Who We Are - What We Do: The Kiwanis Club of White Oak Golden K was chartered July 18, 1989
with 25 members. The club, which currently has more than 60 members,
focuses on serving the needs of the children of Newnan and Coweta
County. The club provides some direct services to children and also
supports other organizations and activities that provide services to
children and their families.
The
Young Children Priority One Program serves pre-school children
by providing financial and other support to organizations such
as Alliance for Children's Enrichment and Stepping Stones.
The
Youth Services Program serves the needs of school-age children.
Direct service in this program includes mentoring children with
special needs and assisting other organizations in conducting
activities such as Very Special Arts Day and Special Olympics.
The club contributes financial and other support to numerous
youth organizations including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Youth
Soccer, and the Newnan/Coweta Boys and Girls Club.
The
Sponsored Youth Program includes the club's establishment and
sponsorship of a Key Club at Northgate High School, a Builders
Club at Smokey Road Middle school, and a K-Kids Club at
Canongate Elementary School.
The
club currently provides a scholarship each year to one
graduating senior at East Coweta, Newnan, and Northgate
High Schools.
The
Club is also dedicated to providing community service through a
wide variety of volunteer activities, including operation of the
Salvation Army's Disaster Relief Canteen Vehicle and Bell
Ringing for the Salvation Army during the Christmas season.
The Club raises funds for the
children's and community activities it supports through pecan
sales, an annual golf tournament and working with the Kiwanis
Club of Newnan at the Coweta County Fair. One Hundred
Percent of the profits gained from our fund raising activities
go directly to the children's and community activities we
support. None of the funds we get from public fund raising
activities can be used to benefit the club or its members.
The
members of White Oak Golden K are all men and are either retired
or in a business that allows them to attend a mid-morning
meeting. Although the members are mostly retired and range
in age from mid-fifties to mid-eighties, they are all working
energetically to improve our community. We enjoy good
fellowship in our meetings, in our volunteer activities, and in
our fund-raising projects. Anyone interested in joining us
in serving the Newnan/Coweta community, is invited to attend one
of our meetings and look us over.
A
hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove ...but the
world may be different because I was important in the
life of a child.
