Kiwanis International is an organization of community service clubs with more than 320,000 members in 8,500 clubs throughout the world, half of which are located in North America. A Kiwanis club is a group of local business people with a typical membership of 25 to 60 people; however, the larger clubs number about 500. Each Kiwanis club meets once a week and has several committees that implement service projects.

Kiwanis members are called Kiwanians. (This is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable: Ki-wan-ee-an).

The average Kiwanian is 55 years old. 40% of members are mid-level executives, 30% are entrepreneurs, and the remaining 30% represent other professions or are retirees.

Kiwanis clubs are organized into divisions, with generally 8 to 15 clubs in each one. Divisions are organized into districts, which may cover one state or several states. Districts vary in size from 100 to 600 clubs.

Are you interested? Please come and see what the club is all about.

Would you like to join an organization of community people who give back to their community? Are you interested in joining? Please come to one of our meetings for a "look see." I guarantee you'll be impressed.

Please be a Kiwanian!

Did you know Kiwanis has a web sit? For you computer hackers: check out the Kiwanis International Web Site at kiwanismail@kiwanis.org.

Please save all your soda/drink flip top tabs and all your Campbell soup labels and General Mills box tops and turn them in to the Levittown Kiwanis Club at one of our meetings. You may ask: why labels and soda tabs? The labels and box tops go to St. Jude's Ranch for Children, which they redeem for a monetary amount. The soda tabs go to the Bellmore Fire Department and Fork Lane School in Hicksville. They are redeemed for monetary donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Sunday, March 23 (LEAD Week Sunday)

Levittown Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at Levittown Memorial Education Center, Abbey and Ranch Lanes, Levittown

Saturday, May 10

Community Pride Day, run by the Levittown Kiwanis Club from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sunday, June 15 (Father's Day)

Levittown Kiwanis Club 5K Walk/Run starts at 8 a.m. in the parking lot behind Tri County

Thursday,	Feb. 25, 2003	Northside			9:15 a.m.
Wednesday,	March 5, 2003	Wisdom Lane		9:15 a.m.
Wednesday,	April 2, 2003	Wisdom Lane		9:15 a.m.
Tuesday,	April 15, 2003	Northside			9:15 a.m.
Wednesday,	April 16, 2003	Lee Road			10 a.m.
Wednesday,	May 7, 2003	Wisdom Lane		9:15 a.m.
Thursday,	May 29, 2003	Lee Road			10 a.m.
Tuesday,	June 3, 2003	Northside			9:15 a.m.

The Levittown Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday night at 6:30 pm at: La Focaccia Restaurant, 70 East Village Green, Levittown, NY 11756, Telephone 796-4461

Please stop by and get involved with the Kiwanis Club of Levittown and see what it does for it's community.

Look for the Kiwanis Korner in the paper every week.