Kiwanis Park Pavilion replacement project to begin
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TAYLORVILLE — The Taylorville Kiwanis Club held their monthly session to review club activities benefiting children and youth, during the weekly meeting at the Taylorville Moose Lodge on Tuesday.
Kiwanis Builders and Key Club liaison Will Perkins reported that the Kiwanis High School Key Club was given a donation by the local Scooter’s Coffee on May 10th, as they gave 20-percent of their gross sales to the Key Club.
Kiwanis Park Co-Chairs Larry Kemner and Duane Stock reported that the long-awaited Kiwanis Park Pavilion foundation replacement project is expected to begin this month, with a target completion date just before July 4th. They added a park clean-up day involving Kiwanis members, will be organized in late June.
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge. For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.
In other Kiwanis news, the club met on Tuesday, June 14th.
Guest speaker was Talon Noreuil who heads up the Christian County RSVP or “Retired Senior Volunteer Program,” that started just over a year ago. Noreuil told Kiwanis members the nationwide RSVP program was established by the National Community Service Act of 1993 to engage those 55 years of age and older to provide volunteerism to local non-profit agencies.
Noreuil added funding comes from a variety of national and state resources, as well as the United Way. She said that senior volunteers do a variety of things, including serving food and delivering Meals on Wheels, tutoring students at local schools, collect food for the Food Pantry, and serves at Head Start.
Noreuil is looking for more seniors to volunteer and help these and many other local agencies in providing food, mentoring, or companionship. Her office is located inside the Christian County Senior Citizens Center in Taylorville.
Kiwanis member Dick Wamsley was honored with a certificate for 31 years of perfect attendance, while Kiwanis member Randal J. Miller was given a certificate for 3 years of perfect attendance.
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge. For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.
