Latest News & Happenings

SANTA will be here in 10 days with a bag full of bikes! Join Santa, Mrs.Claus, and all their elves at Kiwanis Christmas in the Town of Carefree from 10 am - 4 pm. Bike raffles will be every hour, and hay rides, hot dogs, games, and exotic animals all day long! This is one FREE family event you ...won't want to miss!!

Join us this Wednesday for our Club Meeting. We will have Francine Sumner, Founder & CEO of Kid in the Corner speak about their programs that provide youth with the skills, tools, and resources they need to shatter the mental health stigma. PLUS - there will be a Bloody Mary bar!!!

Gordon is a K-Kids advisor at Horseshoe Trails Elementary. He had fun making cards, along with the other kids. These beautiful cards will be attached to the gifts the K-Kids collected to be given away at Christmas. Great job everyone!

Congratulations to our President, Cam Kuniej for completing the Desert Foothills Leadership Academy! He is also pictured with leadership graduates Charlie Fisher, President of New River Kiwanis, Kiwanis member Dustin Holm and General Manager of Kiwanis Marketplace Thrift Store, Alex Perez! ...Congratulations to you all for enhancing your leadership skills to benefit our community!

We had an eventful meeting yesterday. We heard from our Executive Director, Sandra, who filled us in on everything they are doing to keep our club growing! Funds Committee members, Cheryl and Cam, presented a check to the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation to purchase equipment for the ...students to use for CPAT training. This will benefit students attending the Fire Science program at PVCC. Plus, it was a Veterans Day salute to those who served as we honored those fallen, imprisoned and missing.

Tom P. had the pleasure of delivering a check to Leigh Zydonik, Executive Director of the Foothills Food Bank, for holiday turkey and ham dinners for 1000 families. He was joined by a group of home-schooled children and parents from the "Growing Roots" agriculture club.

Santa is coming to the Town of Carefree on November 30th with a bag full of bikes! Join Santa, Mrs.Claus, and all their elves at Kiwanis Christmas from 10 am - 4 pm. Bike raffles will be every hour, and hay rides, hot dogs, games, and exotic animals all day long! This is one FREE family event you ...won't want to miss!!

Join us tomorrow at Harold's Corral at 11:30 am for our weekly club meeting. Sandra will be updating us on all the things that this tenacious trio has been working on!

Join us today for the Town of Carefree’s Veterans Day Celebration at the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion. We will be serving coffee, hot chocolate, apple cider and water from 3-5 pm. Thank you to all veterans for your service!

Today, we honor and celebrate the courage and sacrifices of our veterans. Kiwanis Club of Carefree extends our heartfelt gratitude to all who have served to protect our freedoms. 🇺🇸 Let’s take a moment to thank a veteran and remember the powerful impact of service.

We had a very patriotic luncheon this week! It started with the choir from Horseshoe Trails Elementary serenading us with American patriotic songs, and Mike Wold of the Institute for Healing Memories shared the success of their workshops for women veterans. God Bless America!

Gorden, Student Leadership Program committee member, visited Desert Sun Academy and presented awards to these T.E.R.R.I.F.I.C. kids! Way to go!!

Join us TOMORROW and hear from Mike Wold, the Regional Coordinator for Institute for Healing of Memories North America. He will speak about the Healing of Memories workshops for Women Veterans and the design and why it has been successful.

Look at all of these smiles!! We partnered with the Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation to present a $200 gift card to each teacher in the Cave Creek Unified School District! Teachers shape futures, inspiring and guiding children in ways that last a lifetime.

This was a first for Gordon our popcorn guy!!! He was handing out popcorn to all shoppers at the Kiwanis Marketplace Thrift Store on Saturday and wished he had a carrot!

Thank you Darrell J. Doepke, PLLC for celebrating your birthday with our entire community by hosting Community Fest at Harold's Corral and bringing awareness and raising funds for all of your Community Partners. It was a fabulous night of GREAT music, fun and games and of course, community!

We had special guests from Carefree Christian Academy join us at our Member Luncheon. It is always a pleasure to hear from them! They are our future leaders!

We have a full meeting planned for tomorrow! We hope you will join us for Kiwanis Marketplace Thrift Store updates, 2023/2024 Awards, and our 2024/2025 budget! We are looking forward to seeing you at Harold's Corral at 11:30 am!

Gordon, our President-Elect, had a fun morning serving popcorn to all of the Kiwanis Marketplace Thrift Store shoppers this past Saturday! Thanks, Gordon!!

We are proud to support Chanukah in Carefree! Here is member Mark presenting a check to Eric, Executive Director of Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center who is part of this committee to bring eight incredible nights of Chanukah festivities, including the nightly Menorah lighting, music, food, and ...more to Carefree. Find out more about Chanukah in Carefree by visiting https://chanukahincarefree.com/