[1]At its evening meeting on Wednesday, June 3, the Alameda Kiwanis Club [2] awarded funds to support the work of the following community nonprofits:
- Alameda Adaptive Arts (special needs adults music classes).
- Alameda Boys & Girls Club (musical instruments for the recording studio).
- Alameda Education Foundation (backpacks and school supplies for low-income students).
- Alameda Family Services (therapy services supplies).
- Alameda Food Bank (fresh produce purchases).
- Alameda Meals on Wheels (emergency food packs for MOW recipients).
- Alameda Midway Shelter (services for unhoused women and children).
- Alameda Post (local news reporting).
- Alameda Pride (programs for LGBTQ+ Alamedans).
- Bay Area Music Project (mentoring for after school music programs).
- Frank Bette Center for the Arts (art supplies for teen after-school art classes).
- Kiwanis Family House (living accommodations for families traveling for their children’s long term medical care).
- Rhythmix Cultural Works (performing arts and culture programs).
- Shelter in Peace (transitional housing for low income/immigrants).
- Students on the Set (professional lighting and audio).
- The Foodbank Players (theater productions benefiting the Alameda Food Bank).
On January 31, the Alameda Kiwanis Club hosted its annual winter fundraiser [3] at the Albert DeWitt Officers Club on Alameda Point, with proceeds distributed to local nonprofits that serve the community. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
For the 2026 Grant Awards year, the Grants Committee emphasized work to combat violence and racism and promote equity and equality.
The six permanent objectives of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged:
- To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
- To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
- To promote the adoption and application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
- To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
- To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendship, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.
- To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
Alameda Kiwanis Club members are hands-on volunteers who support students, teachers, families, and individuals in need. They are committed to giving their time, energy, and resources to make a positive local impact through service projects, fundraising efforts, and community partnerships.
Learn more at the Alameda Kiwanis Club [4] website.