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2025 Mason CLC Elementary Christmas Gift Wrapping
What an incredible experience wrapping gifts for students at Mason CLC Elementary and adopted families throughout our community! đ
Weâre proud to support Mason CLCâs Akron Hope: Holidays of Hope, which wrapped more than 1,500 gifts this yearâtheir biggest event yet.
BGCNEO 2025 Thanksgiving Meal
We were proud to provide the funding for the meals and then to help serve them for all of these great kids.
From the LBJ Assistant Club Director: "The kids absolutely loved the event; they all kept talking about how good the food was. It was really nice they were able to have a Thanksgiving styled meal before the holiday! As far as the volunteers, they were helpful and super sweet to our kids."
Tallmadge Builders Club - November 2025 Ohio State Board Association Conference
Tallmadge Builders at their conference booth, at the November 2025 Ohio State Board Association Conference. They were demonstrating how they interact with mentally challenged kids, using music to calm and focus. Here they were asking state wide board members and teachers to participate by listening to music and tapping with drum sticks.
Boys and Girls Club at the 2025 Summit County Fair
Kiwanis of Akron with the Boys and Girls Club at the Akron Fire Department
Akron Marathon Kids Fun Run
Every year the Kiwanis Club of Akron hands out toothbrushes to children at the Akron Marathon Kids Fun Run. This years September 26th event was a fun time with kids flashing their pearly-whites.
2025 Rise & Shine with Kiwanis for Kids Breakfast
Special thanks to Shane Wynn Photography for the wonderful images of our 4th Rise & Shine. Click on an image to open it and then use your arrow keys on your keyboard to advance through the slideshow.
2024 Rise and Shine with Kiwanis for Kids
Special thanks to Shane Wynn Photography (Instagram @shanewynphotography) for photographing our event.
2023 Rise & Shine with Kiwanis for Kids Photos
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Innaugural An Evening with Kiwanis for Kids
Why should you support Rise & Shine with Kiwanis for Kids?
Proceeds will be used to maintain and grow young leadership in Greater Akron
Enhanced service leadership guidance and programming will be made available to Greater Akron middle school children
High school students can take advantage of continued service leadership programs
Our primary goal is to grow and maintain service leadership programs (Builders Clubs) for each public and private middle school in the Greater Akron area. A Builders Clubâthe largest service organization for middle school students ages 11 to 15âis designed to provide members with opportunities to perform service, build character, and develop leadership. The club is student led, operates under school regulations, and draws its members from the student body. When started at a young age, the service club experience prepares its members to become the most engaged members of their communitiesânow and in the future.
We know the transition from grade school to middle school can be tough for any adolescent boy or girl. Common challenges children face include dealing with social pressures, making new friends, communicating with teachers, confronting bullies, becoming a positive contributor, bouncing back from failure and disappointments, and learning about the world. With your help, our middle school-aged children will have access to programming and resources that will help them transition into confident young adults.