Kiwanis International President
Nelson Tucker
PNW Governor
Lori Bryant
253-848-5808
LoriKiwanis@trophynthings.com
Lt. Governor Division 70
James G. Needham
503-312-6473
needham@molalla.net
President
Sandi Young
503-692-4189
syoung@pcez.com
Secretary
Keith L. Murphy
503-266-6048
Kninfo@canby.com
Treasurer
Barbi Liddle
503-694-6633
liddleb@wcb.com
Wilsonville H.S.Key Club Advisors
Jennifer Tinker
tinkerj@wlwv.k12.or.us
and
Kristen Kullnat
kullnatk@wlwv.k12.or.us
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Kids Fun Run Rap-UP
On July 28, 2007, Wilsonville Kiwanis had their 4th Annual Kids Fun Run. This year’s numbers were the highest yet with 242 Kids registering. The total crowd at the event was about 500. This event is not a competition, but to let kids have fun. Each registered child receives an event T-shirt. The T-shirt is designed by a child from the community each year. Each child that completes the run is presented with a medal to hang around their neck, just like an “Olympic Champion”.
Besides the run, the Wilsonville High School Key Club does face painting, and the cheer leaders teach the children cheers. Game crazy has a tent with electronic games for them to play. There are several other vendors to provide fun, food, and drinks.
The local sheriffs are there with a SWAT car, the fire department has a fire engine and they spray the kids with water; and of course, there is an ambulance with EMT’s.
The Wilsonville Kiwanis is a very small club (15 members) so they enlisted the help of the community to put on the event. There were approximately 100 volunteers that participated in planning, promoting, setting up and running the event. To name a few:
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Rotary, and just residents from all walks of life. This was truly a community event.
Our event sponsors were very generous with donating a little more than $13,000 and next year will be even better. The club’s 501c3 should be completely accepted by the IRS.
The kids are our primary focus. A retired executive and an active volunteer commented that is was so wonderful to see the smiles of the kids as they completed their run and were cheered on for their accomplishments. He also noted that the attendees were young, and seniors, families and parents, empty nesters and people of different nationalities - all focused on the kids having a wonderful family experience.
The club received several comments from the people that participated on how much they liked the event. One mother said it was wonderful for the whole family to have fun and not have to spend their whole paycheck.
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