- November 23, 2024
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The Flagler Palm Coast Kiwanis Club was the presenting sponsoring at the Night of Legends, the Flagler County Education Foundation’s annual dinner honoring Flagler Schools teachers and employees of the year, on March 25 at Channel Side in Palm Coast.
The partnership is a natural, club President Warren Mudd said.
“The Kiwanis International's mission worldwide is to serve children and the window of time is slightly pre-K to graduating seniors. That's our wheelhouse. The whole school system is basically our constituency, and we have a presence on every campus,” Mudd said.
The Kiwanis sponsors the Terrific Kids program at every Flagler County elementary school for fourth and fifth graders “to embed in them that they should perform service to their community as well as service to their parents and service to themselves, but don't forget your community,” Mudd said.
The club will give out 14 academic scholarships and 10 technical education scholarships, totaling $67,000, to Flagler County high school seniors this year. Its non-profit Kiwanis Foundation RV and Boat Storage business on 100 Kiwanis Way, Palm Coast, drives the club's charity budget of $165,000, Mudd said.
The club also helps establish relationships. On Wednesday, April 3, two Matanzas High School Kiwanis Athletes of the Month will go to Bunnell Elementary School to talk to an assembly of about 50 students who qualified through the elementary school’s Positive Behavioral Intervention Solutions program. The interaction is part of Matanzas’ MentorSHIP program.
“The student athletes are stepping up to the challenge of helping younger students to recognize positive changes they can make in their attitudes and behaviors,” Kiwanis club PR Chairman Ann Babcock said.
