Come join us at Walmart South as we help 10 deserving Vigo County Elementary School Students pick out brand new bicycles for their summer vacation.
Kiwanis of Greater Terre Haute club members, local school officials, Walmart management, students and theif families and local press will be on hand to see the smiles, and hear the laughter as each of the children are allowed to select their favorite bicycle.

For more information about the BUG Club, click here.

If you’d like more information about the BUG Club, or would like to help sponsor this worth-while event, feel free to give us an email at: bug@kiwanisgth.org

Thank you to all of our active club members that made our Memorial Day Coffee Break a huge success.
Donations were on-par from the last couple of years, despite our closing down 3 hours early because of the threat of bad weather. Many travelers as well as club members look forward to these coffee breaks, and we see a lot of familiar faces every year.

Thanks again Kiwanians!!

To find out more about our Coffee Breaks, click here.

Dates for our next fundraisers were confirmed at our last meeting.

Basket Bingo - Tuesday, September 16th.
Pancake Day - Wednesday, October 22nd.

We will begin planning for these events within the next month. Pancake Day always takes a lot of planning, as it is a big community event. Hope you can come see us, or even join in and help!

The 46th Annual Eddie Connors Awards ceremony was held Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 6pm in the City Hall Court Room.
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Terre Haute would like to thank the students, parents, school and city officials that were in attendance to make this program a success.

To learn more about the Eddie Connors Awards, please visit our webpage.

We will have a group picture uploaded when it becomes available.

Many school and city officials were on hand for the award program.

Representing Vigo County School Corporation:
Dan Tanoos - Superintendent
Mytron Lisby - Director of Secondary Education
Michael Newport - New Director of Secondary Education
Many other school principals, athletic directors and other officials.

Representing St. Patricks Middle School:
Kathy Sternal - Principal

Representing the City of Terre Haute:
Mayor Duke Bennett

Special thank-you to WTHI-TV for their coverage of our event.
Honorees should look for their pictures and announcements to appear in the Tribune Star soon.
Programs from the evening’s events may be downloaded below.

46th Annual Eddie Connors Awards Program

The 46th annual presentation of the Eddie Connors award will be held Tuesday Evening at 6pm.

Mayor Duke Bennett will b e presenting awards to honorees are included from:
Chauncey Rose
Honey Creek
Otter Creek
St. Patrick
Sarah Scott
West Vigo
Woodrow Wilson

For more information about the award, click here.

Thank you to everyone that attended our Longaberger Basket Bingo.
While our numbers were slightly down this year, a good time was had by all club members, and everyone I talked to after the Bingo was over.

Our club holds two bingos per year, and along with the Pancake Day these two fundraising activities help us fund all of our sponsored programs. Look for our next Basket Bingo in the September/October timeframe…. Just in time for PANCAKES!!

If you would like to be on our mailing list to recieve a postcard announcing our basket bingos, please send an email to: basketbingo@kiwanisgth.org and give us your name, address, and phone number if you wish.

Special Thank You’s go out to:
V.F.W. for their generosity with the building.
Uncle Al’s Pies
V.F.W. Waitresses
Robin Cramer

A special thank you to Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett for taking time out of his schedule to talk to our club about his first 100 days in office. The mayor spoke of some of the challenges that his administration has faced, and how some of his personal skills are surprising some local citizens when he shows up on their doorstep!

In recent weeks our club has had the following speakers:

• Director of Exhibits from the Terre Haute Children’s Museum
• Indiana State House Representative
• Terre Haute Mayor

Indiana State Representative Clyde Kersey gave us an update on the progress of the Inland Port Bill (HB 1083).

A summary of that presentation can be viewed here.

The exhibits director from the Terre Haute Children’s Museum gave a powerpoint presentation to the club on Tuesday April 1st.

Bob French talked about how he came to be involved with the Children’s Museum, as well as his plans for future exhibits in the new building.

Membership, Corporate Memberships, and fundraising was discussed.

Many in the club were interested to know how the museum was currently being used in conjunction with Vigo County Schools. Mr. French stated that some schools are taking advantage of the current museum for field trips, but that the new museum will have a much improved atmosphere for field trips, including a separate off-street entrance for bus loading and unloading.

With the recent ground breaking, current estimates have construction starting in May/June and the building opening by this time next year.

Plans have recently changed for the building, allowing neighboring Candlewood Extended Stay Suites to occupy the 4th floor of the museum with office space, and having the Museum occupy the lower 3 floors. This change has also allowed for the museum to have it’s own distinct look, instead of the design shown below:

For more information, please check out the Children’s Museum Website.

Representatives from our club were at the Sugar Grove Elementary School to hand out awards to students that had brought up their grades.

Click the photo above to see all the photos.
Click the following link to learn more about the BUG Program.