Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall Chatham, ON, Canada

How will you bring happiness to a child today? #InternationalDayOfHappiness

Best wishes for a Happy, Peaceful and Healthy 2021 from our Governor, Dr. Delores Boudreaux Lewis. #happynewyear #peace #joy #goodhealth #thankful #KidsNeedKiwanis #PassionToLead #PeaceToServe #PassionToExcel

Some kids are hungry. Some kids need help learning to read. Others need mentors in their community. You can help improve these issues and more one child at a time. Your support and participation help kids realize a brighter tomorrow.

Chuck Scott presenting a Kiwanis certificate of appreciation to Claire Smith, General Manager at Staples to recognize the work of Staples in raising funds for local back to school efforts through their Start to Smart program.

Some popular Kiwanis projects that help kids include installing reading rooms in schools, packing backpacks with school supplies and programs that teach skills or provide safety lessons.

Through a partnership between Kiwanis and Staples, funds raised through the Staples Start to Smart program have recently been distributed to Operation Backpack and six local elementary schools. Presenting $2,880 in Staples gift cards for Operation Backpack to Karyn O’Neil, Director, Community Engagement and Operations at the United Way are Kathie Jordan of the Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent and Rita Tanguay of Staples and Claire Smith, General Manager of the Chatham Staples store.

............... & please keep well & stay safe in these times of uncertainties.

All tickets are put back into the draw!!! Get your tickets early before they sell out! We feed you, you help your community! Rules of Play can be seen at www.sarniakiwanis.com.

Kiwanis $500 donation to Goodfellows. From Left: Kiwanians Chuck Scott and Austin Hadlock, then Fred Osmon and Tim Haskell of Goodfellows . No Child Without a Christmas

Kiwanis / Staples Back to School Partnership As a result of the Kiwanis/Staples back to school partnership, Rita Tanguay of Staples and Chuck Scott (Kiwanis) were pleased to present each of 6 elementary schools in Chatham with $400 in Staples gift cards. (This is in addition to the $2,880 that was previously donated to Operation Backpack)

How are you changing the world today? #KidsNeedKiwanis

Our Strong Kids donation to the Chatham-Kent YMCA. Ian Rutherford (our Strong Kids coordinator), Austin Hadlock (Bingo Chairperson), Denis Giles (Aquatic Supervisor) and Amy Wadsworth (YMCA General Manager)

Received this in the mail last week to recognize our 1st runner up status for our club's Signature project (Kiwanis Music Festival, 75 years). This was for clubs with more than 27 members. Congratulations to Brantford for finishing first and to Aruba for finishing third.

Lt. Governor Donna Kelso joined us recently to install our new Board for 2020/21

The Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent held a hybrid (in-person an Zoom) meeting on October 22. Speaker Sheryl Plouffe shared her vast experience in television and on-line media to show us ways to get our Kiwanis message to our target audience. We had a dozen in person and another dozen on Zoom. Great meeting. Great ideas.

We recently presented the club's Syd Kemsley Community Service Award to Stan Wharram in recognition of his many years supporting the Kiwanis Music Festival as well as his long time volunteer efforts with the St. Agnes Soup Kitchen and the audio/visual team at St. Andrew's United Church

Congratulations to our newly elected Kiwanis International leadership for 2020-21: President Art Riley, President-Elect Peter Mancuso and Vice President Bert We...st. All were elected to their positions Saturday along with new trustees during a special meeting of Kiwanis International Council. Election results are here: https://bit.ly/2OXWy9c See more

Let’s support the University of Windsor CKI

Kiwanis partners with Staples for their Start to Smart school supplies drive. Please support us with a donation the next time you're shopping at Staples

Thanks Dick for sponsoring your fifth new club member and congratulations on receiving your Ruby K pin.

Congratulations to our Kiwanis scholarship winners for 2020, Alex and Hunter.

One Kiwanian helping to keep C-K safe.

We are looking for new members to assist us with our signature projectsmusic festival and reading buddies. During the pandemic, we are meeting virtually but planning continues. PM this site.

Thanks to Kiwanis StAugustine, Trinidad for this post. We are thankful for our Kiwanis connections.

Our next online Zoom meeting is Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 7:00 pm (gathering at 6:45). Lieutenant- Governor Donna Kelso will be inducting two new members in our club. Message Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent if you would like to attend our Zoom meeting.

Would you like to join our next virtual meeting? Message me.

Stay safe everyone.

Chelsea participated in music lessons at the CTC-CK. She prepared a song to sing at the Kiwanis Music Festival for this year, however the music festival was cancelled. Please enjoy the song Chelsea would have performed!!