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This year we gave $1200 scholarships to 4 graduating seniors of Monroe
High School.
We have a scholarship committee that reviews the applications and conducts
interviews.
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American Flag
Display - On nine national holidays each year
150 American Flags
are displayed on Main and Lewis Streets in the heart of
Historic Old Town Monroe. The flags are mounted on
12-foot wooden poles spaced 20 feet apart. It takes a
crew of 4 or 5 Kiwanians--along with 4 or 5 Tualco Grange
members--to complete this project. The flags are
installed at 7 a.m. and then removed at 4 p.m. As far
as we know, this
Flag Display is the only program of its kind in Western
Washington.
(the preceding "Flag Display"
paragraph is paraphrased from the booklet, Monroe
Kiwanis Club History.)
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We contribute financially to the
Reading Program at Monroe Public Library--with
the funds we donate they are able to purchase books.
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We donate $500.00/year to the
Valley General Hospital Guild.
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We help support the Monroe Boys & Girls Club
soccer team by donating money--which is used to pay the registration costs, for
uniforms and other costs for kids who otherwise can't
afford it.
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We are proud sponsors of the
Monroe High School Key Club,
which has approximately 40 members. Two members of our
club (Dr. Ray Maxwell, and Paul Osborne) act as mentors
and liaisons.
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We have a Teddy Bear
Program, wherein the club periodically purchases
new teddy bears and donates them to the Valley General
Hospital. They are given to traumatized or critically
ill children who are patients at the hospital.
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We provide shoes (the
Shoe Fund) for young children who are
starting their first year of school.
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Once a year some of us
Monroe Kiwanians go buy fish to stock Lake Tye in
Monroe for the Children's Annual Fishing Derby.
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Last year, to commemorate our 75th Anniversary as a club,
we purchased a flag pole and donated it to the City.
It was
placed at the south entrance to the city (South Lewis
Street). It has a base with a plaque on it and it is illuminated 24 hours a day.
The flag was donated by Rep. Larson (once flew over the
Whitehouse).
