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KIWANIS CHILDREN’S FUND VOLUNTEERS
Kiwanis Children’s Fund Board of Trustees
Kiwanis International’s fundraising arm, the Kiwanis Children’s Fund, elects a Board of Trustees to oversee its administration. Among the board’s responsibilities:
- Implement the Kiwanis International mission, which is to serve the children of the world.
- Develop and implement a strategic plan for the Children’s Fund.
- Ensure the stability and growth of Children’s Fund corpus funds by cultivating and soliciting financial gifts, as applicable, from individual Kiwanians and friends, businesses and foundations.
- Monitor and distribute funds from fundraising programs for grants worldwide.
Ambassadors and district chairs
In each Kiwanis area and district, specific Kiwanis members spread awareness about the Children’s Fund and assist fundraising efforts among their fellow members.
Area | 2023-24 Ambassadors |
Districts | 2023-24 District Chairs |
Asia Pacific | Efi Taylor | Nepal Philippine Luzon Southern Philippine |
Vacant Cristy Sebastian
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Asia Pacific | Vacant | Japan Malaysia Taiwan |
Akihiko Yamada Vacant Vivian Tsai |
Asia Pacific | Vacant | Australia Korea New Zealand-South Pacific |
Bob Sitters Vacant Vacant |
Europe | Bernard Altmann | Belgium-Luxembourg France-Monaco Netherlands Romania |
Vacant Patrick Maurel Vacant Vacant |
Europe | Óskar Guðjónsson | Iceland-Faroes Italy-San Marino Norden United Kingdom |
Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant |
Europe | Ilonka-Christina Löhmer | Austria Germany Switzerland-Liechtenstein |
Günter Thurnher Vacant Wolfgang Brunner |
Latin America | Rodrigo Zuluaga | Colombia Ecuador Panama |
Vacant Martha Andrade Modesta Haughton |
Central USA | Vacant | Kansas Minnesota-Dakotas Missouri-Arkansas Nebraska-Iowa Rocky Mountain Texas-Oklahoma |
Vacant Kathy Welle Roger Jespersen Jody Melcher Vacant Konrad Brandemuhl |
Midwest USA, Eastern Canada & Caribbean | Vacant | Eastern Canada & the Caribbean Illinois-Eastern Iowa Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin-Upper Michigan |
Melford (Mel) Clarke Herb Kasube Vacant Vacant Janet Molineaux Fitz Fitzpatrick |
Northeast USA | Kimberly Davis | Capital New England & Bermuda New Jersey New York Pennsylvania |
John Tyner Vacant Gordon Meth Sandra Nagler Janine Surmick |
Southeast USA | Sue Fleschner | Alabama Carolinas Florida Georgia Kentucky-Tennessee Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee |
Colean Black Jon Hethcox Mary-Lynn Desjarlais John Holley Vacant Lenny Simmons |
Western USA & Western Canada | Gary Jespersen | California-Nevada-Hawaii Montana Pacific Northwest Southwest Utah-Idaho Western Canada |
Herman Platzke Vacant Mike Frucci Nilda Townsend David Ferdinand Vacant |