Projects
Ongoing Projects
These are some of the things we do in the Community:
- Mini University Leadership program
- Baby Sitter training in conjunction with the Brandon fire Dept
- Learn Not to Burn – fire safety program in conjunction with the Brandon Fire Dept
- Support the Helping Hands Soup Kitchen
- Scholarships to Brandon University and Brandon Festival of the Arts
- Brandon Youth Curling
- Navy League Cadets
- City of Brandon Youth Activity Centers
- YMCA and YWCA youth activity programs
Projects proudly supported in the past
- Support for the Brandon School Division “Food for Thought” program
- Support the Assiniboine Kiwanis – “Read Around the World” program.
- Westman Kiwanis Court – social housing apartment complex especially for persons with disabilities
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Brandon Regional Health Centre
- Youth for Christ (literacy group)
- Brandon City Police Halloween Monster Mash youth event
- Elsebeth Reid Family Resource Centre
- Support for Community Mobilization Westman
- Big Brothers and Sisters Youth Bowling
- Marquis Project Youth Education
- Kiwanis Club of Brandon built the first outdoor swimming pool in Brandon over 75 years ago.
- Funded a Family Room in Brandon University Healthy Living Centre
- Funded a Playground structure at Massey Manor
- CFB Shilo Military Family Resource Centre
- Dinsdale Personal Care Home
- Nine Separate “Brandon Community Centres”
- Keystone Centre Indoor – Youth Indoor Soccer Turf
- Boyd Youth Football Stadium Project
- Ashley Neufeld Fastball Complex
Kiwanis International World Wide Projects – Stamp out Neo Natal Tetanus.
Rideau Park Pavilion
To celebrate and commemorate the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis in Brandon, the Club, in conjunction with the City of Brandon and numerous partners constructed a pavilion in Rideau Park, available to users of the Park, and large enough to accommodate family gatherings, weddings, and other celebrations, and also recognizes our close physical attachment to this area where we hold our annual Kar Derby event.
Louise-Laurence Accessible Playground/Park
Children in Brandon have a brand new park to call their own, the Kiwanis Children’s Park at the corner of Louise and Laurence avenues. This park has something for everyone, including separate junior and senior play areas, a pavilion for families to relax in or picnic while watching their children play, and even a seniors corner with horseshoe pitch and shelter. The park was designed by the Kiwanis Club in consultation with the City, and is fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. Not only did Kiwanians raise nearly $400,000 in the midst of the pandemic to complete the park, but even constructed the play equipment with their own hands. We can’t wait to see children having the time of their life in this new facility.
