Serving the Children of the World

The Buffalo Club of Kiwanis International was established on July 3, 1916. It is the 11th oldest club in the world and has been in continual service helping children-in-need throughout Buffalo and Western New York.

We provide guidance, financial, and/or volunteer support to

(Click on a logo to learn more about the programs we support)

Niagara Frontier Camp Kiwanis

OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER PS #42

We sponsor student-run Kiwanis clubs at

We also sponsor the Ruth Jantz Scholarship for City of Buffalo high school students going to college. The scholarship can be used to pay for books, meals, clothes, tuition, and lodging.

Upcoming Events & Notifications

Regular meetings: 2^nd and 4^th Thursdays at 12:00 noon Chef’s Restaurant

291 Seneca St, Buffalo NY 14204

NEXT MEETING Thursday May 26^th we will be back at Chef’s, where elections will take place.

ELECTIONS:

We are looking for nominations:

President-April Romanowski

President Elect-Sharon Morrissey

Secretary- Bill Schultz

Treasurer-Open

Board of Directors-1-Earl Lynch, 2-open

BUFFALO BILLS TICKET RAFFLE: Once again, every member will receive if you haven’t already 10 tickets. Each member is expected to sell at least 10 tickets. The donation is $10 for one ticket entry. The drawing will be August 23^rd, 2022 at Destroyer Golf. 2 season passes for the 2022 regular season.

GOVERNORS VISIT: The Governors visit will be on June 25^th at Ilio DiPaolo’s 3785 South Park Ave, Blasdell, NY 14219. 6PM meeting with the Presidents and drinks. 7PM Meeting

CITY SIGNATURE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: We are starting our spring/summer cleanup project. We will spend some time on a few Saturday mornings to cleanup South Park/Cazenovia/Seneca St. See below for the dates. Make sure you dress to get dirty! And bring your gloves, shovels, and rakes.

DISTRICT CONVENTION: Please try to attend the District convention which will be held in Rochester this year. August 18-21^st at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester.

KAMP KIWANIS TABERG: May 20-21^st is Work Day/Open House. They are looking for folks to help with cleaning, landscaping, painting, gardening etc.

CAMP KIWANIS: After a 2 year hiatus we will be back at Camp Kiwanis at Cradle Beach to serve our kids. Wednesday August 24^th.

NIAGARA FRONTIER SOUTH DIVISION HAPPENINGS: The clubs of our division are very busy over the next several months. You may hear about the golf tournaments, chicken bbq’s and casino nights. Support our Division clubs if you can.a

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

May 21^st Street Cleanup- 9am meet at Seneca St and Cazenovia.

May 26^th Lunch Meeting- 12pm Chefs Restaurant ELECTIONS

June 4^th Street Cleanup-9am meet at South Park and O’Kell (Tim Hortons)

June 8^th Board Meeting-5pm St Johns Grace Church 51 Colonial Circle, Bflo

June 9^th Lunch Meeting

June 23^rd Lunch meeting

July 16^th Street Cleanup-9am meet at Seneca St and Cazenovia.

August 13^th Street Cleanup-9am meet at South Park and O’Kell (Tim Hortons)

August 18-21 District Convention Hyatt Regency Rochester

August 24^th Camp Kiwanis Cradle beach

The Kiwanis Club of Buffalo depends on donations from supporters to help run fundraisers and provide funding to sponsored programs. Would you please consider donating what you can to help us achieve a better Buffalo for the children in our community.

All donations are processed through the Buffalo Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc., and are tax-deductible.

Meeting Times

All Meetings Currently Held on Zoom Until Further Notice

Directions

The Buffalo Grand Hotel is located at 120 Church Street next to WKBW Television Studios

The Kiwanis Club of Buffalo consists of committed people from the business, nonprofit, and academia communities who have banded together to work on projects that benefit others in the Buffalo metropolitan area. We are always looking for new members. We not only value your support but we value your ideas on new projects the club can help out. To learn about becoming a member.