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One Special Day of Kiwanis Service

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Every year on a Saturday in April, Kiwanis Clubs all over the world go out in our communities for “Kiwanis One Day”  This year, April 5 was the Kiwanis One Day, and the Lafayette Kiwanis Club worked on our playgrounds and cleaned up our favorite park – Girard Park (where we helped build Parc Independence).  We started at Mouton Park, and the brand new playground that we helped fund along with the Junior League of...

Congratulations to our 2013 Spelling Bee champions !

The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette and the Kiwanis Club of Acadiana would like to congratulate all the great spellers who attended our 2013 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee on March 16.  Special congratulations go to all our winners, especially Damien Handy of Scott Middle School who won an expense-paid trip to Washington DC to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee – Good luck Damien – we are so proud of you !      ...

Thanks to Dodson Elementary School for sending us your great spellers!

Thanks to Dodson Elementary School for sending us a copy of their Press Release highlighting the results of their school spelling bee – not only did their 2 spelling bee winners compete in our bee, but the other winners, the spelling bee chairman and the school principal also showed up at our bee to give their support.  That’s what I call SCHOOL SPIRIT !  Thanks to everyone at Dodson Elementary for your participation!  Read their...

Healthy Living Club kickoff held at Clark Field

The Healthy Living Club held its kickoff event at Clark Field today.  The Healthy Living Club is made up of some two dozen organizations that have been doing great work in our community for years.  Our Foundation is one of the partners in this great effort. Inspired by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation’s “Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana” grant program, we have all combined our resources to work together to address...
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