Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Human Services

Mission: Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. The kiwanis clubof lafayette (established 1944) established the kiwanis club of lafayette foundation to help raise funds to further this mission.

Programs: The healthy living club is the name of the 3-year program that the kiwanis club of lafayette foundation has embarked on as a recipientof a $1m challenge for a healthier louisiana grant funded by the blue cross and blue shield of louisiana foundation. Bcbs grant income - $477,682salaries expense - $71,167fringe benefits - $18,819equipment - $254,670materials & supplies - $12,839travel - $1,298communications - $26,790direct costs - $10,979indirect costs - $7,777

some of the programs that the kiwanis club of lafayette foundation sponsors are: operations magi, spelling bee, and bringing up grades, and wheels of wonder. Bringing up grades awards elementary school students' achievements. Spelling bee program sends a student spelling bee champion to washington dc to represent acadiana in a national spelling bee competition. Bringing up grades - bug (spark) - $1,240spelling bee (spark) - $995