Kiwanis Club of Acadiana members and guests will celebrate their quarter-century of service to the Acadiana community with a reception Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Don’s Seafood, 301 E. Vermilion St., in downtown Lafayette. Past and present Kiwanis members are invited to attend as honored guests at no charge.
The club will recognize past club leaders, district leaders and will recognize outstanding service during a brief presentation.
The Kiwanis Club of Acadiana, with more than 40 members, completes hundreds of hours of service each year.
The club’s largest single project is its Zydeco Pancake Breakfast, an annual fundraiser held in October generating about $10,000 to donate to the community. Kiwanis of Acadiana donated a third of last year’s proceeds to Camp Bon Coeur, a summer camp for children with congenial heart defects (www.heartcamp.com), and also purchased Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for the campuses of Ossun Elementary School and Plantation Elementary School.
Kiwanis Club of Acadiana is the sponsor club of the K-Kids Club at Ossun Elementary. K-Kids is a branch of the Kiwanis International family.
Kiwanis Club of Acadiana, its charter originally adopted Nov. 17, 1983, is in the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District of Kiwanis International. The club has been recognized multiple times over as a Kiwanis International “Distinguished Club.”








