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Maintained by Gary Farley of the Kiwanis Club of Colonial Heights, VA . MAJOR FUND RAISING PROJECTS Your Kiwanis Club holds three fundraising projects each year. The major project is our Annual Golf Tournament for Cancer Research at MCV held on the third week of May each year at the Prince George Golf Club. Our second project is our Pancake Breakfast on the first Saturday of November at the Middle School. These proceeds go toward our many community service projects. The third project is a Shrimp Feast which is held in early Fall at Lowell and Ann Thomason's home. COLONIAL HEIGHTS KIWANIS FOUNDATION MARY ANNE HOGAN --MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Mary Ann Hogan was born April 25, 1951 and died February 4, 1971 at the age of 19. Mary Ann was a 1969 graduate of Colonial Heights High School and was a student at The College of William and Mary. Mary Ann died as the result of a sledding accident in Williamsburg, when her sled crossed the path of an oncoming car. According to Les Fryar, Key Club advisor, and Kiwanis Club member, Mary Ann Hogan was the key person responsible for the formation of the Keyettes (girls youth organization sponsored by the Colonial Heights Kiwanis). Mary Ann and a group of other girls approached Mr. Fryar to see if the Kiwanis would consider sponsoring a girls organization similar to the Key Club which they sponsored for the boys. The rest is history.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS KIWANIS FOUNDATION WAYNE CLAYTON SPIVEY -- MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Wayne Clayton Spivey was born February 18, 1954 and died October 17, 1970 at the age of 16. Wayne was a Junior at Colonial Heights High School. Wayne and his father were returning home from a Virginia Tech football game and both he and his father died when a car forced their car off the road in the Farmville area. Wayne was a new member of the Key Club and was an "A" Honor Roll student. According to the Key Club advisor, Les Fryar, Wayne was a very popular, outgoing student who demonstrated leadership qualities. The Colonial Heights Kiwanis Club's Key Club Scholarship was changed to the Wayne Clayton Spivey Memorial Scholarship shortly after Wayne's death. Back COLONIAL HEIGHTS KIWANIS FOUNDATION WILLIAM N. HUMPHRIES, JR. -- MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Bill Humphries died July 26, 1993, at the age of 55 after a 10 year battle with ALS or Lou Gehrigs Disease. Bill was a 1956 graduate of Petersburg High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp serving two years active duty and four years in the reserves. In 1962 he received his B.S. Degree from the Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) and in 1965 he received his Juris Doctorate from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. Bill had a general law practice in Colonial Heights and in 1970 he was appointed as a substitute judge for the General District Court in Colonial Heights/Chesterfield. In 1981 he was elected to serve as a full time General District Court Judge. He was the first Colonial Heights resident to hold a seat for the 12th Judicial Circuit. In 1983 he was appointed as a Circuit Court Judge. Bill Humphries believed in our youth and in community service. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church where he formerly served as chairman of the Board of Trustees and of the Administrative Board. Past president Colonial Heights Jaycees and in 1969 received the Outstanding Young Man Award. Served on Board of Directors for: Southside Virginia Emergency Crew, Legal Counsel for City of Colonial Heights, Chairman, Petersburg Area Chapter March of Dimes Bill was a member and past president of Colonial Heights Kiwanis Club, life member of Kiwanis International. Past Chairman of Colonial Heights Democratic Committee having served in ten major political campaigns with the Democratic Party. This memorial scholarship to remember Bill was established in his honor just prior to his death and the first recipient made in May 1993. KIWANIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Back KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION --LIFE MEMBERS
CAPITAL DISTRICT FOUNDATION -- LIFE MEMBERS
CLUB MEETING INFORMATION/AGENDA Your Kiwanis Club meets for lunch each Wednesday in the meeting room of The Old Country Buffet at 12:30. Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:00 to 12:30 PM Meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 to 1:00 PM Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 to 1:10 PM Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 to 1:30 PM Cost of the meal is $7.00. MONTHLY BOARD MEETING The monthly meeting of the Board of Directors is held in the Colonial Heights
Municipal Building located on James Avenue on the third Monday of each month at
5:30 PM. It is strongly urged that all members attend these meetings rather than just the current elected board members. Since all detailed discussions of policies, proposed projects and other activities of the club are carried on at this time. If all members do not attend they will not get the opportunity to provide input, ask questions and enjoy the feeling of really belonging.
