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News Our club meets at Rizzo's Restaurant in Wentzville at Noon, every Thursday. We invite you to come join us and see if you would like to be a part of our efforts. |
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Members List:
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President:
Bob Swank
Vice-President:
Joni Marren
Secretary:
Lynn Whitehead
Treasurer:
John Hoff
Immediate Past President:
Tim Hooten
Board Member:
Mike Dinello
Tina Garrison
Jan Lewien
Maggie Menefee
Bob Thompson
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL MO-ARK DISTRICT WEB PAGE EARL COLLINS FOUNDATION INFORMATION EARL COLLINS SCHOLORSHIP APPLICATION 2007-08
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Welcome to our site ...
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.
...is a snapshot of its community, with members from all walks of life and at every step of the career ladder. They are unified in their belief that children and their communities benefit from the efforts of a proficient group of caring and involved volunteers. In a typical year, Kiwanis clubs invest more than 6.2 million hours and US$100 million in communities around the world. Through these efforts, the Kiwanis organization truly leaves a lasting impression on future generations. Service projects often are linked to the Kiwanis program, “Young Children: Priority One.” This initiative places continuing focus on the needs of children in pediatric trauma, safety, child care, early development, infant health, nutrition, and parenting skills. Service projects also can address other needs within the community, such as working to stop substance abuse, helping the elderly, promoting literacy, supporting youth sports and recreation, responding to disasters, and supporting specific persons in need.
Our club meets at Rizzo's in Wentzville at Noon, every Thursday. We invite you to come join us and see if you would like to be a part of our efforts.
Club Bylaws can be found here download THIS Adobe PDF file
* Sponsor- Wentzville Holt High School Key Club * Sponsor-City of Wentzville's "Hill of Thrills" Soapbox Derby * Missouri Special Olympics * Camp Wyman * 5K Run * Adoption of local Family at Christmas
Did You Know?
What is the Kiwanis Motto?
Kiwanis International sponsors several service clubs for young people: Circle K International has 11,000 members on 570 university and college campuses; Key Club International has 215,000 members in 4,600 high schools; and Builders Clubs have been organized in 2,000 junior high and middle schools. Other members of the Kiwanis family include K-Kids in elementary schools, young European adults in Kiwanis Junior, and Aktion Club, which involves persons with disabilities in community-service activities.
In one year, Kiwanis clubs sponsored 147,000 service projects. To do so, Kiwanians raised and spent nearly $70 million and contributed 6.2 million hours of volunteer time. What does Kiwanis do on an international scale to serve the children of the world? Kiwanis’ continuing service emphasis is called “Young Children: Priority One,” which focuses on the special needs of children from prenatal development to age five. Projects conducted as part of the “Young Children: Priority One” service emphasis involved $14.3 million and 1.3 million volunteer hours.
In 1994, Kiwanis launched its first Worldwide Service Project, a $75 million campaign in partnership with UNICEF to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders by the year 2000. Iodine deficiency is rare in areas where iodized salt is used, but in other parts of the world, IDD is the leading cause of preventable mental and physical retardation. As many as 1.5 billion people are at risk, especially young children.
The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged.
“We Build.”
