Service
The Kiwanis Club of Acadiana proudly supports local community organizations and events, including the Children’s Museum of Acadiana, Rebuilding Together Acadiana, Festival International, Lafayette Community Health Care Clinic, Toys for Tots and Junior Achievement. KOA allocates $10,000-$15,000 annually to designated local children’s charities. Our primary fundraising project is the annual Zydeco Pancake Breakfast held in the fall.
In December 2000, our club was the first in Division 7 to achieve its fundraising goal for the Kiwanis International Worldwide Service Project to fight IDD in the world’s population of children. Our club raised $14,265 — enough to improve the health of 285,300 children!
Past and current Service Projects:
Acadiana Outreach Christmas Extravaganza
Acadiana Regional Spelling Bee-sponsor and event volunteers
Annual National Day of Prayer-coordinate, host and event volunteers for “Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast”
Children’s Museum “New Years at Noon” activity booth sponsor & volunteers
Children’s Museum Ice Cream “Freeze-off” –event participants
Downtown Alive Beer tending
Easter Baskets WC Hospital- visiting child patients at Women’s and Children’s Hospital and delivering Easter baskets to them
Festival International- fundraiser from Festival pin booth sales (volunteers)
Gumbo/Rice & Gravy/Etc Cook-offs- event participants
Junior Achievement – volunteer classroom teachers on provided business/economic content
K-kids club sponsor at Ossun Elementary
LEF Book Bug Drive
Miles Perret Children’s Caner Center – Gift Wrapping Volunteers for Christmas Gifts to Kids
Rebuilding Together Acadiana-light construction etc. volunteers
Toys for Tots- volunteers help Marine Corps sort gifts for distribution
Zydeco Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser –coordinate event and event volunteers to raise money for other nonprofits
By: Christina on May 17, 2008
at 9:05 pm