The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the Taylorville Jr High Kiwanis Builders Club officers, during their weekly luncheon recently at the club’s new meeting place, the Taylorville Moose Lodge.

Builders Club President, Ellie VanHuss; Vice President, Ella Kother and Treasurer, Hagen VanHuss spoke about the many projects that they have been working on this year.  They had a display during Christmas in the Park, had a donation drive for the Christian County Animal Shelter, and participated in the annual Kiwanis Pancake and Sausage Breakfast.  The week of March 23-27 they will be having a snack sale in which the proceeds will be used to purchase items for the Loving Arms Crisis Center.

Advisor Lynn Rice told Kiwanis members that the Builders Club at Taylorville Jr High has close to 40 members this year.  As members of the Builders Club, they have pledged to better their school, their community, their nation and themselves and they continue to work on these goals.  

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at their new meeting location, the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.

CAPTION TO PIX:  Taylorville Kiwanis Liaison Will Perkins (right), along with Builders Club members Hagen VanHuss, Treasurer; Ella Kother, Vice-President; Ellie VanHuss, President, and Lynn Rice, Kiwanis Builders Club Advisor were recent program speakers at the weekly meeting of the Taylorville Kiwanis Club at the Moose Lodge.