{"id":40110,"date":"2023-02-17T15:54:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=40110"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:54:30","slug":"genesee-county-kiwanis-club-of-batavia-celebrates-100-years-of-service-to-kids-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/genesee-county-kiwanis-club-of-batavia-celebrates-100-years-of-service-to-kids-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Kiwanis Club of Batavia celebrates 100 years of service to kids in the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"303\" data-attachment-id=\"40111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/genesee-county-kiwanis-club-of-batavia-celebrates-100-years-of-service-to-kids-in-the-community\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n.jpg?fit=303%2C303&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"303,303\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n.jpg?fit=303%2C303&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n.jpg?resize=303%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n.jpg?w=303&amp;ssl=1 303w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/277736243_10158565903266347_6806004301447292367_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA, NY \u2013 Kids in Batavia and surrounding areas have benefitted from the Kiwanis Club of Batavia for 100 years! The Kiwanis Club of Batavia has a long history of community service through various club sponsored programs and support of youth and community-serving organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Feb. 22, 1923, with 56 original members lead by former Batavia Mayor Ashton W. Caney, the club received its charter from Kiwanis International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With members in 80 countries and geographic locations, Kiwanis International is a global community of clubs, members and partners dedicated to improving the lives of children one community at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In it\u2019s early history, the Kiwanis Club of Batavia founded a Fresh Air Health Camp which brought hundreds of children from inner-cities into rural WNY for a week of camping. Kiwanis was also a long-time sponsor of an annual Soap Box Derby which was revived last year by the Batavia Improvement District. An early signature project was raising money to build a community pool formerly at Mac Arthur Park. To marks it\u2019s 75th Anniversary, the club financed new playground equipment at Austin Park that remains to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more recent signature community project was the raising of over $200,000 for the Justice for Children Advocacy Center allowing them to renovate an exiting structure to provide state of the art services to the children under their care. Its current signature project is funding the Books for Babies Program facilitated by the Richmond Memorial Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club conducts three popular holiday events annually; Thanksgiving Morning Skate at the David. M. McCarthy Ice Arena, Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park; and an Independence Day 5K run\/walk in Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club proudly holds an annual Law Enforcement Recognition event in conjunction with the Batavia Police Department, Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Genesee Justice and the Genesee County Magistrates Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club also presents three Richard Rung Memorial Scholarships each year; one each to a graduating Senior at Batavia High, Notre Dame and Genesee Valley BOCES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur main objective is to improve the lives of children, one community at a time,\u201d said David Rumsey, club president. \u201cAs Kiwanians, we are proud of our accomplishments. I encourage and welcome everyone to join in the proud traditions of Kiwanis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kids in the community need Kiwanis. The Kiwanis Club of Batavia is proud to serve them and hopes to do so for another 100 years. For more information, visit their Facebook page at facebook.com\/kiwanisclubofbatavia or their website at www.bataviakiwanis.org. The club meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 12:10 at Batavia\u2019s Original Pizza and welcomes new members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 Kids in Batavia and surrounding areas have benefitted from the Kiwanis Club of Batavia for 100 years! The Kiwanis Club of Batavia has a long history of community service through various club sponsored programs and support of youth and community-serving organizations. On Feb. 22, 1923, \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/genesee-county-kiwanis-club-of-batavia-celebrates-100-years-of-service-to-kids-in-the-community\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[1803,2597],"class_list":["post-40110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-100-years","tag-kiwanis-club-of-batavia-and-genesee-county-bar-association"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-aqW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47334,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/wny-local-kiwanis-clubs-celebrate-milestone-years-of-service-together-at-terry-hills\/","url_meta":{"origin":40110,"position":0},"title":"WNY\/Local Kiwanis Clubs celebrate milestone years of service together at Terry Hills","author":"aka","date":"September 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Kiwanis Clubs of Batavia, Warsaw and Pembroke\/Corfu\/Darien celebrate their milestone years of service together on Thursday evening at Terry Hills in Batavia Press release Kids in Batavia and surrounding areas have benefitted from the Kiwanis Club of Batavia for 100 years.Kiwanis Club of Warsaw is also celebrating 100 years of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230928_203218-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C592&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230928_203218-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C592&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230928_203218-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C592&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230928_203218-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C592&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230928_203218-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C592&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":73423,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/batavia-kiwanis-club-easter-egg-hunt-planned-for-centennial-park-in-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":40110,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Kiwanis Club Easter Egg hunt planned for Centennial Park in April","author":"aka","date":"March 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"File photo March 2025 Press release The Kiwanis Club of Batavia invites families and community members to aHoppin\u2019 good time at their annual Easter Egg Hunt.The event will take place Saturday, April 4th at 9 a.m. sharp at CentennialPark 151 State Street Batavia. 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