Iowa Parks and Rec Association Service Club Award of Excellence Winners
Marion Metro Kiwanis was chartered in April, 1999. Since then we have grown into one of Marion’s best service clubs by serving the needs of children here and abroad.
We are best known for our annual BBQ Rendezvous that we started in 2011. The first Saturday of June our club hosts 3 bands and award winning BBQ vendors from around the state and Midwest for a family friendly event.
But we’re more than just good food and music in the sun.
Each year we get the elementary schools in Marion to collect books to donate. We gather them up and donate them to Toys for Tots and other agencies around the metro area. In the first 20 years we have collected over 200,000 books valued over $1,000,000. The classroom at each of the participating school with largest total of books gets awarded a pizza party from Happy Joes as our way of saying thanks and GREAT JOB.
Another long standing project is our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Every year we partner with the Parks Department to scatter eggs to give the local kids a fun time scrambling for eggs. We always schedule this for the Saturday the week (8 days) before Easter. Many years the weather is a challenge but on the years we get lucky we host the “fastest 2 minutes in sports” as the kids vacuum up the thousands of eggs we scatter around Lowe Park near Oak Ridge Elementary.
Pediatric Trauma Kits for volunteer first responder squads around Iowa is another big project for us. We established a matching grant program that allows us to place these kits in the hundreds of squads around the state. These kits have been used to save kids lives!
We can always use more hands for service, new ideas, and new perspectives on the needs of our kids. Just because we are the best community service club in eastern Iowa doesn’t mean we can’t get better. Are you the one that can make us better than the best? Tell us here.
Week 5 of the fall season is well underway today! We had such a blast last week, especially in the afternoon when 3 Iowa Men’s basketball players joined us as buddies!🤩💛🖤 Now we’re out here having a blast again today!
Special thanks to last week’s morning sponsor, Eric & Lisa Marter Family and our afternoon sponsor, the Raghwani family!⚾️❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
This project ended almost 2 years ago and we are still getting an occasional like or follow. We hope our project inspires others to help their local volunteers. ... See MoreSee Less
This week’s Iowa kid captain is our very own Royals player, Wyatt!! We’re so excited for you, Wyatt! Have fun on Saturday and Go Hawks!!💛🖤 ... See MoreSee Less
What a fun weekend!😊 The morning session had back to back home runs and the afternoon games had some Hawkeyes show up. Channel 2 showed up and put together a great story. We are so thankful for all of our volunteers who help make the Miracle League possible!⚾️❤️
The message of the Miracle League is that all kids should get to play baseball. 12 Saturdays a year, the Kiwanis Miracle League makes that dream come true.Leagu
It’s a great day for another week of Miracle League!🤩⚾️ Join us for the afternoon games at 12:30 and 1:30 pm today where 3 members of the Iowa Men’s Basketball Team will be buddies on our field!💛🖤
Special thanks to last week’s morning sponsor, Eric & Lisa Marter Family and the afternoon session sponsor, Jay Ajayi!❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
Payton Sandfort, Patrick McCaffery, and Tony Perkins will be joining us as buddies this afternoon!🦅 Hawks fans, let’s show our Miracle League some love!💛🖤 Prospect Meadows... See MoreSee Less
Been a while since this project completed so I haven't posted for quite a while. This really impacts the folks that we gave kits to so I wanted to reach out here for help. ... See MoreSee Less
Urbana gets their kit. This was a fun one because Brooks and I both grew up in Independence. Parents were good friends but I am a little older so after college I lost track of him. Now 40 years later I discover he's the assistant chief for Urbana's squad. It was a very fun presentation. Thank you Brooks for being great service to your community. ... See MoreSee Less
Get to know Marion Metro
Marion Metro Kiwanis was chartered in April, 1999. Since then we have grown into one of Marion’s best service clubs by serving the needs of children here and abroad.
We are best known for our annual BBQ Rendezvous that we started in 2011. The first Saturday of June our club hosts 3 bands and award winning BBQ vendors from around the state and Midwest for a family friendly event.
