News from Around the District




HOT AIR BALLOONFEST-Mark the date!  
6/18/2010 - District : Indiana - Submitted by : Jon Groth

Kiwanis Club of Valparaiso- 2010 Hot Air BalloonFest

The Valparaiso Noon Kiwanis Club will conduct our 20th annual Kiwanis Hot Air BalloonFest at the Porter County Fairgrounds in Valparaiso, Indiana this September.  Our 90 year old Kiwanis Club of 200 members has been using funds generated from the BalloonFest

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Blasdel wins James A. Henderson Award for Fund-Raising  
6/1/2010 - District : Indiana - Submitted by : Jim Riffle

James A. Henderson Award for Fund-Raising

2010 James A. Henderson Award for Fund-raising Recipient

Jeff Blasdel was named the recipient of the 2010 James A. Henderson Award for Fundraising at the Heritage Fund Annual Report to the Community May 20, 2010. As the visionary and creator of the Kiwanis Incredible

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Broad Ripple Club Teams Us with Middle School  
5/27/2010 - District : Indiana - Submitted by : Susie Neal
Broad Ripple Magnet High School (BRMHS) recently added middle school (more)

Plymouth Peanut Days  
5/25/2010 - Club : Plymouth - Submitted by : Tom Sibal

PLYMOUTH -- The Plymouth Chapter of Kiwanis raised nearly $4,900 in donations this past weekend during their annual Peanut Days fundraiser.

35 members of the local civic organization were out in force at the intersection of Jefferson and Michigan on Friday and Saturday asking for donations from drivers in exchange for a

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Goshen Noon Kiwanis Steps Up To The Plate  
5/25/2010 - District : Indiana - Submitted by : John Huber
Goshen's Model School was happy to announce that it will be getting a new playground in August of 2010.  After many hours of work and much generosity from their Model families over the past seven years, as well as, a substantial push and donation by both the Goshen Noon Kiwanis Club and the Goshen Kiwanis (more)

Easy Fundraiser - Big Success  
5/15/2010 - Club : Lawrence Sunrise - Submitted by : Jessica Shea
LSK worked with Greatway Pizza to complete a tasty fundraiser.  (more)

Kiwanis One Day   
4/18/2010 - District : Indiana - Submitted by : Teresa Tanner


16 members of the Kiwanis Club of Henryville and the Henryville High School Key Club gathered together to celebrate Kiwanis One Day by cleaning up a local rural side road that is used alot because it leads to the local ballpark ,the 2 groups gathered trash and then off to the recycling bins to seperate it all (more)

North Manchester delivers!  
1/14/2010 - District : Indiana - Submitted by : Valeria DeLaughter
Club Delivers Special Needs Van
A request was sent out to the Potawatomi Division on November 10, 2009, asking for Kiwanians to do what Kiwanians are all about: Helping children and especially children served by Riley Hospital.  A young man from Akron, Indiana, named Dillon, has had at least 25 surgeries at Riley Hospital (more)