Charlottesville Conducts "In-Meeting K-Family Service Night"

by Jim Hart

The Kiwanis Club of Charlottesville held its first ever K-Family In-Service Meeting Night, Monday evening, October 19 at the Elks Lodge. We had an excellent dinner which gave us time to meet and greet each other, and then we conducted an intergenerational service project, making 46 goody bags especially for the children at UVA's Children's Hospital. Participating were friendly and enthusiastic Charlottesville Kiwanis members, several guests (prospective members), youthful and energetic members of the Service Leadership Programs (SLPs), including the Circle K International (CKI) at the university of Virginia, and Key Clubs at Albemarle High School and Western Albemarle High School, and an "interclub" visit from the Kiwanis Club of Shenandoah Valley. CKI at UVA, led by Brian Cofrancesco and Kathryn Brown, played an especially important role in designing the project, organizing and supervising the activity, and even in recruiting the other members of the K-Family to attend this unique community service event.