Newsletter | May 2024

From Kiwanis International: May is Your Month

May is Membership Month, and what better way to commemorate it than to celebrate YOU?

Thank you for everything you do to help kids near and far – the hours you dedicate to planning projects, raising money for causes and inviting others to join your club. Because of you, kids have healthy food, safe spaces, role models and smiles on their faces.

Even more importantly, thank you for giving children something money can’t buy: the encouragement they need to follow their dreams.

Wise Advice:

If you could go back to your first month as a Kiwanian, what advice would you give your brand-new Kiwanis self?

“To join two committees right at the very beginning and start learning from seasoned members. So much knowledge and wisdom to be had!”
Jarrod Goldsmith, Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District

“Find a buddy to help you understand the organization.”
Violet White, Florida District

“Your feedback matters. Don’t shrink back … Give it all you got!”
Yolanda Kameka-Morris, Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District

“That anything is possible!  “
Benny Cartwright, California-Nevada-Hawaii District

“Sit at a different table each week.”
Renea Callery, Michigan District

“You don’t have to wait til (fill in the blank) to do that leadership role. You don’t have to be married, retired, a business owner, a certain ethnicity, a man…..to be successful in Kiwanis!”
Amy Zimmerman, Ohio District

“Be the change you want to see and don’t wait for someone else to get it done. Serving the children starts with you!”
Jody Hulsey, Kentucky-Tennessee District

Watch our short video to see how you can match your materials to individuals’ interests — from working with youth to satellite membership and more.