It has been said many times that Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina changes the lives of the children it serves. The following two videos tell the stories of two original residents of the Kiwanis Cottage, who lived there from 1964 to 1966, and are examples of the positive impact made at what was then known as Boys Home. These videos were recorded in the Kiwanis Cottage in July 2025 before the renovations began.
📻 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. 💙
Kiwanis Cottage Videos
It has been said many times that Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina changes the lives of the children it serves. The following two videos tell the stories of two original residents of the Kiwanis Cottage, who lived there from 1964 to 1966, and are examples of the positive impact made at what was then known as Boys Home. These videos were recorded in the Kiwanis Cottage in July 2025 before the renovations began.
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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. 💙
#MondayMembershipMinute #KiwanisFamily #MembershipMatters #CarolinasKiwanis #GoodAndGlory ... See MoreSee Less
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