Mandy asked about Kiwanis clubs, and service clubs do so much good for their communities that I thought I'd do a quick "plug" for them rather than just emailing her directly.
Like Rotary and Lions, Kiwanis is a service club--usually business people who meet weekly, listen to speakers on various topics of interest, then do projects to improve their community. My particular club is about 55 years old and in that span has built playground equipment, painted houses for senior citizens, raked up leaves for senior citizens, started Boise's Greenbelt, donated signs for an Oregon Trail park, built parks, planted hundreds of trees, as well as helping various charities and sponsoring school-based programs to teach children about community service. Worldwide, Kiwanis International has been battling the problem of Iodine Deficiency Disorder.
Lions clubs tend to focus on vision & vision related problems. If you have old glasses, you can donate them to a Lions club and they will find someone else to use them. Our local clubs have a big van that can test for indications of health-related problems.
I'm much less familiar with Rotary, but I do know many towns owe their public parks to Rotary clubs.
Great, GREAT organizations and all of them are worldwide. For more information, visit:
www.kiwanis.org
www.lionsclubs.org
www.rotary.org
They are always looking for new members.
St. Augustine would be proud.
2 comments:
Thanks so much for posting the answer to my query. I have had a brief visit to the Kiwanis site, as well as the Eurpoe section. I shall go back later to find out more. (I've got some schoolwork to do first).
Thank you for giving some recognition to three tremendous service organizations. They all do wonderful things and it gives people a chance to give back to their communities. I too have had many people ask what do you get out of Lions Club? Sad commentary on society.
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