Love the fact that this is an all volunteer non profit. 100% of all monies raised or donated goes directly to the local community projects benefitting local children.
I take great pride in having been an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette for the past 20 years and am honored to have served in various leadership capacities through the years. The club had a solid reputation for community service and fellowship when I joined and it has built upon that reputation over the years and become even more successful in its endeavors to serve the young people of our community. We are fortunate to have a fundraising event that is a long-standing tradition that the entire community looks forward to each year - for the past 62 years - in the Lafayette Kiwanis Football Jamboree. Those who attend see the Kiwanians at work and see the results of their support of the event throughout the year. We then have the privilege and responsibility to steward that support by investing in the numerous programs that we have assisted through the years.
The BEST service club in the city for children, the club has done playgrounds, parks and football fields so that all children, regular and handicapped, can use and enjoy the facilities. Thier commuinity involvement is one of the main goals of the club and they fulfill that to the max. I is a pleasure and honro to serve and participatee in the clubs actavities.
The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation is truly making an impact in the community. From parks and recreation, to education, and to empowering and enriching the youth of Acadiana, The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation is truly changing the world one child and one community at a time.
Kiwanis Club of Lafayette is becoming more effective every year to help children in the community with a variety of help. There are many projects that have helped the poor and children with disabilities but other projects help everyone.
The project to turf Clark Field has made a direct impact on the students of Lafayette as most middle schools in Lafayette use this field for football and soccer. It was a terrible field and facility before and it is now a first class field and facility.
I have been a member of the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette approximately 6 years. This club has truly given back to our community. We are constantly looking to support children in our community through a number of different projects that we put on during the year. The largest project that we have completed recently was Parc Independence. If you have time please look at this link to see how grand this project was for our community. http://www.lafayettekiwanis.org/parc.html I feel truly honored to serve our community through the Kiwanis Club.
The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette is a GREAT organization in Acadiana. They work in our community to make a difference in the lives of children and to make Acadiana a better place to live.
The Lafayette Kiwanis clubs are a vital part of the community. Their projects pop up wherever there seems to be an unmeet need of children. It is particularly the "hole-plugging" that really impresses me. If you've got a good idea for a project whose need is obvious but seems to fall between the cracks I'd say that you'd be wise to think of Lafayette Kiwanis earlier rather than later.
I have been a member, officer and board member of the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette, Louisiana for the past 6.5 years. We have truly impacted our community in positive manner in all that we do. I had the privilege of serving as the lead member on Parc Independence, the first handicapable and adaptive playground in Lafayette. This was a collaborative effort by Kiwanis Club of Lafayette and Lafayette Consolidated Government--Parks and Recreation Department. To date, we have spent Kiwanis monies in addition to monies from Lafayette Consolidated Government to continue to expand our development of this playground. I take great pride in visiting Parc Independence on a regular basis and questioning the parents and children who utilize this playground only to hear of the appreciation that someone or some organization took the time to address this need in our community. As a parent of a special needs child I am most grateful that our organization, my organization accepted this challenge and committed to see this project through and further commits to address the needs of all children in our community with our efforts in the past and those yet to come. I highly recommend Kiwanis Club of Lafayette and support all we do to positively influence our community. Kemper Bowen
Kiwanis is a wonderful organization that fully supports children. We give 100% of all our proceeds back to the children and run our administation out of our own pockets. We truly help one child at a time. I am proud to be a member of this organization.
The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette is a wonderful organization that hosts our annual football jamboree which allows my school to profit a substantial amount of funds that are very helpful in terms of buying training supplies, which are essential to the well being of our football players. This organization puts on the best jamboree I have ever been involved with and I have been coaching for 30 years. My coaches,players,fans definately look forward each year to this first class event!!
CYT Lafayette and Kiwanis of Lafayette share more than our wonderful city in our name, we share the same vision to invest in kids in our community and to insure a bright future for them. We are so privileged to work with these men who take their compassion for children and resources to changes lives. What a rare quality in today’s world!
Thanks Kiwanis of Lafayette for believing in CYT and what we do. You have helped pave the way for many children to be profoundly impacted by your generosity.
Sincerely,
Gerald Broussard
CYT Lafayette
Board Chair
The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette is long standing and true cornerstone civic organization in Acadiana. By hosting the annual High School Football Jamboree: funds are allocated to provide educational incentive programs at local elementary schools, the club hosts the local spelling bee for the parish and sends off the local spelling bee champion to compete in the national spelling bee, underprivilaged youth are given the chance to shop for Christmas, bikes are given to underprivilaged youth for Christmas, the building of parks for children with disabilities as well as building of parks to prevent childhood obesity have been built and are under progress for the area.