Kiwanis One-Day Project at Haller Middle School Ballfield

One day each year, Kiwanians around the world join together for one day of global community service.  There are no boundaries.  There is no limit as to what clubs can do for their comminity, for children or the world.  Kiwanis Clubs always make a difference in their efforts to improve the quality of life for others in their local communities.

Members of the Arlington Kiwanis Club spent about 5 hours on Kiwanis One Day, on April 10th, 2010 cleaning up an area at Haller Middle School, next to a popular play ground used by youth and their adult leaders/coach’s.  The members cleared the area of excess material and rubbish collected over the years.   Scrap metal, old fencing, broken concrete and railroad ties were collected for removal by the school district.  The area is now safer and less hazardous.

Other events recently, not pictured, is the annual swag making work parties that always involve about 25 members of the Kiwanis Club. The swags are then sold by the membership to friends and/or neighbors who have purchased them in previous years. The swags adorn doorways of homes and businesses in and around Arlington. More than 200 swags were made and sold during 2010. The proceeds from the project benefit the youth & community service funds. Visits to other Kiwanis Clubs for an Interclub have been part of the swags sales project, as well.