Kiwanis

Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada’s Christmas party was hosted by Ray and Gennie Frederick on Dec. 11. Members of the Carson City area club brought an unwrapped toy for “Toys for Troops Children.”

By Nevada News Bureau staff
University of Nevada, Reno President Milt Glick has signed the “Campus Compact,” joining a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents who have committed their campuses to encouraging service learning and civic engagement.

With the big distribution day for the holidays on Thursday, Dec. 16, the Dayton Food Pantry will operate that day only from the Dayton Community Center at 170 Pike Street from noon to 5 p.m.

With unemployment in Lyon County at nearly 20 percent, donations are especially welcome this holiday season, explained Freida Carbery, director for the Pantry.

On the other days of December, the Food Pantry will be open for emergency food needs as usual, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4 Enterprise Way and Highway 50 (east of Smith’s Grocery) Monday through Friday.

With an unemployment rate of nearly 20 percent in Lyon County, the Dayton Food Pantry has seen a big jump in requests for Thanksgiving food baskets and is asking the community for help.

Food Pantry Director Freida Carbery reports that while many individuals and groups have donated turkeys and trimmings, there are already 100 families in need on the Pantry list, and only 40 turkeys in the freezer. The Pantry's list of those in need doesn’t even include the numbers of families she expects to receive from the local schools this week.

Nineteen South Lake Tahoe area non-profit organizations got an early holiday surprise Thursday when more than $100,000 was delivered by LIVESTRONG and the American Century Championship.

The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority board of directors announced the distribution of $102,377 in contributions on Thursday, Nov. 11.

Music, parades, and plenty of fun are in store as the 22nd Dayton Valley Days kicks of Saturday and Sunday.

The two-day event features more than 100 food, music, arts and crafts booths, plus historical demonstrations and many other attractions.

Festivities will be at Old Town Dayton. A pancake breakfast by the Kiwanis Club begins at 7 a.m. both days. Festivities run from 9 a.m. to dusk on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Conservation-minded residents, students, family and friends are encouraged to join the annual cleanup along the banks of the Carson River, Brunswick Canyon and Prison Hill Recreation Area on Saturday as part of the 17th National Public Lands Day.

Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada would like to thank Artisan's Cafe, Joanie's Creekside Deli & Catering, and L & L Hawaiian Barbecue for donating their specialty foods along with the one hundred people who attended the Second Annual Mill's Park Wine Train fundraising event on July 23, 2010.

Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada has donated $500 to Kiwanis House in Davis, Calif., where families can stay while a member of the family is receiving medical treatment at UP CO, Davis.

After signing a contract to adopt Blackwell's Pond Park in Carson City, Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada Past-President Lee Pisiewski organized seven other members to to trim weeds and rake up at the park on Saturday, July 31. 

" This is a beautiful neighborhood park. Today, our members got their hands dirty improving this park for the neighbors,"  Pisiewski said.

Hundreds of car enthusiasts from Nevada and California made their way to Mills Park in Carson City today for the annual Carson City Silver Dollar Car Classic.
The car show, which continues through Sunday, is among the region's biggest draws, with more than 300 restored, tricked-out, and souped-up cars and trucks on display.
Saturday's ideal weather conditions and the tree coverage of Mills Park made it a great event for the entire family, organizers said.

Rev up your engines and get your motor running for the Silver Dollar Classic at Mills Park in Carson City beginning Friday and lasting through Sunday. Around 400 vehicles will be featured at this event.

CARSON CITY — Despite cool weather and Friday night's snow showers, hundreds of children and their parents turned out today for the seventh annual Cops and Kids Sheriff’s Open House safety, crime and substance abuse awareness fair held at the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

Kiwanis of Carson City will hold its Great Spaghetti Feed, at the Carson City Senior Citizens Center on Sunday, April 18 from 3 to 8 p.m. The senior center is located at 911 Beverly Drive, Carson City. Bingo, fun and prizes, with all funds raised going directly to Meals on Wheels. Go to www.carson-city.kiwanisone.org

The annual Easter Egg Hunt is a Carson City tradition. Location: Centennial Park, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Carson City. All families in Carson City are invited! Call (775) 888-2088 or visit www.carson-city.kiwanisone.org.

Kiwanis will hosts its Egg Coloring Event at American Family Insurance, 1621 Highway 50 East Ste. E, on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (775) 885-9542 or go to www.carson-city.kiwanisone.org.

Led by eight individual place finishers, the Carson High wrestling team wound up with a very respectable second-place performance at the Spring Creek Kiwanis Invitational on Saturday.

Led by eight individual place finishers, the Carson High wrestling team wound up with a very respectable second-place performance at the Spring Creek Kiwanis Invitational on Saturday.