Kiwanis Club of South Sarasota
This club has lots of history and tradition. We were founded in October of 1961.
Our major fund raisers are annual Pancake Breakfasts, the Travelogue series, and Peanut Days.
We are a community Service club in Sarasota, by participating in Fruit Gleaning and donated the picked fruit to All Faiths Food Bank, Annual event to feed the children at the Boys and Girls Club before school starts (when their grant runs out). We collect clothing for children through donations by our members and in conjunction with a clothing consignment shop in the Gulf Gate area, recipients are the YMCA Clothes Closet for foster children and Mothers Helping Mothers (both organizations do NOT sell the clothing).
For years we have sponsered the Sarasota County Library System Dial-a-Story, where kids can call a number and it reads them a story. With the changes in technology we have improved the system to a podcast with video and audio online where at a click of a mouse the child now can read along with the volunteer who is reading the book via video podcast. This will be able to reach children worldwide from the local level.
Volunteers are always welcome and needed for many service projects. Membership is open to the public, we welcome you to join us for a lunch meeting, we meet every Tuesday at 12:15pm at
Sarasota Brewing Company
6607 Gateway Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34231-5805
(941) 925-2337
Call Brooke O'Malley Foundation President for more information.
941-726-2677 brooke@myclubrealty.com
Our club foundation supports Oak Park public school for the severely handicapped (which has a very high percentage of single parent homes or foster homes). They have needs in their Art Program and we supply funds and supplies.
In recent years, South Sarasota Kiwanis Foundation contributed over $25,000 to local and national charities and contributed $10,000 in scholarships to local deserving students. Our 30 plus active membership enables us to get involved in community projects. We encourage you to join our club and benefit yourself and the community with your personal contributions.
Ordinary people performing
EXTRAORDINARY WORK
Kiwanis, through guidance and example, works to develop future generations of leaders. Every day, Kiwanians are revitalizing neighborhoods, organizing youth-sports programs, tutoring, building playgrounds, and performing countless other projects to help children and communities.
Volunteer Opportunity: Need help wrapping Robes for Medicaid Patients at the Pines of Sarasota. Bealls donated paper and boxes and a resort from the other coast donated the bath robes. Take the virtual tour of the event. http://www.visualtour.com/show.asp?t=2235160
Upcoming Dates:
06-01-10 Wrapping bathrobes
06-08-10 Speaker Marilyn Nykiforuk, 861-1133, Selby Library and receipt of our donation to fund the Podcastin of Reading Books for Children through the Sarasota County Library System program
06-15-10 Wrapping Bathrobes
06-22-10 Speaker Beverly Hill, ShelterBox Response Team, has been to Haiti several times, Shelter and life savings equipment developed for climate, durability for rescue and disaster situation.
06-29-10 Speaker Chris Martinez, Night Life program from the perspective of a car crash survivor
07-06-10 Business meeting
07-13-10 Speaker Tracy Lee, Judicial candidate for County Court
07-27-10 Boys & Girls Club Service Project 2-330pm at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club on Fruitville the club will be providing a snack for the summer program.
08-24-10 Jay Lockaby, Wellness Community, to receive our annual donation and to talk about the Wellness Community and progress of the construction 941-921-5539
08-31-10 District Convention update from Brooke O’Malley and Mary Lynn Desjarlais
09-07-10 Business Meeting
09-14-10 Jim Macomber, published author of the John Cann Series of international legal thrillers acclaimed for the seamless integration of exciting and intricate plots involving the mysterious and often convoluted world of international law combined with strong and sensitive character development and placed in the context of actual global events. So close to reality that Macomber's works have been called 'eerie' in the way they predict and anticipate what has often come to pass.
09-21-10 Mark Tuchman, owner of Mr. Beery’s on Mall Drive 343-2854, HE WILL BRING A COUPLE SAMPLES AND DISCUSS THAT BEER. It is a craft beer bar, only american specialty beers, etc. Owner Mark Tuchman owned an award-winning beer retail store on Long Island before moving to Sarasota last year. At Mr. Beery’s, he wants to replicate that success on a much more intimate scale. We have 24 draft lines, a constant rotating selection,” says Tuchman, with a broad scope of style, ABV, representation of the country and world, as well as price.” He also plans on carrying around 50-60 different bottles at any time, all devoted solely to American craft brews and artisan beer from around the world. Keep that selection ever-changing and its another reason for people to come in and see what we have in.”
09-28-10 Cristina Morara, 284-2592, owner of Stellar Hitch, local exclusive matchmaking and private consulting, flirting classes,
www.stellarhitch.com
changing the world, one child and one community at a time. One can make a difference.