University Kiwanis Club of Wichita Falls, Texas

06/01/2026

Our meeting on May 27 included Alan Guillen from Legacy High School Key Club receiving a $3000 scholarship. Congrats Matt!

We also inducted new members Matt & Alaina Clairday. Welcome Matt & Alaina!

05/25/2026

On Wednesday May 20 we had guest speakers Sheriff William Rutledge from the sheriff's department.

We also presented a $3000 scholarship to Key Club President Rylee Cargal, she's pictured here with her mother Adrien Ryder and Club President Woody Gossam.

05/25/2026

Every year our club commits to providing the concession stand services for the YMCA baseball games held at Kiwanis Park. Everyone pitches in and we get some needed assistance from Key Club members from Legacy and Memorial High Schools.

We finally wrapped up the season and here's a picture of Club Secretary Susan Marrs locking up. She puts in many hours maintaining the concession stand inventory as well as working shifts to serve the hungry attendees. Thank you Susan!

04/19/2026

04/16/2026

Our Club is exploring the possibility of hosting a Texas-Oklahoma District convention in 2028 in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Wichita Falls.

We're going to be looking for community support on a few levels including business sponsorships, and things like graphics, flowers and decorations.

It's likely that we'll be providing space for vendors at this three day event.

We're also going to try to enlist a Keynote Speaker that would be interesting to the general public.

This is a great opportunity for our Club and the city.

If you have any ideas or suggestions or can help us out, please contact us as [email protected] (that stands for University Kiwanis of Wichita Falls, Texas)

04/14/2026

Every year the Key Clubs have a convention and we're fortunate to be hosting it in Wichita Falls this year. This registration only convention is called LECON (Leadership and Education District Conference) and we're expecting almost 700 Key Clubbers from the Texas-Oklahoma District!

The Keynote Speaker is Miss Oklahoma 2025, Tessa Dorrell and she will no doubt help inspire these young future leaders!

It is a closed event but here's the schedule if you're curios about what these students will be up to.

On Thursday James "Big Jim" Russell is planning on an interview at 11:00 am. KAUZ will be there with the camera on Friday, maybe it'll air with the evening news.

Cathy Dodson is the Kiwanis Advisor for Legacy High School and Greg Randolph is the Kiwanis Advisor for Memorial High School. They're doing a great job with the students who are required to put in service hours for the community to remain in good standing.

04/03/2026

Lucky Chance Rose is seen here with his dad Sean Rose making their way down a slide at Kiwanis Park today.

Lucky is the grandson of Club Members Kathy & Dennis Probst.

But you don't need to be a member to get your picture on our page, just send it in with permission to use the photo(s) of your children.

04/01/2026

Today our club members were treated to a tour of the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank by Julie Nawrocki, Director of Philanthropy; Andrew Wolf, Grants Director, and CEO David O'Neil.

When they say "Wichita Falls Area" that includes 12 counties in North Texas.

They impact the area with 200 programs addressing hunger, including:

Community Partner Network
Kids' Café
Nutrition Education
Mobile Teaching Kitchen
PowerPak4Kids
Produce Express
GoodBuy! Hunger
Farmers Market Nutrition Programs
Social Services.

There's so much going on, including plans to build a new warehouse which is twice the size.

Volunteers are always welcome, click the above link for more info.

Pictured L-R Andrew Wolf, Julia Nawrocki, David O'Neil

04/01/2026

The Kiwanis Club Of Wichita Falls was proud to present Felicity Hibbs, with our March 2026 "Youth Of The month" award. Felicity attends the Southwest Branch of the Boys and Girls Club. While in her first year she has become very active in club activities, and the staff states that "in the short time that she's been here, she has shown excellent characteristics of a club member. Felicity regularly attends church and participates in multiple church activities, and is committed to a daily prayer time. Felicity is a first grade student at Fowler elementary school, works hard to be a good student and maintains all A's on her report card. She states that "her favorite subject is math". Felicity is a great helper around the house and even assist her grandparents in taking care of their backyard.