Back One hot afternoon in August 1914 in Detroit, Michigan, Allen S. Browne called a merchant tailor, Mr. Joseph G.Prance. He wanted to discuss organizing a group of business and professional men into a fraternal club for a benefit to the sick. Mr. Prance had been president of a similar group of several hundred young businessmen for three years, but it had not been successful. Mr. Browne was a professional paid organizer and was then employed by the local Order of The Moose, but he left to become the National Organizer for the Loyal Home Fraternity located in Detroit. After more discussion, Mr. Browne had application blanks printed for "The Supreme Lodge - Benevolent Order Brothers". Mr. Prance signed an application and paid $5.00 to Mr. Browne on December 7, 1914 to become the first member. The name of the organization was not considered satisfactory and on January 7, 1915 the first application for membership in the "Kiwanis Club" was signed by Mr. Prance. Kiwanis was officially founded on January 21, 1915. A committee went to Clarence M. Burton, City Historian, to develop the name. Kiwanis came from an Indian expression,"NuncKee-wanis", which was thought to mean roughly "We Trade". Later, from Bishop Baraga's dictionary of the Otchipew language, it was found that the word came nearer meaning "We have a good time- we make a noise". The expression was abbreviated to "KIWANIS". The club slogan later went from "We Trade" to "We Build". By the end of 1915 the clubs had expanded to include Cleveland, Hamilton (Ontario, Canada), Alabama and Georgia. 1916 brought about the first annual convention and the election of the first International President, George F. Hixson of Rochester, New York. The "K" symbol was established in 1917. Membership reached 10,000 in 1918 and the first Kiwanis headquarters, a two room office, was established in Chicago. In May, 1919, during a convention, the Kiwanis Clubs were "bought out" by themselves from Mr. Allen S. Browne for the sum of $17,500. The self purchase was a result of several years of debate over the purpose of the organization that developed an anti-Browne majority. Through this purchase, community service triumphed over personal business back- scratching as the organizations purpose. The first Key Club was established in Sacramento in 1925 and this would eventually grow into the largest service club for high school students. By 1926, membership was nearing 100,000. Membership hit hard times during the Depression but Kiwanis fought back with active service policies to help build morale and expand beyond the "underprivileged" category. Membership began to rebound in 1934 when membership increased by 4,000. In 1938, the 2,000th Kiwanis club was organized and in 1939, Kiwanis International was legally incorporated. During World War II, Kiwanis adopted the theme "Morale Building for the War Effort". During post war times and the Fifties, Kiwanis continued to grow and in 1955, the 4,000th club was organized with membership surpassing 250,000 in the following year. The Sixties brought about the 5,000th club (1962) and growth to Mexico and Europe. In 1972, women were approved for admission in the Circle K program and in 1977, Key Clubs became co-ed. The International Office moved into new headquarters to Indianapolis in 1982. This same year, Key Club International passed the 10,000 member mark. After much debate over the years, in 1987 the convention overwhelmingly approved women for membership. Membership surged in 1988 making it the best growth year in a decade. 1989 was another good growth year as Kiwanis prepared for its 75th anniversary. The Nineties brought about the 75th anniversary celebrations and a new emphasis program, "Young Children - Priority One". Women's membership toped 30,000 in 1991 and over 1,000 clubs were participating in the emphasis program. By 1995, the Worldwide Service Project collected more that $4.5 million. (Above information was obtained from THE HISTORY OF KIWANIS copyright 1946 by Kiwanis International and the Kiwanis International homepage) Back
As of 1999, Kiwanis International is made up of a total of over 8,500 clubs and 325,000 members in 83 countries giving $70 million and 7 million volunteer hours for community service each year. Throughout the world, the clubs are grouped under 46 districts. The Capital District, of which we are a member, is made up of 23 Divisions. In those divisions there are 219 clubs and a total membership of 9,337 spread among the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Each District has a Governor and each Division has a
Lieutenant Governor.
