METRO KANSAS CITY KIWANIS COUNCIL

Serving Kiwanis Clubs in Carroll, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Platte, Ray and Saline Counties in Missouri and Franklin, Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas

Kiwanis for Katrina’s Children

 

The United States has experienced one of the greatest natural disasters in our history. We empathize with the pain and suffering of tens of thousands of Americans in the Gulf region.  We worry about those Kiwanis members in the affected areas. They are all very much in our hearts and minds. Recognizing our Kiwanis priority of Young Children Priority One, we are especially concerned about the on-going needs of the Children living in the affected areas as well as those evacuated to other places.   
 

On September 3, 2005, the Metro Kansas City Kiwanis Council, representing the 778 Kiwanians in 29 Kiwanis clubs in Kansas Division 9 and Missouri-Arkansas Divisions 3 and 4, established a new Young Children’s Priority One project for the metro area, named “Kiwanis for Katrina’s Children.”  The Council invites all Kiwanians and Clubs in the three divisions to participate.

 

The initial goals of the project are:

  • Raise at least $100,000 in the near term
  • Set up a tax-deductible local fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
  • Ensure that 100% of funds raised are used to support children’s needs
  • Coordinate with Kiwanians “on the ground” in the districts affected to determine how we can best help the Children.  Help may include these areas:
    • Day care support
    • Critical issues for pre-schoolers
    • Educational needs of  Children K-8
    • Backpacks for school-age Children
    • Other needs of Young Children
  • Publicize the project in the local media

 

How can Kiwanis clubs and members help?

  • Donations from club service accounts
  • Individual member donations
  • Share the project with friends and neighbors
  • Develop club fund-raising projects

  • Make checks payable to "Kiwanis for Katrina's Children" and mail them to:

In closing, this human tragedy reminds us all of the fragility of life and the importance of community in rising to challenges.  I know that we will rise to the challenge here, too -- as Americans, and as Kiwanians. 

 

Yours in Kiwanis,

Whitson J. Kirk, Chair, Metro Kansas City Kiwanis Council

MISSION STATEMENT

•          Maintain a focus of our span of influence within our Kiwanis family.

•          Facilitate the successful participation of both the Kansas and the Missouri-Arkansas District in the World Wide Service projects of Kiwanis International.

•          Facilitate the unification of the Kiwanis effort in and around the Kansas City area.

•          Maintain and encourage continued involvement with the sponsored youth programs, Young Children Priority One, and youth in general.