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February 16, 2021
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Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Day proclamations
Item Number: 3.a.
City of Iowa City
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club was chartered on February 22, 1921, just six
years after the founding of the first Kiwanis Club in Detroit Michigan and three years before the
founding of Kiwanis International; and
Whereas, the mission of the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club is improving the world one child
and one community at a time; and
Whereas, the objects of the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club are To Give primacy to the human
and spiritual, rather than to the material values of Life; To Encourage the daily living of the
Golden Rule in all human relationships; To Promote the adoption and the applications of higher
social, business, and professional standards; To Develop by precept and example; To Provide,
through this club, a practical means to form enduring friendship; To Render altruistic service and
to build a better community; To Cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion
and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and
good will; and
Whereas, the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club provides financial assistance and support to the
Arc of Southeast Iowa, Any Given Child, Dream City, CommUnity Crisis Center and Food
Bank, Domestic Violence Intervention Project, Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County,
Salvation Army, Shelter House; and
Whereas, in a joint project known as Camp Olympia Kiwanis with Iowa City Old Capitol
Kiwanis and the Nebraska -Iowa Kiwanis District the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club provides
funding, transportation and other assistance enabling four under -privileged Iowa City youth in 5th
and 6th grade to attend a five-day summer camp in Boone Iowa; and
Whereas, since 1947 the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club has annually provided the John E.
Briggs Scholarship to a senior in the Iowa City Community School District or Regina Catholic
Education Center who will be attending a college or university in Iowa ; and
Whereas, the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club is a part of Kiwanis International, a group of over
550.000 members in over 80 countries and geographic areas worldwide.
Now, Therefore, I, Bruce Teague, Mayor of Iowa City, do hereby proclaim February 22,
2021 as
Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Day
for 100 years of dedicated service and commitment to the Iowa City Community.
Ntayor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 16th day of February 2021.