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Purpose
Purpose
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. 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 $340 million every year for communities, families and projects. By working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone.
The 2026 goal for Kiwanis International Children's Fund is to raise $125,000 - to support 55,000 children - through the Kiwanis Day of Giving on February 25, 2026!
2025 Kiwanis Recruiting Video Tuesday.mp4
Meetings:
USD 409 Board of Education Office626 Commercial StreetAtchison, KS 66002 USA
Day: TuesdayTime: 12:00 PM
USD 409 Board of Education Office626 Commercial StreetAtchison, KS 66002 USA
Day: TuesdayTime: 12:00 PM
Our Service Projects
Our Service Projects
2026 NEK Multi-County Health Departments Baby Shower
Join the Atchison Health Department for Baby Shower on July 6, 2026. They are accepting donated items for women, infants, and children.
Our Mission: To ensure quality services by informing, educating, and empowering the community to be healthier.
2026 Atchison Public Library Summer Reading Program
Goals:
Offer programs that encourage learning and fun at no charge to participants
Bring in performers and partners to engage our community
Offer prizes that motivate reading maong addults, teens, and children
2026 Atchison Juneteenth Committee
The annual Juneteenth Celebration is a time for celebrating African American Freedom. It is a time for our community to come together and unite under friendship and love. Activities include great music, delicious food, and fostering community relationships.
Join the 20th annual celebration on June 13-14, 2026 at LFM Park in Atchsion!
May 10, 2026 Spring Flea Market
2026 Atchison After School Club - Connecting Youth and Community
The Atchison After School Club (formerly the Boys & Girls Club) serves the children and youth of Atchison.
Each year, students who attend the Atchison After School Club participate in an Art Exhibition showcasing artwork they create during their time at the club. This event not only allows students to express themselves creatively, but also builds confidence, pride, and a sense of accomplishment as they share their work with the community.
2026 Atchison County Fair
The theme for this year's fair will be "Harvesting Memories for 250 Years." Donations have made possible the replacement of the goat/sheep pens and upgraded electric service in the beef barn. The Fair Association continues to present fun and enjoyable activities for everyone!
Follow the fair on Facebook
Join the fun - August 5 - 8, 2026!
2026 Atchison Recreation Commision Summer Youth Baseball
The sponsorship fee helps to pay for the operating costs of the baseball program which inlcude baseballs, bats, batting helmets, catchers mitts, masks, shin guards, chest protectors, etc.
2026 Court Appoint Special Advocates
First Judicial District CASA Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our agency provides three main programs for children and families in Atchison and Leavenworth Counties including the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), Child Exchange and Visitation Center (CEVC), and trained Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteers to advocate for children in our Judicial District. Additionally, CASA facilitates three classes available to the community including General Responsibilities As Separating Parents (GRASP), Parenting in the Twenty-First Century and a Love and Logic based Parenting Class.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): Recruits, trains and certifies average citizen volunteers to advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children in the court system. Considered the eyes and ears of the Judge. Volunteers advocate for the best interest of the child while ensuring the child is safe. CASA Volunteers are sensitive to the child’s sense of time and work tirelessly to achieve a permanent or “forever home” for children.
2026 Atchison Fire Department / National Fire Safety Council
The Atchison Fire Department partners with the National Fire Safety Council to provide important safety information for the community regarding smoke alarms, home escape plans, cooking safety, and stop, drop, and roll.
The National Fire Safety Council provides local fire departments with the most comprehensive resource of fire safety educational materials in the world. The NFSC also developed the FirePup educational safety program.
2026 Amelia Earhart Festival
The annual festival presents downtown music, food and crafts fair, star-filled outdoor concert, children’s activities, awards and honors, Earhart research and literature, music on the beautiful Riverfront, aerobatic performances and the grandest of all finalés — the “Concert in the Sky” fireworks show.
Follow the festival on Facebook
2026 Atchison Child Care Association
Atchison Child Care Association provides daycare and before/after school care for children. The 2026 Chili and Soup Supper project will support construction of a School Age "Tree House" Play Structure for the playground.
2026 International Forest of Friendship
The Intenational Forest of Friendship was established in 1976 as a bicentennial project by the City of Atchison and The Ninety-Nines Inc., The International Organization of Women Pilots. Each September, new honorees are inducted into the Forest with a stone in the walkway that winds through trees representing all 50 states and over 35 countries.
