Each year, Westchester Kiwanis members work as volunteers to stage the many entries participating in this event. It takes12 to 15 members to organize and stage the floats, bands andother entries in order to ensure the parade runs smoothly andon time. Westchester Kiwanis volunteers can contribute as muchas 150 total volunteer service hours toward the […]
In 1981, the A. Miriam Jamison Children’s Center was established in response to the growing number of reported child abuse cases in Kern County. The Jamison Children’s Center is a 24-hour Temporary Shelter Care Facility, operated by the Human Services Department of Kern County. As the only emergency shelter in Kern County for abused, neglected […]
For over 40 years the Westchester Kiwanis Club of Bakersfield has provided a Christmas Shopping Spree including breakfastfor approximately 60 underprivileged children in ourcommunity. Many times these are the only Christmas gifts andcelebration the children will receive. The Club provides $150 foreach child to purchase gifts for their family and themselves.
Westchester Kiwanis Club members and their families have participated in an ongoing year-round blood donation project formore than 25 years. Donations given under the Club’s name,through Houchin Community Blood Bank, are credited to anyperson in need of blood. Donations given by Westchester Kiwanistotal as much as 100 units per year.
Since 1963, the Jack Frost Football organization has been “keeping kids in cleats, not the streets.” The goals of Jack FrostFootball are to develop ideals of health, citizenship, and character; to instill sportsmanship, fair play and team spirit; to teachfundamentals and rules of the game; to promote safety in competitive activity; to put effort exerted […]
The Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House is a place where the families of Kern County pediatric or NICU patients can go to take a break from the hospital environment. It serves as a "home away from home" that gives the non-hospitalized part of the family a sense of normalcy in a time when their world is […]
Each year, Westchester Kiwanis members work as volunteers to stage the many entries participating in this event. It takes12 to 15 members to organize and stage the floats, bands andother entries in order to ensure the parade runs smoothly andon time. Westchester Kiwanis volunteers can contribute as muchas 150 total volunteer service hours toward the […]
Al Dennis was a Charter member of Westchester Kiwanis and the Photography Teacher at Bakersfield High School for 37 years. Following his death in 1981, his wife Margaret and WestchesterKiwanis teamed together to ensure that a deserving Photographystudent at BHS would be given a $1,000 scholarship every year.
The Dream Center is a place where emancipated Foster Youth over 18 years of age, who have no families to support them, canfind services. The Westchester Kiwanis Club recognized a needfor additional support to help these young adults overcomehardships that were not of their making. Working with themanagement of the Dream Center, the Club determined […]
In 1969, Westchester Kiwanis Club started a program to recognize graduating Jr. High & Middle School students. Clubmembers present Student Leadership Awards at as many as 16schools to 32 deserving students in Kern County. These deservingstudents have contributed to their school and the community withboth their leadership and desire to excel academically.
In 2017, Westchester Kiwanis Club established a Community Leadership Recognition Program. Up to four awards are giveneach year. Award recipients, meeting eligibility qualifications,are nominated by club members and approved by the Boardof Directors. Qualifying requirements surround “leadership,”“volunteerism,” “positive effect on children,” and being a personof “sound moral character” just to mention a few. There are […]
In 2014, Westchester Kiwanis Club teamed up with Granite Pointe Elementary School to help educate children at the 3rdgrade level about the many sacrifices made by those serving inthe military. Westchester Kiwanis makes a monetary donationfor educational visual aids and enlists combat veterans to meetwith the students each year of this project.
The Westchester Kiwanis Club assists the Village Fest Committee with the cleanup duties during and after the Village Festevent. The Club provides 25 -30 club volunteers and friends toassist with cleanup efforts on the event night and an additional 8members on Sunday morning following the event. 100% of the proceeds raised at the Village Fest […]
