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The Golden K Kiwanis is a service club dedicated to serving the children of the world. 

The name Kiwanis was coined from an expression in the language of an American Indian tribe from Michigan,”Nunce Kee-wanis” which translates to “we trade” or “we share our talents.” More...
The Elgin Golden K Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. in the basement of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at 357 Division St. in Elgin, Illinois. More...
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On July 12 we were privileged to donate $6,000 to the ECC Foundation. Eric Solberg, ECC Director of Giving, accepted the check and spoke briefly about our Golden K Kiwanis Scholarship Fund. This fund provides scholarship help for student nurses in the successful ECC nursing program. It supports students with a GPA of 3.0 or greater who are studying nursing have demonstrated a financial need, have been involved with leadership of sports or clubs on campus, and are District 509 residents. This is one of many local projects supported by Kiwanis Golden K. Please stop by any Wednesday at 9:00 am in Lind Hall of Holy Trinity Church, 357 Division Street in Elgin We are carefully guarding a free half-doughnut for you!
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August 16 - City Council member Steve Thoren shows off his 1934 Model T Ford. Steve filled us in on the history of the Elgin National Road Races 1910-1920.
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Jan 26 - Donation of $5,000 to Community Crisis Center accepted by Director Maureen Manning
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Amber Peters from Elgin Partnership for Early Learning spoke to us September 17
We're a service club dedicated to serving the children of the world.

We have one major fund raiser each year. The bulk of the money we collect to support the club and our many charitable causes comes from our annual “Peanut Days” campaign.

However, it's not all we do, not by a long shot. Learn more about our projects and how you can get involved.

Check out photos from our weekly speakers! (Click the photo below.)
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PEANUT FUND RAISER Our annual Peanut fund raiser starts September 16, continuing on weekends through October 1. Please watch for us (and donate!) at Paul’s Restaurant, Randall Pancake House, Jewel (East, West and South Elgin) and Walmart. You need our peanuts. The children's service organizations we support need your bucks! If you can't handle cash payment, please use the QR Code below. or link to https://square.link/u/PO4HQFH5 Thanks to everyone for your kind support all these years!
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September 27 - At our 48th Anniversary Banquet, Retiring President Lyle Wolff hands the key to Incoming President Jerry Turnquist
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On July 12 we were privileged to donate $6,000 to the ECC Foundation. Eric Solberg, ECC Director of Giving, accepted the check and spoke briefly about our Golden K Kiwanis Scholarship Fund. This fund provides scholarship help for student nurses in the successful ECC nursing program. It supports students with a GPA of 3.0 or greater who are studying nursing have demonstrated a financial need, have been involved with leadership of sports or clubs on campus, and are District 509 residents. This is one of many local projects supported by Kiwanis Golden K. Please stop by any Wednesday at 9:00 am in Lind Hall of Holy Trinity Church, 357 Division Street in Elgin We are carefully guarding a free half-doughnut for you!
WHAT'S NEW...
If you want to buy Kiwanis Peanuts and support a local service club, you can order the peanuts by sending an e-mail to our club Secretary Ron Blake at blake2208@msn.com. You get 100 packs of delicious peanuts in every box, priced at $36.00 a box. We appreciate your help in these challenging times.
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November 29 was our privilege to host a presentation by Elgin Woman's Club. Jerry Turnquist is pictured with - to his left - Rita Corbett, Betty Brown, and Linda Fagan (current president of the group). We were treated to an awesome list of accomplishments over 135 years of service (since 1887!) and community development programs. All feature Quality of Life. Some notable achievements - the Doughboy Statue memorializing Elgin's World War I soldiers at Villa and Prairie Streets, training for nursing education, founding Sherman Hospital, and many more! Thanks ladies. We are totally impressed! Photo courtesy of Sara Johnson
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Big celebration for about 50 of us on July 26. We met at Pier 290 in Williams Bay, Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. Club President Lyle Wolff planned and arranged this exciting outing. Lyle is an Engineer on on the steam boat Louise, which is part of the fleet of Lake Geneva Cruise Line. Thanks, Lyle, for making this possible. Pier 290 furnished a great luncheon for the Golden K Kiwanis.