Activties for adults and children occur in the Forest to increase knowledge and appreciation of the contributions of women pilots to the field of aviation.
Halloween Parade and Costume Contest October 25, 2025
Atchison Kiwanis Halloween Parade Honors Johnathan Mize as Grand Marshal
“Red, White & BOO” Theme to Kick Off a Day of Spooktacular Fun Downtown
The Atchison Kiwanis Club and the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce are thrilled to announce that Johnathan Mize will serve as Grand Marshal for this year’s Atchison Kiwanis Halloween Parade, taking place Saturday, October 25, 2025. This year’s theme, “Red, White & BOO,” celebrates both Halloween spirit and patriotic pride as we look ahead to America’s 250th birthday in 2026.
Festivities will fill downtown Atchison throughout the day, creating a family-friendly celebration for residents and visitors alike. Businesses, organizations, families, and schools are encouraged to decorate floats, wear their best costumes, and show off their creative red, white, and spooky spirit!
Schedule of Events — Saturday, October 25, 2025
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Trick or Treat Down the Street
12:00 PM: Costume Contest on the 400 Block of Commercial Street
12:30 PM: Live Well Bike Giveaway
1:00 PM: Parade Line-Up
2:00 PM: Halloween Parade featuring Grand Marshal Johnathan Mize
The parade will feature floats, marching bands, community groups, and costumed characters making their way through downtown Atchison. Families are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy trick-or-treating at participating businesses and to cheer on costume contest participants before the parade kicks off.
This year’s "Red, White & BOO" theme ties together our spooky season with a celebration of our nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary, and we’re honored to have Jonathan Mize lead the parade.
Courtesy of the Atchison Globe
We had the biggest turn out yet for the Costume Contest!! Thank you to Atchison Public Library for partnering with us again this year!! Don't forget to come out to the Kiwanis Halloween Parade at 2pm!! We are kicking off the Red White and Boo 250th Celebration!! Our Grand Marshall Jonathan Mize will kick off the parade!!
What a fun Halloween Parade! Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen! Congratulations to our float winners:
1st Place: Highland Tech
2nd Place: Atchison Animal Clinic
3rd Place: Keri Jones American Family Insurance
And to Jonathan Mize for being this year’s Grand Marshall!!
Highland Tech
Atchison Animal Clinic
Keri Jones American Family Insurance
September 7, 2025 Fall Flea Market
2025 Atchison's Annual Fireworks Show - July 4, 2025
Sponsored by the American Legion and supporters throughout Atchison, this annual event is not to be missed!
2025 Atchison Juneteenth Committee
The annual Juneteenth Celebration is a time for celebrating African American Freedom. It is a time for our community to come together and unite under friendship and love. Activities include great music, delicious food, and fostering community relationships.
Join the celebration - June 14 - 15, 2025!
2025 Atchison County Fair
The theme for this year's fair will be "Blue Jeans and Country Dreams." With the outstanding financial support in 2024, the Fair Association was able to totally replace and rebuild most of the pens in the swine barn, as well as present fun and enjoyable activities for everyone!
Follow the fair on Facebook
Join the fun - August 6 - 9, 2025!
2025 Amelia Earhart Festival
The annual festival presents downtown music, food and crafts fair, star-filled outdoor concert, children’s activities, awards and honors, Earhart research and literature, music on the beautiful Riverfront, aerobatic performances and the grandest of all finalés — the “Concert in the Sky” fireworks show.
Download the Festival Brochure
Follow the festival on Facebook
Don't miss out - July 17 - 19, 2025
May 11, 2025 Spring Flea Market
Thanks to everyone this was one of our largest events!
2025 Atchison Recreation Commision Summer Youth Baseball
The sponsorship fee helps to pay for the operating costs of the baseball program which inlcude baseballs, bats, batting helmets, catchers mitts, masks, shin guards, chest protectors, etc.
2025 Atchison Jazz Express
Atchison Jazz Express continues the tradition of providing live jazz and Big Band era music. Performing in Atchison and the surrounding area of northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, AJE reaches a total audience in the hundreds through the year.
