Rock Valley Heritage Kiwanis Club
 

 

 

 

Interclubs

Thanks to Dick Berman for organizing our Interclub schedule.  You can reach Dick at 282-5352 or email at RABerman@phonesmore.com.  To see a listing of Division 12 Kiwanis Clubs, their meeting times and places, click here.

 

Guest Speakers

Rock Valley Heritage Kiwanis Club presents a different guest speaker each week, as an educational program to update our members and their guests on what's happening in our community and surrounding areas.  Join us to hear about unknown things.  You will be surprised at how many interesting things occur.

Fund Raisers, 2009

The Club will conduct our annual peanut sales at commercial outlets around town.  Members & Key Clubs will work these sites in June and July 2009.

Club Merger

At our March 19th Meeting our members approved the proposed merger of the Rock Valley Kiwanis Club with the Heritage Kiwanis Club, effective April 1, 2003.  Weekly meetings will continue to be held at the Stockholm Inn each Wednesday, but they will begin at 7:00 AM.  The Heritage Club brings a proud history of accomplishment, many dedicated members, and two Key Clubs (Pecatonica and Auburn High Schools).  We look forward to the friendship, fellowship, and community support which will result from this marriage.  The new Club will be called the "Rock Valley Heritage Kiwanis Club."   

 

From the Archives

Afghan Orphans Project

From October thru December 2002 the Rock Valley Kiwanis Club coordinated support for Afghan Orphans, whose needs had been poignantly identified by Lieutenant Colonel John Gessner.  Gessner, a Rockford native, was serving in Afghanistan.  As a result of our project, almost $9,000 and approximately 350 packages of supplies were sent to Afghanistan.  For details on the Project, click here.  

On December 18th the Club celebrated its success with the project by taking a breakfast "victory lap" in a Hummer Limo.  For pictures of the Victory Lap, click here.

Internet Web Page

On October 22, 1999 our Club's Web Page went onto the Internet.  Address is: http://www.rockvalleykiwanis.com.  We have links to other sites, and have asked those sites to reciprocate.   The web site provides a means of keeping our members informed as well as informing outsiders about Kiwanis and our Club.

IDD Update

We achieved our Club's IDD goal of $9,900! With Kiwanis International Worldwide organization in place to combat IDD, it only takes 5 cents to prevent the occurrence of IDD in one person.  Thus, with our $9,900 contribution, our Club will have impacted 198,000 human beings, most of them children!  That's almost 200,000 that might have been afflicted with mental retardation and physical deformity.  Because of our efforts, they can lead normal lives!  We made a difference, folks!