Kiwanian John Karpierz, Chair Young Children Priority One/Handicapped Youth Committee presented a check in the amount of $1,200.00 for the purchase of the Fairview Learning Program to Taft Elementary Principal, Steven Longacre and Special Needs Teacher Nancy Davis.  This program will be used to help the 120 deaf and Hearing Impaired kids attending Taft Elementary in Santa Ana.

The Fairview Learning Program is being used in the Santa Ana Middle and High Schools but not in the

Every Year the Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana (a non profit Community Service Organization) honors Santa Ana Police Department personnel with the “Officer of the Year” presentation. 

2009 recipient is Officer Weston Hadley, a 15 year veteran of the SAPD currently assigned to the Traffic Division.

Officer Hadley keeps busy as the SAPD Grant Coordinator and through his recent efforts, secured a $289,000 grant to combat the serious problems, otherwise not funded, of Drunk

The Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana, a community Service club donated $500 to The Wheeler’s Club at their meeting February 17, 2010.  The Wheeler’s Club provides needed school supplies to Special Needs Kids at several Schools in Santa Ana.  These supplies go to the most needy as requested by the school teachers in the Santa Ana School District.  Without the assistance of the Wheeler’s Club, many low income families could not afford basic school supplies.

John Karpierz, Chair

The Santa Ana Unified School District, with participation by the Southern California College of Optometry and the Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana, examined over 600 pre-schoolers.  One of every four children had vision issues.

A team made up of Dr. Janet Armstrong, O.D., school nurses Collette Bywater and Juanita Stefun, and volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana conducted the vision screening.  Kiwanis volunteers were coordinated by Clint Hopson, Foundation Vice-President;

This week’s pick-up of leftover bakery products at the Irvine Costco for use by the Western Service Workers Association (WSWA) Food Program was gigantic!  Four carts of various bakery products filled the Honda Odyssey of Kiwanian Bob Stopher to overflowing.  This generous donation by Costco will HELP feed needy families in Santa Ana that are served by the WSWA Food Program.

Lisa Schwartz, Director of WSWA stated that this bakery donation will enable them to have significant impact

Bob McMahon is a member of both the Escondido and Santa Ana Kiwanis club’s.  Bob asked President Rocio Brooks if The Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana had a use for 250 plush toys…..Some of the stuffed toys were given to the “Special Needs” kids at Valley High School and the majority were delivered to Dr. Ana Jimenez-Hami, Executive Director of O.C.C.T.A.C.  Several children received these plush animals as Holiday gifts.