eKiwanis members and guests gathered to pack meals at Feed My Starving Children in Schaumburg, IL (just one of our regular service projects!)
Overview of eKiwanis
The eKiwanis Club is a local service organization comprised of a variety of individuals who believe in taking a leadership role in helping children and enhancing the community in which we live
Internet-based club affiliated with Kiwanis International
All communication accomplished via the Internet through our website, mailing lists, and via web conferencing (video and conference calls)
Provides opportunities for hands-on community service in the Chicagoland area, to meet new friends, and to hone your leadership skills
Kiwanis Service
Service is at the heart of every Kiwanis club, no matter where in the world it’s located. Members stage approximately 150,000 service projects and raise nearly US$100 million every year for communities, families, and projects. By working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone.
Our Kiwanis club focuses on changing the world by serving children, one child in our community at a time. Each year, we perform more than 1,000 hours of volunteer service in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. We have service projects year-round! Learn more about our impact here.
Join Us
We would love to welcome you as the next member of our club!
Potential members are welcome to join eKiwanis at an upcoming service project, meeting, or social event. Check out our calendar of events!
Are you ready to help create communities that let all children thrive, prosper, and grow? It’s pretty easy to do! Simply contact us with your questions and apply for Kiwanis club membership here.
The kids in your community and the world are counting on you!
Internet-based Kiwanis Club located in the Chicagoland Area. Learn more at ekiwanis.org. Guests are always welcome at in-person or virtual meetings and service projects!
It’s National Volunteer Week 💙
To our amazing eKiwanis volunteers, thank you!
Whether you’re leading, organizing, or jumping in to serve, you’re the reason we’re able to make an impact in our community and beyond.
We’re so grateful for each of you. Swipe for some scenes of our service projects and fun times over the years! ➡️
Interested in getting involved? We’d love to have you join us! Send us a message or follow along to learn more! ... See MoreSee Less
We joined the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines at an after hours Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce event to promote our upcoming Diaper Drive for the Salvation Army. Thank you to those who dropped off donations last night.
Be on the lookout for our diaper drive donation boxes around Des Plaines beginning May 21st ... See MoreSee Less
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3408
*** Event Description ***
We will be making hygiene kits for Ronald McDonald House. Kits contain overnight essentials like, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, lotion, etc.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3389
*** Event Description ***
Help a neighbor, an organization, or do whatever your heart desires to serve your community with your own virtual service project!
Spend two hours improving our world on your own terms! Take the initiative and 5-4-3-2-1-GO! Note the service in the comments section of the sign up. You have a week to complete this, so have fun and change the world!
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3401
*** Event Description ***
Join us and other fellow Kiwanis Clubs for the GoBabyGo Project! We will be building custom motorized vehicles for kids with Spina Bifida
*** Additional Description ***
Join the River Forest Oak Park Kiwanis Club for their signature GoBabyGo Project! For this project the River Forest Oak Park Kiwanis Club partners with the Illinois Spina Bifida Association and NuMotion, a mobilized wheelchair company.
Join us and other Kiwanis Clubs to help build motorized cars fitted for kids with spina bifida. The kids will come in person for their final fitting in the car and for a test drive! Help is needed for assembling the car, registration, lunch set up, and making trips to the store for needed parts.
They will have (2) build sessions. 6 tables starting at 9am and 4 or 5 tables starting at 10am. If you will not be there for the 9am session, please note you will be there for the 10am session when you sign up on the calendar.
If you can't stay the whole time, you can come in the morning and leave early. In the past, we helped in the morning until early afternoon.
Schedule:
8:30 - arrive - Set up tables and place cars at each. NuMotion will be providing coffee and donuts!
9:00 - Official Welcome and 6 GBG teams start
10:00 est. 4-5 GBG teams start the second shift as tables become available.
