Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley

06/19/2026

Our Kiwanis Aktion Club of Carson Valley was invited to the Douglas County Sheriff’s office where they were presented a $2000 donation from their “No Shave Month” fundraiser. Presenting the check to Aktion Club member Jordan Stevenson is Undersheriff Ron Elges. Joining them is Aktion Club members Ali Garrison, Heather Dreyer, Kiwanis Club Advisor Gary Dove. Sheriff Captains Britton, Kootz, Stanley and Sergeant Cadwallader.
Our club can’t express enough thanks for the continued support from the sheriff’s office.

06/13/2026

05/18/2026

Mark your calendars and lace up those sneakers. 👟💙

Join the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Kiwanis Aktion Club Carson Valley for Aktion’s Fun Walk 2026 on Monday, June 8 from 9 AM – 11 AM.

This community walk celebrates and supports kids and adults with disabilities while bringing our community together one step at a time.

📍 Starting Point: Heritage Park, Gardnerville
Route support will include patrol vehicle es**rt, MRAP & Bearcat support vehicles, and traffic control assistance along the route.

We hope to see you there for a morning full of connection, community, and fun.

Town of Minden Town of Gardnerville Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley

05/09/2026

12/16/2025

12/15/2025

Kiwanians Gary Dove, Mary Maas, Colleen Reid and Bayan Lewis with Reno's KTVN 2 news anchor Ryan Canaday and morning reporter Rob Haves presented this year’s checks to the Carson Valley Community Food Closet at the “Share Your Christmas Food Drive” at the Carson Valley Inn. Joining us for their fifth year was our Kiwanis Aktion Club.
This was our 16th year donating to the Food Closet on live TV. This year’s donation is a whopping $7,300.00. Money was donated by our Kiwanians, friends and family members at our club Christmas Party this year. Aktion Club’s donation was $1,000.00.
With Aktion Club donations this brings our total donations over the years to $77,342.
As of now, with the collection continuing with friends and other organizations of the Food Closet donations have totaled 41,615 pounds of food and $92,574.07 in cash.

11/27/2025

Carson Valley Kiwanis didn’t hand out quite two tons of turkey but came pretty close at this year’s Turkey Bingo.

11/25/2025

A message from our President Dan Hamer..
Once again this community turned up and turned out to support a worthwhile cause! On Saturday November 22nd, our Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley hosted its annual Turkey Bingo event, and what a day the community made it. This event kicks off the holiday season for many people, as is evidenced by the number of repeat patrons we see each and every year. All three session were very well attended, so much so that we unfortunately had to turn folks around at the first and second. We were very pleased to see that many of them returned later for a shot to win a turkey and support our efforts.

Our patrons were not the only supporters of our event. In what has become a tradition, an incredible donor to both our annual turkey and ham bingo events is ABE Printing and Copy Center. ABE contributed all the 135 turkeys awarded to bingo winners, which helps us do more good locally. We cannot thank ABE enough for their ongoing support.

Additionally, our club members frequent and collect items from local businesses, organizations and private donors to award as raffle prizes during each session. The following establishments once again generously donated to our cause:

Alpen Coffee, Bling Dog Coffee, Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce, The Chocolate Shoppe, David Walley's Hot Spring Resort, Double J Auto, Douglas County Parks and Recreation, Especially For You, Fresh Ideas, Howliday Inn Pet Resort, Main Street Barbers, Max's Pet Supplies and Gifts, Minden Meat and Deli, Raley's, Salterra at Carson Valley, Schat's Bakery and Restuarant and The Grill Next Door.

Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley donates the proceeds from our fundraisers to organizations and agencies which work on the behalf of children and families locally. If you are interested in serving the community and helping others, please consider dropping by the COD Casino in Minden at 6:30 AM on Thursday mornings to attend our meeting and visit with us. "Serving the Children of the World" is the Kiwanis International motto, and together we can do more.

Gratefulness is the reason for the Thanksgiving season, and on behalf of our club, we are grateful for our community's graciousness, and we wish you all a happy Thanksgiving.

Dan Hamer
President, Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley

11/24/2025