Kiwanis

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PO Box 6698
Charlottesville VA
22906-6698

kiwanis@avenue.org





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"Team Kiwanis"
 

Starbucks 

Sam's Club

Pepsi

 

Kiwanis Club of Charlottesville

Fifth Annual Dogwood Pancake Breakfast

The fifth edition of the Kiwanis Dogwood Pancake Breakfast was a big success.  More than four hundred hungry patrons provided a steady stream of visitors to First Presbyterian Church on Saturday morning, April 25, the same morning as the spectacular Dogwood Festival Parade in downtown Charlottesville.  When the final accounting is done approximately $8,000 will have been raised to support the STAR Kids project of Children Youth & Family Services, Inc.  Local talk radio stars Joe Thomas of WCHV and Rob Schilling of WINA promoted the benefit heartily on their shows in the weeks prior to the event, and Joe even performed a shift in front of the griddle for the second consecutive year.  Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris and Counselor Holly Edwards proclaimed the event a sterling example of community service in action and praised the Kiwanians, CKI at UVA, and the Key Clubs for their culinary skills as well as for their civic-mindedness.  "Team Kiwanis" sponsors Sam's Club, Starbucks, and Pepsi-Cola Central Virginia led dozens of other generous local and national industry partners in an event that promises to be one of the highlights of Dogwood Festival season in Charlottesville for years to come.

Strawberry Patch Kiwanians Kate & Jackie from CYFS, Inc.

Clare & Brian from CKI at UVA

Mayor Dave Norris & His Happy Kids

Kids' Table

Boy Scouts Fuel Before Parade

Joe Thomas Flips Over Pancakes

What's More Fun Than This?

Sausage Won't Last Long

Proceeds to benefit Children, Youth & Family Services, Inc.

Kiwanis Breakfast Chairman: Bob Mentzinger, (434) 964-9006, h2bobbym@embarqmail.com
Kiwanis Club media contact: Jim Hart, (434) 971-2094, jhart46201@aol.com
Kiwanis Club web site: http://avenue.org/kiwanis
CYFS web site: http://www.cyfs.org
 

STAR Kids

What is STAR Kids?
STAR Kids stands for Super Thinking and Responsible Kids. This program of CYFS uses the resiliency-based curriculum, Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices, designed for children ages 3 to 8, to provide prevention services to approximately 230 children in Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA) Head Start classes in the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa, and Nelson. The curriculum is designed to develop children’s personal, social and emotional skills for life. It helps create a classroom environment of caring, cooperation, respect and responsibility.

How does it work?
The Al’s Pals curriculum is delivered by trained educators twice a week from October through May of each year for a total of 46 lessons. The lessons last approximately 15 to 20 minutes each. The Head Start Teachers assist during the lessons and then reinforce and model the key Al's Pals concepts during interactions with the children throughout each day.

Using the puppets – Al and His Pals – music, movement, dramatic play, brainstorming and creative learning activities, young children learn to get along with others, manage their feelings, think independently, control their own behavior, cope with difficulties, solve problems, and make safe and healthy choices. Regular communication is sent home to the participants’ parents to engage the whole family in the “make healthy choices” message.

An end-of-the-year party is held to celebrate the children’s accomplishments in the program and the new skills they have learned, again reinforcing positive messages about the child.

For more information please contact Christy Arrington
296-4118 ext 225, or send an e-mail to: carrington@cyfs.org