Welcome to Kiwanis

Welcome to your local Kiwanis service club, serving River Forest and Oak Park, where we are dedicated to supporting a culture of service in our community and developing youth as community leaders. READ MORE>>  

Bowl-a-thon 

Thanks to everyone who made the Kiwanis Bowl-a-Thon a success. Together with Kiwanis clubs from Forest Park, Montclare - Elmwood Park, Norridge, and North Lake clubs at Forest Park's Circle Lanes we all raised over $2,500 benefitting kids with Spina Bifida through YMCA Camp Independence.

Kiwanis Scholarship Recipients Have Been Selected

Thanks to all who applied. We appreciate your hard work and dedication to our communities. There are so many impressive applicants.

Willa Aumann     Kevin McCole Scholarship

Rachel Prestes Lorrie Michael Scholarship

Teigan Macek

Marina Burke-Sjoblom

Anja Herrman

Amelia Hunkele

Supporting children Resources

• Caring for children while school's out (Center for Disease Control)

• How to talk to kids during the Coronavirus (Healthline)

• How to talk to your anxious child (Psychology Today)

• Checklist to build developmental assets to help children weather the crisis (The Search Institute)

  • Fun learning sites for children:  National Geographic for Kids, Storytelling: Introducing imagineering in a box by Khan Academy, BrainPop (recommended by District 90)

• Illinois Department of Public Health

Join us: We meet twice monthly (2nd and 4th Wednesdays each month), and engage in service projects and social activities throughout the year. See our EVENTS CALENDAR>>