Signature Projects
Charles J. Thurmond Youth Art Scholarship Awards
- $15,000 of scholarships are awarded each year by the Kiwanis Club of Gainesville; $5,000 in each of 3 categories - Writing, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
- $2,500 for 1st place
- $1,500 for 2nd place
- $1,000 for 3rd place
- The application process is in the Spring of each year. The scholarship fund is administered by the North Georgia Community Foundation.
- For more information on the scholarship - CLICK HERE
Dictionary Project
- The Gainesville Kiwanis Club provides a dictionary to every 3rd grade student in Hall County
- This project began in 2005
- To date, nearly 50,000 dictionaries have been personally presented by Kiwanians
Youth Christmas Projects
- Sponsor Friends of Recovery Christmas Party
- Purchase gifts from Santa for over 300 kids in December
- "Angel Tree" gifts for kids in families involved with Accountability Courts
Read Aloud
- Reading to children in local elementary schools to help enhance their interest in reading and development of reading skills before 3rd grade