This work has been the club's main goal for the past six years. The club bought milk for all children in primary schools who were underweight.
Milk, Hot Lunches, Etc
Over an eight-week period, 205 children attended our health camp, which was held at a cost of over $1,000.00. The average weight gain per child in the camp was four and a quarter pounds.
RELATIONS
Purchased achievement pins for 4-H club winners and entertained rural people at a farm program. The club is interested in developing the poultry industry in the county and in teaching truck farming.
RELATIONS-Cont
Financial assistance was given so that seven members of the 4-H Club could secure Jersey calves. The club was in charge of the program at the county fair and a trophy award was presented for the best 4-H club exhibit. The annual Farmers' Day program was held in March, and we also entertained 175 of the 4-H club members.
Enfield, N. C. Each month an outstanding student from the high school is a . guest at our club meetings. For the fifth year, the club has given two-year scholarships to the boys and girls of the high school graduating class. Trophy cups were awarded to the outstanding boy and girl in the senior class of the rural high school.
AID TO STUDENTS
CITIZENSHIP
The club made recommendations to the Public Affairs Committee for Canada regarding naturalization work among foreigners. Our Committee on Americanization is working with the foreign-born population seeking to promote better citizenship.
PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES
A public market site was selected and the project transferred to the Chamber of Commerce for operation. A meeting of all the service clubs was held to promote the interests of the Chamber of Commerce. Collaborated to secure advertising funds and assumed continued membership in the Chamber of Commerce.
We helped gain 1,260 new members and continue to assist the Chamber of Commerce in all its civic work. Seventy-one Kiwanis residents helped secure the chamber's quota of 480 members.
AID TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
An industrial survey was made of the community showing the volume of business and the production possibilities. The main work of the club was the establishment of a curbside market and a small canning plant. Cattle ranching in the southern part of the state is promoted and encouraged and the club is trying to locate a land bank in Waycross.
Through the efforts of the club, a factory site and building was secured for the manufacture of a traffic light reflector. Assisted with the entertainment for the annual convention of the 32nd district of Lions International. Assisted the Lions Club hosting the annual district meeting of the organization.
AVIATION
BOY SCOUTS
BOYS' WORK
During Boys' Week 16, high school students were in charge of the routine duties of city government. Campaign speeches were made and the victors were for several hours in control of all branches of the city government. A club has been organized for all the older boys who have graduated from the Ki-Y Club, and a club room has been secured for it.
Vocational training, first aid work and entertainment took place within the framework of the Big Brother program. Our Boys Work Committee is interested in starting a series of clubs in various areas of juvenile delinquency in the city for the development of good citizenship. One of the club's efforts is also a recreational program for colored boys and girls in the community.
ATHLETICS
The sandlot baseball league is organized with SO teams from the five boroughs of Greater New York. The Brooklyn team won the first award and the Staten Island team won the second. A nationwide primary school track meet was held in May with medals awarded to all winners.
Installing flood lighting for the service baseball league was another of our worthwhile civic projects. The underprivileged boys were organized into four baseball teams and the club bought the necessary uniforms and equipment. The active financial support and general sponsoring work of Kiwanis clubs in behalf of school and community sports of various kinds are doing much not only to develop the health and strength of the contestants, but also to help greatly in developing the community spirit. and intercommunity.
PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION
When the playgrounds were closed due to lack of funds, the club led all the organizations to arrange to have volunteers so that the children could supervise the play. Playgrounds, golf courses, tennis courts, picnics and carnivals, Easter egg hunts, Halloween parties, Marbles and Kites.
BEAUTIFICATION OF CITIES AND ENVIRONS
Some of these included: securing and improving parks, planting and caring for trees and shrubs, sponsoring flower shows and awarding prizes, clearing vacant lots, alleys and streets, instituting cleaning and painting weeks, promoting of backyards, lawns and gardens. garden competitions, paving and building contract action, legislation to secure park commissions, clearing parks, pruning trees and planting grass.
STREET LIGHTING
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
The Committee on Public Affairs attends meetings of the County Board of Tax Review so that property owners will be assisted. The main interest of the club was an investigation into the water content and water supply. The club was interested in the organization of a city planning commission composed of technicians, engineers, members of the Board of City Commissioners and the Chamber of Commerce.
