Maloney and Crawford Team Up to Preserve Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick History

The Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick was founded in 1972. The club's first newsletter, the "Chatter", was published in October of 1974 and has been published monthly ever since. Thanks to Charter Member Ed Crawford, every single printed edition of the Chatter from 1974 through 2003 (when the club converted to an online version of the club newsletter) has been preserved.

Club member Dave Maloney recently undertook the task of scanning all 360 editions (over 1800 individual pages) into his computer and uploading them so that the entire series can now be viewed online in .pdf format.

"Past editions of our club newsletter document many heretofore forgotten activities, fundraisers, public services, awards, and personalities," said Maloney.

Capital District Historian John Fox stated, "Club newsletters are an important record to keep. Making them available to all is a great accomplishment.  There is information stored in these pages that can be gathered for future club celebrations. If it were not for the recorded history of the Capital District, there would not have been a District History website. The Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick has done a wonderful job at listing its Club and District officers, as well as documenting highlights from throughout the years. I found some great District History in the club's early newsletters. Thank you, Suburban Frederick, for that!"

You can view the archive of past club newsletters on the club's newly-designed website:

http://www.suburbanfrederickkiwanis.org/news/archive.htm