3636 Woodview Trace Telephone Number 1-800-KIWANIS E-mail: kiwanismail@kiwanis.org
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS
The Kiwanis Club of Colonial Heights held its Charter Night on Tuesday evening, October 22, 1963 at the Country Club of Petersburg. There were over 200 Kiwanians and guest present with representatives from each club in Division 4. Capital District Governor Chester Troy, Sr. was on hand to present the club's charter to our first President, Junny D. Smith. The club was organized on July 9th with 25 Charter Members and was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Petersburg. At the Charter Night Dinner, each of the other clubs in the division presented our club with gifts of club banner, gong, gavel and other items to get the club off on the right foot. Our club began with meeting each
Wednesday at Arnett's Restaurant at 12:30 p.m. The first elected officers were President J.D. Smith, 1st- Vice President James Honeycutt, 2nd-Vice President Ralph Johnson, Treasurer Aubrey Wheeler and Secretary Landon Meredith. One of the first projects was to organize a Key Club at the Colonial Heights High School. The Key Club was Chartered on January 15, 1964 with Tim Brown serving as President. The club's first fund raiser was the Pancake Meal held at the Community Building on Saturday, February 24, 1964. The cost was $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. There was a profit of $328 that first year. In 1966, we became the co-sponsor of the Brickwood Invitational Golf Tournament which led
to the establishment of the Kiwanis of Colonial Heights Cancer Research Fund at the Medical College of Virginia in 1968. That first year, we donated $1,000 to the MCV. In 1996, we presented Dr. Susan Millett a check which put our total contributions just under the $160,000 mark in just 29 years. In 1971, the club took a new direction in its fund raising and it switched from the Brickwood Golf Tournament to sponsoring the 4th of July Celebration for the City of Colonial Heights. This was a big step for the club as we not only sponsored the fireworks, but had a parade from Temple Avenue to the Colonial Heights football field, operated up to ten games booths around the field, sold food of all kinds, auctioned off items that local businesses donated and sponsored "The Battle of the Bands" contest. As the years went on and the workload increased from the growth
of the celebration, the parade was dropped and our efforts were fixed more on the activities at the football field. It was not uncommon for over 10,000 people to attend the fun and games during the day and return that evening for the fireworks display. As the years passed and the costs of the fireworks and insurance coverage increased, which ate into our proceeds, the club elected to go in a different direction for its major fund raiser for cancer research. In 1982, we returned to the golf tournament format by starting a tournament of our own at the Prince George Golf Club. This tournament has also grown over the years and has had its moments of interest including giving away a new car for a Hole-in-One in 1988. To this date, this two-day tournament has raised almost $160,000,
all of which has been donated to cancer research at MCV. Over the history of our club, we have had the honor of having five members serve as Lt. Governor of Division 18. Erick Yarchin served as Lt. Governor during the 1979-80 Kiwanis year, Leonard McAdams served his term during the 1986-87 year, Gary Farley served during the 1991-92 year. In the 1996-97 year, Vicki Minetree and Gary Thomson is the last Lt. Governor from our club during 1997-98 year. Our club also has the honor of having four Life Members in Kiwanis International. First came Harold Simmons in 1980 followed by Herbert Small, Wm. C. Lee and William Humphries. Being a Life Member in an honor given to a member who has served his club and community well and who has been approved by the Board of Directors as being worthy of this honor. We also have five members, Erick Yarchin, Leonard McAdams, Gary Farley, Vickie Minetree, and Gary Thomson who have been presented Life Member status in the Capital District Foundation. Over the history of our club, we have lost many good and dedicated members who have helped carry on the Kiwanis spirit and service to both our community and cancer research. Many of these members were lost to the battle with cancer and this has strengthened our clubs dedication to the fight in finding a cure with our donations to MCV Cancer Research. The Kiwanis Club of Colonial Heights has many things of which to be proud and now is the time for each member to dedicate themselves to continue what the members in the past have so proudly started Tom Vaughan 1999-2000 Billy Conwell 2000-2001 Herb Miller 2001-2002 Jim O'Connel 2002-2003 (current) Freb Zeher 2003-2004 Frankie Lundie 2004-2005
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