Kiwanis Club of Ozark Empire

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

The heart of Kiwanis is the individual club which becomes personally involved in making its community a better place in which to live. The heart of the club is the people who make the organization what it is. Our club is what it is because of the character and ethics of the individuals who have contributed greatly of their time and talents through the years. Kiwanis Club of Ozark Empire, the second club to be formed in Springfield, Missouri, was founded on November 21, 1949 and received it's charter from Kiwanis International on January 4, 1950.

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Four Responsibilities of a Kiwanis Member:

Attend as many club meetings as possible.

Participate in at least two club projects each year

Sponcer one new member in the first six months of your membership

Replace yourself if you have to leave the club

Our #1 Priority

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On April 30, 2003 Club President John Dare presented a check for $1,424.99 to Paula Yount, Executive Director of the Ozarks Literacy Council to underwrite a new project between the Literacy Council and Springfield Public Schools. The project, simply titled "Pre-Literacy" targets special needs children ages 3-5 through the Springfield Public Schools Early Childhood Development/Special Needs program. Volunteer readers will go into twenty-four special needs classrooms and read a pre-selected book to the class using puppets and other visual aids to enhance the story. Each child will then be given a soft copy of the book to keep and take home. Approximately 800 children will be served through this program. The first book selected to be read is "The Kissing Hand".

Kiwanis Club of Ozark Empire is proud to underwrite the pilot program of this worthwhile project. Corporate funding is being secured to continue the program a minimum of four times during the 2003-04 school year.

The Ozarks Literacy Council is a not-for-profit, United Way participating agency which offers free tutoring for adults in Basic Literacy, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Family Literacy, and Corrections Literacy.

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ON SALE NOW
Club members are now taking orders for apples to be delivered October 25, 2006.

HOW TO ORDER:
If you would like more information, or would like to place an order, please call our answering service at 417/885-9191; a club member will return your call as soon as possible.

APPLE INFORMATION:

Washington Red or Golden Delicious Apples

$45.00 per box (88); $25.00 per 1/2 box

Apples are new crop and guaranteed to be top quality

download THIS Adobe PDF file (Apple Sale Flyer)

The Motto:

"Serving The Children of the World!"

The Purpose:

Service to Youth, to Community and Nation.

The Name:

The name Kiwanis stems from an Indian phrase which, roughly translated, means "to express one's self."

The Objects:

To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, agressive, and serviceable citizenship.
To provide, through Kiwanis Clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and good will.

Note: The above objectives were adopted at the Kiwanis International convention in Denver, Colorado in 1924 and the wording has never changed.