Young Children: Priority One

·          Family-A-Fair – An annual event which features demonstrations, entertainment, and new ideas for enhanced family living.  The Tri-City Kiwanis clubs are one of several sponsors and each club has various responsibilities during the event to aid in its success.  
·        100 Books for the Children's Center Therapeutic Program 
·         March of Dimes Lunch Stop
·        Thanksgiving Baskets (to a family with pre-school children)
·        Christmas Baskets
·        3 Coins in a Can (Baby Food for the Food Bank)        
·        Children’s Center (Fund Raising Activities)
·        Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery Support
·        Gifts to Russian Orphanage
·          EDITH House and Salmon Bake

Youth Services - Dick Nipper- Chair     
·         Pen Pal Letters to 4^th Graders  – A number of TCI members participate by regularly corresponding back and forth with their assigned 4^th grader at Jefferson School, providing guidance, encouragement and inspiration, and closing the year with a fun event.
·        SHAKE – A program providing school supplies for school children who cannot afford their own supplies. 
·        Thanksgiving Baskets (to a family with school age children)
·        Christmas Baskets
·        River’s Edge Scholarship
·        Children’s Museum Projects
·        Magic Shows for Youth Fairs
·        Focus on Youth Symposium Support
·        Assist with “Up with People” Show
·        Photography Contest Assistance at the County Fair
·        HOBY Contribution (Kiwanis Project)

Worldwide Service Project— IDD
 
Carol Roberts & John Yegge
·        IDD Contributions from sales of Kiwanis is a Verb and Being Lt. Governor.  Authored by TCI member, John Yegge, all profits are contributed to the Kiwanis fight against Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD).
·        Individual IDD Contributions
·        Student Scholarship to Study IDD Problems in Central America (Supported through the TCI Foundation)
·        Funds for an IDD Billboard     
Community Service
·        Parking at the County Fair – TCI members staff the County Fair parking lot gates as a money-making project for community services.
·        Bell Ringers for the Salvation Army Baskets
·        Columbia Edgewater Picnic
·        Kadlec Hospital Auxiliary
·        Tri-Cities Food Bank
·        Save Old Spectacles (SOS)
·        Christmas by the River
·        First Night Tri-Cities
·        Magic Shows
·        Richland Summer Fun Day
·        Richland Cool Desert Nights
·        Public Library Book Sales
·        Walk for Life Relay for the American Cancer Society
·        Legal Aid Volunteer
·        Speed Awareness Everyone
·        Facilitate Skateboard Park (New)  

Human and Spiritual Values

·        Monthly Birthday Cakes at the Senior Center – TCI members provide a birthday cake each month to honor those senior citizens who have a birthday that month.

·        Read for the Blind on Public Radio

·        Contact Crisis Phone Line

·        Senior Peer Counseling

·       Annual Kiwanis Prayer Luncheon

Sponsored Youth Mitch Cunningham

 Club Meetings  

Jerry Finnigan & Jim Justin
 

 
Inter-Clubs……John Wade and Pat Merkel