Atchison Jazz Express helps to fund scholarships for high school seniors who are furthering their musical education. AJE has provided over twenty scholarships to deserving students.
2025 Atchison Public Library Summer Reading Program
Offer programs that encourage learning and fun at no charge to participants
Bring in performers and partners to engage our community
Offer prizes that motivate reading among Adults, Teens, and Children
@atchisonpubliclibrary
Atchison Fire Department / National Fire Safety Council 2025
The Atchison Fire Department partners with the National Fire Safety Council to provide important safety information for the community regarding smoke alarms, home escape plans, cooking safety, and stop, drop, and roll.
The National Fire Safety Council provides local fire departments with the most comprehensive resource of fire safety educational materials in the world. The NFSC also developed the FirePup educational safety program.
Congratulations to Austin Smith, Atchison High School, for his selection to participate in the National Honor Band performance during the Music for All National Festival on March 15, 2025.
About the Honor Band of America
Since its inception in 1992, the Honor Band of America has earned a national reputation as one of the nation's finest student concert
honor bands.
With the opportunity to rehearse and perform with renowned conductors and world-class guest artists, to premiere commissioned works for concert band, and perform for a "dream audience" of outstanding high school musicians and educators from across the country, the Honor Band of America is a "must" for the finest young musicians. The Honor Band has received international accolades, with a performance at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and concert tours of Europe and Japan.
Honor Band of America members have hailed from across the nation, from band programs large and small. Today, many Honor Band of America alumni perform in professional symphonies and top military bands. Others are teaching music in schools and colleges nationwide, performing professionally, completing a wide variety of college degrees, and are embarking on illustrious and diverse careers that span the spectrum of business and professional enterprise.
Kiwanis Day of Giving 2025
Kiwanis Day of Giving 2025
On February 25 and 26, Kiwanians came together to raise US$186,000. We surpassed our goal of $100,000 — and it will help Kiwanis reach more than 82,000 kids around the world.
2025 Court Appoint Special Advocates
First Judicial District CASA Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our agency provides three main programs for children and families in Atchison and Leavenworth Counties including the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), Child Exchange and Visitation Center (CEVC), and trained Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteers to advocate for children in our Judicial District. Additionally, CASA facilitates three classes available to the community including General Responsibilities As Separating Parents (GRASP), Parenting in the Twenty-First Century and a Love and Logic based Parenting Class.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): Recruits, trains and certifies average citizen volunteers to advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children in the court system. Considered the eyes and ears of the Judge. Volunteers advocate for the best interest of the child while ensuring the child is safe. CASA Volunteers are sensitive to the child’s sense of time and work tirelessly to achieve a permanent or “forever home” for children.
2025 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Kansas Athletes
Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® is an opportunity for schools pre-K through university level to intentionally promote meaningful social inclusion. This is accomplished by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school environments, utilizing three interconnected components: Special Olympics Unified Sports®, inclusive youth leadership, and whole school engagement. There are currently over 7,600 Unified Champion Schools in 49 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Special Olympics Kansas UCS program is in it’s 13th year and is active on nearly 50 campuses state-wide.
Atchison High School Unified Champions Team
Atchison Middle School Unified Champions Team
Atchison Cool School Plunge Recap!
Over 50 brave students and faculty took the plunge at Atchison High School! The school raised over $4300 for Special Olympics Kansas! It was a pretty sunny day ... but the water was still cold!
February 26, 2025
2025 Backpack Buddies Program
A child who eats consistent, healthy meals will concentrate better in school, bond more closely with peers, miss less school due to illness, and score higher on standardized tests.
Sponsoring just one child to provide nutritious, kid-friendly food over each weekend of the 34-week school year makes such a difference in our community.
Follow Atchison Elementary on Facebook
October 26, 2024 Halloween Parade & Costume Contest
“If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.” –Roald Dahl
Instilling the love of reading is one way Kiwanis helps support their mission of improving our community one child at a time! This wouldn’t be possible without the partnership with the Atchison Public Library and today’s Costume Contest! The winners won a gift certificate for books!! Thank you to everyone who came out to support this partnership and the costumes were so cute and creative!! #happyhalloween #love2read #kiwanisclub
Amazing turn out for today's parade! Thank you for everyone's help!! It doesn't happen without each of you! A special thank you to Atchison PD for helping us keep everyone safe and to the scouts for always being willing to start our parade off right!!
