News Release 3/25/02

Points of contact: Lee Bevill, President, Hopkinsville Kiwanis Club (270-887-0055) or
Jim Mustian, New Club Builder, Cadiz, Kentucky, 270-______________________.

The Kentucky-Tennessee District of Kiwanis International working in concert with citizens of Trigg County is forming a Kiwanis Club. The aims of the new club are to serve the needs of children in Trigg County as well as meeting other needs of the community, develop youth leaders, provide opportunities for leadership and business and social fellowship.

The first pre-organizational meeting will be held in Cadiz in April. The meeting is expected to be held from 1150 a.m. to 01:00 p.m. Citizens, 18 years or over, interested in improving the community and helping meet the needs of children are welcome to attend the meeting and become a Charter Member of the new Kiwanis Club. The location, day, and time will be announced later. The club is expected to be chartered in May.

As a member of Kiwanis, Trigg County citizens will join over 290,000 Kiwanians in more than 80 nations dedicated to serving children and others in need. The Kiwanis theme is Serving the Children of the World, starting with our own communities. Kiwanis Programs are designed to address local needs in Community Services, Human and Spiritual Values, Youth Services, Young Children ­ Priority One, addressing the needs of young children from prenatal through age 5, and the Kiwanis sponsored youth leadership programs available at the high school, middle school, and elementary school levels.
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The Kiwanis Worldwide Service Project is directed at eradicating Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) affecting over1 billion people throughout the world. Over 75 million dollars have been collected. The money is being provided to UNCIF for constructing salt iodization factories and providing IDD education throughout the world.

Kiwanians are also making a difference for young people through the Kiwanis Family Sponsored Youth Program. Some 300,000 young people are working in concert with the over 8500 Kiwanis clubs through K-Kids in elementary school, Builders Club in middle school, Key Club in high school, and Circle K in colleges and universities. This Kiwanis Family Program makes up the world's largest organization of youth. Working through the schools, these sponsored youth programs could be immediately organized in Cadiz/Trigg County once the new Kiwanis Club is chartered.

Kiwanis is for individuals desiring personal involvement in the leadership and improvement of their communities with the welfare of youth as a top priority. Jim Mustian, businessman and Kiwanian, is leading the organization effort. The Hopkinsville Kiwanis Club is sponsoring the new club. However, it will ultimately be up to the visions and energies of those interested citizens who become Kiwanians to develop and carry out needed programs in Cadiz and Trigg County..

Please call Lee Bevill, President, or Jim Mustian, New Club Builder, Hopkinsville Kiwanis Club, at 270-887-0055 and 270- _____________ respectively, or Division 14 Lt. Governor Willie Renshaw, 270-885-3492, if you have any questions or would like to receive a membership application.

Prepared by:

Terrell Horne
K-T District Past Governor
Kiwanis International New Club Builder
865-482-5651