Kiwanis awards career grant

Kiwanis awards career grant

Sisters Kiwanis recently awarded a career grant to Lori-Jean Pruitt. Her award brought the total Kiwanis grant awards past $75,000. Pruitt’s grant is perhaps the most unusual in the history of the program. Lori-Jean, with the aid of...
Kiwanis awards career grant

Kiwanis awards career grant

Diedre Jones of Sisters was recently awarded a Kiwanis Opportunity Fund (COF) grant to pay for training as a medical radiology technician. Sisters Kiwanis awards grants to Sisters-Area adults who are seeking a career change.
Athletes take on Hoodoo Challenge

Athletes take on Hoodoo Challenge

Thirty-eight bold souls took the Hoodoo Challenge and ran or walked the 13.1 miles of a half-marathon at the local ski resort. The event was sponsored by Sisters Kiwanis and served as a fundraiser for the club’s many service endeavors in Sisters. Read more at...
Greenhouse returns home to school

Greenhouse returns home to school

Fourteen years ago, Shannon Pollard discovered an unused greenhouse at Sisters Elementary School. She used that greenhouse to start an elementary school garden club that had 55 members in the first year. Read more at the Nugget News.
Kiwanis honors it’s volunteers

Kiwanis honors it’s volunteers

The Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank and its volunteers work hard every month to support Sisters families that have fallen on hard times. Kerry Bott, the Kiwanis Board Member who oversees the food bank, hosted a volunteer appreciation party last week to honor all those who...