On July 17th, Dan Germain, Rita Germain, and Charlie Bussey attended the lunchtime meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Roseville, where President John DeLury and the club's Board of Directors presented them with a check for $5,000 toward the capital campaign to build a new staff laundry room at KFH. Kiwanis Family House sincerely thanks each and every member of the Kiwanis Club of Roseville, which includes many long-time KFH supporters and past KFH board members. Your generosity brings us another step closer to raising the funds to build the new … [Read more...]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Thanks to you, our BIG Day of Giving was a success! During yesterday's 24 hours, we received 76 separate gifts totaling $16,958 from our friends and supporters, new and old! And that doesn't count matching donations, which we'll hear about in the coming weeks! All in all, the BIG Day of Giving raised over $3 MILLION for local nonprofits. Thank you to everyone who gave and shared our message on this historic day!     … [Read more...]

Meet K-Dog, our mascot for the upcoming BIG Day of Giving (nicknamed “Give BIG DoG”), which will be held on May 6, 2014.  On this one day, nonprofits from all over the Sacramento Region will participate in this one-day fundraising event, sponsored by three local community foundations: Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Placer Community Foundation, and Yolo Community Foundation. What makes the Big Day of Giving so special is that it is just one day – 24 hours – where donations to hundreds of local charitable organizations will be … [Read more...]

Members of the El Dorado County Aktion Club and the Placerville Kiwanis Club are at KFH today!  The Aktion club presented a donation of a Craftsman tool chest and a box of new stuffed animals to the KFH staff.  We appreciate these two sponsoring clubs for their enthusiastic support of KFH! … [Read more...]

At the Kiwanis Club of Greater Sacramento's crab feed on Saturday, February 22nd, club President (and KFH Board Secretary) Rita Germain and Treasurer Steve Folino presented a donation of more than $3,200 to Charlie Bussey and Dan Germain for the K...iwanis Family House.  The crowd of nearly 300 attendees listened attentively as Dan thanked the club and the attendees on behalf of the Kiwanis Family House, now in its 30 year of providing temporary housing and support to families of ill and injured patients at UC Davis Medical Center and Shriners … [Read more...]

The Kiwanis Club of Auburn was out in full force last Saturday, 1/25,  to refurbish, paint, and deep clean their newly sponsored room, room 126 at Kiwanis Family House. We sincerely thank President Laird Smith and his energetic club for their unwavering support of the Kiwanis Family House.  This room sponsorship, a pledge of $25,000, is just one of many ways this club supports our House! … [Read more...]

Every year, the Cal-Nev-Ha (CNH) Circle K District Board votes on a new fundraising initiative for the next administrative year. It is with great excitement that we announce that this past weekend, the Kiwanis Family House was chosen by the Circle K District Board as a District Fundraising Initiative for the CNH Circle K District for the 2014-2015 administrative year. Starting in April 2014, all Circle K Clubs will begin fundraising in support of the Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP), Eliminate, AND the Kiwanis Family House. This is a major … [Read more...]

The Kiwanis Family House would like to say a huge "thank you" to the Kiwanis Club of Mountain View Foundation for awarding a $1,000 grant to the Kiwanis Family House's 'Sponsor a Family' program at their luncheon meeting on Wednesday, January 22nd. This grant will pay for 20 nights' stay at the Kiwanis Family House for families in need. If you would like to learn more about how YOU can sponsor a guest family for a night (or more), please click here to visit our website.   … [Read more...]