On January 21, President Mike Kukitz, Tracy Davis, Enos Martin and Tom Harp met with representatives of the Allentown Police Department to discuss ways that our club could partner with their new L.I.F.E. (Living with Integrity for Future Excellence) program. We met with Sergeant Glenn Granitz, and Officers Mike Geake and Jim Stanko. Sgt. Granitz … Read More
12/19/15 Bell Ringing
Several Allentown Kiwanians volunteered to ring the Salvation Army kettle bell on Saturday, December 19 outside an inner entrance to the JC Penney store at the Lehigh Valley Mall. Young Chang had the “early shift” of 9-11 AM followed by Bob Ashcraft and Mayor Ed Pawlowski from 11 AM to 1 PM and Belinda Gray … Read More
12/4/2015 Children’s Chrismas Party
For the past 10 years, one of our most popular service projects has been the annual Christmas Party for Lehigh Valley Children’s Centers. We started this project in 2006 at the Crown Plaza Hotel at 9th and Hamilton Streets (now the Holiday Inn Express) with 30 children from the LVCC Walnut Street Center. We then moved the party … Read More
10/17/2015
Enos Martin and Tom Harp volunteered at the Allentown Rescue Mission’s 13th Annual Spaghetti Dinner, held at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Allentown. Enos and Tom both worked the 3:15 PM to 6:00 PM shift, Enos working as a drink attendant and Tom as a seating host. There was a lot of prep work involved … Read More
9/10/2015
This project was a HUGE success as members Tom Harp. Enos Martin and Vic Mazziotti joined other volunteers from Kiwanis Division 18 at the United Way Day of Caring, Thursday, September 10, 2015. Division 18 volunteers had a wonderful time at the Lehigh Valley Children’s Center (LVCC) Union Boulevard site. We got a lot done. Our … Read More
8/8/2015
The Blair Vineyards, 99 Dietrich Valley Road, Kutztown, PA 19530 was the site for our August project. Bob Ashcraft has arranged to have a portion of admission fees and wine-tasting coupons from a BMW Club car rally to go towards the ELIMINATE Project. BMW owners from the Mid-Atlantic region showed their cars and to win … Read More
7/26/2015
Our annual Allentown Kiwanis Day at the IronPigs game was where we gathered. Thirty Kiwanis members, their family and friends enjoyed the amenities of a Dugout Suite in watching the ‘Pigs take on the Syracuse Chiefs. Big Bob, aka Taco Bob Ashcraft organized the outing and had the privilege of representing our group by throwing … Read More
6/23/15 — Jordan Playground Build
Club president Mike Kukitz and Mayor Ed Pawlowski participated in the construction of a new playground on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, as well as other beautification projects at Jordan Park. Mike provided the following report: “The park had a complete trash cleanup up. The handball courts received a fresh coat of paint. The river was … Read More
Allentown Kiwanis Honored by LVCC
At a meeting of its Board of Directors on June 23, Lehigh Valley Children’s Centers was honored with the presentation of a framed montage of photos from our May 28 picnic to Tom Harp, a member of that board. LVCC publicly thanked the Kiwanis Club of Allentown for hosting the annual picnic. Tom was pleased … Read More
6/3/15 LVCC Picnic!
Every year we look forward to our annual picnic for Lehigh Valley Children’s Centers South Mountain, Walnut Street and Early Learning Center (ELC) sites. This year was different. For the first time, we decided to host the picnic in the spring rather than in the fall. We wanted to spread this major event out from … Read More
