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November 27th Is #GivingTuesday

In the spirit of the holiday season, this upcoming Tuesday, November 27th, has been designated as #GivingTuesday. A global giving movement that has been built by individuals, families, organizations, businesses and communities in countries around the world, #GivingTuesday is a way to support and champion the causes you believe in.   If you’d like to […]

Janessa Returns

“Life is tough but I am tougher.” When we first met Janessa Lussetto from Bridgeport, Nebraska in the fall of 2011, she and her mother Kelly were wearing matching shirts sporting that message. She was one-and-a-half years old at the time. Janessa had accidentally rolled into a campfire pit during a family campout that was […]

Shop AmazonSmile Today and Support KFH

Now through November 2nd, AmazonSmile is donating 5% of your purchase – that’s ten times the usual amount – to the Kiwanis Family House when you shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/68-0016996 WOW!! Start your holiday shopping early and support our House and families experiencing medical crisis. You shop, #AmazonGives #KFH #wesavefamilies

Kiwanis Family House Releases Annual Report

September 4, 2018 Sacramento, California – Dan Germain, Executive Director, announced today that Kiwanis Family House has released its first media-ready annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.  “In our 34-year history, we have evolved from a strictly volunteer-run organization to a professionally managed nonprofit.  Publishing an annual report is a natural […]

Kiwanis Club of Davis Announces Golf Tournament

The Kiwanis Club of Davis announces the Annual Davis Kiwanis Benefit Golf Tournament to be held on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the Wildhorse Golf Club in Davis.  All proceeds from the tournament will be donated to the Kiwanis Family House in Sacramento, California. We ask your assistance for this important effort. You can participate […]

Guest Story: A Mother’s Intuition

A mother’s intuition never fails. A life can be turned upside down in a matter of one day. This was the case with Sidney Holland, a two-and-half-year old boy, usually overflowing with energy, laughter, curiosity, and pure joy. He was just not himself and his mother, Netaya McGrath, just knew something was wrong.  Her mother’s […]

Guest Story – Touching the Heartland

Twenty-seven-year-old Brittany was not feeling particularly well when she and her family left their home in Kansas City, Missouri in early July.   The family had selected a time-share resort in Angels Camp, California, for its vacation destination.  The family departed the heartland of America and set sights on the rich history in the heart of […]

May 3rd Big Day of Giving Results

A Big Day Indeed! Goal: $90,000 Raised: $97,934.36 Donors: 206 It was an amazing Big Day of Giving for our Kiwanis Family House! The unofficial standings put us in 2nd place overall out of nearly 600 nonprofits–unreal! We envisioned it and then we chased it down – the alluring and elusive third third (and darned if we […]

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