Service Showcase Division 2
The Kiwanis Club of Fairfax joined with many others to place wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec 18. Members Joe Ahr, Tony Tummarello and daughter Anna, and Bob Thompson helped this project again in 2021.
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Every Wednesday in December from 9:30 until Noon, the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean City - Ocean Pines collected food in the Ocean Pines Community Center parking lot. Kiwanians Carolyn Dryzga, Food Drive Chairperson Candy Foreman and Kitty Wrench sorted nonperishable goods to be taken to Diakonia for their pantry. Both Kiwanis members and the public made the donations. Thank you to all for making a Happier Holiday Season.
and solicit gift-cards that IRC will hand directly to the families being settled in our community so they can meet their needs. When all was said and done, $500 worth of generic Mastercard and Visa gift cards were collected and sent to IRC headquarters in Charlottesville. The Aktion Club gesture will likely be accepted as a challenge when the Kiwanis/Rotary Joint Fundraiser gets organized shortly after the new year, all for the benefit of our new neighbors setting down new roots in our community.
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Division 9
“Think Globally, Act Locally” is a motto that the Kiwanis Aktion Club members at Innisfree Village takes literally. Having gotten word of the dynamic collaboration that is developing between Kiwanis Club of Charlottesville and the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary Club to help welcome the more than three hundred Afghan refugees who are being settled in Charlottesville by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Aktion Club leaders sprung into, well, action. They designed and created hand-made signs to post throughout the Village and utilized the occasion of the village’s annual holiday party to publicize the cause
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The Capital Kiwanian
The Kiwanis Club of Lynnhaven-VA Beach has provided the holiday party at Samaritan House for 20 years. This year’s event was held on Thursday, Dec. 16 at the Samaritan House facility. The club hosts the holiday party by providing refreshments, entertainment and gifts for every child. All members get involved by purchasing and wrapping each gift. This year, the event was attended by 24 children aged 3 months to 12 years old. Even in 2020 during COVID, the club provided gifts for the children. Samaritan House operates its programs and services in Hampton Roads and endeavors to be Virginia’s trusted resource for people experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and homelessness.
