Kiwanis Club of Coeur d'Alene

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The Kiwanis Club of Coeur d' Alene meets every Wednesday except the last of the month from noon to 1pm at MacKenzie River Pizza , 405 W. Canfield Ave.

Anyone welcome to join us for a meeting to see what we're all about!

10/22/2026

Building Stronger Communities Through Giving!

At the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d'Alene's meeting on October 21, we welcomed Emma Hoagland, Community Engagement Associate for North Idaho with the Idaho Community Foundation.

Emma shared how the Foundation connects generous donors with nonprofit organizations throughout Idaho, investing charitable contributions and distributing grants that help strengthen our communities.

We were particularly impressed by the Foundation's impact right here in North Idaho!

During the 2026 Forever Idaho grant cycle:
💙 $315,000 was distributed to local nonprofits.
💙 40 organizations received financial support.
💙 Approximately $1.2 million has been distributed in our region over the past four years!

We were also pleased to learn more about the Foundation's support for Specialized Needs Recreation (SNR), an organization with close ties to our Kiwanis Club.

Emma also highlighted Idaho Gives, an annual four-day fundraising event that brings Idahoans together to support nonprofit organizations. In 2026, North Idaho donors contributed more than $776,000 to 112 local nonprofits!

📅 Mark your calendars for the next Idaho Gives: May 3–6, 2027.

The Foundation's commitment to strengthening communities aligns closely with our own Kiwanis mission of serving children and improving lives. We look forward to exploring opportunities to collaborate in the future.

Thank you, Emma, for an informative and inspiring presentation!

👉 Read more about Emma's presentation, the Idaho Community Foundation, and its impact on North Idaho on our website:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/idaho-community-foundation-investing-in-the-future-of-north-idaho/

10/15/2026

🥫🚗 320 FAMILIES SERVED — ANOTHER GREAT DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE! 💙

On October 8, the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene once again teamed up with Second Harvest Inland Northwest to distribute food to local families at Community United Methodist Church.

The need was clear! Cars began lining up a couple of hours before the scheduled start, so volunteers got to work early. Over the next 4½ hours, 320 families received much-needed food assistance!

👏 We were grateful to be joined by volunteers from the United Women in Faith, Wells Fargo Bank, our Aktion Club, and other community members who generously gave their time.

🌟 A special shout-out to our amazing Aktion Club members! Several joined us for the distribution, enthusiastically pitching in and enjoying the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to their community. Seeing their pride, energy, and joy in serving others was one of the highlights of the day!

Events like this remind us what can be accomplished when neighbors and community organizations work together.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this another successful food distribution!

📸 Read the full story and see photos on our Kiwanis website:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/kiwanis-and-community-partners-serve-320-families-at-second-harvest-food-distribution/

10/05/2026

Celebrating a Great Year of Kiwanis Service! 🎉

Our annual Installation Banquet on September 30 was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate an incredibly busy and successful year for the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene—and, most importantly, to recognize the members who made it all happen.

Throughout the past year, our members gave generously of their time, talents, and resources, participating in a remarkable variety of service projects, supporting local organizations and young people, strengthening our community partnerships, and enjoying plenty of fellowship along the way. Thank you to every one of our members who helped make the year such a success!

And, of course, the banquet marked the beginning of a new Kiwanis year. Kim Cummings was installed as President, Jeanie Nugent as President-Elect, with Kathy Bush continuing as Secretary and Matt Palmer as Treasurer. Mike Lane moves into the role of Immediate Past President, and we welcomed our new and returning Board members.

The evening also included a special recognition as Matt Palmer was named our 2025–26 Kiwanian of the Year, honoring his service and contributions to the club during the past year.

We’re grateful to everyone who served in a leadership role this past year and to those who have stepped forward to lead us in 2026–27. But most of all, thank you to all of our members. Everything our club accomplishes is possible because of your willingness to serve.

It was a great year—and we’re excited to see what we can accomplish together in the next one!

👉 Read more about the past year's accomplishments, our new leadership team, and the Installation Banquet on our website:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/celebrating-a-great-year-and-welcoming-our-new-kiwanis-leadership/

10/03/2026

Lake City Key Club Starts the Year with Service! 💙

The Lake City High School Key Club kicked off its new year of community service with a cleanup at McEuen Park on October 10.

Seven Key Club members spent about two hours on the project, joined by Key Club advisor Jamie Hardin and our own Mike Lane, Immediate Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene.

We’re incredibly proud of these young people and their commitment to service, leadership, and personal growth. One of the great joys of sponsoring the Lake City Key Club is getting to serve alongside them—and watching them grow and mature along the way.

This is just their first service project of the school year. We’re looking forward to a great year ahead!

👉 Read more and see what our Lake City Key Club is up to:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/service-leadership-programs/lake-city-key-club/

10/01/2026

Meet Our 2026–2027 Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene Board!

We celebrated a new Kiwanis year last night at our annual Installation Banquet, where we officially welcomed our 2026–2027 officers and Board of Directors.

Kim Cummings moves from President-Elect to President, Jeanie Nugent becomes President-Elect, and Mike Lane moves into the role of Immediate Past President. Kathy Bush continues as Secretary and Matt Palmer as Treasurer.

We’re also pleased to welcome Chad Krahn and Linda Mayers to the Board for new two-year terms, while Freda Campbell begins another two-year term. Lavonne Vinson, Shirley Lindberg, and Michelle Gonzalez will stay on for the second of their two-year terms as Directors.

