Schenectady Kiwanis Club & Foundation

There are two great opportunities to get painting in Schenectady 🎨🖌

🎨 8/21- Paint Night Open Studio
Come work in community with other artists as you practice and further develop your painting skills.

🎨8/28- Beginning Painting
The next 4-week series starts next week. This is your chance to learn basic paint skills and develop your artistic style.

Community Paint Day is this Sunday!!! 🎉🎨

We need your help to finish our largest mural in Schenectady!

➡️Sunday 8/25, 11-1pm, Lamp Lane, Proctors, Schenectady
🎶Music provided by DJ Hollw8d!

Special thanks to Schenectady County for supporting this event with an Arts & Culture Grant!!!

We invite you to help the City Mission of Schenectady with us! We're collecting the items on this list for their back-to-school backpacks. If you can help please reach out! We are delivering what we collect on 8/28.
Thank you!

Did you know? KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL
Dedicated to serving the children of the world, this global volunteer organization annually raises US$390 million and dedicates more than 7.7 million hours to strengthening communities and helping children. Through service projects and fundraisers, Kiwanis members improve their communities, make lifelong friendships, and, most importantly, help children reach their full potential.
Join us! https://k00110.site.kiwanis.org/

There's a chill in the air, which can only mean one thing.... Fall Spooktacular is just around the corner! 🎃

Mark your calendars for our upcoming Fall Spooktacular event, a fall-filled day of family fun! Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 12-4 p.m. around City Hall. Check out our event page and be sure to follow, as we'll be announcing more details there!

🔍We're still looking for vendors for our event! If you're interested, please find our Vendor Information & Application on our website. Deadline to apply is Friday, September 20th! https://downtownschenectady.org/portfolio/2024-fall-spooktacular

We invite you to help City Mission of Schenectady with us! We're collecting the items on this list for their back-to-school backpacks. If you can help please reach out! We are delivering what we collect on 8/28.
Thank you!

Kiwanis mission statement is serving the children of the world. Join us if that speaks to you.

Kids Need Kiwanis. That's why we're here!

We have a regular business meeting this Wednesday at noon, and it's virtual. Reach out to [email protected] for the link! We'd love to have you.

Join us. We do stuff that matters all the time. 😉

https://k00110.site.kiwanis.org/

In this week's Throwback Thursday, we go back to ten years to August of 2014, when Richard Lovrich, center, creative director at Proctors Theatre, spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Schenectady at a regular noontime meeting. Lovrich discussed how far Schenectady has come and where it's going for the future in performing arts. His dedication to the arts was impressive! Thanking Lovrich for his guest speaking engagement are Doug McPhee, left, and Kiwanis President Michael Della Rocco. Proctors

Wishes for a happy birthday to our member, 🎂Julius today!

Join us! This month we are collecting supplies for school for City Mission of Schenectady and we'd love your help!

Here's another Throwback Thursday, this time to August of 2015, when Sue McLane, center, visited the Kiwanis meeting. McLane pursued an interest in preserving the history of women as reflected in her search through records of Vale Cemetery. She actively searched records to find out what it was like to live in 19th century Schenectady as a woman, discovering the way they dressed and mourned. To learn more about Vale Cemetery and the tours and events it offers, go to www.valecemetery.org.

Wishing our Schenectady Kiwanis Club Secretary and long-time member Joyce Siciliano 🎂a wonderful birthday today!!! 🥳🤸‍♀️

Throwback Thursday to 2015, when Schenectady Kiwanis Foundation President Heather Peterson welcomed four grant recipients to a Kiwanis meeting. They are from left to right with the colleges noted they will be attending this fall 2015: Lily Herrmann, Colby College; Temera Budhoo, Boston University; Ca'Sondra Arrington, Virginia State University; and Cheyenne Body, SUNY Cobleskill. We'd love to know what these young ladies have achieved since then! Kiwanis is proud to financially support local high school students with their educational experience where they have demonstrated leadership, a positive commitment to their community as a volunteer and demonstrated a need for resources to assist in continuing their education.

We are a day late,🎂🎈 but want to wish a very happy birthday 🌞 to our member Frank Alaska Quinn!

In this Throwback Thursday, we look back to July of 2016, when one Kiwanis guest speaker was Vicki Ramotar, a resource development specialist for the Crossroads Center for Children in Schenectady. Vicki is still with Crossroads today, but now serves as president of the Schenectady Kiwanis board! The mission of Crossroads is "to prepare individuals with and without developmental disabilities for life success within their family and community." A major focus of their program provides assistance to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder through supportive therapies for social, communication and behavioral changes. For further details about the program go to: www.crossroadcenter.org and www.facebook.com/crossroadscenterforchildren. Presenting a Vicki with a certificate of appreciation in the photo is then-Schenctady Kiwanis President, Kathleen Fialkowski. Crossroads Center for Children

"Anyone can be a role model in a child’s life..."
https://www.kiwanis.org/join-us/the-importance-of-role-models-for-children/
Kiwanis International

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What is Kiwanis? Our defining statement is: "Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time."
We invite you to join us!

Kiwanis Club of Schenectady – Kids Need Kiwanis We are an eclectic mix of ages, genders, occupations, backgrounds and interests. We are all passionate about making our community and the world a better place for children so they can thrive. We are devoted to serving the children in our local community and also children all across the country and w...

We're just DAYS away from The 2nd Annual TATER TROT! and we know you're chomping at the bit. (We've been drooling at all the spud-tacular options too! 😋)

Grab your friends and plot your trot with this map of all the participating restaurants. Scan the QR code to view in Google Maps, or check out this link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1wY984prKhff2Yj_32T7dLvoOabfWagk&usp=sharing

We'll see you Saturday!

We extend our deepest sympathies to Nancy’s family. She was a great person, friend and leader of many things, including our Schenectady club back in the day. She had a wonderful life and made a difference in whatever she did. RIP Nancy.

Happy 4th of July!

Hi everyone! We have the results of our Kids Vote at this year's Schenectady Kids Arts Festival. See below! Thanks so much to all of the presenters, and to the parents and families who stopped by to give the children an experience of voting. Betsy will surely ask these art leaders to come back in the future! 👍 Please comment below if you'd like to add your thoughts about any of the booths, tables, or experiences from this year's festival!
Arts Festival 2024 – Voting Results
Kittens – 4
Rocks/Pet Rocks – 4
DJ – 3
Puppets – 2
Bubbles – 2
Performance/Show – 1
Corn Husk Dolls – 1
Beaded Bracelets – 1
Drums – 1
Trumpet – 1
Purple Bag – 1
Unclear or illegible - 4

Wishing Vice President, Alyson Bingham a very happy birthday today!