The goal of our club is to protect the health and safety of our members and the community in which we serve.
Due to the COVID-19 situation and public health restrictions now in effect in the state of Maryland, all meetings and events have been cancelled or moved to virtual interactions until further notice.
We will provide all members and the public with updates via our website and social media when more information becomes available.
The Board of Directors of the Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City is organizing a Spring Break Backpack food program at a local elementary school during the upcoming 10-day school break in April 2020. This is a new service project for our club, and a new way to strengthen our partnership with Howard County Public Schools. In consultation with the HCPS Partnerships Office, we have been connected to a local elementary school in Columbia.
The student community at this elementary school faces extreme food insecurity. Many kids are not eating at home at all, and those who do eat at home are not getting enough food. Most of the behavioral issues seen at school are rooted in the fact that the students are hungry. We partnered with this school for a highly-successful Winter Break Backpack food program in December 2019. Our Kiwanis club was able to provide 48 students with backpacks filled with 30 nutritious meals and snacks.
The school was overjoyed to receive our help, and we want to be able to continue to support the school and its students. The school leadership has asked that, if possible, we create backpacks for 50 students to take home during Spring Break. Each backpack would be filled with three meals a day (plus a few snacks) for 10 days, inclusive of foods that kids can make for themselves without parental assistance. That is 30 meals per student. For 50 students, that is 1,500 meals.
Our Kiwanis club wants to do even more. In fact, we want to double our impact. We have a goal of packing 100 backpacks for the students at this elementary school. When we accomplish this, even more kids in our community won’t need to worry about where their next meal will come from during the days when school, often their weekday source of lunch, is closed.
In order to double the number of backpacks we are creating, we have set a goal of $1,500. Each backpack and its contents costs $30. We encourage individuals, organizations, and businesses to join with us by sponsoring the cost of a backpack. A donation of any size matters to us and to the kids in our community who will benefit from your generosity.
This is our challenge. Kids in our community are hungry and Kiwanis is here to address that. Will you help us to double our impact?
Here are some additional photos from last evening’s service project.
Our Kiwanis club is proud to partner with the Howard County Public School System to provide backpacks filled with food to 20 families from a local elementary school each weekend as part of the “Got Your Backpack” program. Through this program, we serve 80 children and provide 560 meals (plus additional snacks) each week. We will be doing this for five weeks.
In total, we will provide 2,800 meals to local youth facing food insecurity by the time we are done in August!
Ellicott City Kiwanians and special guests gathered on Monday night for our first in-person meeting since March. As part of our meeting, we packed the backpacks for weeks two and three of the program. We were proud to meet in Kiwanis-Wallas Hall at Kiwanis-Wallas Park. These spaces exist because of our club’s long-standing commitment to the community.
And thank you to the many donors who contributed to fund this project! No child in our community should be hungry, and your generosity is helping to make a difference in the lives of many kids and families during these summer months. ... See MoreSee Less
Join Circle K International’s first virtual conference CKI Next and mentor a student leader. CKI members are hosting an online networking event and are eager to connect with Kiwanians from around the world. Learn more about how to join: bit.ly/323TjVd... See MoreSee Less
Kiwanis-Wallas Park
3300 Norberts Way, Ellicott City, MD 21042, United States
The Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City typically meets on the 1st Mondays of the month from 6:45 P.M. to 8:15 P.M. at Bob Evans Restaurant (4900 Beaver Run Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043) in Ellicott City.
Bob Evans, 4900 Beaver Run Ct, Ellicott City, MD 21043, USA
The Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City typically meets on the 1st Mondays of the month from 6:45 P.M. to 8:15 P.M. at Bob Evans Restaurant (4900 Beaver Run Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043) in Ellicott City.
Bob Evans, 4900 Beaver Run Ct, Ellicott City, MD 21043, USA
The Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City typically meets on the 1st Mondays of the month from 6:45 P.M. to 8:15 P.M. at Bob Evans Restaurant (4900 Beaver Run Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043) in Ellicott City.
Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City
The goal of our club is to protect the health and safety of our members and the community in which we serve.
Due to the COVID-19 situation and public health restrictions now in effect in the state of Maryland, all meetings and events have been cancelled or moved to virtual interactions until further notice.
We will provide all members and the public with updates via our website and social media when more information becomes available.
Spring Break Backpack Food Program
The Board of Directors of the Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City is organizing a Spring Break Backpack food program at a local elementary school during the upcoming 10-day school break in April 2020. This is a new service project for our club, and a new way to strengthen our partnership with Howard County Public Schools. In consultation with the HCPS Partnerships Office, we have been connected to a local elementary school in Columbia.
The student community at this elementary school faces extreme food insecurity. Many kids are not eating at home at all, and those who do eat at home are not getting enough food. Most of the behavioral issues seen at school are rooted in the fact that the students are hungry. We partnered with this school for a highly-successful Winter Break Backpack food program in December 2019. Our Kiwanis club was able to provide 48 students with backpacks filled with 30 nutritious meals and snacks.
The school was overjoyed to receive our help, and we want to be able to continue to support the school and its students. The school leadership has asked that, if possible, we create backpacks for 50 students to take home during Spring Break. Each backpack would be filled with three meals a day (plus a few snacks) for 10 days, inclusive of foods that kids can make for themselves without parental assistance. That is 30 meals per student. For 50 students, that is 1,500 meals.
Our Kiwanis club wants to do even more. In fact, we want to double our impact. We have a goal of packing 100 backpacks for the students at this elementary school. When we accomplish this, even more kids in our community won’t need to worry about where their next meal will come from during the days when school, often their weekday source of lunch, is closed.
In order to double the number of backpacks we are creating, we have set a goal of $1,500. Each backpack and its contents costs $30. We encourage individuals, organizations, and businesses to join with us by sponsoring the cost of a backpack. A donation of any size matters to us and to the kids in our community who will benefit from your generosity.
This is our challenge. Kids in our community are hungry and Kiwanis is here to address that. Will you help us to double our impact?
Here is the link to our GoFundMe page where you can donate directly to this great cause: https://www.gofundme.com/f/spring-backpack-food-program
What is Kiwanis?
No, we are not an airline (That’s Quantas) We are a service organization that helps kids. Here is a quick video that explains what Kiwanis is
Interested in learning more? Please contact us or apply to join our Kiwanis club here
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Here are some additional photos from last evening’s service project.
Our Kiwanis club is proud to partner with the Howard County Public School System to provide backpacks filled with food to 20 families from a local elementary school each weekend as part of the “Got Your Backpack” program. Through this program, we serve 80 children and provide 560 meals (plus additional snacks) each week. We will be doing this for five weeks.
In total, we will provide 2,800 meals to local youth facing food insecurity by the time we are done in August!
Ellicott City Kiwanians and special guests gathered on Monday night for our first in-person meeting since March. As part of our meeting, we packed the backpacks for weeks two and three of the program. We were proud to meet in Kiwanis-Wallas Hall at Kiwanis-Wallas Park. These spaces exist because of our club’s long-standing commitment to the community.
And thank you to the many donors who contributed to fund this project! No child in our community should be hungry, and your generosity is helping to make a difference in the lives of many kids and families during these summer months. ... See MoreSee Less
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I think we're going to have to start wearing nametags again since the facemasks disguise everyone LOL Great job!
Don't have to wear name tags.... Y'all know one another....Thanks for donating time to put stuff together 😁 Wish I could help, but work is crazy.....
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Join Circle K International’s first virtual conference CKI Next and mentor a student leader. CKI members are hosting an online networking event and are eager to connect with Kiwanians from around the world. Learn more about how to join: bit.ly/323TjVd ... See MoreSee Less
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