We extend a sincere thank-you to Dick Jurvelin and Lindsay Patterson as they complete their Board service, and to Megan Tollackson as she concludes her service as Immediate Past President. We appreciate the time, leadership, and commitment each has given to our club.

📷 Pictured left to right: Lavonne Vinson, Freda Campbell, Shirley Lindberg, Jeanie Nugent, Kim Cummings, Mike Lane, Matt Palmer, Linda Mayers, Chad Krahn, Kathy Bush, and Michelle Gonzalez.

We’re looking forward to another great year of fellowship and service to the children and families of our community!

Learn more about our club, our leadership, and what we’re doing in the community on our website:

www.kiwaniscda.org

09/24/2026

A little Kiwanis Club of CdA history from 1981!

We were delighted to see this photo from the Coeur d'Alene Press archives recently.

In September 1981, members of the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d'Alene teamed up with the city to spruce up the City Park walkway. Our club contributed $1,200 - about $4,400 in today's dollars - along with volunteer labor toward improvements to the walkway, benches and trees.

And take a look at who's in the photo!

From left: Kiwanis President Dave Chapman, Parks and Recreation Director Red Halpern, Kiwanis project chairman Bill Dahlberg, and Parks Supervisor Doug Eastwood.

Halpern and Eastwood would both become well-known names in the history of Coeur d'Alene's parks and recreation programs.

45 years later, our club is still working to make Coeur d'Alene a better place.

The projects change. The faces change. The spirit of service continues.

👉 Read more about the people in the photo and this piece of our club's history on our website:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/45-years-ago-the-kiwanis-club-of-coeur-dalene-at-work-in-coeur-dalene-city-park/

📷 Coeur d'Alene Press Archive, September 1981. Used with permission.

09/24/2026

Relatives As Parents INC - Kiwanis Guest Speaker

When parents can't care for their children, grandparents and other relatives often step in—and the challenges can be enormous.

On Sept. 23, we welcomed Jessica Gross from Relatives as Parents (RAP) as our Kiwanis guest speaker. Our club has partnered with RAP for many years.

RAP currently has 234 actively involved families, primarily in Kootenai County. Many are grandparents or other relatives who unexpectedly find themselves raising children, often while living on Social Security or disability income.

RAP provides financial assistance, training, clothing, food and other necessities, as well as monthly support meetings that connect caregivers with others facing similar challenges.

Our Kiwanis Club is proud to support RAP. They received some of the 213 hygiene kits we assembled this summer, and last Christmas our club adopted a RAP family.

Jessica shared much more with us about the challenges these families face, how RAP helps, and their upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas programs.

👉 Read the full story on our Kiwanis website:
https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/relatives-as-parents-supporting-kinship-families-in-our-community/

09/17/2026

Helping our seniors stay nourished, active and connected! ❤️

Nancy Phillips, Director of Lake City Center, was our guest speaker on Sept. 16 and gave us a great look at the many ways the Center serves our community.

Lake City Center provides free meals every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, including Meals on Wheels for seniors who aren't able to reliably get food for themselves. And this is one of those programs that is especially close to our club: Kiwanis volunteers have been delivering Meals on Wheels every Wednesday for many years, coordinated for our club by Michelle Gonzalez.

The Center does much more than provide meals. Line dancing, tai chi, chair yoga and other activities help seniors stay active and connected. They're also adding technology classes—including help recognizing fraud and scams—and new fiber arts programs beginning in October.

We're also pleased that a recent grant from our Kiwanis Club funded a new three-door refrigerator that Lake City Center now uses to store milk for its nutrition programs. It's great to see exactly how our community grant dollars are being put to work!

For many seniors, Lake City Center has become a second home—a place for food, friendship, activity and connection.

Thank you, Nancy, for joining us and for everything Lake City Center does for our community!

👉 Learn more about Lake City Center and our partnership:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/lake-city-center-helping-local-seniors-stay-nourished-active-and-connected/

09/17/2026

Congratulations to our September Student of the Month, Margaret Hiltenbrand! 🎉

Margaret is a senior at Lake City High School with a 4.4 weighted GPA and is ranked first in her class. She’s taking five AP courses this year while also participating in varsity sports, speech and debate, student leadership, Youth in Government, and numerous community service activities.

After graduation, Margaret hopes to study international relations overseas and eventually pursue a career in international and human rights law.

Margaret’s parents, Jody and Tom, came to help us celebrate yesterday. Tom is a firefighter and first responder—and almost as soon as he arrived, he received a call to respond to an incident and had to leave. A pretty fitting reminder of the service first responders provide to our community every day.

We were delighted to honor Margaret and have her family join us. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Margaret!

👉 Read more about Margaret and her accomplishments on our website:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/margaret-hiltenbrand-named-september-kiwanis-student-of-the-month/

09/16/2026

📚 Head Start Reading is back! Ursula from the Kootenai County Aktion Cluband Specialized Needs Recreation kicked off another year of reading to local Head Start children this week.

She was joined by Kiwanis member Linda Mayers, who coordinates our Head Start Reading Program with Niki Palmer.

It was a great first reading of the new school year, and we’re looking forward to many more!

Read the full story and see more from Kiwanis CDA:

https://k00801.site.kiwanis.org/head-start-reading-program-kicks-off-a-new-school-year/

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Coeur D'alene, ID
83816

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http://KiwanisCdA.org/

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