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Division 4 Service Projects |
Young Children Priority One
Buckle Up Kids in Cars - Signature project in 2003-2005. Clubs promote use of child safety seats and booster seats within their community through special projects and publicity. Surveys will be taken showing the effect of the project on safety seat use.
Worldwide Service Project - Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD). Clubs and individual members donated funds to help add iodine to salt of all countries of the world that had iodine deficiency. The efforts resulted in significantly reducing mental deficiency of young children.
Mom's Day Baby Shower - Annually the Saturday before Mother's Day, starting May 2000. Clubs solicit donations of baby care items from customers at Hy-Vee stores.
Pumpkin Day Baby and Pre-School Supplies Drive - In 2000 and 2001, the Saturday before Halloween. Similar to the Baby Shower.
Smart Parent, Smart Child Program - Clubs distribute flyers and a video to teach parents how to feed their babies. Coordinated by the Raytown Kiwanis club.
Immunization Clinics - Clubs and Health Clinics manned sites throughout the Metro area to provide immunization to young children and flu shots to adults.
Children's Miracle Network - Members manned telephones during the annual fundraising campaign.
Youth Service
Student Research Award - Kiwanis annually presents an award to an entrant in the Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair. The winners on March 30, 2004 were Amy Wooten and Elsa Pageler representing Holy Trinity Catholic School.
Missouri West Leadership Seminar, Inc. (MWLS) (replacing the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference). The seminar will be held June 11 - 13, 2004 at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, MO. MLWS seeks to build young leaders through training (content) in the skills and attributes of responsible leadership, and through modeling (process) of the qualities and attitudes associated with the best leaders. Clubs donate funds annually to send one or more high school sophomores to the conference. The student is selected by the school administrators because of their demonstrated academic performance and leadership potential. The club check for a $175 scholarship (per 10th grade student sponsored) should be made out to the Missouri West Leadership Seminar, Inc. and mailed to the Missouri West Treasurer Jerry Vaughan, 7517 S Buckner-Tarsney Road, Grain Valley, MO 64029-9753, (H) 816-229-1839; (W) 816-795-9499; (F) 816-795-1168.
Kiwanis for Katrina's Children - In 2005 and 2006, Metropolitan Kansas City Kiwanis clubs donated $17,595 to help children affected by Hurricane Katrina. The money went the Kiwanis Youth Foundation of New Orleans, and was used to help rebuild a residence hall at the K-Bar-B Ranch in Lacombe, LA.
Community Service
Project Stop Hunger food drive - In 2000 and 2001, clubs solicited donations from customers of Apple Markets for food for Harvesters.
Productivity Enhancement Program In selected years, Division 4 acts as host to visiting Russians participating in the Productivity Enhancement Program, a program of the Center for Citizen Initiatives, supported by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - US Department of State. From May 23 through June 9, 2002, Division 4 hosted eleven graphic artists from Russia, accompanied by two interpreters. Division 4 Kiwanians escorted the visitors to companies in the graphic arts industry to learn American business practices.
