Brecksville Kiwanis

The Brecksville Kiwanis Club is a local chapter of Kiwanis International. Service projects are based on local community needs. Members work together to give children the chance to learn, grow and succeed.

Our Club meets at Chippewa Place 7005 Stadium Dr, on Thursdays, at 6:15 PM. Dinner is served followed by a meeting with service projects or speakers. Click here for meeting schedule for 2013-2014.

Interested to learn more about Kiwanis and your local club? Please contact any of our Club Officers to arrange a visit to a club meeting as our guest.

The Kiwanis Club of Brecksville is proud to offer Santa’s Delivery Service as an annual activity for the residents of the City of Brecksville. Our aim in presenting this service is to help preserve the tradition of Santa Claus in the eyes, thoughts, and hearts of your children. For more information, click here.

Trick-or-Trot is a spooky, Halloween-themed 5K run and family-friendly 1-mile Trick-or-Treating walk in the beautiful Brecksville Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks! The Saturday before Halloween, "Trick-or-Trot" will bring together ghosts, goblins, firefighters and pilots of all sizes to benefit Kids in Flight and the Kiwanis Club of Brecksville! For more information, click here.

The 66th Annual Horse Show takes place on Sunday, August 4th, 2013 at the Cleveland Metroparks - River Ford Area. We have put together another exciting day for exhibitors and spectators alike. We would like to welcome back our supporting Vendor, the Clip-ity Clop Saddlery and Western Wear, featuring a wide display of tack and related items. A highlight of the day is the Arabian exhibit during our show.

New this year at the Brecksville Kiwanis Horse Show is the President's Choice award and two memorial trophies complete with horse sashes. Come to the River Ford field in the Brecksville Metropark on Sunday, August 4th and see which horse will win these beautiful trophies and sashes. We look forward to seeing you. For more information, please click here.

Through its work within the community, the Kiwanis Club of Brecksville encourages future generations of service leaders to make a positive impact upon the City. In an effort to assist these future leaders, the Kiwanis Club of Brecksville and the Kiwanis Foundation of Brecksville awards scholarships. This year the club awarded 7 scholarships totaling $11,000. These scholarships are strongly based on the applicant’s service to the community. The recipients of the scholarships were: (pictured front row) Cindy Zhao, Megan Dunphy, Alexandra Sankovic, Kayla Wade, and (pictured back row) Alex Blumenthaler, Andrew Eder, Dalton Ulm. Additionally, the Club awarded the Elton Lube Scholarship, named in honor of past Ohio District Kiwanis Governor Elton Lube. This scholarship is awarded to the student who has done the most service. This years recipient was Dalton Ulm. The Kiwanis Club of Brecksville congratulates these students, and encourages them to continue making a positive impact upon the community through their service.

Baskets of Hope is a project that gives Easter Baskets to underprivileged children around the Cleveland area. For more information, please click here.

The Kiwanis Club of Brecksville on February 28th did a service project of making peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches for St. Malachi Church in Cleveland for their homeless mission work. To view pictures, click here.

Jim McAllister, a former President of the Brecksville Kiwanis Club, was installed as the Lieutenant Governor for the 24th Ohio District of Kiwanis International. The 24th District encompasses 12 Kiwanis Clubs in the Southwestern suburbs of Cleveland. The installation took place at the Brecksville Community Center on September 19th. There were approximately 85 Kiwanis members from Northeast Ohio to witness the ceremony.