Lafayette Kiwanis Club
What We Do
Special Projects
We complete Special Projects to benefit the community and the children in the area.
Several Projects completed recently include: the Edzoocation Station at Columbian Park, the Children's Playground atthe West Lafayette Wellness Center, the Kiwanis Corner at the YMCA, the interactive Music Instruments at Armstrong Park,
our Signature Doll Project to comfort kids in difficult situations, and a new project at the Morris Schoolhouse in West Lafayette.
We also take part in community activities such as the Holloween Expo at the Wellness Center and providing funds for the Imagination Library.
Fund Raising
We are very active with fundraising activities to support grants to help children and youth in the community. Our fundraising activities include our annual Pancake Breakfast, Football and Basketball Ticket Taking at Purdue, Bell Ringing and Christmas Auction for the Salvation Army, weekly donations for Riley Hospital for children.
Scholarships and Grants
We make scholarships and grants one of the areas of club emphasis. The engagement with the children and youth of our community and their support fulfils the Kiwanis vision and mission "Serving the children of the world"
Our club is very successful with fundraising in order to be able to offer a number of scholarships and grants.
Every year we make a number of grants to Youth Services groups to support their operations and provide materials.
In addition to grants we also award a number of scholarships such as: the Postlethwait Scholarship, Howenstein music award,
Lafayette Community Scholarship, Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship and the National Football Foundation Ted Luce Scholarships. Also we participate each year in the Bugs Program, bring up grades, and Terrific Kids, recognizing kid who made outstanding progress the past year.
Each year the Lafayette Kiwanis Club supports almost $8,000 in scholarships, grants and awards, touching the lives of more than 600 kids.