The Levittown Kiwanis Club will be hosting its seventh annual Community Pride Day on Saturday, May 13. The event, which is free and open to everyone, will take place at MacLaren Field on Loring Road from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Each year Levittown Kiwanis hosts Community Pride Day as a way for local organizations to showcase themselves. This event originated following the 50th Anniversary of Levittown. There were so many festivities associated with that celebration that community groups wanted to keep up that spirit and camaraderie. Each organization will have a table with materials to inform residents about what they do.

In addition to information about various groups, Levittown Community Pride Day features refreshments, a DJ, pony rides, a jump castle, face painting and tattoos for the kids. The Town of Hempstead Mobile Town Hall will be at the event for families that wish to put together Child ID Kits.

This event is made possible by a generous donation from the Levittown-Island Trees Youth Council and donations from other community organizations that wish to help out. There is no cost to any group that wishes to participate.

If anyone is interested in having a table at the event or would like further information, please contact Levittown Kiwanis President Peter Ray at 735-7768.

Terrific Kids is a Kiwanis-sponsored program that provides schools with a tool to reward students for special achievements that may otherwise go unnoticed. The Levittown Kiwanis Club has scheduled the following Terrific Kids Programs in each of the elementary and middle schools in the Levittown and Island Trees districts for the upcoming months: Monday, April 24 at 2:25 p.m. at East Broadway School, Friday, April 28 at 9:30 a.m. at Lee Road School, Wednesday, May 3 at 9:15 a.m. at Wisdom Lane Middle School; Monday, May 22 at 2:25 p.m. at East Broadway School, Friday, May 26 at 1:15 p.m. at Abbey Lane School, Thursday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. at Lee Road School; Tuesday, June 6 at 9:15 a.m. at Salk Middle School, Tuesday, June 6 at 2:15 p.m. at Northside School and Wednesday, June 14 at 9:10 a.m. at Gardiners Avenue School.

Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time-locally, through Kiwanis Club-sponsored activities and programs and globally through the Kiwanis International Worldwide Service Project and other worldwide initiatives. Kiwanis members are service-minded men and women united in their commitment to and compassion for others.

The Levittown Kiwanis Club is a very active part of our local community. Levittown Kiwanis hosts food drives, sends underprivileged children to camp, gives scholarships, sponsors community events and more. If you are interested in learning more about this philanthropic organization and the good works the club does come to a meeting. Guests are welcome to attend. Levittown Kiwanis meets every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at La Focaccia Restaurant, 70 East Village Green, Levittown, NY 11756. Telephone: 796-4461.

Look for the Kiwanis Korner in the Levittown Tribune every week.