Kiwanis will host annual fundraiser in Whitewater on March 7
The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club will serve its annual all-you-can-eat pancake, sausage, coffee, milk and orange juice meal from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, at the Old Armory, 146 W. North St. in downtown Whitewater.
The cost is $5 in advance and $6 at the door to help the club raise funds for its many community projects. Preschool children eat for free.
Tickets will be available at PremierBank, First Citizen’s State Bank and Fort Community Credit Union in Whitewater. They also can be purchased from any Whitewater Kiwanian.
“I always look forward to our pancake event, where so many people enjoy great pancakes and help out the children in our community at the same time,” club President Lorrie Koppein said in a news release.
The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club is made up of volunteers who help children in the community and around the world, with 100 percent of proceeds going directly to projects and zero to administrative costs.
Each year, the club distributes about $20,000, with over half going to the Whitewater Unified School District, including Ferradermis, ELL summer school transportation, shoes for students, Badger Boys State and Badger Girls State and scholarships.
Kiwanis helped build and maintain the Flowing Well Shelter (the accessible playground at Starin Park), Treyton’s Field of Dreams, the WHS football field lights and press box, as well as adopting a highway to clean up.
In addition, the group donates to the Whitewater Youth Soccer Club, the Friends of the Whitewater Aquatic and Fitness Center Family Partnership Fund, the Whitewater Food Pantry, Bethel House and more.
Funds are raised through the annual pancake breakfasts that have been served continuously since the 1950s, the Discover Whitewater Series Half-Marathon breakfast and yearly poinsettia and lily plant sales.
More information can be found on the club’s Facebook page.
