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Boys City Rec Baseball
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Every year the club sponsors a team for city rec baseball. This sponsorship also includes T-Shirts for the whole team.
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Terry Hirsch
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Bright Horizons
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This is a shelter for battered women. The shelter is always in need of some repairs. The club has replaced the driveway at the shelter. In the past the club has donated monies to assist in financial matters. This year the club is going to repair and replace the fence around the home.
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Steve Warner
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Children's Festival
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Several service clubs and other groups set up booths and games for young children to play. The children win tickets at each booth or activity. They accumulate many tickets and redeem them for books to read. This event is attended by many children every year, and many books are distributed.
The Norfolk Morning Kiwanis Club has 3 putting greens, and we have the children putt for tickets. This is really a fun time.
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Michael Noelle
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Dial - A - Story
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Dial- A - Story is a program shared between The Norolk Public Library and Norfolk Morning Kiwanis. The club purchased a digital player and the library furnished a phone line, and the time to maintain the system. Young children can call in and listen to a story book story. The stories are changed weekly. The stories are current enough to coincide with a local holiday. The Phone number is 402-844-2101
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Terry Hirsch
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Faith Regional Pediatric Ward
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Norfolk Morning Kiwanis has partnered with the Pediatric ward at Faith Regional Hospital. When needed the club has purchased items for the ward. They have purchased car seats, high chairs, and other items as they are needed.
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Terry Hirsch
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Foster Children Backpack Project
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Filling Backpacks with health and personal items for children that are taken from their homes, by public officials. These children have nothing for themselves and the packs are given to them so they will have something.
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Terry Hirsch
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Headstart Christmas Party
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Kiwanis members provide food, a beverage, entertainment, and help for Santa. Every Child from the Headstart Program gets their picture with Santa.
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Terry Hirsch
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Headstart Program
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The club has helped these preschool children in many ways. Every year the supply money to purchase the books for their reading is fundamental program. The club has financed and completed repairs around the school. The Club has replaced a sidewalk and constructed play ground equipment. The club has sponsored a Christmas party for these children, complete with a visit from Santa and treats.
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Brad Merchant
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Outstanding Student Award Banquet
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A banquet to recognize a student from every Norfolk School. Award is based on educational achievements and civic involvement.
The students are given an award, a free recognition dinner, and a great speaker to inspire them further
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Terry Hirsch
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Pediatric Trauma KIts
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In the fall of 2003 The Nebraska/Iowa Kiwanis District and The Kiwanis Nebraska/Iowa Kiwanis District Foundation started a project to train and equip every eligible EMS squad in Nebraska and Iowa. The eligibility of the EMS Squad was established by Deb Kuhn, EMS Children Coordinator for the State of Nebraska. The complete Pediatric Trauma kit would cost $630.00. The Nebraska/Iowa Kiwanis Foundation would match ½ of each kit that was purchased for an eligible EMS squad.
This project gained support very quickly. Many Nebraska Kiwanis Clubs, Groups, and Individuals came forth with monies to provide this training and valuable materials to squads that did not have the financial resources to obtain them.
The Norfolk Morning Kiwanis Club was able to find the funds from their own fundraising, and monies from the Northern Nebraska Area Health Education Center and Central Nebraska Area Health Education Center to Purchase 95 of the total of 348 kits that were obtained for Nebraska EMS units.
The project was completed in Nebraska and every qualifying EMS unit has receved a kit.
This project has deemed very important and received National recognition and an award presented in Washington, DC.
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Terry Hirsch
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Read To Your Bunny
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This club project is our new 2005-2006 Young Children Priority One project. Read Aloud Norfolk, a group in Norfolk, Nebraska that promotes reading to children. The project involves distributing a 1st reader to mothers as they leave the hospital after delivery of their baby. They should read this bunny book to their newborn. The concept starts the young child early in life being exposed to books and reading.
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Michael Noelle
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Red Cross Bloodmobile Truck Loading
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Load Bloodmobile materials onto their Truck
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Terry Hirsch
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S.M.I.L.E. work Project
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Smile project is a program handled by Patty Prauner in Battle Creek, NE to help handicapped young people through the use of horseback riding. Patty needs helping bodies to donate time to repair items around riding stables & donate items she needs.
The Norfolk Morning Kiwanis Club has purchased 2 horses, due to the loss of one horse and the growth of the program. The club also sends members over to help repair fence, gates, and other items around stables.
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Roger Haselhorst
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Special Olympics Bowling
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The Special Olympics organization needs the manpower to oversee the competition of the handicapped people that participate.
Handicapped and mentally challenged bowlers participate in the event. Some will travel over 90 miles to compete and move onto the next level at State compitition. Over 300 bowlers come to compete. The Norfolk Morning Kiwanis Club helps oversee this event with the Regional Special Olympics Organization. It takes 3 shifts throughout the day to finish competition.
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Terry Hirsch
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Wesley Crisis Center
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This center is an emergency shelter for abused children. These children are brought to the center at all hours day and night. They are brought to the shelter with only the clothes on their back. The club has purchased personal items for these children.
In the year of 2005-2006 the Club gave $1000.00 to help purchase items as they were needed for the children. These items included Christmas gifts for the children, so they would have a happy holiday season. There were also donations of $1000.00 from Wal Mart and $1000.00 from Target made through our Foundation to support this project.
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Terry Hirsch
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