Downriver West Kiwanis

10/30/2026

The Halloween event at the DMC Children’s Hospital of Detroit is always a highlight for our Kiwanis club every year.

Today two of our club members Barb Duran and Pete Michel were on hand to pass out trinkets to the kids and there were smiles all around from the kids and staff alike.

A huge THANKS to the Child Life Services Staff for all they do!! This is where the our Michigan Foundation dollars go!!

Happy Halloween from our club members!!


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10/22/2026

Who else wants to go with us and meet the Kiwanis International President from Jamaica??

10/17/2026

Our Club’s 1st annual music bingo was a huge hit!

Huge kudos and thanks to Lori our DJ, for Lindsay Dennis and the Woodhaven - Brownstown Rotary for sponsoring our beverage table, Madison with Charter Township of Brownstown Downtown Development Authority for supplying us with food from The Market, and our club members for donating raffle items, gift cards, and helping out at the event with the raffles and 50-50.
Al Cotto and Angie
Pete Michel and Jan
Barb Duran
Pete Caldwell
Cathy Stone
Corianne Jager
Magdalena Kadlitz with Community Focus Federal Credit Union

10/06/2026

What a fabulous meeting the Downriver West Kiwanis club held last night.

After an amazing meal by Joyce our caterer, outgoing president Al Cotto gave us a year in review of everything we’ve done the past 12 months, including service projects, fundraisers, and interclubs, and we realized that we are so strong in service and outreach to our community!

We presented an Al Dailey award to Pete Michel, who has been instrumental in running our Cereal Drive, and our recent casino bus trip, as well as managing and organizing our teacher baskets last year and our food baskets for this holiday season.

We also presented a Kiwanian of the Year award to Corianne Jager, who has been so gracious to allow us to meet at her location while the Brownstown Community Center is under renovation. She is also working to form a Key Club with the students from the Success Virtual Learning Centers Taylor campus.

We were then honored to have Lieutenant Governor Jacob Waltz install our new officers and board, including our new president Clif Stone!

With the new Kiwanis year just beginning, this would be a great chance for anyone to join in with us and learn what you can do to help make a difference.

Thank you to the members and guests who came to celebrate the evening with us as our new officers took their positions.

Kids do need Kiwanis and we are happy to be available to our local community in the Downriver area to provide services and resources that are needed.

09/24/2026

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Looking for something fun to do as the weather starts to cool down?

Friday October 16th Downriver West Kiwanis is hosting a Music Bingo fundraiser event at the Brownstown Event Center! Tickets are $20 dollars a person which includes light appetizers and your bingo cards.

Our friends at Woodhaven - Brownstown Rotary will be running the cash bar and the money raised from that will go towards their thanksgiving meals for families.

Get your tickets here >>> https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/downriver-west-kiwanis-music-bingo

Can't make it? Share this event with others!

09/10/2026

Our bus is on the road for our club casino bus trip to FireKeepers in Battle Creek. Here we are getting ready to head out on the road for a day of gambling, food, fun and fellowship.

08/31/2026

Please support our brand new downriver Kiwanis Club by attending the meeting on Tuesday in Lincoln Park if you are able to be there.

Reminder of the first Downriver East Kiwanis club on TUESDAY, September 1st. Hope to see everyone……

08/18/2026

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06/17/2026

A huge thanks to Nette Aguirre Hawkins from the Woodhaven Fire Department, who reached out and requested some of our kids "busy bags" that we assembled at our meeting this past week!

I appreciate these First Responders and all that they do for families throughout the city of Woodhaven! I was happy to drop them off at the firehouse today!

It's great when Kiwanis can partner with local community first responders and those who serve the children in their respective cities and townships.

06/17/2026

Our Kiwanis club packed over 100 "busy bags" for kids at our June 15th Guest Night!

A huge thanks to our corporate member Advantage One Credit Union and Lindsay Dennis for donating the backpacks, fidget spinners and squishy toys to add to the coloring books, crayons, stickers, activity books, snap bracelets and other goodies that we put into these bags.

These bags will be divided between the Henry Ford Wyandotte ER, the Woodhaven Fire Department, Child Protective Services and Ameripro EMS for distribution into the community when these first responders connect with kids who are in stressful or traumatic situations themselves, or with their parents or siblings, to keep their minds and hands occupied and give them something to concentrate on!
Both guests and members participated in assembling these bags in less than 20 minutes!

This is always one of the best projects we do each year! Because we are all about "serving the children of the world!"

Interested in learning more about us? Reach out and I'll invite you to help us at a future project.

We are always looking for new ideas to help the community so please reach out if you have a suggestion on how/where we can help!