Forty club members enrolled in a tax study club so that Kiwanis could offer helpful suggestions and assistance to various tax authorities. Officials of the Central of Georgia Railroad met with the Kiwanians to plan general tax reductions and transportation regulations. Past presidents of the club made a study of political and governmental problems and presented their findings to the businessmen and professionals of the city.
GOOD ROADS
We have had more than worth of contracts awarded for road work in the Christian county. For three years the main interest of the club was contracting to fill a gap on the Irvine-Winchester road and for other improvements. The Public Affairs Commission has procured a signed lease for a state road with a 100-foot overpass for 17 miles.
We have been active in seeing that the roads leading into town are improved and that all school bus lines are kept in good condition.
STREET AND ROAD SIGNS
KIWANIS SERVICE AW ARDS
AMERICAN LEGION
CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS
ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY
More than 3,000 fruit jars were collected and given to the Social Welfare Committee for preservation for the needs of the needy. We established and started a common canning kitchen so that all fruits and vegetables could be used for the needs of the needy. Her sight was restored and she saw her own child for the first time.
In December, the first retired mother was given free use of her home for the rest of her life, without taxes. More than $2,000.00 was spent on fuel, clothing, milk, fruits, vegetables and cod liver oil for the poor. A recreation headquarters was opened for the unemployed and the money was used to care for hospital patients and those in need of clothing.
COMFORT TO PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS
The club purchased canning equipment with a capacity of 3,000 per day so that all surplus fruits and vegetables could be preserved for distribution to the poor during the winter. All of these houses are in constant use and the real estate assets of the club are valued at approximately $50,000.00. This worthy woman raised her four children, paid her $15.00 a month for 110 months without missing a beat, paying the appraised value of the house.
There were 611 men and women who provided garden seed and in addition to our contributions a total of nearly $1,000.00 was used for welfare relief. The club entertained the graduating class of the Hospital Nurses' Training School and we awarded a prize of $25.00 to Miss Hilda Weber, who rendered the best service to underprivileged children during her training school career. Has equipped and furnished a room in the new hospital and the club is giving its help to establish a county hospital.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
A posture clinic with prizes for the grades, high school and junior high was one of the club's activities. A maternity clinic, where hundreds of needy mothers could receive care and education, received the club's assistance. The club gave approximately $1,000.00 to enable the District Nursing Association to continue its maternal and child welfare work.
Previously, the city supported this healthcare, but it was necessary for the club to continue the activity. Following the announcement that there would be no budgetary resources for the school nurse, the club decided to secure the part-time services of a nurse. We gave over $1,600.00 to purchase equipment for a cancer clinic, a donation to the Winnipeg Health League and an anti-mosquito campaign was part of the club's health program.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
In many cities, the various charities collaborate to raise funds for the community's coffers. The All-Chicago Kiwanis Clubs challenged the Lions Clubs of the city at the Chicago Tribune Musical Festival and won the silver cup presented by the newspaper. Over $600.00 was spent on new uniforms for the girls' band, which were sent to the district convention in Bellingham.
This group helped the Lions Club in Brampton raise funds for the unemployed. At a cost of $1,200.00 organized a girls' drum corps in the schools with drums and uniforms. The club still pays a director's salary and all other expenses for the 125-strong band, which is fully equipped with uniforms and instruments.
LIBRARIES
MEMORIALS
During the George Washington Bicentennial, one acre of trees was planted as part of a reforestation program. One thousand trees were planted on Arbor Day as part of our Washington Bicentennial activities. Opposing us was a decrease in aP.P.IQQriatiQns for the State Forestry Department, and we had planted 1,000 trees this spring.
We gave our support to the Izaak Walton League to secure an expansion of the game reserve. The Michigan Kiwanis Forest, which is part of the Huron National Forest on the banks of the Au Sable River near East Tawas, was dedicated on September 21, 1928. The nursery is maintained by the federal government's Forestry Division.
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
GIRLS' WORK
GIRL SCOUTS
