Jonathan “Jon” Hethcox served as the 101st Governor of the Carolinas District during the 2019-2020 Kiwanis Year and is currently seeking the office of Governor-Elect. He joined the Kiwanis Club of Columbia, South Carolina, in 2005 and has held various roles, including club board member, four-term Club President, two-term Distinguished Lt. Governor, and District Trustee. Jon has been honored as a Walter Zeller Fellow and a George F. Hixon Fellow.
In addition to his Kiwanis roles, Jon has served as District Administrator for the Distinguished Carolinas District of Circle K International (CKI), Kiwanis’ collegiate service organization. His involvement with the Kiwanis family spans over twenty years, beginning as a Key Club member at Cardinal Gibbons High School and continuing at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, where he was an active CKI member. During his time with CKI, Jon served as Lt. Governor, Governor, and International Trustee.
Jon’s commitment to community service was instilled in him from a young age. As the grandson and son of Army veterans, he learned the value of putting others’ needs before his own. These values were further reinforced by his achievements as a third-generation Eagle Scout.
Beyond his Kiwanis involvement, Jon serves as an Assistant Scoutmaster and Troop Treasurer for Scouting America Troop 425G. He has also been a Board Member for Communities in Schools of the Midlands and is a member of the Leadership Columbia Class of 2018. Jon has volunteered as a Lunch Buddy at Logan Elementary School for many years.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Alabama and South Florida, Jon holds a BA in History from Flagler College and has completed graduate coursework at The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. He is married to Jennifer Hethcox, a veteran public-school teacher and digital learning coach. The couple, who met at Kiwanis International headquarters during their CKI Governor training, are a true Kiwanis family “love connection.” Jennifer also serves as a Kiwanis District Trustee and is the District Administrator for Carolinas CKI. They have two children, Caroline, a Key Club Lt. Governor and Lillian, a Key Club Secretary, and are members of Shandon United Methodist Church, where they have served as Co-Presidents of the Foundation Sunday School class.
📻 Monday Membership Minute — and this one is for Dolly. 💙
We lost a legend last week. Dolly Parton passed away Tuesday in Nashville at 80 years old — and the world is a little less shiny.
But her legacy? That's as loud as ever.
Most people know Dolly for her music. Fewer know that in 1995, inspired by her father's inability to read, she started the Imagination Library — a program that has now delivered more than 300 million free books to children from birth to age five across five countries.
And across the Carolinas, Kiwanis clubs are among the local partners making that program possible in their communities. 📚
In her family's statement, they asked that donations in Dolly's memory go to the Imagination Library. That tells you everything about what mattered most to her. Not the awards. The children.
If your club isn't yet partnered with the Imagination Library — this week is the week to look into it. Visit imaginationlibrary.com to learn more.
Dolly gave away her love for eighty years without keeping score.
📻 Monday Membership Minute — fresh off District Convention in Greensboro. 💙
Two moments from this weekend I’ve been thinking about.
First — Greensboro Mayor Marikay Abuzuaiter, a proud member of the Greensboro Kiwanis Club, spoke about resilience. What it looks like when a community faces hard things and chooses, every time, to get back up. Sound familiar? It should. That's what healthy Kiwanis clubs do every single day.
Second — McKenzie O'Quinn and her husband Neal, members of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County, shared the story of Good and Glory — an organization born out of their daughter's pediatric cancer diagnosis. Good and Glory designs custom t-shirts for families facing life-altering pediatric diagnoses, telling their stories and directing proceeds back to the families who need it most. Check them out at goodandglory.co 🔗
McKenzie modeled what it looks like to take the hardest thing that ever happened to you and give it away in service of someone else.
That's resilience. That's Kiwanis.
