The Taylorville Kiwanis Club was the recently awarded the “Friend of Education” Award by the Taylorville Public Schools Foundation.

The Foundation recognized the many efforts the Kiwanis Club puts into children and youth in the Taylorville community.

The Kiwanis Club provides scholarships annually to deserving Taylorville High School Seniors; it provides coats, hats, and gloves to needy pre-school students; is an Investor on the Christian County CEO program, and maintains the Kiwanis Park and playground for children and their parents to enjoy.

Kiwanis fund-raisers thru-out the year provide the monies for these projects.  Additionally, the Kiwanis Club awards grants to other local non-profit organizations that have similar goals and objectives for children and youth in the Taylorville community.  One of those grants in the last cycle was to the Taylorville Junior High School “Homework Helpers” program.

The award was accepted on Tuesday by Kiwanis Club past president Chuck Martin at their weekly meeting.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a 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 the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.