clubs to build new Clubs and recruit new members to grow the level of service needed to assist children in our communities. When Rehoboth Kiwanis member, Art Pressl recently received his Hixson pin to complement the award he received in 1997, he brought with him another pin. Art is a Kiwanis International Accredited Representati (KIAR). After serving as Club President in 1992-93, Art joined with others in Division 11, took classes at District conferences, and became a KIAR. His job was to start new Clubs in the area. The whole Rehoboth Club helped him, as he mapped the area and trained Club members to go into the Bethany Beach community, invited prospects to Rehoboth Kiwanis meetings, and held meetings in the Ocean View Diner to introduce Kiwanis to the residents. The job for the Accredited Representative was to help complete the petition for charter and certify to Kiwanis International that the officers, committees, and members of the new Club received instruction regarding their obligations as Kiwanians. Art reports the new Club they built, now defunct, had members with many ideas for fundraising. Probably, he thought their demise was due to lack of hands-on service projects for kids in the community.

Now, years later, with the area growing, the Rehoboth Club is taking a different approach to Club Building for Growth. In 2003, the Rehoboth Club established the Ocean View K-Kids Club, in 2006, the Club started the BUG and the Terrific Kids programs in nearby schools and in 2008, Rehoboth submitted a petition to charter the Indian River High School Key Club. Rehoboth, Bethany Beach, Ocean View, and Fenwick are small Delaware coastal towns where many potential volunteers are snowbirds to Florida in the winter. Rehoboth Kiwanis Club hopes residents will hear about the many volunteer opportunities to work in service with the community youth. The Kids have fundraisers such as bake sales, quilt raffles, and car washes in the works. However, the real enthusiasm is when the Kids plan for the local beach clean up, the school planting, or making cards for seniors and veterans. Perhaps what Kiwanis needs is to observe our Kids. They can show us the way to 2015. Even after recent health problems, Art, at 82 years young, never misses a meeting, serves as hospitality Chair, works other service projects, and is still a Kid at heart.