VISION
To improve the physical, emotional and social lives of young people in our local and global communities.
MISSION STATEMENT
To fulfill our vision by maintaining a strong membership through fun and fellowship, by undertaking relevant projects that have meaningful community impact, and by drawing on the skills of our members and their passion to make a difference.
The Kiwanis Club of Orillia is more than 100 years old, founded in June 1924, and boasts a track record of strong community service with a special focus on children. A few examples over recent years are:
- Kiwanis Children’s Safety Village
- Terrific Kids Program
- Over $100,000 to Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Children’s Oncology Unit
- $7,500 to the Youth Equine Therapy program at Hospice Orillia
- $5,000 to Lion’s Oval School for tree planting
- Twin Lakes Secondary School ‘Adopt a School’ program sponsor
- Big Brothers Big Sisters High School Basketball Championship
- $10,000 to Mariposa House Hospice for the creation of a “children’s area.”
- Orillia Waterfront Festival volunteers
- Kiwanis Music Festival – Click Here
- T-Ball
- Annual High School Awards/Scholarships
- North Simcoe County 4-H Sponsors (more than 50 years)
- Kiwanis Fire Safety Trailer
- Kiwanis Skate Park
- Children’s Drug Safety Awareness Program Sponsor
- Supplied high schools with teaching mannequins
- $75,000 to OSMH Paediatrics Unit for a patient monitoring system
- $100,000 pledge to OSMH Neonatal ICU Expansion
- $40,000 to YMCA expansion
- Atherley Road beautification and walking trail
- More than 95 years old we have been the Easter Seals Club of Orillia area, assisting many children with badly needed apparatus and equipment
Our Auction is a large component of our fundraising efforts to allow us to complete the above work. We are thankful for the many community-minded people who make this all possible.