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Serving The Children of our Community - Downtown Kiwanis Club of Jackson, Michigan

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Our Service Projects

We Build, We Serve
Today the Jackson Club has 110 men and women who emphasize and live the founder's motto of helping children. Over $44,000 was spent on needy areas this past fiscal year. But besides money, club members also donate their time, talent and sometimes their personal treasures to keep programs going. The Club asked members to volunteer items or money to help the food pantry of the Salvation Army, send gift packages to soldiers in Iraq and help with hurricane relief efforts in the south. Kiwanians responded with enthusiasm and emotion. Traditional projects include building wheelchair ramps, ushering Summer Movies at the Michigan Theatre, planting flowers in downtown Jackson, mentoring students at Wilson School, ring bells for the Salvation Army, delivering toys to children's hospitals, sponsoring the annual Halloween Party, hosting baby showers for the Aware and Interfaith Shelters, providing shoes and boots for needy schoolchildren, and Kiwanians take pride in doing the extra needed to make these projects happen and help others. Partnering with the Jackson Cascade Kiwanis Club, the Jackson Northwest Kiwanis Club and the Brooklyn Kiwanis Club, the four clubs furnished dictionaries to all third grade students in the county in 2004. And again in 2005.

Where Local Kiwanis Funds Went in 2006

Shoes& Boots for Underprivileged Children
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Children's Hospitals

Wilson School Mentoring/Mileage Club

Kiwanis College Scholarships

Michigan Theatre Summer Program

Jackson High School Key Club Sponsorship
Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Young Children Priority One

Salvation Army Community Pantry

Aware Shelter

Jackson Interfaith Shelter

Florence Crittenton Home

John George Home

Dahlem Center

Wheelchair Ramps
Little League Sponsorships (baseball/football)

Any Soldier Project
Toys for Mary Free Bed Hospital
Jackson County Health Department - Bike Helmets
Jackson Friendly Home

Jackson Interfaith Shelter Dinners

Community-wide Prayer Breakfast

4-H Sitting Tall Program

Halloween Party at Kiwanis Playground

Adopt a Family for Christmas

Jackson County Department on Aging

Senior Bi-Fokal Project

Miscellaneous
TOTAL

$9,000
6,000
4,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
1,500
1,500
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
800

800
800
600
600
500
500
500
400
400
375
350
300
300

300

3,500

$46,825

Never Afraid Of Working

The Jackson Kiwanis have given time, talent, money, and even sweat... all while having fun!

Jackson Kiwanis Serves & Builds!

-Content contributed by the December 2005 Kiwanis Club Edition newspaper