Janesville Blackhawk Golden Kiwanis

Members at Bruce Pierson’s wake are shown.  Notice the image of Bruce looking down on them from a nearby screen. (Several attending members are not pictured.) Over a dozen Golden K members who attended the wake for Bruce Pierson, and above is picture of many of them.   This link shares some milestones…

  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2023 at ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH; with visitation from 10:00 a.m. until time of Mass. Committal will immediately follow Mass to Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, followed by a luncheon held in the LIFE…

  We support our military veterans as we observe Memorial Day. The float in the Milton Memorial Day parade honored Korean Way veterans including Golden K members Jerry Langdok, Wiley Kessinger, and Bob Knudson. 

 Welcome to new member Hunter Ditzhazy! In the photo, Carl Cramer (left) and Linda Bonty (right) participate in Hunter’s initiation to Golden K.

  Ray Szczpaniak and Tom Neumann were among the members helping at the Renaissance Fair on May 20 and 21. By helping the Faire, we earn funds that we will us to support our charities. Great weather combined with strong customer interest to produce large crowds on both days.  I…

  Welcome to our newest members Dave Figi and Ray Szczpaniak. Carl Cramer inducted Dave and Ray at the May 10 meeting. 

 The celebration was held at Rotary Gardens in the city of Janesville, with a catered meal for 89 members and guests. The meal was followed by birthday cake, and the singing of happy birthday. A program of memories, achievements, awards, and entertainment followed.  Our speaker for the evening was former…

Thank you to everyone, especially our customers, but also all out volunteers, who made our Tree Sale a success. We sold thousands of 2-3 year old saplings. Together we are making our community greener and shadier too. Pictured are Robert Wilcox, Maurice Frey, John Janes, Tom Neumann, David Thill, and…

Blackhawk Golden K Kiwanis collected over $2000 for Easter Seals’ Camp Wawbeek — a camp for  children and adults with disabilities.  We collected at local grocery stores including HyVee, Festival Foods and Daniels Sentry.  Thank you, Linda Bontly, for organizing Lily Day. Thank you to all the contributors and volunteers!!!

Kiwanis Tree Sale allows everyone to buy small healthy trees. These are great for reforestation or new treelines or creating shade anywhere you have time to let the trees grow.  These are healthy 1-2 year old saplings in eight varieties.