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    • Pancake Breakfast
Wenatchee Kiwanis
  • Home
  • Club History
  • Projects
  • Contact Us
  • Other Kiwanis Links
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Christmas Party
  • Pancake Breakfast

Projects

Where the "rubber meets the road"... Kiwanians  making a difference by serving children and others in our community. 


Take a look at the photo/story galleries on this page for more information about the impact our club has on the local community. 


Our club's major projects are:


-Pancake Breakfast on Apple Blossom Saturday in May, 6:30 am to 10 am at Triangle Park
-Camp Fire and Camp Zanika at Lake Wenatchee
-Methow Park, now renamed Kiwanis Park
-Christmas Party for kids each December


All of our fundraising dollars go to Children's programs right here in Wenatchee


Some of the programs Wenatchee Downtown Kiwanis has supported include:


  • The Salvation Army
  • Children's Home Society
  • Women's Resource Center
  • YMCA
  • Make a Wish Foundation
  • CASA
  • Serve Wenatchee Valley 

Photo Galleries:

Photos and stories from major projects...click on a link below


  • Christmas Party
  • Pancake Breakfast

Making A Difference

One day a man was walking along the seashore. He noticed that during the night many seashells and starfish had washed upon the beach. Thoroughly enjoying the morning sun and cool sea air, the man walked for miles.


As he strolled along, he noticed a small figure dancing in the distance. It made him chuckle to think of someone celebrating life in such an uninhibited way. As he drew closer, however, it became apparent that the figure was not dancing. Instead, she seemed to be repeatedly performing some ritual.


He drew nearer still and noticed that the small figure was a child. She was methodically picking up starfish and tossing them into the surf. He paused for a moment, puzzled, then asked, "Why are you throwing these starfish?"


"It's high tide," she replied, "If I leave them on the beach, the sun will soon dry them and they will die. I am throwing them into the ocean so they can live." The man considered her actions, impressed with the child's thoughtfulness. Then he motioned up and down the miles of the beach. "There must be thousands of starfish along here," he said, "you cannot possibly make a difference."


The young girl stopped. Her face darkened. She chewed thoughtfully on her lower lip, "You're probably right," she said softly. She looked down at the sand. Then she leaned over, carefully picked up another starfish, pulled back and arched it gently into the sea.


With a tone of gentle defiance, she said, "But I made a difference for that one."

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