The Levittown Kiwanis Club held the organization's 32nd Annual Brotherhood/ Sisterhood Luncheon on Feb. 12. The goal of the luncheon is to honor members of the clergy and outreach workers from Levittown and the surrounding communities. The keynote speaker for the luncheon, Donna Appell, founder of the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network, spoke to those gathered about hope. Appell began the network in 1992 after discovering that her daughter was afflicted with the genetic disease characterized by albinism, vision impairment and a bleeding disorder. The mission of the network is to gather and provide information, to promote awareness and research and to provide support to its members. HPS affects approximately 1 in 1800 individuals.

The Levittown Kiwanis Club will hold its 2nd Annual Spring Fling Craft Fair at Island Trees Memorial Middle School on Saturday March 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Funds raised will be used to send underprivileged children from the Levittown community to camp, provide food baskets to struggling families in the community and more. Please stop by and support our community. If you are interested or need more information, please call Linda Crozier at 579-5361.

As of Jan. 1, the Levittown Kiwanis Club has changed its meeting schedule from every Thursday to the second and fourth Thursdays of every month.

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 the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at La Focaccia Restaurant, 70 East Village Green, Levittown, NY 11756. Telephone: 796-4461.

For more information, contact President Susie Trenkle at 804-8906

Terrific Kids is a program that provides schools with a tool to reward students for special achievements that may otherwise go unnoticed. Last year alone, the Levittown Kiwanis Club recognized 1,200 "Terrific Kids." The club has begun scheduling the Terrific Kids Programs in each of the elementary and middle schools in the Levittown and Island Trees Districts for the current school year.

The following are the Terrific Kids Programs that have been scheduled for the 2007-2008 school year: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 9:15 a.m. at Gardiners Avenue School; Thursday, Feb. 28 2:15 p.m. at East Broadway School; Wednesday, March 5, 9:15 a.m. at Wisdom Lane Middle School; Friday, March 7, 1:15 p.m. at Abbey Lane School; Thursday, March 27, 2:15 p.m. at East Broadway School; Friday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. at M.F. Stokes School; Wednesday, April 2, 9:15 a.m. at Wisdom Lane Middle School; Tuesday, April 8, 2:15 p.m. at Northside School; Monday, April 14, 9:45 a.m. at Summit Lane School; Thursday, April 17, 2:15 p.m. at East Broadway School; Friday, April 18; 9:45 a.m. at Lee Road School; Monday, April 28, 9:15 a.m. at Salk Middle School.

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