Citrus Center Kiwanis of Lakeland Florida

10/28/2026

We had a great time celebrating the students at Carlton Palmore Elementary School this afternoon!

Each 9-week we provide an ice cream party at three elementary schools for students meeting benchmarks set by their school administration.

Want to get involved? Join us tomorrow morning (Thursday) at 7 am at Fred's Market to learn more!

10/14/2026

We hope to see you in the morning (Thursday, Oct. 15) at 7 am at Fred's Market for our weekly Kiwanis Club meeting! Our speaker will be Reba Coil, Community Liaison Director for Polk County Public Schools!

10/07/2026

Join us Thursday, October 8 for our first EVENING meeting of the new Kiwanis year, where we will welcome our new Club President Kevin Kingery, learn more about Victory Recovery Schools, and talk about upcoming projects and events!

This will be a Membership Drive Meeting, so bring a freind who would like to learn more about how we serve the children of the world! We will be giving away $50 gift cards to Cleveland Heights to one lucky visitor and one lucky member who brings a guest.

See you Thursday at 6 pm at Cleveland Heights!

10/05/2026

We are so proud of our Builders Club at Lakeland Highlands Middle School! They collected 130 stuffed animals for Children's Home Society of Florida last month!

Builders Club is a Service Leadership Program sponsored by Kiwanis! We are proud to sponsor the Builders Club at Lakeland Highlands, and love seeing their service projects come to life.

LHMS Builders Club collected 130 stuffed animals to donate to Children’s Home Society! 🧸❤️

Children’s Home Society works with children and families going through some really difficult situations, including kids involved in foster care, child advocacy services, counseling, and other family support programs. These stuffed animals can give a child something comforting to hold onto during a scary or uncertain time.

We are so proud of our Builders Club members for stepping up and helping kids right here in our community.
Thank you to Ms. Ishihara and Ms. Knowles for your guidance and support.

09/26/2026

Thursday evening was a great night. We had our end of the year Kiwanis Banquet. We had some Legion of Honor recipients, we had President Bill's recognitions and awards, we had our incoming VP of Florida Kiwanis Foundation Nanette Shultz Clark join us to retire officers and Board Members and install our new officers for 2026/2027 Kiwanis year. Our Kiwanian of the Year was Christopher Lefevre for always saying yes to helping wherever we needed him. We played some games and learned our secretary Lin Skrovanek was a former motorcross motorcycle rider and competed. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Who knew? 😄 Thank you Citrus Center Kiwanis Members for a great year. It was crystal clear that we served well and carried the mission and motto of our Florida Kiwanis Governor Tommy Mills, "All in..Kids Win!"

09/17/2026

Charity Partner Applications for the 2027 Flipping for Charities Pancake Festival are now available and are due September 30. Click the link for more details and to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhqmfnNXocorsMM11Mobaz8n9YKXy-XAa-P4h5846i9icWOw/viewform?pli=1

09/17/2026

Our Kiwanis Club along with Key Club students helped pack food for food insecure middle-schoolers today here in Polk County. Our motto this year... "All in..Kids Win!" We are proud to partner with kidsPack! Their mission is similar to Kiwanis in that we both serve the needs of children in our community.

09/09/2026

Reminder, there is no meeting in the morning (Thursday, Sept 10)!

08/21/2026

We had a great meeting this morning with our Polk County Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell.
Fun fact... she and her husband are bee keepers. Bell Apiaries dba Honeybell Bee Company in Ft. Meade.

08/01/2026

Our club members are having a great time at the Florida Kiwanis District Convention in Orlando!