Kitchener Waterloo Civitan Club

The KW Civitan Club helps our community in many ways, below are just a few of our note worty projects since the club was formed.

 

• In 1971 we opened the doors to our 2 story 24 unit apartment building on Erb St. in Waterloo. Still there today and operating on its own as a non-profit entity, it services the needs of 24 seniors with low income and other challenges.

 

• In 1997 the club donated $150,000 the Police and Fire Safety Village for the building of the Fire Safety Centre.

 

• In 2016 the club donated $15,000 to the Safety Village for upgrades to their wireless internet and the purchase of 30 IPads to use for the new Internet Safety Program.

 

• The Kitchener-Waterloo Civitan Club introduced Civitan to Sno-Do in 1976, a 100-mile marathon structured on the basis of a run-a-thon; however, in the case of Sno-Do 100, the course is run on snowmobiles. The drivers are responsible for raising pledges and collecting money for each mile completed. A small percentage of the funds raised were originally used to support Canadian District West and the remainder of the funds deposited with the Canadian Civitan Foundation. The funds were then redirected to the charities of the individual participating clubs’ choice. Now all monies are forwarded from the Canadian Foundation to the Civitan International Research Centre. Sno-Do 100 has subsequently become a major Junior Civitan project of International scale with Junior Governors from all over North America taking part in this event each winter, which is hosted by the Canadian Junior Civitan.