| Citizenship
Award |
An
award is made to a high school student exhibiting unusual
success in academic achievements and community service. One
student from each of the high schools in the Valley is
recognized with a certificate and a prize at a luncheon
meeting. There is one award per month during the school
year. |
Camille
Daly |
| Hennessey
School Reading Program |
Read
to kindergarten and first grade children one hour per month;
once a year each kindergarten child receives a special
sweatshirt, donated in partnership by our Club and the Bank of
New England. This program addresses the charge by the
Kiwanis International objective of Young
Children Priority One. |
Jane
Ritchie |
| Leahy
School Reading Program |
Read
to kindergarten children once a month. Objectives are the
same as stated above for the Hennessey School Reading Program. |
Glenn
Rogers |
| Student
of the Month |
An
Lawrence elementary school nominee is recognized at a luncheon
meeting with certificate and awards. A donation is made to the
school's PTO. |
Jane
Ritchie |
| Methuen
High School Key Club |
A Club
has been formed and sponsored within the high school to function
like a Kiwanis Club with fellowship and community service as its
primary purposes. The Club meets independently. It
is a member of Kiwanis Key Clubs International. It has
thrived for ten years. |
Susan
Farese |
| Lawrence
High School Key Club |
Similar
to Methuen; formed in 2012 by the Kiwanis Club of Greater
Lawrence. |
Gary
Finlayson |
| CLASS
Aktion Club |
An
adult club for people with disabilities at CLASS. It
operates like a Kiwanis Club and is also a member of Aktion Club
International. It too was formed in 2012 by the Kiwanis
Club of Greater Lawrence. |
Nancy
Kieran and Celeste Begley |
| Bike
Safety |
Club
sponsors and runs a Bike Safety program for groups of children
in the area, most recently through the Boys and Girls Club of
Lawrence; safety is taught, helmets are donated and distributed
to all children, bicycles are raffled. |
Ed
Hart
|
| Youth
Summit |
Recognizes
middle school students from the several schools who belong to
the Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative Academic Bowl;
they come together once a year at a Kiwanis meeting to focus
upon leadership. |
Rene
Roy |
| George
W. Street Bridge |
This
bridge in Andover was dedicated by the Town to this World War
naval Distinguished Service Cross and Medal of Honor winner who
was latter a Kiwanian; the Club maintains the shrubbery and
removes debris from the Bridge once a year. |
Michale
DeLuca |
| Kiwanis
Pediatric Trauma Institute |
As
supporting members of the New England District of Kiwanis our
Club helps support this enterprise. |
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saving the world one child one community at a time.
