FUNDRAISING PROJECTS
CHANGE THE FUTURE
Raleigh Kiwanis Golf Classic
Pancake Breakfast
Donations
SERVICE PROJECTS
2020 Centennial Parks Project
Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation Grants
Boys & Girls Clubs
Diaper Drive
Dictionary Project
Fight Hunger Food Drive
Kiwanis One Day
Read and Feed
Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen
The Eliminate Project
The Salvation Army
Past Projects
SERVICE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Aktion Club of Greater Raleigh
Builders Club - Martin Middle School
Circle K - Meredith College
Circle K - North Carolina State University
Key Club - Athens Drive High School
Key Club - Broughton High School
Key Club - Enloe High School
Key Club - Vernon Malone College & Career Academy
Key Club - Wake Early College of Health and Sciences
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FUNDRAISING PROJECTS
CHANGE THE FUTURE
Since
2013, we have had a money jar on
the sign in table at our weekly meetings, giving our members and guests an
opportunity to donate their spare change, a dollar, or more for the benefit of the
Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation. We also
ask our members to consider donating a birthday check in a dollar amount equal
to their age.
CHANGE THE FUTURE is our club's only direct fundraiser with
the purpose of growing the endowment of the Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation, and donations are tax
deductible. Please make your check payable to Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation
with CHANGE THE FUTURE on the memo line.
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Pancake Breakfast
Our Pancake Breakfast fundraiser, held annually since 2010, supports children in
the community through club service projects and the
Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation.
Tickets are $6 each and include all the pancakes and sausage you can eat plus
your choice of juice, coffee, milk, or water. Please help us in continuing to
make the event a big success!
Date: October 23, 2021
Time: 7:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon
Place: Highland United Methodist Church, 1901 Ridge Road,
Raleigh NC
Thanks to the following sponsors of the 2020 Pancake Breakfast
who supported our service projects even though the event had to be canceled due
to the pandemic:
Platinum
Allison and
Drew Cook
Gold
Anonymous
Robert L. Gomez CPA, PC
Silver
Friends of the Lottery
Norton Collar Lund Lilley PLLC
Raleigh Waterproofing
TWB MDB Consulting
Walker Auto & Truck
Williams Overman Pierce, LLP
Bronze
Art Raymond
Bond Roofing
Boyles Dental
Capital Investment Companies
Christopher Lewis White, PA
Frameworks Gallery and Frame Design
Glenwood Agency
Heyward Wall Law, PA
LawnMasterNC
Marti Hampton Real Estate
Mike Davis Public Relations
Pendleton Financial
Phil Kirk
Ragsdale Liggett PLLC
Raleigh Psychiatric Associates
Realty Investments LLC
Saleeby Chiropractic Centre
Williams Mullen
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SERVICE PROJECTS
2020 Centennial Parks
Project
To celebrate our club's 100th anniversary,
we contributed $418,800 to the City of Raleigh
for major
improvements at
Kiwanis Park and
Laurel Hills Park.
Thank you to all the donors!
Click here to see the Kiwanis Park improvements.
Click here
to view a video from our Volunteer Day at Laurel Hills Park.
Kiwanis Park Plaque
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Boys & Girls Clubs
Members of our club host an annual Christmas party for the Boys & Girls Clubs. Since 1966, the
organization has been at the forefront of youth development, serving thousands of Wake County young
people from age 6 to 18 with a safe after school environment. The Boys & Girls Clubs provide
a safe place to learn and grow, ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals, and life enhancing
programs and character developing experiences that give young people opportunities to be successful
in life and become productive members of society.
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Diaper Drive
In partnership with
The Diaper
Train at Saint Saviour's Center, since 2014 we have held an annual Diaper
Drive to collect diapers, baby wipes,
and children's books. Our donations help provide some of the basic needs of
young children. Since 2011, The Diaper Train has distributed more than
3 million diapers to low income families in Wake County. The program assists
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Dictionary Project
Our club participates in an annual division wide project to buy and distribute
dictionaries to third grade students in the local cummunity. Students are given
the dictionaries to keep and use as their own personal reference books.
Dictionaries are essential tools for a quality education, and students cannot do
their best work without them. A dictionary in the home serves as a resource for
the whole family. It improves everyone's vocabulary and encourages children to
learn more words.
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Fight Hunger Food Drive
Since 2010, we have sponsored an annual Fight Hunger Food Drive
in partnership with Urban Ministries of Wake County.
