The Oroville Kiwanis Pancake Crew was at it again to help out the Palermo Little League! The usual suspects were in attendance, as well as a couple new members.
March 9th 2024
The 2nd annual Kiwanis Science Fair turned out to be a great success! The kids showed up excited and ready to show off their hard work. It was wonderful to see the display boards, but really amazing to hear how much they had to talk about when working through the scientific method for their projects. We were able to hand out large cash prizes to 1st ($500), 2nd ($250), and 3rd ($125) in each grade 5th through 8th!
February 21st 2024
Oroville Director Vincent Kurland presented the Stanford Avenue School Principal, Jessica North, with a $450 check to help sponsor kids for their new after school soccer program. The children will have the opportunity to work directly with college athletes from Chico State University.
December 7th 2023
Oroville Kiwanis Director Laurie Sousa presented a $500 Sponsorship check to Varsity Coach Kayla Gonzales and Coach Becky Horn. The funds will be used for the Oroville High School’s “Duard Millet” Girls Basketball Tournament. There will be 22 teams playing at this year’s tournament. This long standing tournament has been ongoing since 1976.
December 6th 2023
Oroville Kiwanis Board Director Vincent Kurland presented member Alwina Ainios Captain at the Oroville Salvation Army with a $1,000 check. This donation is going towards their Angel Tree program, to provide toys to children in our community, as well as helping to purchase food for their holiday food program.
December 3rd 2023
It was time once again for the Oroville Kiwanis Club Pheasant Hunt. This has been a continuous, long standing, event for the club. Director Gary Leonard and President Monte Uchida planned another very successful day. It’s a true club event, and once again we hosted over 40 hunters.
December 2nd Afternoon
Saturday afternoon Kiwanis Club Director Laurie Sousa was still at it helping her Key Club host their first Santa’s Workshop event. With the help of the Oroville Kiwanis donation the Key club was able to make their first Santa’s workshop a memorable one.
December 2nd Morning
Saturday morning was the start of a very busy weekend for Kiwanis. After a few year hiatus we were happy to once again partner with the Feather River Parks and Recreation District for “Breakfast with Santa”! Oroville Kiwanis along with the Key Club hosted and served over 100 guests a pancake and sausage breakfast.
President Monte, Leader Laurie, Director Vincent, Past President Allen, and Honorary member Ray
November 28th 2023
Oroville Kiwanis Director Laurie Sousa presented the Oroville High School Key Club with a $500 donation for their upcoming event on December 2nd, Santa’s Workshop. The donation is meant to get the Key Club off and going for their first event.
October 18th 2023
Donna Powers with the Municipal Law Enforcement of Oroville came to present a program called “Shoes that Fit”. The Oroville Police Officers Association has been a part of the program for many years. Shoes that Fit provide our local school age children with over-worn/no shoes with a brand new pair. Shoes that Fit believe new shoes help kids have dignity, joy, and confidence.
This program aligns perfectly with our mission and values, so we decided as a club to make a $3,000 donation and make an impact in our community. We also plan to challenge the Rotary Club to match our donation!
Kiwanis Club Director Vincent Kurland presents Oroville Municipal Officer Donna Powers with the BIG Check!Oroville Municipal Officer Donna Powers is presented with the real check by Kiwanis Club President Monte Uchida
October 11th 2023
City of Oroville recycling coordinator Victoria Padilla presented to the club about SB 1383 (the requirement to sort and separately collect food scraps). She helped explain the “why” behind the new requirements. She also took the time to answer the many questions our club had.
September 5th 2023
Kiwanis Club of Oroville partnered with the Oroville YMCA to bring Fore! the Kids Golf Tournament. Fore our first year we were happy with the turnout. Even though no one won the hole and one grand prize players had a great time. We look forward to our next 18!
President Monte with his popped balloons President Monte Uchida and Board Director Gary Leonard
June 26th – July 4th
It’s 100°F, schools out, and the days are long; it must be time for the Oroville Kiwanis Club to sell Fireworks! We had a great turnout of members helping out, but as usual President Monte and Director Laurie put in the long days to make the fundraiser a great success. It was once again a fruitful fundraiser for the club and the Oroville High School Wrestling team.
May 17th 2023
Sarah Pierce of the Oroville YMCA was presented with a $1,000 check. The donation will go to help with the good the Y does for our local community. The YMCA offers many programs for our youth, and with the move to the “Convention Center” has taken on the role of an event facility.
May 5th 2023
We held our 74th Annual Kiddies’ Day Parade! This years theme was “My Best Summer Vacation”. Attendance was absolutely fantastic. We hope to get even more participants next year!
