On Kiwanis - Happy Anniversary

We’ve been hearing recently about the upcoming celebration this year of the centennial of the chartering of Lakewood as a city and the 100th anniversary of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. This year the Kiwanis Club of Lakewood will also be celebrating its 90th year of service to the children and citizens of our community.

The very first Kiwanis Club was chartered in Detroit, Michigan in January 1915 , and the second club was Cleveland, Ohio which celebrated its 95th birthday in November 2010. Lakewood Kiwanis was sponsored by Cleveland in 1921, one of the many clubs that were initiated by the Kiwanis Club of Cleveland, including the first club outside of North America in Vienna, Austria in 1965.

Today Kiwanis International has grown to more than 8400 clubs in 96 nations. There are about 606,000 active members in the Kiwanis family, representing nearly every culture on every continent, all seeking to improve people’s lives. This year the annual international convention will be held in July 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Traditionally Lakewood Kiwanis has weekly lunch meetings featuring speakers on Tuesday from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM and recently added a once a month Tuesday evening meeting at different venues.

These evening meetings are less structured and more social in character. Our regular meetings are located at the Masonic  Temple at 15300 Detroit Ave.

Kiwanis International is a global organization of members of every age who are dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. We sincerely invite anyone interested in “Saving the Children of the World” to join us.

For more information see our website, www.Lakewoodkiwanis.com, or email us at lakewoodkiwanis@att.net.