November 2008 - Kiwanis News -

Kiwanis International president-elect calls for more helping hands

Mattoon, Illinois, Journal Gazette and Times-Courier http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491b99e6b4e0f992596284.txt MATTOON — Listening to Kiwanis International President-Elect Paul G. Palazzolo can be a hoot. The Springfield resident...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 10:10 AM by Scott Smith

Area service group forming

Home-schoolers would get chance to join Key Club Lafayette, Louisiana, Daily Advertiser http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20081118/NEWS01/811180317/1002 Home-schoolers will have the opportunity to help the community by joining a newly formed service...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 10:08 AM by Scott Smith

Kelleys man receives Kiwanis medal

Port Clinton, Ohio, News Herald http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/20081118/NEWS01/811180312 PORT CLINTON – In 1966, a man from Illinois, named Robert P. Connelly, gave his life in an attempt to rescue a paraplegic woman at a railroad...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 10:01 AM by Scott Smith

Kiwanis Club tackles playground

Napa County club members replace 60-year-old playground Calistoga, California, Weekly Calistogan http://www.weeklycalistogan.com/articles/2008/11/13/news/local/doc491d0217dbcde628500642.txt A Napa County Superior Court judge, a top official from the Napa...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 10:00 AM by Scott Smith

More than a boxed lunch

KHAS-TV, Hastings, Nebraska http://new.khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=15169&storytopic=4 Members of the Hastings Kiwanis club spent much of the day recently with representatives from Kids Against Hunger, packing boxes of food to be sent...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 2:08 PM by Scott Smith

This auction’s a good deal

The Orillia Packet and Times, Orillia, Ontario www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1288718 Orillia’s community spirit was on display Saturday at the 29th annual Kiwanis Mammoth Auction. “I come from Toronto; you lose that community...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 2:07 PM by Scott Smith

Andover Kiwanis event a clean sweep

The Eagle Tribune, Andover, Massachusetts www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_315002155.html Members of the Greater Lawrence Kiwanis club gathered recently to clean up the George L. Street Memorial Bridge, named for the town’s most decorated...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 2:06 PM by Scott Smith

Project has kids flying high

www.lacanadaoutlook.com, LaCanada, Flintridge, California www.lacanadaoutlook.com/stories/081106/CommunityMain.shtml More than 100 special needs children, joined by families and friends, recently got the ride of their lives—and they even got to...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 2:03 PM by Scott Smith

The definition of giving

Le Mars, Iowa, U.S., Daily Sentinel http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1475255.html Every third grader in the county can tell you what “philanthropy” means. All they have to do is flip open their new dictionary to find it. The Le Mars Kiwanis...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 9:57 AM by Scott Smith

Traverse Kiwanis honors students

Traverse City, Michigan, U.S., Record-Eagle http://www.record-eagle.com/archivesearch/local_story_309081539.html • Brandon Welch, a senior at Grand Traverse Academy, is the son of Rodnie and Sherry Welch of Traverse City. Welch is treasurer of the...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 9:54 AM by Scott Smith

Bossier City Kiwanis donation can be shocking

KTAL-TV, Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=46231 The Kiwanis Club of Bossier City has raised funds to donate portable defibrillators to all middle and high schools in Bossier Parish. In addition to the cost...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 9:46 AM by Scott Smith

Park gives skaters a place to Ollie 

KNDO/KNDU-TV, Yakima, Washington, U.S. http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9281005&nav=menu484_2_10 Yakima skateboarders are celebrating the opening of the Kiwanis Skate Park at the corner of South Fair Avenue and Maple Street. The US$325,000 park...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 9:31 AM by Scott Smith