Kissimee Kiwanis is delivering over 150 boxes of food to the homes of those in need.

Serving the children of the world, one child and one community at a time - that's what Kiwanis is all about. Here you can learn about the positive impacts that the Kiwanis Club of East Orange County in Orlando, Florida is making on our community. Join us for our first Bunco tournament. Learn how to play this easy game, enjoy food, delight in drinks, and have a great time. Register here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=4r7scdfab&oeidk=a07eg1hdct12ffa242f
Kissimee Kiwanis is delivering over 150 boxes of food to the homes of those in need.
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The Sunrise Elementary K-kids, all eighteen of them with their Advisor Sally Castrianni and Anna Santos, are having success with their first service project for the new school year, which will be completed at the end of October. So far they have collected 504 used books for the kids at Ivey Lane Elementary School located in the Washington Shore area of Orlando. Those kids will be able to choose from the collection, take home, and read the book(s). Ms. Castrianni explained that the children at Ivey Lane rarely get the opportunity to have a book of their own and they would greatly appreciate having books they can take home and read. See pictures of the K-kids counting and organizing book collection. Check out the Kiwanis K-Kids shirts they are sporting also!
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The Kiwanis Club of East Orange County honored 11 students on the morning of May 11, 2011 at its Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Program. The program recognized top students who excelled among their peers in academics, school, and community service. The students also hold memberships of a Kiwanis sponsored service leadership program: K-Kids, Builders Club, or Key Club.
During the ceremony, students received individual plaques and academic neck ribbons. Their names were also inscribed on a plaque displayed at each school. All of this would not have been possible without the gracious nominations of the educators and the support of family members.
Congratulations to our outstanding students!
Visit Flickr for additional photos from the event.
Andover Elementary -- Kayla Esquival
Arbor Ridge Elementary -- Samantha Roma
Cypress Springs Elementary -- Zoe Griffin
Riverdale Elementary -- Joshua Cole
Sunrise Elementary -- Rileigh Adkins
Union Park Elementary -- Isaliz Gonzalez
Waterford Elementary -- Jacob Colecio
Corner Lake Middle -- Raquel Arthuzo
Legacy Middle -- Amy Bahnmiller
Union Park Middle -- Ethan Bainbridge
University High -- Alexis Wood
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On February 19th, Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando was host to 200 enthusiastic bowlers from Division 10 Kiwanis, Aktion, Key Club, Builders club and K-Kids. Members of the K-Family from Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties came together for some good old fashioned bowling to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Camp. The over $2500 raised this year will be added to money raised over the past five year to establish an endowment that will provide scholarships for kids to attend the camp for years to come. This annual division 10 bowl-a-thon to raise money for camp scholarships is dedicated each year to the memory of Joe Feith, the charter President of the East Orange County Kiwanis club and long-time supporter of the camp. In addition to awards for the top bowler in each category (noted below), the K-Family traveling trophy was awarded to East Orange County for raising the most money as a K-Family. I am grateful to all the participants for coming together for a great cause. Special thanks go to Dave Schmitt (event chair), Cathy Morino (bead lady), Sid Tally (money man) and the Avalon Park Kiwanis club for helping to organize the event.
Here is a summary of the top bowlers:
Kiwanis Men
Jerry Posey- Seminole Sunrise 185
Dave Schmitt - Avalon Park 179
Chris Kopytko- Avalon Park 168
Kiwanis Women
Nicole Kopytko- Avalon Park 156
Patty McCurdy - Kissimmee 151
Daryl Flynn - East Orange 146
Aktion Club
Jason - Wildcat Aktion Club 109
William - Wildcat Aktion Club 102
Christina - Wildcat Aktion Club 87
Key Club
Lobster - Trinity Pre Key Club 176
Nicholas - Trinity Prep Key Club 169
Pooplas - Trinity Prep Key Club 157
Builders Club
Justin L - Avalon Builders Club 108
Ashley - Esteem Builders Club 97
Fletcher - Trinity Prep Builders Club 94
K-Kids
John C - Waterford K-Kids 117
Samuel - Waterford K-Kids 114
Thomas - Waterford K-Kids 106
Celeste Waterford K-Kids 100 (Girl)
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The Circle K International club at the University of Central Florida, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of East Orange County, was awarded numerous prizes and awards at the Florida CKI 52nd District Convention in Tampa February 18-20, 2011.
K-Family Relation Award 2nd Place
Governor's Project Member - 3rd Place - Ellie Baialieva
Outstanding Club Editor Award - 3rd Place - Sydney Walker
Outstanding Club Treasurer Award - 2nd Place - Robert Draper
Governor's Project Award
Jack Gillrup Scrapbook Award - 2nd Place
Total Club Achievement Award - 2nd Place
Outstanding Club President Award - 1st Place - Ellie Baialieva
Outstanding Chairmen of the Year - Legal Chair - Adler Dehner
Outstanding Secretary Award - 2nd Place - Natchez Hanson
Outstanding Member Award - 3rd place - David Braverman
Most enthusiastic DCON attendee - David Braverman
Governor's recognition Award - Maggie Gilson
Governor's recognition Award - Natchez Hanson
The Kiwanis Club of East Orange County is proud of CKI’s accomplishments and extends its congratulations to the UCF club for another outstanding year!
Circle K International (CKI) is an international collegiate service organization that is a sponsored leadership program of Kiwanis International. It promotes service, leadership, and fellowship. With over 13,250 members, it is the largest collegiate service organization of its kind in the world
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Central Florida families will be ringing in the New Year with plenty of tuna salad sandwiches. Due to the overwhelming success of the “Ton o’ Tuna” challenge in 2009, the Kiwanis Club of East Orange County accepted a heftier goal of collecting TWO TONS of tuna by the end of 2010. With the assistance of numerous Key Clubs, Builders Clubs, K-Kids Clubs, Circle K International, other Kiwanis clubs, and numerous other community groups, the Kiwanis organization presented the local food bank with a grand total of over 4,000 pounds of tuna.
Here’s the math: 1 can of tuna is 6 ounces. One ton is 2,000 pounds, or 32,000 ounces. A “ton o’ tuna” is therefore 5,333 cans, and two tons of tuna is 10,666 cans of tuna.
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, through its five hundred participating agencies, provides food to about 60,000 people each week. With demand increasing daily, the food bank has never had less food on the shelves. The most pressing need, in short, is for more food. And among the non-perishable food items that Second Harvest distributes, none is more in demand among families in need than canned tuna – versatile, nutritious, and delicious.
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