DONATIONS

$1614 to Interfaith Food Pantry ($500 from the club and $1114 from members)

$257 from the members and club matching for Mutual Ground

$2000 to Kiwanis II District for Spastic Paralysis research

$250 from members to kick off the Salvation Army Bell Ringing

$4000 to Community Foundation of the Fox Valley for college scholarships

$3000 to Big Brothers/Big Sisters

$1250 to Carpenter’s Place

$500 to Boy Scouts of America

$300 to 6 students at the 8^th Annual American Youth Character Awards & Character Builder Awards

$3500 to our 4 sponsored school groups IMSA & ACC Key clubs, AU Circle K and FVSR Aktion Club

$1000 donation For God and Fellow Man for the Dominican Literacy Center

$1300 to Feed My Starving Children Project

$500 to Compassion Foundation

$600 for Pony League Baseball

$700 for Boys/Girls Baseball

$500 to Girl Scouts

$825 to Aurora’s First Tee Program

$500 to Aurora Central Catholic School for using their facilities for our Pancake Breakfast

$3041 worth of books for the Back to School Fair

$300 to St. Theresa School for playground supplies

$500 to Trinity Episcopal Church towards a refrigerator for their Soup Kitchen that provide 100 meals/week

$150 to Eagle Scout project to beautify the landscaping at Washington Middle School

$400 for hospital blankets for needy families

$200 to SciTech Hands on Museum

$1500 to Heritage YMCA Learn to Swim Program

$250 to National Alliance of Mental Illness

$1095 to Two Rivers Head Start for a trip for needy children

$1000 to Kane County CASA

$2140 for Rebuilding Together Aurora House Improvement Project

$850 to the Hadley School for the Blind

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Salvation Army Bell Ringing…Our members donated 47 hours while raising $1017

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bigs for a Day… 12 members donated 36 hours

Pearl Harbor Day…. 27 members attended the tribute

Blood Drive…21 members donated 21 pints

AID Telethon…6 members

Collected items to be sent to the troops in Afghanistan

Character Counts School Ceremony…scholarships to 6 students

Kiwanis One Day…328 volunteers cleaned the banks of Indian Creek for 1392 service hours. 

         They collected 80 cubic yards (6 tons) of garbage.

Kiwanis God and Fellow Man Award Dinner 250 attended including 25 club members honoring Sr.

         Kathleen Ryan, Sr. Ann Clennon and Sr. Jane Ann Beckman of the Dominican Literacy Center

Fourth of July Parade…11members

Feed My Starving Children… 27 members (plus 23 family, friends, Cub Scouts and AU Circle K) donated 100

        service hours to prepare 21600 meals, that fed 59 children in Nicaragua 1 meal a day for 1 year.

Aurora Downtown Alive… 22 members donated 88 community service hours

Interfaith Food Pantry…22 members donated 60 service hours sorting food

Hall School Project… installation of a long jump pit for Special Olympics

Back to School Fair…5 members handed out 1800 books

Fox Valley Canoe Race…4 members

Rebuilding Together Aurora House Project……16 members worked over 100 service hours

   FELLOWSHIP and CLUB ACTIVITIES

108 members attended our 12 interclubs

9 new members

2 after work social hours (Bliss Creek and Ballydoyle)

34 members and friends attended a White Sox game at Cellular Field

94 attended our annual Kiwanis Golf Outing at Bliss Creek

67 attended the Installation of Officers Banquet at Aurora Country Club

23 members received the Clyde Hewitt Merit Award

2 members attended the Kiwanis International Convention in Nashville, Tn

FUNDRAISING

Raised $17,740 serving 1513 people at our 59^th annual Pancake Breakfast with 60 members participating

Raised $9,270 selling Kiwanis peanuts with 61 members participating

Raised $14,420 with Placemats

    Raised $480 from Aurora Downtown Alive tips with 22 members participating

SPONSORED GROUPS     We appreciate our relationship with

Kiwanis Circle K Club at Aurora University

Kiwanis Key Club at Illinois Math & Science Academy

Kiwanis Key Club at Aurora Central Catholic

Kiwanis Aktion Club Fox Valley Special Rec.

Cub Scout Pack 569 at Homestead Elementary School