The winners of the float decorating were
1st Place - Atchison Animal Clinic!!
2nd Place - Sensational Creations!!
3rd Place - Union State Bank!!
Mark your calendars for next year because we'll be back for another spooky parade on October 25th, 2025!!
#happyhalloween #kiwanisinternational #kiwanisclub
September 8, 2024 Fall Flea Market
Atchison County Fair August 7 - 10, 2024
The financial support this community has shown to the Fair has been tremendous over the past several years. With those donations, the Atchison County Fair Association can provide repairs and maintenance of the fairgrounds, great entertainment, musical talent, and ribbons or prize money for exhibitors. 2024 marks the 118th anniversary of the Atchison County Fair.
Follow the Fair on Facebook
2024 Atchison TopDog Drill Team Uniform Fund Drive
Founded in June of 1994, Atchison's TopDog Drill Team encourages and develops local youth through the beat of drums and innovative dance steps.
Top DogDrill Team is an annual participant in the Kiwanis Halloween Parade, much to the delight of everyone.
2024 Atchison Public Library Summer Reading Program
Donations to the Summer Reading Program helps us:
offer programs that encourage learning and fun at no charge to participants
bring in performers and partners to engage our community
offer prizes that motivate reading among Adults, Teens, and Children
www.atchisonlibrary.org/donatesrp.html
http://www.atchisonlibrary.org
Registration closes July 14!
2024 Atchison Jazz Express
The Atchison Jazz Express is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to continuing the life and legacy of jazz and swing music to the next generation of performers.
For more than a decade The Atchison Jazz Express has awarded scholarships to deserving high school seniors who are graduating and pursuing vocal and/or instrumental music performance at an institute of higher learning. To date, The Atchison Jazz Express has awarded more than $10,000 to said graduates.
The group, founded in 2012, is made up of approximately 18 amateur and professional musicians from Atchison and the surrounding region. They perform approximately 10 public and private concerts every year, highlighted by their Spring Scholarship Concert, held annually every April.
Follow the Jazz Express on Facebook
May 12, 2024 Spring Flea Market
So much fun at today's Atchison Kiwanis Club Flea Market!
Our Atchison Kiwanis Club uses the vendor fees collected at our flea market to support numerous projects that benefit local children.
Those projects include:
-Sponsoring a little league team through our Atchison Recreation Dept.
-Donating to the Atchison Public Library Summer Reading Program
-Contributing to the Backpack Buddies program at USD 409 Atchison Public Schools
2024 Backpack Buddies Program
A child who eats consistent, healthy meals will concentrate better in school, bond more closely with peers, miss less school due to illness, and score higher on standardized tests.
Sponsoring just one child to provide nutritious, kid-friendly food over each weekend of the 34-week school year makes such a difference in our community.
Follow Atchison Elementary on Facebook
February 23, 2024
Kiwanis International Day of Giving
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO
Wow! Kiwanians answered the call — and made our second Kiwanis Day of Giving a major success. Your effort and generosity resulted in a fundraising total of more than US$130,000 — enough to reach more than 57,000 children! As always, your support for the Kiwanis Children’s Fund amplifies your impact beyond your community. We’re pleased to share a special message of appreciation for your incredible generosity from 2023-24 Kiwanis Children’s Fund President Amy Zimmerman:
January 1, 2024
Kiwanis International Rose Parade Float
Thanks to Leonard for sharing!
Courtesy of Tournament of Roses
Entry #72. Kiwanis International"Serving in Harmony"(design by Phoenix Decorating Company)It’s music, music, music on Kiwanis’ 42nd Rose Parade entry, as a giant sheepdog listens to what’s playing on a vintage wind-up gramophone record player. He shows his approval by wagging his tail, which, in turn, tickles the ivories of the player piano. The canine music-lover is decorated with white pampas grass, and black and dark gray buffalo grass for the fur; hot pink fine-cut statice for the tongue; and eyes of white powdered rice and black seaweed. Kiwanis provides leadership training for high school (Key Club) and college Circle-K level students as well as adults with disabilities (Aktion Club).
