The Chipley Kiwanis Club started 77 years ago this month and has been going strong ever since.
by Kathy Foster
Members of the Chipley Kiwanis Club started off their meeting Tuesday on a high note welcoming Gulf Power manager and Chipley City Councilwoman Tracy Andrews as the newest member of the local Kiwanis Club.
In the photo at the right Chipley Kiwanis Club President Brandon Lovering welcomes Andrews into the club.
Lovering also announced the following upcoming activities and encouraged club members to support their community.
- Washington-Holmes Relay for Life – Over the next few weeks the Kiwanis Club will be selling raffle tickets for a swing made at the Florida Panhandle Technical College. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Relay for Live.
- Youth Fair Spaghetti Dinner – This dinner will be Friday, March 2nd from 4:40 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Washington County Youth Fair being held at the Ag Center in Chipley.
- Satellite Club Meeting – Set for March 20th at 5:30 p.m. at Skins & Bubba’s Restaurant on Hwy 77 in Chipley. Those interested in finding out more about Kiwanis are invited to attend and learn about what Kiwanis stands for.
Guest speaker for yesterday’s Kiwanis Club meeting was Wyatt Patterson, Chipley FFA President, who discussed what involvement in the Future Farmers of America program can mean to young people.
Patterson said that the skills developed through the FFA program carry over into a student’s adult life and teaches career development and leadership development, as well as providing supervised agricultural experiences.
Patterson said the FFA program allows young people to participate in a variety of events that will help them in various aspects of their future lives – from public speaking to dealing with animals and horticulture.