Duarte Kiwanis Club

10/18/2026

10/17/2026

Four New members were installed into Duarte Kiwanis Club at their recent Installation Dinner. Incoming President, Cesar Garcia and Immediate Past President, Mercedes Ruiz welcomed Victoria Andrade, Yesenia Paez, Alexandra Almaguer-Negrete and Michelle Garcia. Welcome Aboard!

10/17/2026

Outgoing Duarte Kiwanis President, Mercedes Ruiz, was honored with a Distinguished Service Award from her club. Mercedes served as President for two years and coordinated many service activities. Mercedes served as the Assistant to the Superintendent for Duarte Unified School District for 31 years and just recently retired. In recognition of all this service, she was honored by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio's office (Abel Cassanova), Senator Susan Rubio's office (Jassmine Cheng) and Supervisor Katherine Barger's office (Vicky Paul). Her DSA was presented by Reyna Diaz, President of DUSD Board and Board Member of Duarte Kiwanis.

10/17/2026

Duarte Kiwanis Club sponsors Key Clubs in three high schools - Mountain View High School in El Monte, Duarte High School and CS Arts. These Key Club members show up and help in lots of ways - recently, they helped set up, serve and clean up for the Kiwanis Club's annual installation dinner. The Presidents of the Key Clubs each received flowers in recognition of their service.

10/17/2026

KC Caracci was honored with a Kiwanis Community Service Award for his continued leadership of the City of Duarte's Route 66 Parade. This year, KC led the committee in re-instituting the parade for the 100th anniversary of the "Mother Road". He was recognized by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio's office (Abel Cassanova), State Senator Susan Rubio's office (Jasmine Cheng) as well as Supervisor Katherine Barger's office (Vicky Paul). Duarte Kiwanis member, Yesenia Paez presented KC with the CSA (Community Service Award).

10/17/2026

Alexandra Almaguer-Negrete takes great pride in the youth participating the DART (Duarte Area Resource Team). Alex is the City's Crime Prevention Specialist and coordinated having DART participants help serve at the recent Installation Dinner for Duarte Kiwanis.

10/17/2026

Route 66 turned 100 this year. The City of Duarte celebrated with their annual Route 66 Parade followed this year with the first annual Street Fest. The Duarte Kiwanis Club, along with the Key Clubs from Duarte High School, Mountain View High School and CS Arts provided great activities for the kiddos - Face Painting and Rock Painting.

10/17/2026

The Duarte Kiwanis Club was a key contributor to the inaugural "Bark-Tober" event for the City. There was a wonderful opportunity for a costume contest for our dogs and the Duarte Kiwanis Club provided the opportunity for refreshments