About our Kiwanis club

Young children in white and blue school uniforms sitting in classroom on the floor on rugs

About Us

Kiwanis clubs and members conduct service projects. We hold fundraisers. We donate to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund and countless other charities. We change children’s lives in our communities and through collaborative international initiatives — helping young people throughout the world develop mentally, physically and emotionally. For factual information and a global perspective, visit the home website of Kiwanis International at kiwanis.org. For a glimpse into activities of our K-W Kiwanis Club, see below !

Two young smiling boys wearing multi-colored life vests while paddling in a orange kayak on a calm green lake

Every year, Kiwanis members stage more than 150,000 service projects, devote more than six million hours of service and raise nearly US$100 million for children, families and communities around the world. Kiwanis club projects are based on the community’s needs — we build playgrounds, purchase medical equipment, pack food for the destitute, provide bursaries for music or academic studies, restock libraries and much more. By working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone.

K-W Kiwanis Meetings & Service Projects

Our regular weekly meetings are for planning and socializing. Once a month we have a dinner meeting with an outside speaker. Our September 2023 speaker was a Nobel Prize winner who gave an inspirational talk on the development of short pulse lasers and their applications in medicine.

Kiwanians socialize prior to an evening dinner meeting with an outside speaker
K-W Kiwanis officers pose with dinner meeting guests

Join Us To Serve

Chartered in 1921, we are the oldest service club in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. We are always looking for new members to serve the community ! Interested in donating a little time, money, or elbow grease to serve the needy, the deserving, and kids throughout the Waterloo Region? Every year we welcome new members to the club who want to help do exactly that. They have all stepped up to help and we need still more volunteers and members to socialize and serve with integrity. Join us in our efforts to provide academic and music bursaries to deserving students, school supplies through our project with Staples, run the Kiwanis Music Festival or the Waterloo Park Wonders of Winter (Festival of Lights), have some fun at Bingo night, or support our Food4Kids and Food Bank teams. Pick some of our activities and let the good times roll. Reward yourself with service. Become a leader. We are celebrating over 100 years of community service. 

Have questions? Contact us at [email protected] or send email to our membership chair at [email protected].

Club officers pose with the manager of Staples to celebrate the project which provides school supply vouchers for elementary students in the Waterloo Region.
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