Kiwanis and Meals of Hope All Smiles in September

Kiwanis Club of Marco Island ended the month of September on a high note. On Tuesday, September 17th, they hosted Meals of Hope Happy Hour at Cocomo's and helped raise funds to purchase food for the upcoming Meals of Hope packaging event to be held on November 9th at the Marco Island Charter Middle School. 

Around 60 guests attended and enjoyed delicious food by Cocomo’s, happy hour drinks, a fun 50/50 and item raffle. Entertainment was by The Island Songbird and Gio-R. Most importantly, funds were raised to support Meals of Hope, a 501 (c)3 charitable entity that packages and distributes meals to needy Collier County families. 

On Friday, September 20th, nine members of Kiwanis Club of Marco Island enjoyed a three-hour cruise aboard the Dolphin Explorer with Master Naturalist Bob McConville and Captain Eddie. It was a fabulous afternoon where members saw 20 different dolphins as well as three of the five newborn dolphins, including a newborn that was only days old. Since this was the first sighting of this new baby dolphin with mother Jing Jing, members were able to name it. The baby dolphin is now named Kiwan.   

On Saturday, September 21st, Kiwanis Club of Marco Island and several Marco Island Academy Key Club members helped in the coastal beach cleanup.   

Kiwanis Club will be starting up their new year with the first luncheon meeting taking place on Wednesday, October 2nd. If you would like to join this very active club, contact Secretary and Membership Chair, Cindy Crane at lucindaed@aol.com. To donate to Meals of Hope, visit mohmi.org.