A little About our club

Kristmas Town Kiwanis is a non-profit organization in Shelton, WA that helps children in the community. Members of every age attend regular meetings, experience fellowship, raise funds for various causes and participate in service projects that help local kids and their families.

Members come from many different occupations –but all share a common purpose – helping to create a stronger community and provide activities and enrichment for our local children – if it helps the kids, Kristmas Town Kiwanis is pleased to lend a hand!

The Club is part of a global organization dedicated to serving the children of the world. Kiwanis International and its family of clubs—nearly 600,000 members strong—annually raise more than $107 million and dedicate more than 18 million volunteer hours to children.

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Kristmas Town Kiwanis Projects & activities

  • Bluegrass from the Forest annual music festival – live music and kids workshops

  • Callanan Park Renovation – restroom construction, security lighting, dugout benches, metal roofs for dugouts, storage shed, scoreboard repair, handicap accessible drinking fountain and children’s playground.

  • Boy Scout Troop 112 – founded in 2016; KristmasTown is the charter organization.

  • Day of Champions – first conducted in 2019, canceled in 2020 & 2021

  • Annual scholarships for graduating seniors

  • Circle K and Key Club youth group sponsorship

  • 40 et 8 community assistance food baskets

  • Little league baseball and youth soccer program support

  • Holiday Magic – tree lighting in Post Office Park, bonfires and marshmallow roasting, caroling, rides on the Kristmas Town Kiwanis train, rides on the Kristmas Town Kiwanis Christmas wagon for families, free refreshments. Presented in conjunction with the Shelton Downtown Merchants.

  • Annual Christmas Parade – First Saturday in December, over 50 decorated entries.

  • Annual “Duck Race” during Forest Festival

  • Aluminum can drive – three times a year

  • Highway Clean-up – quarterly

  • Oysterfest – rides and free games with prizes for children

  • Sponsorship of Shelton School District Future Farmers of America (FFA)

  • Overlook Log Monument – restoration and annual beautification

  • Youth recreation scholarships through Shelton Parks and Recreation

  • Kiwanis Law Enforcement Camp Scholarship

  • Mary M Knight School District support

  • Spellabration – Mason County literacy event