The Kiwanis Club of
Moorabbin began on July 20th 1970. Since that time
members have provided voluntary service to the communities of
Moorabbin and surrounding suburbs.
Whilst the service
projects conducted by members are dictated by the needs of the
communities there has always been a bias toward projects that
benefit children.
As an example the
collection of discarded, but still valuable, children’s shoes
for redistribution to needy families, the purchase and fitting
of long shafted coloured plastic flags to the rear axle of
children’s push bikes to ensure they are seen when on the
footpath or road and the provision of many hundreds of calico
dolls to local hospitals. The dolls being used by medical staff
to help children understand a medical procedure they may require
and to overcome children’s fear of the process.
The Club was very actively
involved in fundraising for the Moorabbin Hospital, later to
become Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin, and successfully ran a
major carnival on the current site for several years until it's
opening in 1975.Click
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The design and
construction of a walk through bird aviary at a home for the
blind, provision of much needed hospital equipment and outings
for the aged and infirm are examples of projects conducted for
adults. These are just some of the voluntary community service
projects conducted over many years.
Members freely admit that
it is the personal reward they get from participating which is
often the real reason they have maintained their involvement.
Knowing that you are making a difference, the sense of
satisfaction for no monetary reward, fellowship and friendships
that would never have occurred if they were not a Kiwanian are
the reasons for becoming and continuing to be active members.
