In the fall of 2021, Cool Kids Read was developed and implemented to promote literacy to second graders in six different school districts in Scioto County and encourage them to get excited about reading. The Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth hosted this service project in partnership with Shawnee State University’s Project Bear program and the Portsmouth Public Library. The participants were members of the Kiwanis Key Clubs at Clay, Portsmouth, East, Wheelersburg, West, and Notre Dame high schools as well as Circle K Club members and athletes from Shawnee State University. The Key Clubs and Circle K club are service clubs sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth.
September 18, 2021 — Kiwanis Kids Day
Members of the Circle K club at Shawnee State University (above, left) distributed free books to nearly 200 children who attended Kids Day. The books were purchased by the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth in coordination with Project Bear at Shawnee State University. The Portsmouth Public Library (above, right) also signed up children for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The second phase of Cool Kids Read was funded by ServeOhio.
October 12, 2021— Cool Kids Read Boot Camp
Nearly 50 students and advisors attended the Cool Kids Read Boot camp at Gatti’s Pizza in preparation for Make a Difference Day. Dinner was provided for the students, and Shawnee State Project Bear taught the students how to read to second grade students in a fun and engaging way. The students then practiced by reading to each other.
October 20-26, 2021
Key Club members read The Cool Bean aloud in 27 different classrooms to 452 second grade students enrolled in six school districts.
March 2022
CircleK and Key Club members distributed free copies of The Bad Guys chapter books to second-grade students at the the following schools.
Clay
The Clay High Key Club was invited to return to read to their second-grade classes each Friday going forward.
Mary Magdalene Maggie Clark, 61, of Portsmouth, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Portsmouth on Friday, May 10, 2024. Maggie was born on July 23, 1962 in Gall...
This makes what we do all worthwhile! Elisha Duncan, 12, takes a turn on our new ADA swing. She is the daughter of Kimberly O’Madden, General Manager of FC Daehler Mortuary, a Diamond Donor for our new ADA additions to our Kiwanis Playground in Tracy Park. #KidsNeedKiwanis... See MoreSee Less
We are so excited to have held a ribbon cutting today for our new ADA addition to the Kiwanis Playground in Tracy Park to make it accessible to children with disabilities! Thanks so much to our ADA Playground Committee Chair Misty Simco and our committee members: Sharon Carver, Bill Ogg, Todd Medley, KC Rase, Autumn Dowdy, Dan DeLotell, and Jamie Colley.
We also want to give special thanks to the following donors who made this playground addition possible:
Diamond Level: Kiwanis Children’s Fund FC Daehler Mortuary Carl Daehler and Family
Platinum Level: UK King’s Daughters Cottle & Duduit Investment Management Group Ken Rase and Company LLC Star Workshop American Legion Post 23 Portsmouth Elks Lodge #154 Hopesource
Gold Level: The Scioto Foundation
Silver Level: Desco Federal Credit Union St. John Lutheran Church Judge Howard Harcha III Del & Angie Duduit
Bronze: Judge Jerry Buckler and Lisa Buckler Buckler Callihan Law, LLC Alan & Carolyn Lemons ... See MoreSee Less
Cool Kids Read 2021-22
In the fall of 2021, Cool Kids Read was developed and implemented to promote literacy to second graders in six different school districts in Scioto County and encourage them to get excited about reading. The Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth hosted this service project in partnership with Shawnee State University’s Project Bear program and the Portsmouth Public Library. The participants were members of the Kiwanis Key Clubs at Clay, Portsmouth, East, Wheelersburg, West, and Notre Dame high schools as well as Circle K Club members and athletes from Shawnee State University. The Key Clubs and Circle K club are service clubs sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth.
September 18, 2021 — Kiwanis Kids Day
Members of the Circle K club at Shawnee State University (above, left) distributed free books to nearly 200 children who attended Kids Day. The books were purchased by the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth in coordination with Project Bear at Shawnee State University. The Portsmouth Public Library (above, right) also signed up children for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The second phase of Cool Kids Read
was funded by ServeOhio.
October 12, 2021 — Cool Kids Read Boot Camp
Nearly 50 students and advisors attended the Cool Kids Read Boot camp at Gatti’s Pizza in preparation for Make a Difference Day. Dinner was provided for the students, and Shawnee State Project Bear taught the students how to read to second grade students in a fun and engaging way. The students then practiced by reading to each other.
October 20-26, 2021
Key Club members read The Cool Bean aloud in 27 different classrooms to 452 second grade students enrolled in six school districts.
March 2022
CircleK and Key Club members distributed free copies of The Bad Guys chapter books to second-grade students at the the following schools.
Clay
The Clay High Key Club was invited to return to read to their second-grade classes each Friday going forward.
East
Notre Dame
Portsmouth
West
Wheelersburg
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Mary Magdalene Maggie Clark, 61, of Portsmouth, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Portsmouth on Friday, May 10, 2024. Maggie was born on July 23, 1962 in Gall...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
This makes what we do all worthwhile! Elisha Duncan, 12, takes a turn on our new ADA swing. She is the daughter of Kimberly O’Madden, General Manager of FC Daehler Mortuary, a Diamond Donor for our new ADA additions to our Kiwanis Playground in Tracy Park. #KidsNeedKiwanis ... See MoreSee Less
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We are so excited to have held a ribbon cutting today for our new ADA addition to the Kiwanis Playground in Tracy Park to make it accessible to children with disabilities! Thanks so much to our ADA Playground Committee Chair Misty Simco and our committee members: Sharon Carver, Bill Ogg, Todd Medley, KC Rase, Autumn Dowdy, Dan DeLotell, and Jamie Colley.
We also want to give special thanks to the following donors who made this playground addition possible:
Diamond Level:
Kiwanis Children’s Fund
FC Daehler Mortuary
Carl Daehler and Family
Platinum Level:
UK King’s Daughters
Cottle & Duduit Investment Management Group
Ken Rase and Company LLC
Star Workshop
American Legion Post 23
Portsmouth Elks Lodge #154
Hopesource
Gold Level:
The Scioto Foundation
Silver Level:
Desco Federal Credit Union
St. John Lutheran Church
Judge Howard Harcha III
Del & Angie Duduit
Bronze:
Judge Jerry Buckler and Lisa Buckler
Buckler Callihan Law, LLC
Alan & Carolyn Lemons ... See MoreSee Less
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Great job Kiwanis!!!
We stopped there and he loves it!
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