Kiwanis Club of Sarnia Amalgamating with Sarnia/Lambton Golden K

After nearly 85 years of community service to Sarnia/Lambton, the membership of the Kiwanis Club of Sarnia has decided to surrender their charter and retire the oldest service club in the City of Sarnia.  Despite on-going efforts to keep and, also gain new membership, with some reluctance and sadness, the club’s remaining seven members (from a club of 65+ members in the ‘60’s) are joining the Sarnia/Lambton Golden K club.

Chartered in 1927, the Kiwanis Club of Sarnia has been responsible for the co-ordination of the fund raising efforts for the building of the Sarnia Arena (‘40’s), Kiwanis Park (’60’s), washrooms in Canatara Park (‘70’s), Kiwanis Hoskins Housing Place and the Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre (‘80’s).  Also, they have supported local children’s minor athletic teams, several children and youth programs, summer camp for children, 12 passenger vans to local charities, Key Clubs in local high schools, Christmas parties at the Lambton hospitals for patients (32 years), contributions to Sleeping Children around the World,  to Sarnia Celebration of Lights, to Lambton Music Festival, to Inn of the Good Shepherd, to Sarnia and District Crime Stoppers,to  Lambton 4H clubs, to the agencies housed in the Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre, to the Canadian Kiwanis Foundation and the to Sarnia Kiwanis Foundation.  They were instrumental in raising $15, 000 to eliminate iodine efficiency in the world and continue to be active in the raising of funds for the current Kiwanis International project to eliMiNaTe Maternal and Natal Tetanus throughout the world.  The Kiwanis Club of Sarnia, sponsored by the London Kiwanis, sponsored both the Sarnia Seaway Kiwanis and the Kiwanis Club of Forest, who also support community service.

The Golden K Club of Sarnia/Lambton and Sarnia Seaway Kiwanis will continue to govern the operation of the Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre and the sales of Claxton Fruit Cakes for fund raising will become a project for the Golden K.