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Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast Oct. 26
» Russell News Service - Steger News - 10.23.08


Steger Kiwanis is hosting a Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on October 26 at the Steger VFW, 35 W 34th St. in Steger. Last year, Kiwanis members mixed the batter and grilled hundreds of pancakes for over 300 people. They expect to pass that number this year.

Are you the one to make a difference in your community? Steger Kiwanis members are committed to providing their club, community and the world with service. In fact, members dedicate approximately six million service hours per year conducting charitable programs. And nearly two-thirds of Kiwanis clubs devote more than 500 hours to service projects annually, with individual members averaging 24 hours of service per year.

Steger Kiwanis is no different. With many local business owners as members, Kiwanis focuses on the needs of ordinary people and children to create extraordinary life-changing moments. Steger Kiwanis is taking itself from a good organization to a truly great organization that defines excellence for service and leadership and builds leaders through service opportunities.

Kiwanis was founded in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 21, 1915. In the early years, Kiwanis clubs focused on business networking, but even then, members were serving the needs of the poor.

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By 1919, the organization had changed its focus from business to service. Kiwanis became an international organization in 1916 with the organization of the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton, Ontario.

Kiwanis limited its membership to the United States and Canada until 1962 when worldwide expansion was approved. Until 1987, Kiwanis was a male-only organization. But after years of debate and growing support, women's membership was received overwhelmingly.

Kiwanis International is the only service organization that builds leaders at every level, from the youngest Kiwanis Kids all the way through several youth programs and adult programs. Kiwanis' impact on the world will be measured by the 10 million young leaders it nurtures, rather than by the number of members it attracts.

Make a difference. Change the world one child and one community at a time.

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