In the 2018 – 2019 Kiwanis Year, We…….

• With our Key club partners, provided 208 hours of service to Life Remodeled, cleaning up a Detroit neighborhood.
• Reinstalled shelves at First Step Domestic Abuse Shelter
• Donated $500 to Plymouth Historic Society for improved lighting
• With our Aktion Club, provided treat bags to First Step at Easter
• Provided 81 hours of service to set up and run games for the Special Olympics opening ceremonies in Mt Pleasant.
• Hosted the annual Kiwanis Golf outing and raised over $20,000 for 2019 -20 projects.
• With the help of Aktion Club – painted pumpkins for seniors at Tonquish Manor
• Built a Pergola at Kiwanis Park Plymouth
• Donated $500 to local Salvation Army food fund and helped pack Thanksgiving food boxes
• Sponsored and organized the 4th of July Parade in Plymouth Michigan
• Donated $1500 to Plymouth Canton Schools to pay for a program that enabled special needs students to attend college prep classes
• Hosted a Fishing Derby for kids
• In partnership with the City of Plymouth, built a retaining wall at Kiwanis Park
• Provided a special luncheon for Plymouth First Responders
• Prepared and provided meals for families at Ronald McDonald house, Ann Arbor.
• Donated $1400 to Plymouth District Library for a maker’s table for teen area of the library
• Donated $1300 to Plymouth Friendship Station for retractable screen wireless projector and speakers for seniors groups
• Donated to Fishes and Loaves Pantry
• Donated $500 to Allen School (PCS) for classroom rug and storage box
• Sent Valentine’s Day cards and Candy to kids at First Step
• Conducted furniture drive and donated household items for Friends in Deed – a group working with homeless and needy people
• Donated truck straps for Friends in Deed’s truck for safe transport
• Donated $700 to Isbister 2nd grade students and teachers to assist in a fundraiser to buy Braille books for Plymouth and Canton Libraries and Penrinkton Center for the Blind
• Conducted Easter Egg hunt for residents of the Opportunity house in Plymouth
• Donated $100 to First Step for Easter egg dye kits
• Aktion Klub created Easter Egg baskets for United Way distribution
• Donate $500 to SJ5K run sponsored by PCEP students to raise money for families with significant medical needs
• Provided 25 volunteer service hours to stain a pergola and plant trees at Kiwanis Park and build a rock wall for landscaping effect
• Donated $8000 and provided 134 service hours over 2 days to add a new structure to Kiwanis Park
• Assisted with various Kids Against Hunger Coalition packaging events producing 40000 meals
• Donated $1800 to Plymouth Historic Society to paint pillars at the local Museum
• Provided help for 22 sessions of Meet Up and Eat Up sessions at the Ypsilanti library – providing kids with lunches who may not have lunch during school vacation
• Hosted ribbon cutting ceremony for update Kiwanis Park
• Conducted canned food drive for Hope Clinic
• Conducted musical instrument drive for Detroit Public school students
• Aktion Club sent cards of sympathy to people affected by mass shooting in Dayton and El Paso
• Provided hundreds of service hours to the Plymouth Kiwanis Foundation for the annual Pancake Breakfast at Fall Festival in Plymouth
• Donated $2500 to the Greater Plymouth Community food packaging and 175 service hours that produced 259,000 meals