Kiwanis Club of McHenry

06/07/2026

Please welcome our 2026 Miss McHenry Princesses! This year, they are sponsored by Kiwanis Club of McHenry

Amelia, Amelia, Aubree, Audrey, Bridget, Charlotte, Diana, Ella, Lilah, Mikayla, Molly and Phoenix

05/01/2026

We’re proud to sponsor the Miss McHenry Princess Program! 👑 Applications are closing soon!

15 days left to apply and only a few spots left! 🙂🫣😬🥹 (only accepting 15 each Miss and Princess)

Ask us your questions or turn in your application! If you need help finding a sponsor reach out.

We’re so excited to have you!

02/03/2026

Is your business interested in sponsoring the upcoming Shamrock Shuffle 🍀? We have a variety of options to get your business seen and in front of the community!

Click the link here to find out more: https://kiwanis5ksponsorships.my.canva.site/

02/03/2026

Our next Member Spotlight ✨ is Cindy✨

🟦 Member since 2017
🏃‍♀️‍➡️Her favorite Kiwanis activity/event includes our 5K's - it brings lot of people, excitement and the ability to be together. It also raises A LOT of money that we're able to donate to local organizations and students.
🟦 Cindy joined to become involved in community activities. She also joined for our members and the people we serve with. Most importantly, she likes that it's doing something good to hep children.
🟦 Cindy has been president/co-president three separate years, and secretary for one year.
🐟 Fun Fact about Cindy, she has a new found love of fishing. It doesn't matter if she catches any fish as long as she's on a lake floating on the water.
🐾 Final note, she's been married for 25 years, worked for McHenry Parks & Recreation for 27+ years, has 2 boxers and is a transplant to McHenry from Quincy, IL.

‼️Every year, Kiwanis members stage more than 1.3 million service projects and raise nearly US$390 million for children, families and communities around the world.

01/22/2026

We were thrilled to invite the three local organizations that received donations from our Turkey Trot to our club meeting today! Alexander Leigh Center for Autism, Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, Inc., and Youth and Family Center of McHenry County joined us to receive their checks and share with the club how they will be using their funds to help local children in our community.

01/21/2026

12/16/2025

Member Spotlight ✨ Meet Kylee!

🔹 Member since July 2020
🔹 She is currently our co-president and has been a past president
🔹 She was originally voluntold by work 😅 but has stuck with it because of the people that make up the club and the work that we do supporting children in the community.
🤽‍♀️ Fun fact - Kylee played water polo all 4 years of college and really enjoys reading
💙 Biggest take away - sharing with the community what the club actually does and how much we are able to give back to organizations that benefit our community directly.

‼️Our Mission: Kiwanis empowers communities to improve the world by making lasting differences in the lives of children

11/27/2025

11/27/2025

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving from McHenry Kiwanis. We’re thankful for all the support as we serve the children of the world 🧡

11/26/2025

Who's ready to Turkey Trot!? 🦃

Packet Pick up is today, Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 12-7 pm at McHenry Recreation Center, 3636 Municipal Drive, McHenry. You can also pick up your packet tomorrow morning before the race.

Haven't registered yet for the Turkey Trot hosted by McHenry Kiwanis Club? Trot over to https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/McHenry/McHenryTurkeyTrot

See you tomorrow morning! 🏃