Sponsored by the Traverse City Kiwanis Club, the organization of Kiwanis of Kalkaska was completed Sept. 16 1981. At a Dec. 2, 1981 dinner celebration, the charter was presented by Paul TomShany.
James Husted served as the first president and Robert Bryant was our first secretary.
There were 27 charter members which dropped to a low of 14 during the past 30 years, then went to a high of about 70, and currently our roster lists 17 members.
We build through such service projects as:
supporting the Commission on Aging, Hospice, Women's Resource Center, Salvation Army, KAIR, Kalkaska County Library, Cancer Society, new mothers and their babies, schools, preschools, youth organizations, emergency service agencies, Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, Health Department, Long-term Care Center, children's parties, Winterfest, National Trout Festival, Easter egg hunt, scholarships and many other community projects.
2011-2012 Officers
President Diana Needham
President Elect/Vice President Gerald Gaultier
Past President M. R. Gillooly
Secretary Betty Parsons
Assistant Secretary Linda Radtke
Treasurer M. R. Gillooly
Directors: Abe DeVol, Cindy Shipp, Shiela Atwood, Odell Carlisle, and Linda Radtke
Kalkaska High School Key Club meets at the high school
Builders Club meets at Kalkaska Middle School
Kalkaska-Antrim Aktion Club meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Antrim Church of Christ (off US131) at 3:30 p.m.
Board meetings - first Tuesday of each month during regular meeting at Kalkaska Memorial Health Center.
Kiwanis of Kalkaska meets
each Tuesday at noon at
Kalkaska Memorial Health Center conference room (across from the cafeteria), Kalkaska, Michigan, except the third Tuesday of the month when they meet at 6 p.m.
