Kiwanis club seeks new members

Garden City, New York, News
http://www.gcnews.com/news/2009/0710/Community/084.html

Garden City, NY, July 10, 2009—The Kiwanis Club of Garden City is launching a membership drive to strengthen its base, and to encourage community and service-minded citizens to consider joining the organization, which works on community service projects, especially those that benefit children.

The Kiwanis Club of Garden City, a part of Kiwanis International has been working in Garden City since 1951 and includes members from various walks and sectors of life.

"There is a growing interest, particularly among Baby Boomers, to give something back to children and to projects that improve the world and the communities where they live," said Arthur Anderson, president of the club.

"We want to attract more men and women to our work-community and child-directed service-and we know that their membership will help us make a difference that can last a lifetime," Anderson added.

In addition to the service the club provides, other membership benefits include, professional networking, international awareness, friendship, entertainment, education and diversity in membership.

Around the world, more than 250,000 adult Kiwanis members and 300,000 youth Service Leadership Program members help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged and care for the sick. The Kiwanis Club of Garden City and the NY District Kiwanis includes more than 8,100 members from throughout New York State.

The club has undertaken several projects, including sending children to Kamp Kiwanis each summer, supporting local Boy and Girl Scout Troops, cooking hamburgers for the Games for the Physically Challenged each year, working closely with the Chamber of Commerce to support local merchants and businesses, collecting food donations each week for a local mental health clinic, working with local charities to Adopt-A-Family at the holidays and providing a College Scholarship to a graduating senior from Garden City.

Interested persons are encouraged to contact the Kiwanis Club at 516-319-2459 or KiwanisGC@aol.com

Founded in 1915, Kiwanis is a global organization of member-volunteers working to change the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis International and its Service Leadership Programs, including Circle K, Key Club, Key Leader, Builders Club, K-Kids, Kiwanis Junior, and Aktion Club, dedicate millions of volunteer hours and invest $100 million to strengthen communities and serve children annually. For more information, please visit www.kiwanis.org or call 800-KIWANIS.

A Membership Round-Up is scheduled for Thursday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Seventh Street Cafe. Call to RSVP and come down and see what Kiwanis is all about.