Kiwanis Club of South Edmonton

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Kiwanis Club of South Edmonton

• Service to our community since 1949

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Topics

• Our beginnings
• Objects of Kiwanis
• Club organization, structure executive
• Club projects
• Club activities

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Our Beginnings

• January 21, 1915 Detroit Michigan,
• The original aim was helping one another succeed
  in business, in 1920 a more noble mission was
  adopted based on the Indian word Kiwanis meaning
  "We Build",
• In 1917 Kiwanis became international by starting
  a club in Hamilton Ontario,
• International membership now over 600,000
  serving in over 13,00 clubs, in over 96
  countries,
• Asia-Pacific, Europe/Africa, Latin America,
  North America regions,
• International head office in Indianapolis,
  Indiana
• Our club is in Western Canada District, Division
  6

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Objects of Kiwanis

• To give primacy to the human spiritual, rather
  than to the material values of life,
• To encourage the daily living of the golden rule
  in all human relationships,
• To promote the adoption the application of
  higher social, business professional standards.
• To develop, by precept example, a more
  intelligent, aggressive serviceable
  citizenship,

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Objects of Kiwanis

• To provide through Kiwanis clubs, a practical
  means to form enduring friendships, to render
  altruistic service build better communities,
• To cooperate in creating maintaining that sound
  public opinion high idealism with makes
  possible the increase in justice good will.

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Kiwanis International President

• 2007-2008
• Dave Curry
• Goals for the year
• Increase our commitment to young children,
• Develop leadership throughout the Kiwanis family,
• Expand Kiwanis service around the world,
• Access Kiwanis service and growth through the
  World Link Program.

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Our Club Executive
President Dan OKeefe
Directors (Seven)
Past President Aileen Rogers
Treasurer Don Makowichuk
Secretary Richard LeSueur
All terms are for 1 year, except the board of
directors,where we like to maintain a balance of
both experienced and new club members,
overlapping terms are for 2 years.
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Our Club Committees(each committee has a
chairman one or more members)

• Club archives
• Community service
• Fund raising
• House committee
• Interclub
• Membership
• Public relations
• Social
• Spiritual aims
• Youth services

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Our Club Projects

• Reading is Fundamental
• Held in the inner city at the Norwood Community
  Services Centre,
• To promote reading aid education,
• Fall/Winter/Spring readings by members, spouses
  friends,
• 20 children in 2 classrooms of Head Start
  program,
• Every child receives nutritious snack,
• 1,000/yr. for books given to children,
• Children get to keep 3 books each.

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Our Club Projects

• Camp Health Hope Happiness
• Provides summer camping experience for mentally
  physically disabled youth,
• Camp conceived by our club in 1960,
• Constructed a Gazebo, to enable campers to go
  outside after they have taken medication by
  providing a shaded area,
• Host BBQ's, talent nights, socials, etc.
• Club contributed to pool, roofs, etc.
• Annual sponsoring a camp for 75 youth for 10 days.

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Our Club Projects

• Kiwanis Music Festival Support - in conjunction
  with the Downtown Club,
• Provide marshals to assist the musicians, family
  adjudicators,
• Provide 750 in scholarships each year to further
  student interests in music,
• We look after the Cosmopolitan Music Society
  venue.

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Our Club Projects

• Terrific Kids
• A school program at Holy Family, Robert Rundle,
  St. Clements, St. James, St. Justin, Bishop
  Savaryn,
• Celebrates children in each Kindergarten to Grade
  6 classroom,
• In recognition of the importance of self esteem
  to children,
• Each child that achieves their goal for that
  month receives a certificate, pencil, bumper
  sticker and treat.

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Our Club Projects

• W.I.N.G.S. Women In Need Growing Stronger
• A second stage safe home for abused women their
  children, it provides housing support to the
  families for a 6 months to help them become self
  confident reliant for their well being,
• Designed and built a large playground for the
  children youth,
• Ongoing projects

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Our Club Projects

• Kiwanis Safety City
• Developed in conjunction with the Alberta Safety
  Council,
• Provides safety courses for kindergarten grades
  1 2,
• Over 12,000 youth attend classes annually,
• We have a waiting list of over 24 schools
  annually that want to use the facility.

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Annual Fund Raising
Christmas Trees
Casino
Typical Club income from all projects is about
25,000 annually with a Casino every second year
bringing about 60,000. We are always looking for
new ways of raising funds for new existing
programs.
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Club Activities

• Conferences
• International Convention
• Western Canada District Convention
• Mid Winter Conference Training Session.

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Membership Commitments

• Project committees events,
• Fundraising support,
• Fellowship activities,
• Twice monthly dinner for those that can attend.

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• Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers
  dedicate to changing the world one child and one
  community at a time