Kiwanis Club of the Foothills

• Sponsorship of the annual Young Children Priority One Golf Tournament to raise funds for the Denver Children's Hospital Pediatric Institute and other children's support organizations. In 2007, the tournament raised $12,500 (and over the 14 years it has been held, more than $160,000) to benefit children. This event is held in early June at the Lake Valley golf course in north Boulder.
• Financial support and volunteer time contributed to the Boulder Mapleton Rehabilitation Center, which provides physical therapy and various rehabilitation programs for children in the Boulder/Denver area. Shown above is Foothill Kiwanis 2005-2006 President-Elect Mary Schweitzer looking at the Center's playground completed in June, 2005 due in part to $10,000 provided by the Foothills Kiwanis Club through it's various fund-raising activities.
• Volunteering for end-of-year Salvation Army bell-ringing to collect contributions at a Boulder or Louisville location. Over the past ten years, our club has collected nearly $250,-000 in donations, winning each year the Salvation Army Bell-Ringing Award for the most donations collected by any Boulder County volunteer group. Shown above is Foothills Kiwanis member Greg Lefferdink collecting donations in Boulder.

Additional Kiwanis Club of the Foothills contributions and/or volunteer hours are provided for:

• Support of the Sister Carmen Community Center in Lafayette via donated health-care and elementary school items
• Delivery of seasonal fruit baskets to shut-ins for Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP)
  
• Providing a $1000 tuiton scholarships each year to a college-bound high school senior from the Boulder area
• Annual cleanup of the Boulder City Centennial Park in Sunshine Canyon.
  

Additional Kiwanis Club of the Foothills fund-raising projects include:

• Taste of Downtown Boulder held every year in April or May
  
• Collection of contributions at the Boulder Fourth of July fireworks celebration at Folsom Field
  
  

Kiwanis Club of the Foothills Officers

President -- Greg Lefferdink
President-Elect -- Michael Reagan
Secretary -- Dennis Hubbard
Treasurer -- Joe Girard

Kiwanis Club of the Foothills Newsletters

• Click here to see the September 8, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the August 18, 2008 edition (Feedback from August 14-16 Rocky Mountain District Annual Convention)
• Click here to see the August 4, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the July 21, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the July 7, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the June 16, 2008 edition (June 12 14th Annual Foothills Kiwanis YCPO Golf Tournament)
• Click here to see the June 2, 2008 edition (Update on June 12 Foothills Kiwanis Benefit Golf Tournament)
• Click here to see the May 19, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the May 5, 2008 edition (Taste of Downtown Boulder, Children's Day, and Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the April 21, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the April 7, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs)
• Click here to see the March 17, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs, and RMD Kiwanis Mid-Winter Conference Feedback)
• Click here to see the March 3, 2008 edition (Snippets of Recent Club Programs, and RMD Kiwanis Mid-Winter Conference Feedback)

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(Last updated: 4 September 2008)