Sponsored Youth Programs

Since its charter on March 16, 1999 the Kiwanis Club of Tellico Village has participated in a Kiwanis International major emphasis program called Young Children: Priority One, by supporting the local Parents Acting as Children's Teachers (PACT) program in the Lenoir City school system by preparing and distributing learning materials to parents of kindergarten children for home use. In partnership with the Tellico Village Woodworker’s Club,  our club constructed a “Children’s Corner” in the Good Samaritan Center located in Lenoir City.

In partnership with the Loudon County Health Improvement Council and Covenant Health, Kiwanians have distributed free “Child Safety Kits” throughout the county, participated in the “Family Affair,” provided financial support to children needing assistance for clothes and school supplies to begin the new school year.

A Key Club has been formed at the Loudon County High School.  Key Clubs are a Kiwanis International Sponsored Youth Program that is intended to provide young adults an opportunity to develop civic, social, and leadership skills while working on community projects designed to help those in need.

The club has also prepared and distributed (in partnership with local pharmacies) “Vials for Life” -- intended for individuals who depend on prescription medication to identify those medications by placing their list of medications in prescription vials and storing them in their refrigerator, which will bear an identifying symbol. The vial will then help emergency response teams to identify critical medication information should they need to respond to an emergency call at an individual’s residence.

We are also long-standing partners with the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and the Good Samaritan Center, and support field trips for local school classes.

Future projects, in addition to a continuation of those already mentioned, will include a collaborative effort with the Health Education Alliance of Loudon (HEAL) and Covenant Health to provide incentives to parents of young children to seek prenatal and postnatal care for young children through the age of 5 years.

  [This page was last updated January 04, 2012 ]

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