Feb 17, 2021
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Officers and members of the Kiwanis Club of Lock Haven gather at their annual picnic last September at the Sons of Italy campground. The picnic each September will be when the club bestows its new Lee Phillips Community service Award.
LOCK HAVEN The Kiwanis Club of Lock Haven is celebrating its 95th anniversary!
In 1926, the local chapter began just 11 years after Kiwanis International was founded in 1915 by a group of businessmen in Detroit, Mich. The organization was originally called the Supreme Lodge Benevolent Order of Brothers, but changed its name to Kiwanis a year later. Kiwanis International is a global community of clubs, members and partners dedicated to improving the lives of children one community at a time. The name “Kiwanis” was coined from an American Indian expression, “Nunc Kee-wanis,” which means, “We trade.”