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Hailey has a new park – KIWANIS PARK

KIWANIS PARK IN HAILEY!!!

In recognition of the activities of the Kiwanis club of Hailey and the Wood River Valley, the Hailey city council voted to rename a city park the Kiwanis Park. This action was later recognized at a ceremony held at that park located west of Balmoral Apartments on Laurelwood Drive in the Woodside area. The name of the park was officially and ceremonially changed from Balmoral Park to Kiwanis Park on September 4, 2019.

This was a significant event in several ways. It was attended by members of the Idaho legislature and city officials, including: Senator Michelle Stennett, Representative Buffy Davis, Representative Sally Toone, City Administrator Heather Dawson, Parks and Recreation manager Stephanie Cook, the City of Hailey Fire Chief Craig Aberbach, and Hailey City Police Chief Jeff Gunter. Mayor Fritz Haemmerle, whose wife Jennifer also attended, led the ceremony during which he acknowledged the activities of the Kiwanis Club, especially noting that the club had provided new playground equipment to five parks including the Kiwanis Park where both playground equipment or a new pavilion had been purchased by the club. The mayor also recognized other clubs and individuals who have helped the city raise funds.

Kiwanis club president Kim Baker thanked the city and the crowd for their attendance and for their participation in helping the kids of the community, a goal of Kiwanis. Bob Wiederrick, the club vice president and chief motivator for the club’s ongoing park projects also spoke and even announced the club’s plan for renovating the next park – Keefer Park.

The Kiwanis grilled hot dogs and provided salads, chips, cookies and other refreshments for the event. Club members helped with food preparation and service, inflating balloons and meeting those in attendance.

The event demonstrated the heart of our Kiwanis club – to serve the people of our community, especially the kids. “It’s all about the kids,” had been and still is, a club motto. It is not ironic or unusual that a service club would thank the community for giving them the opportunity to serve that same community – it is the very nature of a service club and expresses the hearts and desires of the club members. That the city would honor our Kiwanis club in a permanent way will certainly help continue that tradition of service in Hailey and the Wood River Valley.

                                

                                                                           

Kiwanis Meeting Times Update!

Join us at our local lunch meeting.
Held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month
at D.L. Evans Bank
609 S. Main Street – Hailey
Come meet the members of Kiwanis and hear how
we help kids with new park equipment, promote reading skills,
winter clothing for kids in need, and more!
Hope to see you there!

Wood River Business Professionals of America students head to National Leadership Conference in May with the blessing of Kiwanis!

Business Professionals of America, a High School club that prepares students for a business career. They also have IT events on a national, state and regional level. Carley completed the state competition and will be attending national competition May 1. Only one other student will be attending.

Health Professionals of America Students are on their way to success!

So excited to help these kids find the successthey are working hard for!

KIWANIS OF HAILEY AND THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY ANNOUNCES PARK PROJECT FOR 2019

Kiwanis of Hailey and the WRV is pleased and extremely excited to announce that they are looking to raise at least $20,000 to buy a new play structure for Keefer Park in Woodside. The much-needed Playground equipment will be added by Summer 2019.

Bob Wiederrick – Kiwanis Vice President – initially unveiled the plan at the City of Hailey Parks & Lands Board Meeting, December 20, 2018. In Public comment to the Hailey Parks – Wiederrick announced that Kiwanis is fundraising for an additional structure for older kids at Keefer Park. The current structure is designed for younger kids.

The project is well underway with the incredible support of the Papoose Club, who have spearheaded the fundraising efforts with a generous donation of $2000. at their March meeting.
Kids need Kiwanis, in the Wood River Valley.

We are hoping for Park Donations before the snow melts and contributions can be made at Mountain West Bank under Kiwanis Playground account or we take donations of Aluminum cans! Bob has collected to date over $15,000 in can recycling for our various projects. Cans can be dropped off @ Wiederrick’s Custom Metalworks – 4051 Glenbrook Drive Hailey.

We are one project at a time, making sure kids in our community have what they need to thrive, prosper and grow. And the energy, commitment and camaraderie with Kiwanis makes the experience of hands-on service even more gratifying for our members as they make an immediate, measurable impact on our local community. Want to know more about Kiwanis? Join us at our meetings held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at D.L. Evans Bank located at 609 South Main St. – Hailey at 11:30 am. A light lunch is provided or you can bring your own.

Our local club is part of a much larger organization – Kiwanis International.
Kiwanis International, founded in 1915, is a global organization of clubs and members dedicated to serving the children of the world. Kiwanis and its family of clubs, including Circle K International for university students, Key Club for students ages 14–18, Builders Club for students ages 11–14, K-Kids for students ages 6–12 and Aktion Club for adults living with disabilities, annually dedicate more than 18.5 million service hours to strengthen communities
and serve children. The Kiwanis International family comprises more than 702,000 adult and youth members in more than 79 countries and geographic areas. Visit www.kiwanis.org for more information.

City Council approves Balmoral Park name change to Kiwanis Park

* Notes from the original article by Tony Evans – Idaho Mountain Express – Click here to read

“The Hailey City Council voted unanimously to rename the 2.5-acre Balmoral park to Kiwanis Park, to honor years of support from the Kiwanis Club of Hailey for donated park infrastructure around the city.

“Nobody has done more for our parks in recent years than the Kiwanis Club,” Mayor Fritz Haemmerle said.”

The Kiwanis Club of Hailey and the Wood River Valley provided the cost of the pavilion, about $25,000.

The project will encompass a $150,000 development of a 720-square-foot pavilion and barbecue, with an additional half-court basketball area, an improved soccer area for kids up to age 10 and other amenities, including a play structure, asphalt path and trees.

The design for the park development was donated by landscape architect Mark Spencer.

Stephanie Cook Hailey City – Park Division Manager states that the project was made possible with a $75,000 grant from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, with another $50,000 coming from private donations: $10,000 from the nonprofit Hailey Parks Foundation and $15,000 from Hailey Leased Housing Associates, which manages the Balmoral Apartments.

We can’t wait til the snow melts so we can have a grand celebration of the new Kiwanis Park!

TIN CAN MAN HITS $10,000 goal!

 

UPDATE – As of September 15th, 2018 – The “Tin Man” has hit the $12,000 mark in raising funds for our Kiwanis Club parks program!

 

The Kiwanis Club of Hailey, Idaho is proud to announce that we have hit the $10,000 goal of raising money by recycling aluminum cans. Bob Wiederrick has been an instrumental part of reaching this goal. He came up with the idea and started asking friends to save and drop in a recycling container outside his shop in Woodside, Wiederrick’s Custom Metalworks. Bob was honored for his good deeds at our meet and greet held at Mtn West Bank and given the tin can man at our meeting on May 2. Just in case you are interested in helping we would love to hAve your aluminum cans too. We have partnered with several local organizations and written grants to continue to improve all the parks in our local area with safe and fun playground equipment. Check out the equipment at Heagle Park, Foxmor Park, Deerfield Park and more. Our goal this year is to have a covered picnic area at Balmoral Park and are busy working with the city to make that happen. Call Kim Baker at 727-7408 if you would like to donate or work with us.

February 25 at Mountain West Bank

Come Celebrate with Kiwanis!

We are having an OPEN HOUSE
with light refreshments to tell our story.

Tuesday,  February 25th – 6:00 to 7:30 pm
at Mountain West Bank.
Come meet the members of Kiwanis
and hear how we help kids with new park
equipment, promote reading skills,
winter clothing for kids in need, and more!
Hope to see you there!