Holiday Food Program
of the Kiwanis Clubs of Division 34

Kiwanians respond throughout the year to the needs of the community and every year during the cold months of the holidays, we come together in a concerted effort to help provide food where needed.   Some years we focus on supermarkets, giving the opportunity for shoppers to give canned food, turkeys and cash.  We have worked also with wholesale food supplier to extended their pricing at cost.

San Carlos Kiwanians at the San Carlos Ralston and Alameda Safeway

With the help of our volunteers and NBC Bay Area, 19,000 bags were sold
on November 19,000.  With the help of our volunteers and NBC Bay Area, 19,000 bags were sold  on November 19,000 bags were soldon November 19th. Ten clubs and SLPs volunteered at this event and covered 19 of the 23 stores assigned to D34.  Altogether, Division 34 brought in 1,963 bags sold at these stores.

SSF Kiwanians and El Camino High School Key Clubmembers
at the SSF Gellert Avenue Safeway (left)
K-Kids Volunteering to help those in need (right)

Latest figures are that there were about 152 volunteers (52 Kiwanians and 100 SLPs) who spent approximately 345 hours of service (Kiwanis 138 hours, SLPs 207 hours). Total SLP volunteers = 1 Circle K, 1 K-Kids and 11 Key Clubs. 

SSF Kiwanians and El Camino High School Key Club
members at the SSF Gellert Avenue Safeway (left)
Channel 11 News crew member, along with Kiwanians and Key Club
volunteers at the Los Altos Safeway (right)

Through the joint efforts of Los Altos Kiwanis volunteers and the 15 K-Kids
at Safeway in Blossom Valley, they brought in about 124 of the bags sold at
that store. Mountain View Kiwanis Club brought in the most number of bags, 232, at Safeway on Shoreline Boulevard.

Much appreciation goes out to all our volunteers who stood outside on a cold drizzly day to make this happen.

South San Francisco High School Key Club
members at the SSF Chestnut Avenue Safeway