Southlake Kiwanis

08/21/2026

It's Miracle League time again!

We are once again supporting the Cardinals Miracle League team and they need buddies and volunteers - which means you! These games last just an hour and every player hits and scores, so it's fun for all.

As we volunteer as Buddies, our Cardinal Parents get to sit in the stands and their only responsibility is to have fun, cheer for the players, and spend time with the other parents.

Please look at the schedule and sign up where you can. This event is open to friends, family members, neighbors, siblings, and anyone else who wants to give to others as well. No knowledge of baseball rules or athletic ability is needed (Seriously, like none whatsoever!)

Please share where you can.

Go Cardinals!


You’ve been invited by Jim Van den Dyssel to participate in Miracle League-Kiwanis/Key Club. Kiwanis is an International Service Organization dedicated to improving their local communities by positively impacting the lives of children through service project, scholarships, and sponsoring Key Clubs.

You can find out more information at

Kiwanis and Key Club will again be the Team Buddies for the Cardinals team. All games are played at Miracle Life Field in Bicentennial Park (450 W Southlake Blvd.) Our role is to be supportive "buddies" to help our players enjoy their game of baseball. No baseball experience or understanding of the....

07/24/2026

Attending Texas Oklahoma District of Kiwanis International Convention! Today's lunch speaker was former NFL player Byron Williams. President Dan Seyler and Treasurer Eric Ferguson took the opportunity to say hello.

06/29/2026

New Deadline Extension!

Since there was some confusion as we moved from the original Group Stage bracket game on ESPN, and late notification, and to help our fundraising efforts for Key Club scholarships, we have extended the entry deadline to until just before the Netherlands/Morocco game on Monday night.

To give a few more people the opportunity to participate and help support Kiwanis scholarships, we’ve extended the bracket entry deadline until 8:00 PM Central tomorrow (before the next Round of 32 match begins).

To be fair to those who already submitted entries, new brackets will be exempt from earning points for picking the winner of the first match.

Payment methods for the $25.00 entry fee per bracket
Venmo -
Zelle - 817-300-8460
paypal - [email protected]

Good Luck!

06/28/2026

Apologies if you get this multiple times but we're moving our bracket game to a new website. ESPN quietly dropped the ability for pool managers to access or use emails in their bracket games - making it very hard to manage/communicate when the link has been shared (which is encouraged!) and the default was that ESPN sets up brackets is to use just the person's first name and a bracket number.

So, we're moving to a new site - which we hope makes it easier and is here: https://officepoolstop.com/invite/respond/EhTB9QzmEa?action=join You should be able to set up an account easily - with an email and password. Since we're collecting payments outside of the app, the default setting is to display that you owe. You can ignore any messaging with "owe" as we will manually update this after getting payment. You can pay via Venmo , Zelle -817-300-8460 or paypay - [email protected] 40% of proceeds will fund our Key Club scholarships and the remaining pot will be split with 50% to first, 40% to runner up and 30% to the third place finisher. Please share and make your selections before kickoff of the first game today at 2pm central. Good luck!

06/25/2026

Wondering how your doing in the Group Stage Bracket challenge - here is the link

Looks like Dan Seyler, Drew Hurd and Jeff are in 3rd place.

https://fantasy.espn.com/games/mens-group-stage-challenge-2026/group?id=160953ee-fc35-4f8d-88Go 5d-aa3c8e0a5106

The ESPN bracket management is less robust than we expected. To help us identify everyone correctly, here is how you can update your name to reflect your full name -

Go to the ESPN Page and hit the my entries tab

Go to the gear icon to the right of your current team name

This opens up the edit box and you can enter your team name.

Then, please send an email to [email protected] or text 817-300-8460 with your team name and your email address. You can also use this email to pay via pay pal, or the cell number to pay by Zelle.

We'll send out information on the new platform for the Knock Out stages shortly.

You've been invited to join a group and play ESPN's Group Stage Challenge

06/17/2026

Want to join us for our Meeting today? Feedstore BBq @ noon. This photo is from our last meeting where we honored our Key Club Scholarship winners and retiring Key Club Advisor Kim Lufkin and welcomed in our new advisor Brittany Medford

06/16/2026

Our contest is on for the Group Stage - for those of you who submitted an entry, here are some updates for the next steps

25.00 per bracket 3 brackets per person 40 percent to scholarship Remaining 60 pct, 50 percent to 1st, 30 to 2nd, 20 to 3rd pay VENMO AtSouthlakeKiwanisClub or pay pal jimvddATearthlink.net, zelle 817 300 8460. Also, when you're paying, please add an email address as I need to set up a group email (ESPN dropped the ability for emailing to a group)

Please follow the steps below to update and change your Entry name as the default is your first name and your bracket pick (e.g. Jim's 1st entry)

Can I change my Entry name?

Yes! Just click into one of your entries and then tap the blue gear icon next to your entry name to change it.

06/06/2026

World cup fever - join the fun with our Group Stage bracket contest

Enter up to 3 brackets. $25.00 per bracket. Fundraiser to support Key Club scholarships.

Pay Venmo ,
PayPal, [email protected],
or Zelle 817-300-8460.

40% of entry fees go to Key Club high school scholarships

Remaining 60% of the pot will be split
50% to 1st
30% to 2nd
20% to 3rd

Please share

Update - to change your Entry Name - Click on the name (I believe the default is your first name and entry number - e.g. Jim's 1st entry. ) Click on the gear icon to the right of the column. This will open up your entry and you can change your name there.

You've been invited to join Southlake Kiwanis World Cup-group stage and play ESPN's Group Stage Challenge

06/04/2026

Meeting change- we're meeting today to honor our Key Club Scholarship winners, and also Kimberly Lufkin - our long-service Key Club Faculty Advisor, who has retiring.

Join us at the Feedstore BBQ at 11:55 for lunch and see how Kiwanis helps improve the community, one child at a time, and be impressed by the accomplishments of our two Scholarship winners.

05/29/2026

What a fun and busy month May has been. Looking back with gratitude and fond memories of key events, including our annual Heart of Service recognition ceremony.

This annual award recognizes one of our outstanding Student Resource Officers and this year's recipient was Officer Jason Keller from Durham Intermediate. He is pictured here with Durham Asst. Principal Kim Ray, along with Kiwanis Club President Dan Seyler.

Congrats to Officer Keller and we thank you for your "Heart of Service" to the students at Durham Intermediate and to Southlake!

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