*Courtesy of Tournament of Roses / Pasadena Star-News
December 23, 2023
Ringing Bells for the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign!
October 28, 2023 Halloween Parade
We kicked off our parade day with our costume contest at the library!! This has always been a great partnership between the Atchison Public Library and the Atchison Kiwanis Club what better way to help enrich children’s lives than with books!! We are so thankful for these partnerships!! #onechildatatime
A great day for the 2023 Kiwanis Halloween Parade! Thank you to everyone who participated and to everyone who lined the parade route!
The Addams Family theme carried the day.
1st Prize
Salvation Army
2nd Prize
3rd Prize
Doniphan County West Rams Mini-Cheer Group
September 10, 2023 Fall Flea Market
June 29, 2023 Summer Youth Baseball
One of our community groups we’ve gotten to partner with the last couple of years has been the Recreation Commission! This year we treated the Kiwanis Club Baseball team [First and Second Graders] to snacks on their last game! They played a great game too! Always fun to be a part of the community this way! Thank you to our Kiwanians for their help tonight!!
May 14, 2023 Spring Flea Market
Atchison Public Library Summer Reading Program 2023
Donations to the Summer Reading Program helps us:
offer programs that encourage learning and fun at no charge to participants
bring in performers and partners to engage our community
offer prizes that motivate reading among Adults, Teens, and Children
www.atchisonlibrary.org/donatesrp.html
http://www.atchisonlibrary.org
Follow the Library on Facebook
Atchison County Fair 2023
The Atchison County Fair Association is busy preparing for the 2023 County Fair. The financial support this community has shown to the Fair has been tremendous over the past several years. With those donations, they are able to provide repairs and maintenance of the fairgrounds, great entertainment and musical talent, along with ribbons and prize money for exhibitors.
Follow the Fair on Facebook
Atchison Jazz Express Scholarship Concert 2023
The Atchison Jazz Express is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to continuing the life and legacy of jazz and swing music to the next generation of performers.
For more than a decade The Atchison Jazz Express has awarded scholarships to deserving high school seniors who are graduating and pursuing vocal and/or instrumental music performance at an institute of higher learning. To date, The Atchison Jazz Express has awarded more than $10,000 to said graduates.
The group, founded in 2012, is made up of approximately 18 amateur and professional musicians from Atchison and the surrounding region. They perform approximately 10 public and private concerts every year, highlighted by their Spring Scholarship Concert, held annually every April.
Follow the Jazz Express on Facebook
Atchison Elementary School Backpack Buddies Program 2022-2023
A child who eats consistent, healthy meals will concentrate better in school, bond more closely with peers, miss less school due to illness, and score higher on standardized tests.
Sponsoring just one child to provide nutritious, kid-friendly food over each weekend of the 34-week school year makes such a difference in our community.
Follow Atchison Elementary on Facebook
Atchison Recreation Youth Baseball Program 2023
The Atchison Recreation Commission offers something for everyone. From football to the father-daughter dance, we offer many different programs.
Boys In The Following Grades (2022-2023 school year) Are Eligible To Sign Up for Youth Baseball:
ROOKIE LEAGUE (Machine-Pitch): 1st & 2nd grade boys
AMERICAN LEAGUE: 3rd & 4th grade boys
NATIONAL LEAGUE: 5th & 6th grade boys
Follow the Atchison Recreation Commission on Facebook
First Judicial District Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Association 2023
First Judicial District CASA Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our agency provides three main programs for children and families in Atchison and Leavenworth Counties including the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), Child Exchange and Visitation Center (CEVC), and trained Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteers to advocate for children in our Judicial District. Additionally, CASA facilitates three classes available to the community including General Responsibilities As Separating Parents (GRASP), Parenting in the Twenty-First Century and a Love and Logic based Parenting Class.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): Recruits, trains and certifies average citizen volunteers to advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children in the court system. Considered the eyes and ears of the Judge. Volunteers advocate for the best interest of the child while ensuring the child is safe. CASA Volunteers are sensitive to the child’s sense of time and work tirelessly to achieve a permanent or “forever home” for children.
Statics collected from 1/1/22-12/31/22
53 children served
21 active CASA Volunteers
1,990 documented Volunteer hours
16,004 documented Volunteer miles
Follow the First Judicial District CASA on Facebook
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