Manteca Sunrise Kiwanis is staging their 12th Annual “Community Night of Giving.”
It takes place on Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Manteca Senior Center. Light refreshments will be served.
In total, $50,575 has previously or will be distributed to local groups and organizations at the event.
This will bring the total distributed since 1980 to $1,417,478.
The Manteca Sunrise Kiwanis has been providing community service and funding to local organizations since 1980.
Some of their projects and service includes the Manteca Pumpkin Fair, Flags over Manteca, High School Scholarships, Bike Trail Clean-up, Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Paint & Sip, Annual Spring Dinner, Clothes Closet, Christmas Toy Collection, Manteca 4th of July Parade, and various events throughout the year.
Sunrise Kiwanis just as other service groups in the greater Manteca area are committed to help and assist organizations in their mission to provide valuable services to those in need and individuals that are working toward their educational and career goals.
This year’s recipients and those receiving funds during the year include: American Legion Post 249 Foundation, Delta Humane Society/SPCA, East Union JROTC, Friends of East Union Cemetery, Give Every Child A Chance, Manteca Police Explorers, Great Valley Bookfest, Manteca Historical Society, Sierra High Sober Grad, High School Scholarships, Manteca Rotary Omelet Breakfast, Healthy Rooms Project, Dream “Clothes” Closet, Valley Caps, Manteca Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Wide Horizons, Thomas Toy Community Center, Boys & Girls Club of Manteca, VFW Post 6311, Kiwanis Children’s Foundation, Kiwanis Family House, Kiwanis Rose Float, Manteca Youth Focus & Pumpkin Fair Kid Zone, CERT (in-Kind), SHARP-MPD, Second Harvest Food Bank, Boy Scout Troop 432, His Way Recovery, Raymus House-Hope Ministries, Every 15 Minutes, Agape Villages and Pumpkin Fair designated recipients Manteca Chiefs Foundation, Shining Star Project and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Kiwanis International started in 1915 in Detroit Michigan and has grown to over 16,000 clubs in 80 nations with an average of over 18 million volunteer hours and over $100 million going toward projects in their local communities annually.
Overall Kiwanis members participate in nearly 150,000 projects per year.
For those wishing to attend the “Community Night of Giving”, for more information or to confirm your attendance contact Nancy Stetler at nstetler11@icould.com
