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About Us

Be Involved in your local community

There are countless benefits to becoming a Kiwanis member—fellowship, growing leadership skills, and the opportunity to serve children in your community and around the world.


Kiwanis Clubs Internationally are building parks, stocking school libraries, providing scholarships, recognizing elementary school students through Kiwanis’ Terrific Kids and Bring Up Grades programs. And more.


There still are children who need our help. The most effective way to reach these children is through expanding our Kiwanis membership. Will you accept the challenge? Are you the one to make a difference in your community?


Make a difference. Change the world one child and one community at a time.

Projects

Building Projects

Cooking for Causes

Building Projects

In 2007, we completed a cabin at Lost Lake Boy Scout camp which we continue to maintain, as well as other cabins at the camp. We also built a new lifeguard tower and storage facility at Lost Lake for the Boy Scouts in the summer of 2009. We have built picnic tables and ticket booths for the Tanana Valley Fairgrounds as well as the Kiwanis Agricultural Hall where we currently sell Christmas trees out of each Christmas season since the 1960's.


Community Needs

Cooking for Causes

Building Projects

 Fairbanks Kiwanis does many projects throughout the year in the community from crafts to creating kids lunch packs for the food bank. 

We also maintain our sponsored Kiwanis Park. In 2019 we installed a new swing set to include a parent/toddler swing which replaced the older one we built years ago. 


Pictured above are owl houses built for Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. 

Cooking for Causes

Cooking for Causes

Freeze Up Canoe Race

We help provide food for a variety of events and causes in the community. Pictured above is the Rabies Clinic in which local vets provide rabies vaccinations for animals at a reduced cost. We provided donuts, hot dogs, coffee and hot coco.


 Whatever needs our local community has we support it the best we can.  

Freeze Up Canoe Race

Santa Clause and Trees Sales

Freeze Up Canoe Race

Kiwanis of Fairbanks started hosting the freeze up canoe race in 2012. This was a event originally hosted by the local Lions Club. The Lions Club still provided the chilli at the end of the race. The Freeze Up is a canoe race between the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts down the Chena River held the first Saturday in October when temperatures are literally freezing.

Santa Clause and Trees Sales

Santa Clause and Trees Sales

Santa Clause and Trees Sales

Occasionally Santa Clause makes an appearance at our annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser. He sometimes makes it to other events we support.

Supporting Local Non profits

Santa Clause and Trees Sales

Santa Clause and Trees Sales

Our club helps support local nonprofits with their needs as well. We helped the Red Cross by building stairs and a wall for their upstairs area so they can better serve with classes and storage in their facility. 

Kiwanis Club of Fairbanks Officers and Board

2021-2022 Board

President: Van Lawrence


Vice President: Wayne Miller


Past President:  Doug Schumann 


Secretary: Marci Ward


Treasurer: Collin Cogley


Board Members: Joe Hayes, Earl Voorhis, Daniel Miller

Past Presidents

2020-2021

Doug Schumann 


2019-2020

Joe Hayes


2018-2019

Van Lawrence 


2017-2018

Micheal Wenstrup


2016-2017

Dan Foltz


2015

Sarah Swartz


2013-2015 

Lisa Foltz


2012-2013 

Jeff Rogers


2011-12 

Aaron Hines


2011 

Cassie Toth


2010 

Jason Ritchlen


2009-2010 

Cassie Toth


2008-2009 

Arlie Nethken


2007-2008 

Doug Schumann


2006-2007 

Dan Foltz


2005-2006 

Arlie Nethken


2004-2005 

Roger Shofstall 


2003-2004 

Charlie Cannon


2002-2003 

Ray Miller


2001-2002 

Wayne Miller



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