Category Archives: Our Foundation

2013 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee registration now open

Thank you for your interest in 2013 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee – a joint project of The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette and the Kiwanis Club of Acadiana. Here is some information for you and your schools about registering for our bee: The bee is held in association with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and all registration is handled through the Scripps website – www.spellingbee.com. The bee will be held Saturday March 16, 2013 at the...

Kiwanis of Lafayette Foundation awarded $1 million grant

The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette is pleased to announce that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation has awarded a the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation a grant of $1 million to address the growing problem of childhood obesity. Adding in the cash and in-kind match to the grant, our program is slated to get $2.5 million from the Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana. We are grateful to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

Icing on the cake !

Well, our current major service project is almost ready for prime time! This Saturday, several members of our club added nice wind screens to the fences behind each end zone labeling Clark Field and showing our Kiwanis logos. It has been a huge project for us, and should be back open soon, in time for all of the schools and organizations who use this facility. Clark Field has been used for many years (by some...

Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation Donates Lighting for Clark Field Project

The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation presented Charles Dawson, Director of Operations for GeoSurfaces, with a check for $75,000 to be used towards new lighting equipment for the LCG Public Works/Parks and Recreation turf installation project currently under construction at Clark Field. The new lighting equipment will provide over 4 times the brightness of the old equipment at approximately 1/10 the electrical cost. According to Greg Gautreaux, Athletic Programs & Maintenance Manager of LCG Parks...