But we’re more than just good food and music in the sun.
Each year we get the elementary schools in Marion to collect books to donate. We gather them up and donate them to Toys for Tots and other agencies around the metro area. In the first 20 years we have collected over 200,000 books valued over $1,000,000. The classroom at each of the participating school with largest total of books gets awarded a pizza party from Happy Joes as our way of saying thanks and GREAT JOB.
Another long standing project is our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Every year we partner with the Parks Department to scatter eggs to give the local kids a fun time scrambling for eggs. We always schedule this for the Saturday the week (8 days) before Easter. Many years the weather is a challenge but on the years we get lucky we host the “fastest 2 minutes in sports” as the kids vacuum up the thousands of eggs we scatter around Lowe Park near Oak Ridge Elementary.
Pediatric Trauma Kits for volunteer first responder squads around Iowa is another big project for us. We established a matching grant program that allows us to place these kits in the hundreds of squads around the state. These kits have been used to save kids lives!
We can always use more hands for service, new ideas, and new perspectives on the needs of our kids. Just because we are the best community service club in eastern Iowa doesn’t mean we can’t get better. Are you the one that can make us better than the best? Tell us here.
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Week 5 of the fall season is well underway today! We had such a blast last week, especially in the afternoon when 3 Iowa Men’s basketball players joined us as buddies!🤩💛🖤 Now we’re out here having a blast again today!
Special thanks to last week’s morning sponsor, Eric & Lisa Marter Family and our afternoon sponsor, the Raghwani family!⚾️❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
This project ended almost 2 years ago and we are still getting an occasional like or follow. We hope our project inspires others to help their local volunteers. ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
This week’s Iowa kid captain is our very own Royals player, Wyatt!! We’re so excited for you, Wyatt! Have fun on Saturday and Go Hawks!!💛🖤 ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
Have fun Wyatt!! 🖤💛
What a fun weekend!😊 The morning session had back to back home runs and the afternoon games had some Hawkeyes show up. Channel 2 showed up and put together a great story. We are so thankful for all of our volunteers who help make the Miracle League possible!⚾️❤️
There are still two weeks left - come out and join us! Sign up to volunteer here: m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0e4eada723a2ffc43-kmlfall ... See MoreSee Less
Hawkeye basketball stars give back, teaming up with Miracle League
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The message of the Miracle League is that all kids should get to play baseball. 12 Saturdays a year, the Kiwanis Miracle League makes that dream come true.LeaguComment on Facebook
It’s a great day for another week of Miracle League!🤩⚾️ Join us for the afternoon games at 12:30 and 1:30 pm today where 3 members of the Iowa Men’s Basketball Team will be buddies on our field!💛🖤
Special thanks to last week’s morning sponsor, Eric & Lisa Marter Family and the afternoon session sponsor, Jay Ajayi!❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
Comment on Facebook
Payton Sandfort, Patrick McCaffery, and Tony Perkins will be joining us as buddies this afternoon!🦅 Hawks fans, let’s show our Miracle League some love!💛🖤 Prospect Meadows ... See MoreSee Less
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Best day ever. High enegy all day. Home runs galore. Hawkeye players really gave their all. Made it special for everyone out there ❤️.
We can’t wait for this!! And what a perfect day for games 🙌🏼
Been a while since this project completed so I haven't posted for quite a while. This really impacts the folks that we gave kits to so I wanted to reach out here for help. ... See MoreSee Less
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So what's next? What do volunteer 1st responders need to keep the kids safe? ... See MoreSee Less
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This is a BIG day for the program. Kit #566 has been presented to Williamsburg. WE ARE DONE! ... See MoreSee Less
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Urbana gets their kit. This was a fun one because Brooks and I both grew up in Independence. Parents were good friends but I am a little older so after college I lost track of him. Now 40 years later I discover he's the assistant chief for Urbana's squad. It was a very fun presentation. Thank you Brooks for being great service to your community. ... See MoreSee Less
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