Kiwanis

All you can eat pancakes will be the order of the morning on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Fuji Park pavilion beginning at 9 a.m. It's the Kiwanis Club of Carson City's first spring kickoff fundraiser. The event runs through noon. The cost is $10.

The Fuji Park Exhibition Hall is located at 601 Old Clear Creek Rd, Carson City.

Saturday, I attended a funeral in a somewhat cheerful mood. It was a celebration of the life of Ralph Denny, Sr., and he would have wanted it upbeat.

Over 350 people filled Carson City’s First Christian Church’s sanctuary and foyer. Ralph was not a celebrity or public figure, and few such folks were there – just the heart and soul of our local communities in abundance.
He was a fine man with such a great and joyous impact over 50 years on so many folks that most came in the same mood as me: sad to see Ralph gone, but feeling so much richer for knowing him, and wanting to celebrate him.

The highly anticipated STEM Lab Science Room at the Children's Museum in Carson City will be unveiled at a grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 28. There will be a kick-off pancake breakfast sponsored by the Kiwanis of the Sierra Nevada from 8 to 11 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to come by 813 N. Carson St. and check it out.

The Carson City Chamber Leadership Institute Class of 2013 will graduate on Thursday, September 12 after an intensive nine months of learning about Carson City and will unveil their leadership project at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada.

Food For Thought would like to think all the people who came out and supported us at our Saddle Up For Kids Events. Friday, June 28th’s dinner at the Governor’s Mansion and Saturday, June 29th’s Carnival at Mills Park wouldn’t have been as successful if not for our volunteers!

Dozens of aircraft were on display Saturday at the annual Carson City Airport Open House. The annual aviation show featured teams of pilots and a variety of aircraft from around the West.

Attended by several thousand, the all-ages event brought vendors, families and scores of aviation fans to Carson City. Children enjoyed free airplane rides and the Kiwanis Club hosted a pancake breakfast.

In the video below, the Beech Boys Formation Flyers take a practice run with Carson Now and cameraman Steve Mitchell of eMedia Studios.

The aviation community soars again at the Carson City Airport this Saturday with its "Flight Plan for the Future" open house — a family favorite among airplane, aircraft and aerospace enthusiasts of all ages.

The annual free event runs from 8:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Carson City Airport, 2600 College Parkway. More than 4,000 visitors attended in 2012, and this year’s open house promises plenty of excitement with dozens of aircraft on display and FREE plane rides for children 8-17 years of age.

From left to right; Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada President, Mary Geisler passes a check from the club to CHS Culinary Arts Instructor, Penny Reynolds to defray the travel expenses for Andrea Davis, Nguyen Phan and Genoa Donaldson to compete nationally in St. Louis, Mo., June 24-28, 2013.

The Kiwanis Club of Carson City helped the Carson City Library host the Summer Reading Program Pancake Breakfast Kick-Off on Saturday.

Carson City Library's annual Summer Reading Program Pancake Breakfast Kick-Off offered sign-ups and kids ages 2 to 17 received a free goodie bag.

Summer beach reading favorites and a Saturday morning Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast are on tap beginning today at the Friends of the Carson City Library's Bargain Blast Book Bonanza.

All adult hardcover books will be 50 cents each and paperbacks will be 25 cents. The sale will be at the Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop Street, today, Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

With sunny skies, a gentle breeze and plenty of children and their parents, the 10th annual Cops and Kids open house, hosted by the Carson City Sheriff's Office on Saturday, lived up to its reputation as the safest party on the street.

More than 2,000 attended the four-hour event, which featured games, prizes and demonstrations by Carson City Sheriff's Office patrol officers and personnel. The event is designed for children and their parents to get quality meet-and-greet face time with law enforcement personnel.

Kiwanis’ 240,000 volunteers in 80 countries join together on the third Saturday in April, designated as Kiwanis One Day, a day for each club to perform a volunteer project in their community.

April 20, 2013 a total of 17 members of the Kiwanis Clubs of Carson City, Carson Valley, Lake Tahoe and Sierra Nevada with four Douglas High School Key Club members raked leaves at the Nevada State Park in Genoa, Mormon Station.

Capital Christian Center will host a city-wide Easter Egg Hunt at Carson High School Saturday, March 30, beginning at 10 a.m.. There will be more than 12,000 eggs for the hunt, a holiday ham give away and pictures with the Easter bunny.

They will also be using the time to “beautify” the CHS campus as with 150-plus volunteers to pull weeds, rake, sweep, etc.

“If thou be judged, thou shall be judged by the company ye keep”
— Author Unknown
When the Traveling Vietnam Wall came to Carson City, I was a member of the Honor Guard. In no particular order, and if I’m to be judged, then, the following comments are from men and their families whose company I choose to keep!

