Welcome!
The Kiwanis of Bradshaw Mountain is an organization dedicated to helping the youth of our community grow into productive members of the society. We use funds raised in our community to help with many different youth programs including Boys and Girls Club, Horses-With-A-Heart, Dress a Child, youth scholarships and so many more worthwhile programs. New members are always welcome and we always have room for a visiting Kiwanian at our breakfast meeting. In total, we have contributed more than $500,000 to youth-oriented programs in our community. Our goal is to help make our local community a better place for all of us to live by helping our youth be good community representatives.
To Join The Club Contact Jim deVos @ jdevos@cableone.net
What is Kiwanis? Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the World, one child and one community at a time.
What does Kiwanis do? As a global organization with members in many nations, Kiwanis Clubs are key funding organization for many child and community oriented programs. Each year, Kiwanis Clubs volunteer about 6 million hours and raise around $107 million dollars to support our programs. One important program is the Eliminate Project where Kiwanis has joined forces with UNICEF and provide immunizations to combat tetanus and protect 129 million moms and their children by 2015. In addition, on a global scale, Kiwanis has contributed over 1 million dollars to treat Iodine Deficiency Disorders, the leading cause of preventable mental retardation.
What is in the Name? Kiwanis is a name from the Native American word that means "We Share" or "We Share Our Talents," which is one of the keys for our club. We are dedicated to using our talents and sharing our time to help the children of our community.
Kiwanis History. Kiwanis was originally organized in Detroit Michigan as a business networking organization in 1915 and in 1919 shifted focus to being a service organization as it remains today. A club was formed in Canada in 1916. In 1962, Kiwanis expanded to other countries and today has clubs in 96 countries
