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Successful July 4th Pancake Breakfast

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Thanks to all who came out to the 4th of July Pancake Breakfast!  Here are some photos of the festivities.

2014 Kiwanis Scholarship Winners

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South Pasadena High School students Leah Zeiger, Hannah Gray, and Patricia San Pedro were awarded individual scholarships by the South Pasadena Kiwanis Club on June 11, 2014.

Leah Zeiger, Hannah Gray and Patricia San Pedro, Kiwanis Scholarship winners

Leah Zeiger, Hannah Gray and Patricia San Pedro, Kiwanis Scholarship winners

S. Paul Ward Key Club Scholarship

Patricia San PedroSanPedroTYPatricia San Pedro was awarded the S. Paul Ward Key Club Scholarship.  This $1,000 academic scholarship is given to a student who is a Key Club member, and is based on grade point average and community service. Patricia will attend USC in the fall, majoring in Gerontology.

 

 

 

Kenneth Yamanaka Memorial Scholarship

Hannah GrayHannah Gray is this year’s recipient of the Kenneth Yamanaka Memorial Scholarship, a $1,000 academic scholarship awarded to a college-bound high school student who has shown outstanding academic achievement.  Hannah will be attending Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she will study Linguistics and Art.

 

Maus Family Arts Scholarship

Leah ZeigerAwarded to Leah Zeiger, the $1,000 Maus Family Arts Scholarship is given to a South Pasadena student who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the arts (e.g. visual arts, performing arts, music, film, dance), and intends to pursue his or her post-secondary education in the arts.  Leah will be attending Columbia College in Chicago this fall, where she will study Dance and Choreography.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Bike Donated! South Pasadena Kiwanis Club Awards Bicycle, Helmet and Lock to Marengo Elementary Student Muan Meurer

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South Pasadena Kiwanis Club Elementary School Scholarship Chair Jeff Graham made an appearance at Marengo Elementary on Friday, June 6, 2014, to award a new bike, helmet and lock to a student selected by the faculty who demonstrates character qualities like leadership, kindness and good community citizen.  After asking the audience to demonstrate by a show of hands, who’d been to a July 4th Pancake Breakfast, seeing many hands go up all around the assemblage of people, Graham acknowledged them, and said, “Thank you, you all helped pay for this bike.  So this year, let’s all go and bring your family and neighbors to the Pancake Breakfast and let’s get 2 bikes next year! “ Continue Reading →

South Pasadena Kiwanis Club Awards Bicycle, Helmet and Lock to Arroyo Vista Elementary Student

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“Cool bike!” “Wow, I want to ride that.” South Pasadena Kiwanis Club Elementary School Scholarship Chair Jeff Graham overheard that and similar whispers as he wheeled a brand, new Schwinn Classic series black beach cruiser to the dais in Arroyo Vista’s courtyard on Friday, May 30, 2014 during the end of the year Awards Ceremony. After asking the audience to acknowledge by applause a uniformed soldier in attendance at the event and thanking her for her service, Graham turned to the business at hand: plugging the club’s annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast at South Pasadena’s Fire Station at 817 Mound Ave. “Actually, the business at hand is awarding an awesome bicycle to a deserving student selected by the faculty based on his or her possession of the kinds of character traits and actions that typify an excellent student role model. Continue Reading →

July 4th Pancake Breakfast

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SchiffPancakeBreakfastOur next big fundraiser is our all City, 4th of July, Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast. Please make a point to come and help for this once a year event. All hands are needed! Stay tuned for more details that will be announced at Club meetings and especially Wednesday July 2, 2014