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On January 26th Woodland Kiwanis held a Drive-Thru Surf and Turf dinner to raise funds for the many activities it supports for children and seniors in Woodland.  We prepared over 130 barbequed Tri-Tip and Shrimp dinners for 4 or 5 people with salad, beans, French bread, and cocktail sauce.  Ticket purchasers could drive through the Woodland Community Center parking lot and pick up their tote bags with all the fixings to take home for a family dinner.   Our Kiwanis Key Club members from both High Schools were a great help in getting the dinners ready for pick up and handing them out to the cars as they came through.  We want to thank all of the Key Club students and the Public who bought tickets for supporting our efforts.

Woodland Kiwanis Club held it's 16th Annual Charity, Fund Raising, Texas Hold-Em Poker Tournament on Sunday, September 24th at the Red Barn in downtown Woodland.  The event sold out 100 seats  for players and raised over $12,000 dollars that Kiwanis can use to support our many local programs for kids and seniors. 

There were great prizes for the top 7 players to choose from at the end of the day.  It included lots of competitive fun, food, and drink.  We want to thank Main Street Lounge for catering the event and thank all of our sponsors as shown below.  Please give them your business whenever you can.

Working with the Woodland JC Penney store and the Salvation Army Service Center, Woodland Kiwanis donated $125 each to help 80 deserving students get new clothes for the new school year. Local Kiwanis volunteers also prepared breakfast for the kids and their families.

Said Kiwanis President Steve Barzo, "We contribute about $4,500 per year for this wonderful event, and we do the cooking. Just to be able to help the kids is a good feeling."

Jayne Williams, Executive Director of "All Leaders Must Serve" thanked Kiwanis for purchasing a van for her organization and announced an open house at their new Club House on 6th Street on May 4th, the Big Day of Giving.

The Kiwanis Drive-Thru Rib dinner on April 29th was was a great success with over 180 dinners served and raising $10,000 for Kiwanis Programs for helping kids ad seniors in Woodland.

Kiwanis will be providing backpacks, school supplies and shopping for clothes to underprivileged  kids in Woodland before school starts in September.