06/09/2024
We have chartered a new Atlantic City Kiwanis Club and are seeking new members. We meet at the ACCC in Atlantic City on the 1st and 3rd Thursday's from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. For more information call 609-225-4933!!
The Atlantic City Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis International organization was founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. The organization operates on a platform of service to communities both local and worldwide, with special emphasis on benefitting children. The Atlantic City chapter of Kiwanis International was formed on October 14, 1920, followed by a “Charter Night” celebration on November 18th, after the chapter was signed into approval in Michigan.
The Atlantic City Kiwanis Club soon became one of the most prominent in the entire organization, hosting six conventions of Kiwanis International over the years. The Club also sponsored the founding of eight new Kiwanis Clubs in the towns of Ocean City, Pleasantville, Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Millville, Camden, Vineland, and Phillipsburg. Atlantic City’s Kiwanis chapter maintained a membership of 100-180 persons throughout most of its history. Women were permitted to join the organization beginning in 1986.
Some of the many services the club provided to the City of Atlantic City included the cleaning of roads in the city and county, the painting of promotional slogans on water pipes leading into Atlantic City, cooperative efforts with the South Jersey Food Bank, working on the Texas Avenue Salvation Army building, holding several award and scholarship ceremonies, and myriad services to children and especially special needs students in Atlantic City. The Kiwanis Club was also greatly responsible for the founding of Gardner’s Basin as a cultural center.
After 94 years of service to the local community, the Kiwanis Club of Atlantic City dissolved in November 2014 due to the aging of its members and a lack of new membership.