11:00 - Pizza lunch brought in for all volunteers
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3344
*** Event Description ***
On the first Thursday of each month you are invited to a Zoom meeting with the Governor to talk about Kiwanis
Archive:
https://iikiwanis.org/events/kiwanis-conversations/
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3308
*** Event Description ***
Meeting to discuss the business of our Division (Division 8)
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3380
*** Event Description ***
This is a service project for Camp Independence organized by Division 8 Kiwanis.
*** Additional Description ***
Registration:
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8723317/2026-YMCA-Camp-Duncan-YMCA-Camp-Independence-Volunteer-Day-Interest-Form
*** Please select Camp Independence ***
A donation of $25 will be requested from each attendee for a grilled steak lunch at 12:00 after the clean-up.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3331
*** Event Description ***
We meet 3-6 times a year in person for our business meeting.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3334
*** Event Description ***
We will be hosting a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament with Rockford Charitable Games Association.
https://rcgpoker.com
Potential shifts below. We'd like 2 people present the entire time, but only 1 is required. We can split the time however we want.
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
11:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Someone working the first shift will have to arrive by 12:15 with forms and a check from Charlie.
The eKiwanis is the operator of the event, the others present are consultants. As such, we have to be present at all times.
We can sell chips when people come in and cash them out when they leave. Or we can just be there. Rockford Charity does the majority of the work, we are just there to be the hosting charity.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3334
*** Event Description ***
We will be hosting a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament with Rockford Charitable Games Association.
https://rcgpoker.com
Potential shifts below. We'd like 2 people present the entire time, but only 1 is required. We can split the time however we want.
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
11:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Someone working the first shift will have to arrive by 12:15 with forms and a check from Charlie.
The eKiwanis is the operator of the event, the others present are consultants. As such, we have to be present at all times.
We can sell chips when people come in and cash them out when they leave. Or we can just be there. Rockford Charity does the majority of the work, we are just there to be the hosting charity.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3374
*** Additional Description ***
Raffle tickets are $5 each, or 5 for $20.
Winners will be drawn on Saturday June 6 at 8PM CT. Winners do not need to be present to win.
https://ekiwanis.org/raffle
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3409
*** Event Description ***
Community-Wide Baby Shower Drive to benefit the Breakfast with Baby Program with the Des Plaines Salvation Army.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3345
*** Event Description ***
On the first Thursday of each month you are invited to a Zoom meeting with the Governor to talk about Kiwanis
Archive:
https://iikiwanis.org/events/kiwanis-conversations/
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3410
*** Event Description ***
Through locations in Edgewater and Rogers Park, Care for Real (CfR) provides food, clothing, referrals, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger, healthier, equitable, and more stable community.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3310
*** Event Description ***
Meeting to discuss the business of our Division (Division 8)
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3346
*** Event Description ***
On the first Thursday of each month you are invited to a Zoom meeting with the Governor to talk about Kiwanis
Archive:
https://iikiwanis.org/events/kiwanis-conversations/
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3335
*** Event Description ***
We will be hosting a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament with Rockford Charitable Games Association.
https://rcgpoker.com
Potential shifts below. We'd like 2 people present the entire time, but only 1 is required. We can split the time however we want.
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
11:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Someone working the first shift will have to arrive by 12:15 with forms and a check from Charlie.
The eKiwanis is the operator of the event, the others present are consultants. As such, we have to be present at all times.
We can sell chips when people come in and cash them out when they leave. Or we can just be there. Rockford Charity does the majority of the work, we are just there to be the hosting charity.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3335
*** Event Description ***
We will be hosting a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament with Rockford Charitable Games Association.
https://rcgpoker.com
Potential shifts below. We'd like 2 people present the entire time, but only 1 is required. We can split the time however we want.
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
11:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Someone working the first shift will have to arrive by 12:15 with forms and a check from Charlie.
The eKiwanis is the operator of the event, the others present are consultants. As such, we have to be present at all times.
