The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard about club projects for local children and youth, at their Tuesday noon meeting at the Moose Lodge.
It was the club’s monthly business meeting where committee chairs reported on the many activities it’s involved in to raise money locally and turn those dollars into making the lives of local kids better.
Kiwanis Student Leadership chair Will Perkins reported on a recent visit by 4 members of the club, to the Taylorville High School Kiwanis Key Club. Will, along with president Tim Sutton, Spiritual Aims Chair Dick Wamsley, and Public Relations Chair Randy Miller, visited with the 25 Key Club members at the meeting.
Kiwanis Priority One chair Bruce Blanchan shared via text that this year’s distribution of winter coats, hats, and gloves, was taking place this week for Taylorville Head Start students. The club provided some 13-hundred dollars in purchasing the items as a result of its on-going fund-raising.
Kiwanis treasurer Blain Cornwell reported that 21-hundre 32-dollars was raised during October’s 2-day “Kids Day” monetary donation drive; and club members volunteering to man selected gates at the Illinois State Fair netted the club 14-hundred 85-dollars.
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.
