Kiwanis One Day of Service at the Boys and Girls Club
"BUG" Program (Bring Up Grades) student award ceremony at Plantation Elem
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
- Plantation Elementary – Bring Up Grades award program
- 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
04/17/10 – Walk a Mile in Her Shoes – Men’s March to Stop Rape (9:00 am – 12:00 pm): River Ranch Town Square;
Proceeds go to Hearts of Hope
Watch and support a few of our KOA dudes while they walk in high heels!
Food, fun and drinks for the whole family!
Women & children encouraged to walk in tennis shoes for a $10 donation.
9:00 am Registration,
10:00am Walk begins.
For more information call 269-1557 or
visit: http://www.walkamileinhershoes.com
By: Christina on April 16, 2010
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