From the Kiwanis Children’s Fund BY PG DENNIS BAUGH, DISTRICT CHILDREN’S FUND CHAIRPERSON
EXTEND YOUR CLUB’S IMPACT ON THE CAUSES WE SHARE Your Kiwanis club changes children’s lives. That’s why you and your fellow members joined — to make a difference in your community. Now you can extend that impact to kids around the world. That’s the power of a club gift to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. It amplifies the kind of impact your club makes in your community so that it reaches kids near and far. Club gifts to the Children’s Fund support the three Kiwanis causes: Health and nutrition. For babies and young children, nutrition is key to brain development and preparing kids for their school years. The Children’s Fund has helped clubs from Florida to Nepal and Uganda to Ohio make sure kids get nutritious meals.
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Education and literacy. Children who aren’t proficient readers by third grade face a lifetime of challenges. Around the world, the Children’s Fund supports book giveaways, tutoring programs and other club services that promote literacy.
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Youth leadership development. From elementary school to college, students develop their skills and become the next generation of leaders — thanks to Kiwanis Service Leadership Programs, which are supported by gifts to the Children’s Fund.
All together, these causes form a continuum of impact. That’s because the work Kiwanians do in each one also provides a head start on success in the next. From childhood into adulthood, your club’s support helps make it all possible.
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Can your Kiwanis club renew its commitment to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund? This year Bob Garretson, KCF President 2021-22, is challenging all Kiwanis Districts to increase the number of clubs in each district supporting the Kiwanis Children’s Fund by 5 percent. To qualify, clubs who are not currently contributing to the Children’s Fund simply can give an unrestricted gift of any amount. This goal is to challenge more clubs to participate with their fellow clubs in supporting the work of the Children’s Fund. Can your Kiwanis club make a gift of $365 to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund? For just US $1 per day, your club can support the causes we all share. It’s a crucial way to meet kids’ needs and expand their possibilities — right from the start. Give today at kiwanis.org/clubgift.
