Watch them accept there award, click here.
Kiwanis Club in Sandpoint has been serving youth of our community since
their beginning. Things the Kiwanis Club sponsors or supports currently or in
the past includes the Key Club at the high school, scholarships, Boy Scouts,
Camp Stidwell Bonner County Fair, Kinderhaven and the Backpack Program in the
schools.
‘When Boy Scout Troop #111 was in need of a sponsor, Kiwanis stepped up
to the plate and to this day sponsors that same troop,’ explained Kiwanis Club
Member Dick Vail. ‘Kiwanis owns about 2,000 acres of land around the lower end
of Mirror Lake. The facility is called “Camp Stidwell”. The resident, Kiwanian
caretaker, stated that last year over 1,600 young people took advantages of the
facilities at Camp Stidwell.’
In order to make these items happen, Kiwanis has their own fundraising
activities that include selling of Cotton Candy at major events, as well as
selling raffle tickets for a pig, selected at the Bonner County Fair, and tickets
for other worthwhile causes. When you see someone from Kiwanis selling
cotton candy, a raffle ticket for a pig, or an award card to be cashed in at a
store of your choice, they hope you look at it as an investment in the youth
and young people of Bonner County.
‘It takes a number of various working organizations to make up a whole
vital body,’ said Vail. ‘Kiwanis is pleased and proud to be part of the body
that makes up a great place to live, work, and raise children.’
Please join the Greater
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce in congratulating Kiwanis Club in being honored
as April’s Business of the Month. For more information or to reach out to them,
call 208-255-6645.
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