Kiwanis Cheese!

It's time for the annual Kiwanis Cheese Sale.  Download your order forms and turn in by December 1st.  This is a big part of our club's fundraising for the year and allows us to support our 3-year mission to help support the wellness of children.

For questions or to place an order, contact any Pekin Kiwanis Club member, email pekinkiwanis1@gmail.com or download the order form.

Thank you!

Upcoming Events

Check out the calendar for all of the upcoming events and meetings!  Just click the "calendar" link above.

Membership & Grant Application

Interested in joining the Kiwanis Club of Pekin?  You can find an updated membership application by clicking here.

And you can find an updated grant application by clicking here.  The Kiwanis Club of Pekin is interested in making grants to organizations working in our area of focus.  Our 3-year mission is to "Help Improve the Wellness of Children."  Each year we have a different focus:

• Year 1 (2015):  Focus on children's physical health
• Year 2 (2016):  Focus on children's mental health
• Year 3 (2017):  Focus on maintaining wellness throughout the life of the child and building a healthy family environment.

Please see the grant application for more details and information.

Upcoming Events Need Your Help

Kiwanis Club Members - Please sign up to work one of these upcoming events.  Click the link and sign up!

Trick Trot or Tee: www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c44a9af29a3f58-trick

Bell Ringing for Salvation Army (2 Dates): www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c44a9af29a3f58-salvation

Aktion Club Helper (you can sign up for all 12 dates or just one - They meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month): www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0C44A9AF29A3F58-aktion

Officers Installed

Lt. Governor Ron Givens installed the officers of the Kiwanis Club of Pekin at the October 13th lunch meeting.  The officers started their one-year terms on October 1st:  President:  Leon Edwards; 1st VP, Dan Pfeifer; 2nd VP, Baylee Gambetti; Secretary, Michele Ginther.

New President's Message

Hi Everyone! Welcome to FY16 for the Kiwanis Club of Pekin. I am very excited to get things started and thankful that there have been so many strong leaders before me which makes this whole being president thing much easier! I think that we have some exciting things going on this year with our club. Thank you all for your dedication to our club, Kiwanis and the Central Illinois Community! If there is ever anything that you think we as a club or myself as president could be doing better, please do not hesitate contacting me or any of the board members. 

Last year we decided as a club to create a 3 year mission that our club would focus on. That mission is “Help Improve the Wellness of Children”. Each year the club has a different focus. 

o    Year 1 (2015): Focus on children’s physical health

o    Year 2 (2016): Focus on children’s mental health

o    Year 3 (2017): Focus on maintaining wellness throughout the life of the child and building a healthy family environment.

​This year we would like to tie this mission/focus in to what we are doing as a club. Programs, grants, volunteer projects, etc.. If you have ideas on how we can do this please see your committee chair person.  You can also download a copy of the grant application. ​

Last year we also divided our committees into 3 major areas. Membership - Fundraising - Community Services. Each member was asked to join one of these committee and get involved with one of the committee projects. We will be doing the same this year. If you are interested in joining a different committee or if you would like to stay on the same one please go to the link listed below. I have created an online sign up that will allow us to catch everyone even if you're not at the Tuesday meeting. We will have various links to Sign Up Genius as projects come up and we need volunteers. Please know that you do not have create a sign up genius account to sign your name. All they will need from you is a name, number and email. That information only goes to the committee chair person and it is not shared by sign up genius. I used this same service several times over the past couple of years and I am fully confident on the security of your information.   

Committee Sign Up Link: www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c44a9af29a3f58-committee

Dan will be sending a revised K of the Day schedule out shortly. We will be adding in the 4th week to the schedule, so your dates that were previous set may change slightly.

We have a few things coming up over the next month or so I wanted to let you all know some dates.  

10/9/2015 - Governor's Dinner which is hosted by our club at the Pekin Country Club. Tickets are $25 but since we did not have the 5th Tuesday meeting last month, in lieu of a social we will use this dinner as the social. So tickets for Kiwanis Club of Pekin members will be discounted to $15. The flyer can be downloaded here.

10/13/2015 - At our regularly scheduled committee meeting lunch we will be installing new board members and also voting to approve the new yearly budget. In order to have enough for a vote we need every member to be present at this meeting.

10/27/2015 - Membership Drive for Kiwanis Club of Pekin. This will be a 5k Fun run and we will be sending out more information as it becomes available. Please print the attached flyer and post it wherever you can. We are encouraging everyone to dress up in costumes!  You can download the flyer here.

Again, if there is ever anything that I can do or help with, please let me know.

Thank you,

​Leon​ &

The Kiwanis Club of Pekin Board Members

Kiwanis Convention

Attention Kiwanis Club Members:

This year's convention runs from August 6th – 8th.  It will be held in Peoria at the Pere Marquette.  It would be great if our club could show their support with great attendance.  Please notify Patty (patty.friedrich.gauc@statefarm.com) if you would like to attend, and she will arrange for reimbursement of the registration fee ($50 for members only or $85 for members and a guest).  You can pick and choose what you would like to attend.

Registration deadline is this Friday, July 24th.  Ruby is also in need of volunteers to sign-up to “work” the silent auction room.

