Since 1954, Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina has been a safe place for young people who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or other family dysfunction.
The Carolinas District of Kiwanis International became involved in the support of, what was then known as, Boys Home in the Fall of 1961 when two members of the High Point Kiwanis Club, Gilbert Marsh and Sloan Gibson, met with Boys Home administration to discuss the possibility of building a Kiwanis Cottage on the Lake Waccamaw campus. Subsequent to that meeting, those two men enlisted the help of J. Sanders Dallas Sr., also of High Point, to raise funds for the construction of the Kiwanis Cottage. By soliciting the involvement of fellow Kiwanian William Horney and other Kiwanis Clubs throughout the Carolinas District, the cottage was completed in 1964.
Since that time, Kiwanis Clubs in the District, along with Circle K clubs, Key Clubs, Builders Clubs, K-Kids Clubs and Aktion Clubs have been instrumental in providing support for the organization as a whole and the Kiwanis Cottage specifically.
The Carolinas District created a $100,000 Legacy Fund in celebration of the Kiwanis Cottage’s 50th anniversary by soliciting gifts from our member clubs and their individual members which was fully funded in 2017. The Steering Committee for this Legacy Fund campaign included William Horney, as Honorary Chair, Committee Chair Gary Cooper, Past Governor Tom Currier, then Governor Bill Clingenpeel, District Treasurer Susan Jones and future Governor Les King.
With ongoing input of our District Boys & Girls Home Committee, this fund will be used to meet ongoing Capital and maintenance needs of the cottage, so that the children living in the Kiwanis Cottage will have proper living conditions as they start new chapters in their lives.
Annually, the District Governor establishes a governor’s challenge or district wide service project focus to encourage clubs to increase the service provided in their local communities. For the current year Governor’s Challenge or Service Project focus, Click Here.
District Projects
Long-term District Project
Since 1954, Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina has been a safe place for young people who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or other family dysfunction.
The Carolinas District of Kiwanis International became involved in the support of, what was then known as, Boys Home in the Fall of 1961 when two members of the High Point Kiwanis Club, Gilbert Marsh and Sloan Gibson, met with Boys Home administration to discuss the possibility of building a Kiwanis Cottage on the Lake Waccamaw campus. Subsequent to that meeting, those two men enlisted the help of J. Sanders Dallas Sr., also of High Point, to raise funds for the construction of the Kiwanis Cottage. By soliciting the involvement of fellow Kiwanian William Horney and other Kiwanis Clubs throughout the Carolinas District, the cottage was completed in 1964.
Since that time, Kiwanis Clubs in the District, along with Circle K clubs, Key Clubs, Builders Clubs, K-Kids Clubs and Aktion Clubs have been instrumental in providing support for the organization as a whole and the Kiwanis Cottage specifically.
The Carolinas District created a $100,000 Legacy Fund in celebration of the Kiwanis Cottage’s 50th anniversary by soliciting gifts from our member clubs and their individual members which was fully funded in 2017. The Steering Committee for this Legacy Fund campaign included William Horney, as Honorary Chair, Committee Chair Gary Cooper, Past Governor Tom Currier, then Governor Bill Clingenpeel, District Treasurer Susan Jones and future Governor Les King.
With ongoing input of our District Boys & Girls Home Committee, this fund will be used to meet ongoing Capital and maintenance needs of the cottage, so that the children living in the Kiwanis Cottage will have proper living conditions as they start new chapters in their lives.
Click here for more information about the Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina.
Additional District Projects
Annually, the District Governor establishes a governor’s challenge or district wide service project focus to encourage clubs to increase the service provided in their local communities. For the current year Governor’s Challenge or Service Project focus, Click Here.