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10 unusual facts about Kiwanis


Canadian National class N-4 2-8-0

Number 2534 was preserved in Zwick Island Park, Belleville, Ontario; number 2601 in the Canadian Railway Historical Association Museum at Delson, Quebec; and number 2616 by the Kiwanis in Haliburton, Ontario.

Daniel Lewis Williams

After his voice changed, he appeared frequently in musicals and won the International Kiwanis Talent Contest in New York City at 17 for his performance of "Ol' Man River" from Show Boat.

Edward J. Patten

After politics, he continued to remain active in the various organizations he belonged to, such as the NAACP, Eagles, Elks, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, and Moose International.

Issaquah Salmon Days

The Kiwanis are still in town baking salmon, just the amount (now more than a ton a year) has increased.

John A. Caddell

Caddell was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, and the Decatur Kiwanis Club, of which he served as president in 1939; and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce (president from 1944 to 1945).

Kiwanis Music Festival

These festivals are named after the Kiwanis service clubs which generally support the events in each community.

New York State Route 410

Work on rebuilding the road was delayed by the state for years, leading the Kiwanis Club of Lowville to pressure the state to reconstruct the highway.

Rey Aquino

As the elected president of the Kiwanis and Jaycee clubs, Dr. Rey Aquino was chosen and appointed as an Officer in Charge or OIC councilor in 1987.

Susan Fennell

Fennell is an Honorary Member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 15, an Honorary Member of the Brampton Kiwanis and Zonta clubs, and has been honoured with Rotary International's Paul Harris Fellowship.

Tufts Medical Center

The Floating Hospital for Children is the home of the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute and is a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center (the oldest pediatric trauma center in the country).


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California-Nevada-Hawaii District Key Club International

The California-Nevada-Hawaii District Key Club International, Cali-Nev-Ha, or simply CNHDKCI is a governing body of Key Club International, a youth sponsored community service organization of Kiwanis International, local Kiwanis clubs and school districts across the state.

David Aronberg

Aronberg was a member of the Freemasons, Shriners, Kiwanis, Forty and Eight, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Elks, as well as the American Legion, of which he was vice commander.

Earle J. Gluck

Gluck also served in organizations such as the Kiwanis Club, Civitan Club, and the Boy Scouts of America.

Huia, New Zealand

The Auckland Regional Council operates several accommodation facilities in the area including the Kiwanis Huia camp, Huia Lodge (which comprises the old school building), Barr cottage (situated on the waterfront in LIttle Huia) and a camping area known as Barn Paddock in the Karamatura farm.

Kiwanis Park, New Brunswick

Kiwanis Park is a 3,500 seat (expandable to 7,500) baseball field located in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Kurt Kelly

Kelly serves on several leadership boards such as Children’s Alliance, Success by Six, Ocala Kiwanis, Central Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Child Evangelism Fellowship of Marion County.

L. B. Henry

For ten years, he provided use of his L. B. Henry Rodeo Arena for the annual Kiwanis rodeo.

Nunda, New York

The town also has two golf courses, Woodlynn Hills and Triple Creek, the Bell Memorial Library, Dollar General, Shur Fine, a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station, and the Kiwanis Club fields and building.

Robert C. Snyder

He advised governors and congressmen, spoke at every Kiwanis and Optimist Club within a day’s drive of Ruston and still found time daily to spend with his friends Thoreau and Tennyson, Pope and Emerson.

Service club

Many of these service clubs were started early in the 20th century, such as Apex Clubs of Australia, Altrusa International, JCI, Sertoma, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Exchange, Optimists, Soroptimists, KIN Canada, Zonta and Alpha Phi Omega, .

Studium, Accademia di Casale e del Monferrato per l’Arte, la Letteratura, la Storia,le Scienze e le Varie Umanità

degli Uberti, a knigh of several noted chivalric orders (Equestrian Order of the Saint Gregory the Great, The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and honorary member of the Accademia di Marina di Santo Stefano di Pisa) also served as vice-president of Kiwanis Club of Casale Monferrato (1978-1979).

US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Many organizations in the United States support ratification of the Convention, including groups that work with children such as the Girl Scouts and the Kiwanis.