CROFTON KIWANIS SUPPORTS MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

One hundred U. S. flags were unfurled and erected at the main Crofton entrance at Route 3 for a May 20-June 3, 2023 Memorial Day recognition by Crofton Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Crofton Civic Association.

Individuals and families are able to honor and memorialize members of the military, veterans and first responders by sponsoring name and service data tags affixed to the flag poles for both Memorial and Veterans Day observances. Proceeds benefit the Crofton Kiwanis Foundation charitable and community service programs, according to Kiwanis “Flags for Heroes” Chair and Crofton Town Comptroller Jim Harvey.

- Submitted by Russell Shipley

A beautiful crepe myrtle provides summer shade for one of the five Little Free Libraries stewarded by the Kiwanis Club of Richmond in the Carver/Jackson Ward communities. This particular LFL was installed two years ago on the grounds of the Center for Families in Transition on Leigh Street in Richmond and dedicated to the memory of devoted Kiwanian Jay Fox. The visitor counter indicates that an average of 44 visitors stop by each week. And if that’s not enough to show how this LFL is beloved by the community, then it’s the way the books fly off the shelves. The box is nearly empty and needs restocking every week. In addition to the permanent LFLs, pop-up “little free library events” have been held at various locations this summer.