October 2009 - Kiwanis News -

Kiwanis International names Stan Soderstrom Interim Chief Executive Officer

INDIANAPOLIS – October 29, 2009 - Stan D. Soderstrom recently was named Interim Chief Executive Officer for Kiwanis International, a worldwide service organization in more than 70 nations. As Kiwanis chief executive, Soderstrom is responsible for...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2009 11:37 AM by Chris Hayworth

Kiwanis International Foundation names Linda Brimmer Executive Director

INDIANAPOLIS – September 28, 2009 - Linda Brimmer, MBA, CFRE, comes to the Kiwanis International Foundation from the position of vice president/chief operating officer of the Goodwill Industries Foundation of Central Indiana. Prior to joining Goodwill...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2009 11:28 AM by Chris Hayworth

Worldwide Service Project next steps

Kiwanis International would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal for the next Worldwide Service Project. The deadline for all submissions was October 1, 2009. The response was great! We received more than 200 proposals from all over the world...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2009 9:14 AM by Chris Hayworth

Maj. Gen. Robert G. Moorhead dies

Maj. General (ret.) Robert Grant Moorhead 88, of Indianapolis, passed away on October 11, 2009. He was born on Sept 4, 1921 to Robert L. and Roxanne Sanders Moorhead in Orleans, Indiana. He was a graduate of Indiana University where he was a member of...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 3:39 PM by Chris Hayworth

Kiwanis Coats for Kids project helps local needy children

Escanaba, Michigan By Jillian Jamison http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/515235.html?nav=5003 Bayshore Kiwanis President Bill Smith looks on as Emily Johnson, 10, daughter of AJ and Shari Johnson of Rapid River, donates a coat to the Coats...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 3:37 PM by Chris Hayworth

Award grants from Kiwanis

Yarmouth Port, MA http://www.wickedlocal.com/sandwich/news/x1992002057/Kiwanis-awards-grants By Maryjean Cannata SANDWICH - The Sandwich Kiwanis Club celebrated its Levreault Fund Awards Night at the Dan’l Webster Inn on Sept. 17. The purpose of...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 3:34 PM by Chris Hayworth

Key Club fundraiser to aid child trauma victims

Palo Alto, CA http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=8896 by Helena Raffel of The Paly Voice Key Club members will collect orders on Oct. 16 to Oct. 18 at the quad for their American Apparel sweatshirt fundraiser for the Kiwanis Foundation for Pediatric...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 3:33 PM by Chris Hayworth

Come together for Kiwanis Family Month

More than half a million adult and youth volunteers in the Kiwanis International family of service clubs come together during November to celebrate and participate in community service projects in honor of Kiwanis Family Month. The Kiwanis family includes...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 10:51 AM by Chris Hayworth

Kiwanis International CEO steps down

Kiwanis International CEO, Rob Parker, today announced his decision to step down effective October 16, 2009 in a letter to the Kiwanis family. “Those of you who know me well will not be surprised that I am totally excited about what the future might...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 4:26 PM by Chris Hayworth