Kiwanis Club of Red Oak, Iowa

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Meeting time and place

Officers and board members

Pictures

What we do for the community

Links

Meeting place: The Pizza Ranch 1511 N Broadway (near the south end of the plaza)

Meeting time: Each Monday noon (except holidays)

Meetings end promptly at 1:00 P.M.

Visitors are always welcome!

Board Meetings on the second Monday each month at noon

OFFICERS

President: Dr. Kim Truka

Past President: Dave Jennings

President Elect: Sharon Wiese

Vice President: Dr. Kim Truka

Secretary: Jody Hossle

Treasurer: Allan Olson

BOARD MEMBERS

Wayne Donohue (13)

Bill Drey (14)

Connie Mellott (14)

Chuck Truka (14)

Ron DeMarce(15)

Rev. Caryn Pedersen (15)

Membership Chairman: Terry Gillespie

Public Relations Chairman: Wayne Donohue

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Our club's membership averages about twenty-five.

The club's average yearly project expenditures are about $11,000.

CLUB ACTIVITIES

Our club was instrumental in bringing soccer to Red Oak, supplying the first goals and coaches.

We work at concessions at volleyball, basketball, and football games.

We buy and fit bicycle helmets for Red Oak's third graders and present a bicycle safety talk.

We buy and fit bicycle helmets for the Red Oak Head Start Trikathon.

We read to elementary students.

We jointly sponsor a TRYathlon each year with the YMCA, with an emphasis on the TRY. For some serious participants it is their first competitive event of the season; some don’t even want to be timed.

We present Loren Works scholarships annually to music students, totaling $1000 to $2,000.

Each year we sponsor a County Fair trophy.

We sponsor a Duck Race each Fourth of July, originally floating them down the Nishna Botna River, but in recent years we have held it in Legion Park, racing the ducks in the swimming pool. We invite other organizations to share in this event.

We also have a Bicycle Poker Run, where participants visit historic sites around Red Oak. Representatives at these sites give tours to the participants.

We were an original sponsor the Summer Junior Tennis Program. over the years we have contributed over $20,000 since its beginning through salad luncheons, potato bars, or tip night at the Pizza Ranch, where we buss tables for tips.

Various organizations take turns feeding the Red Oak football team and coaches the Thursday evening before games. We feed them our famous K-Dogs (quarter-pound hot dogs) along with baked beans chips, etc, and a desert.

We help support the Tobacco Kills program.

We volunteered to paint benches in city parks.

We sponsor fire extinguisher training for Red Oak’s fourth graders each year.

We help the Montgomery County Public Health at flu clinics.

We buy clothing and gifts for two needy families at Christmas time.

We deliver Meals on Wheels each Friday.

We contribute to the YMCA annual campaign.

We conduct an annual coat drive in the fall.

We buy meals for two families for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

We provided financial assistance to the Red Oak Community High School for its virtual technology program.

We provided financial assistance to the Red Oak Community Middle School for its wind power generator.

We supported the Kiwanis International World-Wide Iodine Deficiency Program.