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BEST COPY KIWANIS ANNIVERSARY Wednesday First duck race in Ottawa raised 175000 Some service projects don require a lot of money The most impor tant ingredients are the personal time and talents donated by the themselves But many projects require hard cash and to meet this need wants clubs have found countless ways to raise funds up to million per year A small sum of money is sometimes referred to as peanuts But peanuts are the basis for the largest organized Ki warns fund raising program in the United States and Canada The Day program has now earned many mil lions of dollars for clubs across the The idea started with one club in Chicago in 1951 Everyone likes roasted peanuts the re a So why couldn stand on street corners and give away small bags of peanuts in return for donations Nearby clubs were invited to join in the venture and the Kiwamans bought and bagged the peanuts them selves At the end of the first Peanut Day the eight clubs had earned a profit of 000 More clubs joined the program the following year A volunteer commit tee was established to purchase peanuts and other supplies Today almost I 000 clubs conduct a Peanut Day fund raiser and they earn up to SI 5 million each year for their community service projects Rubber ducks earn bucks When the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa Canada learned that Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario urgently needed to re place outdated heart equipment the club accepted the challenge The first annual Kiwanis Canal Duck Race for Tiny Hearts raised 000 for the hospital The club obtained 50 000 yellow bathtubtype rubber ducks at a cost of 55 cents each and offered them for tion at 5 per ticket Posters shirts buttons and balloons were distributed to promote the race and a dozen other Ki warns clubs in the Ottawa area helped to sell the tickets A race day parade fea a variety of ducky entries and Donald Duck himself flew in from Dis Studios to host a breakfast for 200 children and their parents Each ticket bore a number matching the number on a rubber duck For the race the 50 000 ducks were released to gether into the Rideau Canal and floated downstream on the current Seventy mm later the first duck crossed the fin line followed by nine other winners Prizes included a recreational van a car and a family vacation Disneyland The first Kiwanis Duck Race for Tiny Hearts was such a success that it has be come an annual event with added s activities and attractions on race day The second year yellow rub ber ducks were adopted and the race earned Children s Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan have found a way to make big money from things other people throw away Their annual Kiwanis rummage sale is promoted as the world greatest recy cling project The work year round picking up unwanted items from homes and businesses and storing them at the club own warehouse Some of the donated item- arc during the year to groups or individuals wiih special needs The rest of the cloth ing furniture appliances and plenty of miscellany are sold during the three day rummage sale Thousands shoppers attend lo find bargains and hard specialty items and the rummage sale earns almost each year for warns service activities carries the torch Sometimes a unique event offers an opportunity for clubs to raise money and provide a needed service at the same time The 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis Indiana needed publicity to recruit volunteers and sell tickets The Kiwanis clubs of the Indiana District needed to raise funds to meet their pledge to the Kiwanis Trauma Life Center at Riley Children s Hospital In dianapohs which serves the entire state Two clubs in Indianapolis seized the chance to meet both needs The Kiwanis Clubs of Indianapolis Crossroads and Meridian Hills proposed to bring the Pan American Flame from Mexico City to Indiana run the torch around the state and deliver it to of opening ceremonies Businesses and individuals would sponsor torch run ners for milt The torch run was a big job for and the two clubs that initiated the project devoted more than hours to the event rallied state wide support by making presentations at gathering they could find The news me did provided enthusiastic publicity and reports on the torch progress across the state When the torch run was finished the Kiwanis clubs of Indiana were able to present Riley Children Hospital with a check for Big fund raisers can be impressive but most service funds are raised in a myriad of lesser ways in projects that produce a few hundred to a few thousand dollars each The Club of Moines Iowa adopted an idea that was truly for the birds The club imported a truck load of Minnesota bird seed and sold pound bags for 15 As an added touch Typical Kiwanis member is successful affluent and active in community life There are Kiwanis members in the world today They meet every week to hear a guest speaker conduct club business and enjoy fellowship And last year they raised and spent an mated 65 million and contributed more than million volunteer hours of their time to community service activities So what kind of men and women are these Kiwamans Are they young old rich is But surveys provide a detailed profile of Kiwanis members as a group The average is years old Some percent are younger than