Columbia-Boonslick Kiwanis Club

About

Kiwanis is a worldwide service organization “dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time”. We are focused on improving lives through fellowship in service.Boonslick Kiwanis Club is one of four Kiwanis clubs in Columbia, MO. Organized in 1966, Boonslick is one of the two breakfast clubs. We meet every Wednesday morning from 7:00 am to 8:00 am at HyVee South in the Rock Bridge Shopping Center. We would love for you to join us! Please contact our club President at boonslickkiwanis@gmail.com for more information.Our group of over 40 members likes to have fun and informative meetings. Every meeting includes a speaker. Presentations are varied but always educational.We are first and foremost a service organization and this is where Kiwanis really shines. We like to volunteer our time to help others. Some of the service projects that we have participated in include working at Locust Elementary school, helping to refurbish the Boys and Girls Club, Clean up Columbia, the Community Nursery School, Rainbow House and helping to clean up the Kiwanis Park to name a few. We also work with Rockbridge students through Key Club, and the Aktion Club for adults with disabilities.Boonslick Kiwanis Club is privileged to work with kids in Service Leadership Clubs at Locust Street Elementary, Gentry Middle School, Jefferson Middle School, Father Tolton High School, Rock Bridge High School as well as a group of adults with disabilities. Each of these clubs develops a plan for how they would like to lead the community through service and then puts that service project into action!Our club participates in various fund-raising activities in order to provide financial help to needy groups in our community. Events include a Mini-Golf Classic fundraiser at Midway Golf and Games and a Trivia Contest. For the past 70 years, Kiwanis Clubs of Columbia have collaborated to host a Pancake breakfast .Kiwanis International has joined forces with UNICEF to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. To learn more about this project, the disease and the ongoing efforts to eliminate it please click here.