April 22th 2023
Las Plumas Key Clubbers painted fire hydrants by Helen Wilcox School and around the houses on that block. This activity is so much more than just painting, it promotes pride, volunteerism, hard work, and being community minded in our youth. In addition to these great characteristics it promotes in our youth it does also help make the community safer, and better maintained.
Laurie Sousa with the Las Plumas Key club and Cal Fire Tyler Woodward
March 25th 2023
We held our very first Science Fair partnered with the YMCA of Oroville. The kids that came out really put together some wonderful projects, and walked away with great cash prizes! 1st Place finishers were awarded $500! We are looking forward to next years Science Fair March 9th 2024.
February 15th 2023
The K-9 Unit of the Butte county Sheriff’s Department accepted a $500 check from our club to help with costs associated with the Unit.
Left to Right: Deputy Sturgeon, K9 Enzo, Correctional SGT. Leonard, Kiwanis Board Member Gary Leonard, Kiwanis President Monte Uchida, Deputy Dugan and K9 Vader
January 18th 2023
The K-9 Unit of the Butte county Sheriff’s Department represented by K-9 Deputy Drew Miller, Sergeant Manuel Ayala, and K-9 Correctional Sergeant Tyler Leonard, presented at the Kiwanis program meeting. They were seeking donations to fund a Sheriff’s office tracking K-9, K-9 equipment trailer and miscellaneous K-9 equipment. The K-9 unit presented some of the many benefits that they bring to the community such as de-escalation, apprehension, and narcotic enforcement/seizure. The unit expressed their excitement to bring a tracking K-9 to Sheriff’s office arsenal to help with missing / at risk people, and suspects.
Left to right K-9 Deputy Drew Miller, Sergeant Manuel Ayala, and K-9 Correctional Sergeant Tyler Leonard
November through December 2022
During the holidays our Kiwanis members and Key clubbers were out putting in the volunteer hours giving back to our community!
Las Plumas Key Club with Advisor Bonnie LeihKiwanis member Sarah Pierce and her DaughterLas Plumas Key Club Virginia Camacho, Kiwanis member, Laurie Sousa, and Las Plumas Key Club YamiletLas Plumas Key Club members Julie Jensen and Lixbet BenitezKiwanis Member Vincent KurlandLas Plumas key Club Members Andrea Wilson and Matthew SummerKiwanis Member Laurie Sousa, Las Plumas Key Club Advisor Bonnie Leih and Kiwanis President Monte Uchida with Key Club members filling up Salvation Army food boxes.
December 9th 2022
President of the Feather River Elite Gymnastic Booster Club Richard Miller received $500 from Kiwanis board member Vincent Kurland. The Club voted to make a donation after the loss that was incurred during their fireworks fundraising campaign. Here is a Link to a news article covering it.
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March 16th 2024
The Oroville Kiwanis Pancake Crew was at it again to help out the Palermo Little League! The usual suspects were in attendance, as well as a couple new members.
March 9th 2024
The 2nd annual Kiwanis Science Fair turned out to be a great success! The kids showed up excited and ready to show off their hard work. It was wonderful to see the display boards, but really amazing to hear how much they had to talk about when working through the scientific method for their projects. We were able to hand out large cash prizes to 1st ($500), 2nd ($250), and 3rd ($125) in each grade 5th through 8th!
February 21st 2024
Oroville Director Vincent Kurland presented the Stanford Avenue School Principal, Jessica North, with a $450 check to help sponsor kids for their new after school soccer program. The children will have the opportunity to work directly with college athletes from Chico State University.
December 7th 2023
Oroville Kiwanis Director Laurie Sousa presented a $500 Sponsorship check to Varsity Coach Kayla Gonzales and Coach Becky Horn. The funds will be used for the Oroville High School’s “Duard Millet” Girls Basketball Tournament.
There will be 22 teams playing at this year’s tournament. This long standing tournament has been ongoing since 1976.
December 6th 2023
Oroville Kiwanis Board Director Vincent Kurland presented member Alwina Ainios Captain at the Oroville Salvation Army with a $1,000 check. This donation is going towards their Angel Tree program, to provide toys to children in our community, as well as helping to purchase food for their holiday food program.
December 3rd 2023
It was time once again for the Oroville Kiwanis Club Pheasant Hunt. This has been a continuous, long standing, event for the club. Director Gary Leonard and President Monte Uchida planned another very successful day. It’s a true club event, and once again we hosted over 40 hunters.
December 2nd Afternoon
Saturday afternoon Kiwanis Club Director Laurie Sousa was still at it helping her Key Club host their first Santa’s Workshop event. With the help of the Oroville Kiwanis donation the Key club was able to make their first Santa’s workshop a memorable one.
December 2nd Morning
Saturday morning was the start of a very busy weekend for Kiwanis. After a few year hiatus we were happy to once again partner with the Feather River Parks and Recreation District for “Breakfast with Santa”! Oroville Kiwanis along with the Key Club hosted and served over 100 guests a pancake and sausage breakfast.
November 28th 2023
Oroville Kiwanis Director Laurie Sousa presented the Oroville High School Key Club with a $500 donation for their upcoming event on December 2nd, Santa’s Workshop. The donation is meant to get the Key Club off and going for their first event.
October 18th 2023
Donna Powers with the Municipal Law Enforcement of Oroville came to present a program called “Shoes that Fit”. The Oroville Police Officers Association has been a part of the program for many years. Shoes that Fit provide our local school age children with over-worn/no shoes with a brand new pair. Shoes that Fit believe new shoes help kids have dignity, joy, and confidence.
This program aligns perfectly with our mission and values, so we decided as a club to make a $3,000 donation and make an impact in our community. We also plan to challenge the Rotary Club to match our donation!
October 11th 2023
City of Oroville recycling coordinator Victoria Padilla presented to the club about SB 1383 (the requirement to sort and separately collect food scraps). She helped explain the “why” behind the new requirements. She also took the time to answer the many questions our club had.
September 5th 2023
Kiwanis Club of Oroville partnered with the Oroville YMCA to bring Fore! the Kids Golf Tournament. Fore our first year we were happy with the turnout. Even though no one won the hole and one grand prize players had a great time. We look forward to our next 18!
June 26th – July 4th
It’s 100°F, schools out, and the days are long; it must be time for the Oroville Kiwanis Club to sell Fireworks! We had a great turnout of members helping out, but as usual President Monte and Director Laurie put in the long days to make the fundraiser a great success. It was once again a fruitful fundraiser for the club and the Oroville High School Wrestling team.
May 17th 2023
Sarah Pierce of the Oroville YMCA was presented with a $1,000 check. The donation will go to help with the good the Y does for our local community. The YMCA offers many programs for our youth, and with the move to the “Convention Center” has taken on the role of an event facility.
May 5th 2023
We held our 74th Annual Kiddies’ Day Parade! This years theme was “My Best Summer Vacation”. Attendance was absolutely fantastic. We hope to get even more participants next year!
April 22th 2023
Las Plumas Key Clubbers painted fire hydrants by Helen Wilcox School and around the houses on that block. This activity is so much more than just painting, it promotes pride, volunteerism, hard work, and being community minded in our youth. In addition to these great characteristics it promotes in our youth it does also help make the community safer, and better maintained.
March 25th 2023
We held our very first Science Fair partnered with the YMCA of Oroville. The kids that came out really put together some wonderful projects, and walked away with great cash prizes! 1st Place finishers were awarded $500! We are looking forward to next years Science Fair March 9th 2024.
February 15th 2023
The K-9 Unit of the Butte county Sheriff’s Department accepted a $500 check from our club to help with costs associated with the Unit.
January 18th 2023
The K-9 Unit of the Butte county Sheriff’s Department represented by K-9 Deputy Drew Miller, Sergeant Manuel Ayala, and K-9 Correctional Sergeant Tyler Leonard, presented at the Kiwanis program meeting. They were seeking donations to fund a Sheriff’s office tracking K-9, K-9 equipment trailer and miscellaneous K-9 equipment. The K-9 unit presented some of the many benefits that they bring to the community such as de-escalation, apprehension, and narcotic enforcement/seizure. The unit expressed their excitement to bring a tracking K-9 to Sheriff’s office arsenal to help with missing / at risk people, and suspects.
November through December 2022
During the holidays our Kiwanis members and Key clubbers were out putting in the volunteer hours giving back to our community!
December 9th 2022
President of the Feather River Elite Gymnastic Booster Club Richard Miller received $500 from Kiwanis board member Vincent Kurland. The Club voted to make a donation after the loss that was incurred during their fireworks fundraising campaign. Here is a Link to a news article covering it.
November 9th 2022
Captain Alwina Ainios from the Salvation Army received $1,000 from Kiwanis Club Board member Vincent Kurland for the Christmas Angel Tree program. Please Click here for more information about the Angel Tree Program .
November 5th 2022
The Oroville and Las Plumas high Key Clubs served a Turkey dinner at the First United Methodist Church. Happy Thanksgiving!
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