Kiwanis Steak Fry

The Kiwanis Club of Pekin will skip our regular lunch meeting on Tuesday, June 30th and instead have a steak fry on Wednesday, July 1st, beginning at 6pm at the Pekin Insurance Lodge.  Cost is $10 for members / $20 for their guests.  More details and a sign-up sheet will be available at the next weekly meeting.

Join the Kiwanis Club of Pekin

Want to join us in our work?  Start by printing out and completing the membership application. We're going to need it eventually, so you might as well do it now!  Then you can forward it to:  pekinkiwanis1@gmail.com or contact any club member.

Camp COCO

Throughout May and June we will be collecting items for St. Jude's Camp COCO.  These will be used for snack items for the kids.  Below is the list of needs.  If you are able to bring anything over the next couple meetings, that would be wonderful! Amy will be collecting the items.

Camp COCO presented to us last year. You can find more information about the camp at www.siumed.edu/foundation/campcoco.htm

Thanks for all that you do!!

Camp COCO Snack Wish List 2015

(We have 13 cabins/totes to fill with snacks)

Wish List  Any food or snack, individually wrapped that won’t melt or perish in the heat

Boxes of Raisins

Fruit Roll-ups

Fruit snacks

Granola bars

Individual animal crackers

Individual bags of chips

Individual cookie packs

Individual nut packs

Individual pouches of crackers- Ritz bits

Individual Snack crackers

Sandwich crackers (Peanut butter or cheese)

These will be used at scheduled Snack times

Fruit Wish List

Boxes of Raisins or other dried fruits

Grapes

Bananas- (greenish so they last all week)

Cutie Oranges

Apples

Watermelon

Cherries

Strawberries

Simply Patsy

Simply Patsy

“A Patsy Cline Tribute – Starring Mary Pfeifer”

Pekin Country Club (310 Country Club Dr, Pekin, IL 61554)

Saturday, May 2nd

5:00pm - Doors open and cash bar begins

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner

6:30pm-8:15pm – Show

Tickets are $35/person or $280 for a table of 8. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Kiwanis Club of Pekin and their mission to “Help Improve the Wellness of Children”

Click Here for Registration Form

Kiwanis Grants Available

Grants from the Kiwanis Club of Pekin are given for direct services and programs that align with our 3-year  mission: “Help Improve the Wellness of Children”.

Each year has a different focus and the grants will be given out based on that years focus.

o Year 1 (2015): Focus on children’s physical health
o Year 2 (2016): Focus on children’s mental health
o Year 3 (2017): Focus on maintaining wellness throughout the life of the child and building a
healthy family environment.

Grants amounts generally range from $100 to $1000.  This year's grant applications must be received by the executive board on or before July 31, 2015.  Grant applications must be emailed to the Kiwanis Club of Pekin (pekinkiwanis1@gmail.com) and the subject line needs to read "2015 Kiwanis Club of Pekin Grant Application" to insure it is identified properly.

The application is available at:  http://www.pekinchamber.com/2015/KiwanisGrantApplication15.pdf

Kiwanis to Award $6,000 to Local Groups

Beginning in 2015, the 3 year Mission of the Kiwanis Club of Pekin is to "Help Improve the Wellness of Children". Each year has a different focus and the grants will be given out based on that years focus.

• Year 1 (2015): Focus on children’s physical health
• Year 2 (2016): Focus on children’s mental health
• Year 3 (2017): Focus on maintaining wellness throughout the life of the child and building a healthy family environment.

Grants from the Kiwanis Club of Pekin are given for direct services and programs that align with our 3 year mission, and more specifically the focus of the year. Grant amounts generally range from $100 to $1000.

In October of 2014 the club opened up the grant application process and charities were able to fill out grant applications with the deadline of December 31, 2014. The Club received about 15 applications for grants.

On February 24th, 2015 The Kiwanis Club of Pekin will be donating nearly $6,000 to 8 different local organizations. The organizations include the Boys and Girls Club of Pekin, The Center for Prevention of Abuse, YWCA of Pekin, Crittendon Centers, Shade Park, Pekin Main Street, TCRC and Tazewell County Children's Advocacy Center. All of these organizations will have representatives at the meeting and will be honored with lunch and then a check presentation.

The General public is welcome (and encouraged) to attend the lunch and we would like to invite the local media to the event as well, to highlight the great work that these organizations are doing for our community....More importantly our children.

Lunch will begin at 11:45am at the Pekin Country Club and the check presentations should start around 12:20. There will be time for photos and interviews as each of the organizations receive their checks.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Vice President, Leon Edwards, at 309-224-9389.

Meetings Return to Country Club

Our weekly meetings will return to the Pekin Country Club with our February 10th meeting.  We have no program that day - it is our monthly committee meeting.

Don't forget to bring your canned goods for the food pantry.  Also, bring items to donate to the [urse show that is coming up.  They will be used as silent auction items.  All proceeds from the silent auction and tickets will go to the project fund of the Kiwanis Club of Pekin.  

Next Meeting at PCHS

Our meeting on Tuesday (1/27) we will be at the Pekin High School Café in the Holman Center. This will be our Service week.  The membership will vote on the new club logo that was designed by the graphic arts students at PCHS!

Membership Application

Want to join us in our work?  Start by printing out and completing the membership application.  We're going to need it eventually, so you might as well do it now!  Then you can forward it to: pekinkiwanis1@gmail.com or contact any club member.