Fairfax
Serving the Children of the World

 

The Kiwanis Club of Fairfax, founded in 1956, has had a history of growth and community support that exemplifies the objects of Kiwanis.  Our members are committed to community service and improvement.  Fellowship is also important to our club; we enjoy a special camaraderie at our weekly dinner meetings and our service projects.  Our club is part of the Capital District which includes clubs from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia

Come join us for dinner or for one of our projects!

 We meet on Tuesday evenings for dinner.  Regular meetings are held at the Red Lobster Restaurant in Fairfax City at 6:30 pm.  Meetings include a business meeting, guest speaker with an interesting program or a visit from the officers of one of the Key Clubs Builders Club or other Kiwanis Club.   One meeting a month is held as a "Round Table" meeting at selected restaurants in the Fairfax area.  Perhaps you’d like to join our lively group!  We welcome guests and prospective members.

Please contact Membership Chairman for more information about the club and our meetings.

We are starting our second cookbook and need your favorite recipes!
Please send them to recipes@fairfaxkiwanis.org.


Meals for Young Minds

    through the Kiwanis Club of Fairfax

Think of all the brain-power that goes into learning.  As we all see in the papers and journals these days…this translates into calories and thus food!

For many years, schools across the country have understood the importance of nutrition for successful learning.  The national school lunch programs were developed for just this reason and provide millions of children with a nutritionally balanced meal at low or no cost every school day.  But what do these children eat on the weekend?  Do they eat anything?  The Kiwanis Club of Fairfax wondered just this and has started a program to address this growing need within the Fairfax City schools.  This year, we adopted a local elementary school as the pilot school for our new Meals for Young Minds program. 

Through this program, Kiwanis members purchase food and assemble the kits which provide three meals a day for two days per package.  This is designed to provide easy to prepare and store food for when children are not in school.  They are big enough to hold several meals and yet small enough to easily bring home in a student’s backpack.  Kiwanis delivers these packages to the school and coordinates with school staff to distribute this food to children in need.  We currently are providing food kits to approximately 40 students.  But the need is great and growing in today’s troubled economy.

This year, the Kiwanis Club of Fairfax’s Meals for Young Minds program is the proud recipient of the 2011 Chocolate Lovers Festival grant!  This essential funding will enable our Club to finance and hopefully expand this program within the existing school and to potentially branch out to other needy schools in the area.



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2/25/2012 Key Club Winter Carnival Details
3/3/2012 Pancake Breakfast Details
3/9/2012 Capital District Key Club Convention Details
3/17/2012 Northern Virginia Regional Mid-Winter Conference Details

 
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12/3/2011
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7/11/2011
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Fairfax Kiwanis and Chocolate Lovers Festival on Fairfax Scene!
4/3/2011
The Fairfax Scene featuring the Chocolate Lovers Festival is now playing (more)

Fairfax Kiwanis at FairfaxTimes.com!
3/14/2011
Fairfax Kiwanis and Meals for Young Minds in the Fairfax Times
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The Chocolate Lovers Festival and Fairfax Kiwanis on NBC News!
3/6/2011


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