Kiwanis Of Middletown News: MHS Powder Puff Football Game & Warm the Children campaign needs your help!

From Kiwanis website, club officers at the Cape Cod Kiwanis Convention

Middletown High School - LaRosa Lane, Middletown, CT 

 

TODAY Monday, November 25, 2013 7 pm.

Junior vs. Senior Girls in a game of flag football, male students as cheerleaders.

Middletown High Key Club's annual Powder Puff flag football game fundraiser! This is a major fundraiser for our Key Club. Kiwanis members are helping with gate collections. A really fun event for all involved from the players to the spectators! Come on down!
http://www.middletownkiwanis.org
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What Is Warm The Children?
The Warm The Children program provides new basic and warm winter clothing and footwear for needy children, ages birth through age 15, in the greater Middletown area.
The families are referred to us by various sources including the public elementary & middle schools in Middletown, Portland, Cromwell, East Hampton and Regional School District 13 Durham-Middlefield, CRT’s Head Start, Middletown Adult Education’s Even Start, as well as the Middlesex Hospital’s Family Advocacy programs and the Salvation Army. We do not take individual requests.
Based upon funding availability, Warm The Children establishes the number of children to be served during the upcoming winter season. Each agency/school is then given an allotment of referrals they can make for the season.
All donations and grants to Warm The Children are used to purchase new clothing. There is no payroll; the program is all volunteer, and any incidental costs, such as postage for thank you letters, are paid for by the Middletown Kiwanis Club.

Want to Help? Click to enlarge and print the form!

Kiwanis Holds Successful Bike Rodeo and Safety Day

Saturday local Middletown Kiwanis held their annual Kids Health & Safety Day in front of MPD today from 11 to 3pm. Kiwanis set up a Bike Rodeo & Bike Safety station. Participants received a free a safety inspection of their child's bike courtesy of Pedal Power.  Children were treated to a  helmet fitting and give away until they last courtesy of NorthStar Investment. Local Police Officers  Liseo and Rowland were on hand to guide bikers. Below are photos from the Kiwanis Facebook page, published with permission from local Kiwanis President Chris Conely.  Kiwanis does a variety of charitable events throughout the year that benefit local needs. Their largest is the Warm the Children Campaign.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiwanis-Club-of-Middletown-CT/260657643967970

Annual Middletown Kiwanis Grinder Sale

The Kiwanis Foundation of Middletown

3rd Annual

Meatball Grinder FUNDRAISER

Wednesday December 12, 2012

11:30am – 1:30pm

Grinders are $8.00 and MUST be ordered in advance!

Grinders can be picked up at the

Salvation Army • 515 Main Street • Middletown

Orders of 10 or more grinders can be DELIVERED in Middletown!

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Email attached order form no later than 4:00 PM Friday December 7, 2012 to:  Kiwanis.club.middletown@gmail.com

Or fax to:  860-704-0545

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Supporting Local Charities and Projects for over 60 Years including:

Warm The Children, Camp Sunshine, Kiwanis Bicycle Rodeo, I Have a Friend After School Program, Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute, Middletown & Portland High Schools Key Clubs, Middletown Little League, Mount St. John School, Salvation Army, St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen, Amazing Grace Food Pantry, Middletown Diaper Bank, Gilead Community Services, Even Start Program at Middletown Adult Education, Recognition of Graduating Valedictorians and Salutatorians from all Local High Schools, College Scholarships for a Student from Each High School

Download order form here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=1X4wlzma3JfLggHxEpwJX7OqsG3xK0V7vBeJyUjBhgJ6AHYYwE0Faq6Bfq7F-

Kiwanis Annual Warm the Children Drive

Warm the Children is a partnership between the Middletown Kiwanis Club and The Middletown Press to help clothe and provide footwear for children from Middletown, Cromwell, Portland, East Hampton and Middlefield.

Needy families are identified by public elementary and middle school staff in local towns. Staff at Middletown’s CRT HeadStart, Even Start, Middlesex Hospital’s Early Head Start and Family Advocacy Program, Haddam Public Health, and The Salvation Army also provide contact information on needy families.The nonprofit organization provides each child from ages 2 to 15 with $80 for winter clothing, purchased by a team of 150 volunteer shoppers. Children under 2 each get $40 in clothing.

This year, the organization hopes to raise $60,000 in total. The goal is to use the $47,000 collected at the end of last season to shop for 600 children before it gets cold this winter, then save some of the money collected this season to get an early start next year again.

Liberty Bank accepts all donations, deposits the checks and records information about each tax-deductible donation. Send donations to: Warm The Children, c/o Cindi Whitehouse, Liberty Bank, 315 Main St., Middletown.