We can sell chips when people come in and cash them out when they leave. Or we can just be there. Rockford Charity does the majority of the work, we are just there to be the hosting charity.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3414
*** Event Description ***
Annual I-I District Convention. We will be learning all sorts of interesting things about our District, catching up with old friends, electing our leaders for the next year, and generally having a great time! Please consider coming, especially if you have never been before.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3414
*** Event Description ***
Annual I-I District Convention. We will be learning all sorts of interesting things about our District, catching up with old friends, electing our leaders for the next year, and generally having a great time! Please consider coming, especially if you have never been before.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3414
*** Event Description ***
Annual I-I District Convention. We will be learning all sorts of interesting things about our District, catching up with old friends, electing our leaders for the next year, and generally having a great time! Please consider coming, especially if you have never been before.
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3311
*** Event Description ***
Meeting to discuss the business of our Division (Division 8)
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3312
*** Event Description ***
Meeting to discuss the business of our Division (Division 8)
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3348
*** Event Description ***
On the first Thursday of each month you are invited to a Zoom meeting with the Governor to talk about Kiwanis
Archive:
https://iikiwanis.org/events/kiwanis-conversations/
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3417
*** Event Description ***
Leadership, Empowerment, and Fun (LEAF) Rally -- Previously known as Leadership Training Conference (LTC)
eKiwanis Calendar (Includes location):
https://ekiwanis.org/members/event_date_info.php?event_date_id=3418
*** Event Description ***
Holiday Embrace is Circle K's annual dinner/dance. It is also a fundraiser for Spastic Paralysis, so please come and support this worthy cause!
About eKiwanis of Greater Chicago
Overview of eKiwanis
Kiwanis Service
Service is at the heart of every Kiwanis club, no matter where in the world it’s located. Members stage approximately 150,000 service projects and raise nearly US$100 million every year for communities, families, and projects. By working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone.
Our Kiwanis club focuses on changing the world by serving children, one child in our community at a time. Each year, we perform more than 1,000 hours of volunteer service in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. We have service projects year-round! Learn more about our impact here.
Join Us
We would love to welcome you as the next member of our club!
Potential members are welcome to join eKiwanis at an upcoming service project, meeting, or social event. Check out our calendar of events!
Are you ready to help create communities that let all children thrive, prosper, and grow? It’s pretty easy to do! Simply contact us with your questions and apply for Kiwanis club membership here.
The kids in your community and the world are counting on you!
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eKiwanis Club of Greater Chicago
Internet-based Kiwanis Club located in the Chicagoland Area. Learn more at ekiwanis.org. Guests are always welcome at in-person or virtual meetings and service projects!
It’s National Volunteer Week 💙
To our amazing eKiwanis volunteers, thank you!
Whether you’re leading, organizing, or jumping in to serve, you’re the reason we’re able to make an impact in our community and beyond.
We’re so grateful for each of you. Swipe for some scenes of our service projects and fun times over the years! ➡️
Interested in getting involved? We’d love to have you join us! Send us a message or follow along to learn more! ... See MoreSee Less
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We joined the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines at an after hours Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce event to promote our upcoming Diaper Drive for the Salvation Army. Thank you to those who dropped off donations last night.
Be on the lookout for our diaper drive donation boxes around Des Plaines beginning May 21st ... See MoreSee Less
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Upcoming events
Aktion Club - Hygiene Kits
Your Service Project
GoBabyGo Project
Kiwanis Conversations
Service Committee Meeting
Division 8 Council
Camp Independence Service Project
In-Person Meeting
Board Reports Due
Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
Annual Raffle
Key Club District Board Meeting
Community-Wide Baby Shower Drive
Kiwanis Conversations
Care for Real
Division 8 Council
Kiwanis Conversations
Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
Circle K Kiwanis Family Picnic
I-I Kiwanis District Convention
I-I Kiwanis District Convention
I-I Kiwanis District Convention
Division 8 Council
Division 8 Council
Kiwanis Conversations
Circle K LEAF Rally
Holiday Embrace
I-I Circle K District Convention
I-I Circle K District Convention
I-I Key Club District Convention
I-I Key Club District Convention
I-I Key Club District Convention