Urban Ministries is a
nonprofit human service organization that alleviates the effects of poverty in
Wake County by meeting people's basic needs for food, shelter, and healthcare,
providing services that promote self-sufficiency, and building awareness of the
issues of poverty within the larger community.
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Kiwanis One Day
Each year, Kiwanis Clubs around the world join in a global day of service as
part of Kiwanis One Day. The entire Kiwanis family is united in performing
nearly a million hours of service around the world in just one day. The energy,
commitment, and camaraderie surrounding this single day make the experience of
hands-on service even more gratifying for our members as they make an immediate,
measurable impact on the community.
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Read and Feed
We donate books to
Read and Feed in honor of the
speakers at our weekly meetings.
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Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen
Since 1986, our club members have volunteered to help serve at the
Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen, located at the Church of The Good
Shepherd, 125 Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh. The Shepherd's Table has
been in operation since 1980 and serves a hot lunch to about 300 people Monday
through Friday.
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The Eliminate Project
The second Kiwanis International Worldwide Service Project was announced in
June, 2010. Kiwanis and UNICEF joined forces for The Eliminate Project to
eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), a disease that results in the
painful death of thousands of newborn babies and mothers each year. The initial
goal was to raise $110 million to provide vaccines for more than 100 million
mothers and their future babies throughout the world.
In March, 2012, our club voted to participate in The Eliminate Project as a 100K Club with a fundraising goal of
$100,000. We reached our goal in September, 2014, and our current total in 2018
is
$110,766.
Kiwanis International reached the fundraising goal of $110
million in 2016, but our job is not done yet. We are determined to finish what
we started and provide additional funds for vaccines to eliminate MNT in the
last remaining countries where it exists.
If you would like to
participate in this important project, please print the donation
form to
mail with your tax deductible donation, making sure to designate it as being for
The Eliminate Project.
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The Salvation Army
We donate
surplus food from our weekly meetings and provide volunteers for the soup kitchen at
The Salvation Army of Wake County.
One of the largest charitable and social service organizations in the world, The
Salvation Army has been serving the people of Wake County since 1887. The
organization provides food for the hungry, companionship to the elderly and ill,
clothing and shelter to the homeless, opportunities for underprivileged
children, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, and many
more services to assist those in need.
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SERVICE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Aktion Club
Aktion Club is an organization for adults living with disabilities who desire to become leaders
in the community and provide service to others.
We sponsor the Aktion Club of Greater Raleigh,
chartered in 2008. If you, a family member, or a friend are interested in joining, please
contact us or visit an Aktion Club meeting,
held on the first Thursday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at White Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Calvin Building room 203, 1704 Oberlin Road, Raleigh NC
27608.
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Builders Club
Builders Club is the largest service
organization in the world for middle school and junior high students. Members
learn to work together and develop leadership skills as they serve their schools
and communities.
We sponsor the Builders Club at
Martin Middle School,
chartered in 2015.
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Circle K International
Circle K International is a
Kiwanis organization devoted to involving college and university students in
campus and community service while developing quality leaders and citizens.
Emphasis is placed on service, leadership, career development, and fellowship.
Circle K members are inspired to better the world through projects on campus, in
the community, and on a global scale.
We sponsor Circle K at
North Carolina State University, chartered in 1961.
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PAST PROJECTS
IDD
In 1994, Kiwanis
International announced its first Worldwide Service Project, in
partnership with UNICEF, with a goal of eliminating iodine deficiencey diseases
(IDD) throughout the world. Nearly $100 million was raised, and IDD projects
were funded in 95 nations. The project has been heralded as one of the most
successful health initiatives in the world. Our club reached our goal of $75,000
in 1999 and eventually raised $101,000.
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Habitat for Humanity
In 1996-1997, our club
sponsored the financing and construction of a
Habitat for Humanity house on Spaulding Street in Raleigh. The total cost of $46,800 was paid for with $30,000 in contributions from 115 of our members, $2,000 from an Athens Drive High School Key Club fundraiser, and $14,800 from
the Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation. 60 of our members worked on the house along with students from our sponsored Key Clubs and other groups.
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Victory Junction
In 2004-2005, we raised $51,540 to help build a
Kiwanis Cabin and provide camperships at
Victory Junction.
Located in Randleman,
North Carolina, the summer camp enriches the lives of children aged 6 to 16 who
have chronic medical conditions or serious
illnesses by providing life changing camping experiences that are exciting, fun
and empowering, in a medically sound environment. The program offers a week of
exhilarating, challenging and nurturing fun under comprehensive, but
unobtrusive, 24 hour medical supervision.
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