and 33 percent are or older More than 88 percent are currently married and percent are homeowners Active business and professional pie make up 79 percent of the member ship They are pretty successful in business and the professions too Their median household income exceeds 000 per year and one in ten cams more than 000 per year The remaining percent are retired These retirees represent an increasingly active segment of membership as older men and women seek worth while activities that permit them to make a continuing contribution to their com Kiwamans are also highly educated More than percent are high school graduates percent are college gradu ates and percent have pursued post graduate studies Without doubt Kiwamans represent ihe leaders and managers of small Forty percent own their businesses and another 17 percent arc vice presi dents general managers or directors With high incomes own many things in addition to their homes One in four also owns a vacation home or other secondary residence Two thirds have two or more automobiles Almost all own securities of some type more than half investing corporate stock and money market funds Alniost 33 percent own a personal computer in dicatmg that t standing still in an era of increasing technological sophistication Live theater and concerts arc the most popular leisure interest of Kiwan percent and an equal percentage enjoy lawn care and gardening More than percent run jog or walk for exercise and one in three golfs Photography is the most common hobby with fishing camping and boat ing the most popular outdoor lions But for leisure time also means involvement in civic affairs More than half have addressed a public meet or an active role in a social or civic issue during the past year One in eight is a member of a local government body One third worked for a political party or candidate and a whopping 5 percent voted In summary are middle aged married homeowners successful in their business or profession affluent and enjoying all the possessions comforts and leisure inierests that their educations and incomes would suggest Why then do such men and women belong to Kiwanis attending weekly meetings and devoling an average of more lhan 70 hours of personal time each year to Kiwanis service projects Almost every Kiwanian says to serve my community when asked for the most important reason he or she be longs to Kiwanis the art the active and retired business and men and women in each mumty who believe that unmet needs should not be ignored or left to govern They are the men and women who believe that voluntarism can make a real contribution to improving lives and com They are men and women who are proud to be the club enlisted members of a youth pro gram at a housing project to build bird feeders for the club to sell with the seed The raised 500 in all with the proceeds from feeder sales going to the youth program save dying events Many successful fund raisers are venis that Kiwanis clubs have taken over when the events lost previous sponsors or ran into difficulties sponsorship has saved or revital i7iil these events The Club of Santa Monica California for example raised almost for its local Red Cross chapter when it took over sponsorship of an an bed race last year The event at traded- learns and spectators In Iowa the Central City Rodeo for high school students was having a hard time keeping going Then the Club of Central City assumed sponsorship three years ago and now ropes in per year for sports programs From pancake breakfasts to peanut sales from rodeos to rubber duck races almost any activity can become a sue fund raiser But whether large or small all the profits are returned to the community in countless forms of service According to bylaws pro ceeds from public fund raising programs must be kept separate from club operat ing funds and expended only for commu service purposes In this way every participant in a fund raising event can be assured that his or her do nation or purchase will go entirely to benefit worthy causes and build better communities THE KIWANIS CREDIT RIVER DUCK RACE FIVE BUCKS A DUCK Licence Ne Sponsor a little rubber duck on this 5 mile course from Norval to Brampton Each duck ticket is 5 00 and represents one numbered racing duck and one chance to WIN I 50000 IN PRIZES SI include freight and tax Frost Pontine Cadillac 2nd CARIBBEAN CRUISE FOR FOUR includes airfare and extras Hansa Travel 3rd FISHING FT aluminum IS MP motor load Crtdil River Boat Co WALT DISNEY WORLD FLORIDA I week ramify vacation Tor four Travel 3700 NHL STANLEY CUP TICKETS Inn games airfare hold plus cash Hansa Travel at the The in Ac ion The Olde Hide House HP LAWN TRACTOR Noma Outdoor MOBILE CELLULAR PHONE Audlovox SP85 complete Cellular Concept Burlington 1750 WEBBER GENNISIS li BBQ Consumer Gas Co 1400 MOUNTAIN BICYCLE Vhians Hobbies Cycle RACE DATE Saturday April 28 1990 Time PM DUCK TICKET ORDER FORM Yes I wont to Support the Credit River Duck Race by sponsoring ducks at each Enclosed is my chequomoney order payable to the Kiwanis Credit River Duck Race for tickets X or charge to my VISA I I I I I Place this completed form along with your payment In an envelope and send It to the address listed directly below MAIL TO CREDIT RIVER DUCK RACE PO Box Georgetown Ont L7G Information 796DUCK PROCEEDS TO FURTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS