Kiwanis Club donates $20K to local organizations


December 30, 2011 · Updated 3:06 PM 

POULSBO — The Kiwanis Club of Greater Poulsbo donated more than $20,000 to 13 area groups and organizations.

Amounts ranged from $100 to the Poulsbo Garden Club and $7,000 to the Northwest Kiwanis Camp in Chimacum.

Kiwanis Club beneficiaries included the 2012 Babe Ruth World Series, $5,000; North Kitsap Fishline, $2,000; Pearce Forcier Memorial Hockey Scholarship, $1,000; Kitsap Little League, $1,000; Kitsap Regional Library, $1,000; Martha & Mary, $1,000; Love & Logic, $600; Muscular Dystrophy Association, $500; Red Cross CPR Saturdays, $500; and GEBCO Globe, $250.

Local artisans and merchants donated more than 200 items for the club’s annual dinner/auction fundraiser at Kiana Lodge in September.

 

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