The banks of the Carson River through Carson City are up for a good scrubbing on Saturday, Sept. 15. As part of the 19th annual National Public Lands Day, the Carson River Cleanup, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Carson City and the Bureau of Land Management, will focus on areas around Brunswick Canyon and Prison Hill Recreation area.
To get in on the cleanup, meet at the BLM-Carson City District Office's west parking lot, located at 5665 Morgan Mill Road at Deer Run Road, three blocks south of U.S. Highway 50 on the east side of Carson City along the Carson River, at 8 a.m.

Angie Navarete and her children, from left, Diego Cortez, 11, Kaelan Cortez, 3, and Karely Cortez, 9, enjoy the Carson City Library Summer Reading Program Pancake Breakfast Kick-Off on Saturday morning. The event, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Carson City, also included a big book sale, face painting and reading program sign-ups.
Photo by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Photo Source

Parkway Manor Apartments is having their Free Annual Pancake Breakfast, prepared by Carson City Kiwanis Club, this Saturday from 8 - 11 a.m.

They are collecting canned food, dry goods and monetary donations to benefit the hungry kids in our community.

The annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt is always a fun time for kids, with hundreds scrambling to pick up as many treats as they can from the fields of Centennial Park in Carson City.

The Foundation for the Betterment of Carson City Parks and Recreation has announced the 2011 recipients of its Special Recognition Awards:Organization of the Year, Kiwanis Clubs of Carson City: Kiw...

As they do every Labor Day, residents of Fallon, Churchill County and other communities in Northern Nevada enjoyed the downtown Kiwanis pancake breakfast, Lions parade, Cantaloupe Festival event...

With the rev of mighty V-8 engines and enough polished chrome to require a good pair of sunglasses, the annual Silver Dollar Car Classic is the capital city's all-out celebration of the American automobile.
Today through Sunday, Mills Park in Carson City turns into a mecca of some of the finest hot rods ever made, with more than 400 restored, tricked-out and souped-up cars and trucks on display under the canopy of dozens of shade trees.

Libations: Silent Auction, Raffle, Dancing, Barbeque
Entertainment: CW & Mr. Spoons plus Doc on Bass and Jake Houston
Tickets: $40.00 per person
Contact: a Kiwanian or Bill Knight 882-3075

On a beautiful brisk Saturday morning, April 30, 2011, Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada members picked up trash, dog deposits and painted at Blackwell’s Pond Park. They were the first service club last year to adopt a Carson City Park.

“Our club has a positive attitude, things are always picking up,” said President elect John Ryals. “Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.”

Members of Girl Scout Troop 445 of Dayton stuff 4,000 Easter eggs with candy on Monday night as a community service project for the annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt. The public is invited to help ...

Division 45 Kiwanians from Kiwanis of Carson City, Carson Valley, Fallon, Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Sunrisers, Sierra Nevada and Tahoe Sierra participated in the Kiwanis One Day program by raking leaves and picking up windblown trash at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa on Saturday.

North Platte, Nebraska is just west of the North Platte and South Platte rivers confluence forming the Platte. North Platte was formed in 1866 with the construction of the continental railroad. In 1941 the population was 12,000.

A couple of weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the women of North Platte heard a troop train with Nebraska National Guard troops would be passing through town. Several of the women decided to bake cookies to give to “our boys” when the train stopped for 10 minutes.

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When walking in a mall or driving behind an older person with only the top of their head showing above the seat in their eighties or early nineties, could that person be a hero?

The Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary, 2001, defines a hero, “A conspicuous possessor of other admirable qualities.” I have known Phyllis Lorraine Anker Bendure for 33 years. After every conversation with her, I discover more of her admirable qualities.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — A stunt pilot, Frank Hawks, unknowingly changed the direction of history for half the world’s population on Tuesday, December 28, 1920.

All he did was take a 23-year-old former tomboy who defied normal female behavior for a 10 minute ride in his plane. “By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly,” exclaimed Amelia Mary Earhart.

Dear Editor: Once again the Dayton community has come together and made a difference for so many families during the holidays.

The Dayton toy drive received applications for over 650 kids this year and we were quite concerned that there would not be enough to go around. Fortunately a large, eager, group of volunteers came together who were quick to get down to business and get the donations and interest pouring in. It wasn’t long before businesses, as well as community organizations and individuals were giving.

Santa and Mrs. Klaus have a heart to heart chat during the Dayton Breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 18. Healthy Communities Coalition and Kiwanis of Dayton Township hosted a pancake breakfast with Santa, Mrs. Klaus and elf helpers at the Dayton Community Center.