WPB KIWANIS CLUB CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF SERVICE
West Palm Beach, FL (August 25, 2021) — The West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club, a service organization founded in August 1925 turned 100 years old this Saturday, August 21. To celebrate, The City of West Palm Beach declared ‘August 21’ Kiwanis Day. The proclamation was presented on the 100th anniversary of the club, founded in 1921. The Kiwanis Club has spent the last century improving the lives of children in West Palm Beach.
The West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club offers one of the largest scholarship programs in Florida, awarding over $200,000 per year. The Foundation has distributed more than $3.4 million in scholarships since 1966. The club has awarded 80 scholarships to students from Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, and Loxahatchee. “Without the Kiwanis Club, my dreams of becoming a nurse wouldn’t be able to come true. My scholarship has taken away obstacles that would have hindered my performance if I would have done it alone. I know I have a support system that knows my dreams are attainable,” says Katia Mejia, a junior at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a member of the Kiwanis collegiate program, Circle K International (CKI). Other Kiwanis projects include reading at elementary schools, providing school uniforms for low-income students, and feeding the homeless at St. George’s Soup Kitchen.
“The West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club is honored to receive this Proclamation from the City of West Palm Beach on the occasion of our 100th Anniversary. This is a wonderful recognition of our Club’s long and distinguished record of dedication to serving the children of our community. While the work itself is its own reward, we thank Mayor James for this token of appreciation and look forward to continuing our legacy of service and caring into the West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club’s second century,” said club president, Scott Holtz. The club currently has 65 members and meets every other Wednesday at noon.
The club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary later this month at the National Croquet Club. To be part of the West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club’s next 100 years please email wpbkiwanis@gmail.com or visit wpbkiwanis.org.
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Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis stands with more than 550,000 members from K-Kids to Key Club to Kiwanis and many ages in between in 80 countries and geographic areas. Kiwanis clubs host nearly 150,000 service projects each year. The Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach is dedicated to serving the local community through various service and fundraising projects. For more information please visit wpbkiwanis.com or kiwanis.org.