And as I said in my farewell address this weekend — give away your love. The communities we serve are counting on the delivery. 🚛
10-4, Carolinas. What an honor this year has been. 💙
Governor-Elect Jon Hethcox
Jonathan “Jon” Hethcox served as the 101st Governor of the Carolinas District during the 2019-2020
Kiwanis Year and is currently seeking the office of Governor-Elect. He joined the Kiwanis Club of
Columbia, South Carolina, in 2005 and has held various roles, including club board member, four-term Club President, two-term Distinguished Lt. Governor, and District Trustee. Jon has been honored as a Walter Zeller Fellow and a George F. Hixon Fellow.
In addition to his Kiwanis roles, Jon has served as District Administrator for the Distinguished Carolinas District of Circle K International (CKI), Kiwanis’ collegiate service organization. His involvement with the Kiwanis family spans over twenty years, beginning as a Key Club member at Cardinal Gibbons High School and continuing at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, where he was an active CKI member. During his time with CKI, Jon served as Lt. Governor, Governor, and International Trustee.
Jon’s commitment to community service was instilled in him from a young age. As the grandson and son of Army veterans, he learned the value of putting others’ needs before his own. These values were further reinforced by his achievements as a third-generation Eagle Scout.
Beyond his Kiwanis involvement, Jon serves as an Assistant Scoutmaster and Troop Treasurer for
Scouting America Troop 425G. He has also been a Board Member for Communities in Schools of the Midlands and is a member of the Leadership Columbia Class of 2018. Jon has volunteered as a Lunch Buddy at Logan Elementary School for many years.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Alabama and South Florida, Jon holds a BA in History from Flagler College and has completed graduate coursework at The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. He is married to Jennifer Hethcox, a veteran public-school teacher and digital learning coach. The couple, who met at Kiwanis International headquarters during their CKI Governor training, are a true Kiwanis family “love connection.” Jennifer also serves as a Kiwanis District Trustee and is the District Administrator for Carolinas CKI. They have two children, Caroline, a Key Club Lt. Governor and Lillian, a Key Club Secretary, and are members of Shandon United Methodist Church, where they have served as Co-Presidents of the Foundation Sunday School class.
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📻 Monday Membership Minute — and this one is for Dolly. 💙
We lost a legend last week. Dolly Parton passed away Tuesday in Nashville at 80 years old — and the world is a little less shiny.
But her legacy? That's as loud as ever.
Most people know Dolly for her music. Fewer know that in 1995, inspired by her father's inability to read, she started the Imagination Library — a program that has now delivered more than 300 million free books to children from birth to age five across five countries.
And across the Carolinas, Kiwanis clubs are among the local partners making that program possible in their communities. 📚
In her family's statement, they asked that donations in Dolly's memory go to the Imagination Library. That tells you everything about what mattered most to her. Not the awards. The children.
If your club isn't yet partnered with the Imagination Library — this week is the week to look into it. Visit imaginationlibrary.com to learn more.
Dolly gave away her love for eighty years without keeping score.
That's the Kiwanis way too. 💙
Rest easy, Dolly.
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📻 Monday Membership Minute — fresh off District Convention in Greensboro. 💙
Two moments from this weekend I’ve been thinking about.
First — Greensboro Mayor Marikay Abuzuaiter, a proud member of the Greensboro Kiwanis Club, spoke about resilience. What it looks like when a community faces hard things and chooses, every time, to get back up. Sound familiar? It should. That's what healthy Kiwanis clubs do every single day.
Second — McKenzie O'Quinn and her husband Neal, members of the Kiwanis Club of Lee County, shared the story of Good and Glory — an organization born out of their daughter's pediatric cancer diagnosis. Good and Glory designs custom t-shirts for families facing life-altering pediatric diagnoses, telling their stories and directing proceeds back to the families who need it most. Check them out at goodandglory.co 🔗
McKenzie modeled what it looks like to take the hardest thing that ever happened to you and give it away in service of someone else.
That's resilience. That's Kiwanis.
And as I said in my farewell address this weekend — give away your love. The communities we serve are counting on the delivery. 🚛
10-4, Carolinas. What an honor this year has been. 💙
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