Meet at 9:00am on April 27th at the Kiwanis Nature Park to help do some Spring planting in the pollinator garden. Come ready to plant or prepare soil for planting. Bring your favorite gloves and garden tools. Hand shovels and gloves are provided. Water and snacks provided. We will plant about 50 plants. Should be finished by 12:00 noon. The garden is waking up and is a complete joy to work on to relieve the stress and tension of everyday life. The birds are singing and the bees are buzzing. Time for us to get buzzing This should be a fun and productive activity for all ages.
Meet at 10:00 on April 6th at the the Goodwill Youth Headquarters building located 2502 Melrose Avenue (next to the Kiwanis Nature Park and the Horton's Branch watershed). We will use provided grabbers, trash bags, and vests to clean up the Park and neighborhood; will finish by 12:00 noon.
Our Kiwanis Club is providing volunteers again this year to run a Blue Ridge Marathon Aid Station. We will hand out drinks and enthusiastically encourage runners. Our aid station is located part way up Roanoke Mountain. The shift starts at 6:45 and ends around 10:45 AM. You can drive up to the Aid Station by taking the Roanoke Mountain Parkway (on the right off the Blue Ridge Parkway just north of the intersection with Mill Mountain Parkway). Volunteers must be in place before the Blue Ridge Parkway closes at 7:00 AM. If 6:45 AM is too early for you, we also need at least three (3) Kiwanians to be course marshals and there are volunteer opportunities on other days including Friday night (April 19th) at the welcome concert. Fifteen (15)…
Meet at 10:00 on January 15th (Martin Luther King day) at the Envision Center located at 2607 Salem Turnpike (a short walk to the Kiwanis Nature Park and the Horton's Branch watershed). We will use grabbers, trash bags, and vests provided by Clean Valley Council; will finish by 12:00 noon. This event is being held in partnership with the Envision Center (Roanoke Redevelopment Housing Authority), Shiloh Baptist Church, SERV, Clean Valley Council, our district's Key Clubs, and the Aktion Club. Invite a non-club member to join you.
Meet at 9:30 on November 4th at the Goodwill picnic shelter at 2502 Melrose Avenue to sign in and get supplies and instructions (and muffins). Work between 10:00 and 11:00 to fill those orange trash bags with litter that threatens our precious environment and our Larry the Logperch endangered species. Afterwards, join those of us headed to Chris' Coffee and Custard restaurant on Ninth Street to reward ourselves for yet again showing that Kiwanis Cares and Makes a Difference.
Volunteer to work the KPAD ticket sales booth at the Junior League Stocked Market Craft Show at the Berglund Center. The show runs from 11am-6pm on Friday November 10, 9am-6pm on Saturday November 11, and from 10am-5pm on Sunday November 12.
Volunteer to work the KPAD ticket sales booth at the Junior League Stocked Market Craft Show at the Berglund Center. The show runs from 11am-6pm on Friday November 10, 9am-6pm on Saturday November 11, and from 10am-5pm on Sunday November 12.
Volunteer to work the KPAD ticket sales booth at the Junior League Stocked Market Craft Show at the Berglund Center. The show runs from 11am-6pm on Friday November 10, 9am-6pm on Saturday November 11, and from 10am-5pm on Sunday November 12.
Volunteer to work the KPAD ticket sales booth at the December 2-3 Holiday Craft and Vendor Show at the Berglund Center. The show runs from 9am-4pm on Saturday December 2, and from 10am-4pm on Sunday December 3. We are partnering again with the Holiday Craft and Vendor Show for advance ticket sales. We will also be partnering with them for the May 4 Spring Craft and Vendor Show occurring simultaneously with the May 4 KPAD.
Volunteer to work the KPAD ticket sales booth at the December 2-3 Holiday Craft and Vendor Show at the Berglund Center. The show runs from 9am-4pm on Saturday December 2, and from 10am-4pm on Sunday December 3. We are partnering again with the Holiday Craft and Vendor Show for advance ticket sales. We will also be partnering with them for the May 4 Spring Craft and Vendor Show occurring simultaneously with the May 4 KPAD.
