In December, 2022, the Twin City Kiwanis Club became the new sponsor of the Kiwanis Aktion Club of Surry Community College in Dobson, N.C. Chartered in 2011, the Aktion Club, previously sponsored by the (recently disbanded) Mount Airy Kiwanis Club, has about 15 members. Diane Barnett, an instructor at Surry Community College, is the club’s advisor.
Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities, with more than 12,000 members worldwide. They serve the community by raising money and donating to local charities. They also participate in community service projects.
The local club operates in conjunction with Creating Successful Learners, a program of Mount Airy City Schools that helps students learn life skills. Club members also support the food pantry operated by Yokefellow Ministry of Mount Airy.
During the holidays, the local club partnered with Lowes Foods in Mount Airy to assemble bags of food for the Friends Feeding Friends holiday drive (photo below).
Aktion Clubs are a division of Kiwanis International. The “k” is used in place of the “c” in action to highlight the group’s relationship with Kiwanis.
For more information on Kiwanis Aktion Clubs, click here.
To read a story on the Aktion Club, published on Feb. 16, 2023, in the Mount Airy (N.C.) News, click here.
FRIENDS FEEDING FRIENDS–Diane Barnett (far left), an instructor at Surry Community College in Dobson, and four other members of the Aktion Club, partnered with Lowes Foods in Mount Airy to assemble bags of food for the Friends Feeding Friends holiday drive in November and December, 2022. Barnett is the group’s advisor and a member of the Twin City Kiwanis Club.Twin City Kiwanis Club president Gary Hauser (far right) welcomes two Aktion Club
members to the lunch meeting on Jan. 18, 2023, at Centenary United Methodist Church.
The Aktion Club members are Suzanne Stewart, past president, and president Neil Joyner.
Aktion Club – Surry County
In December, 2022, the Twin City Kiwanis Club became the new sponsor of the Kiwanis Aktion Club of Surry Community College in Dobson, N.C. Chartered in 2011, the Aktion Club, previously sponsored by the (recently disbanded) Mount Airy Kiwanis Club, has about 15 members. Diane Barnett, an instructor at Surry Community College, is the club’s advisor.
Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities, with more than 12,000 members worldwide. They serve the community by raising money and donating to local charities. They also participate in community service projects.
The local club operates in conjunction with Creating Successful Learners, a program of Mount Airy City Schools that helps students learn life skills. Club members also support the food pantry operated by Yokefellow Ministry of Mount Airy.
During the holidays, the local club partnered with Lowes Foods in Mount Airy to assemble bags of food for the Friends Feeding Friends holiday drive (photo below).
Aktion Clubs are a division of Kiwanis International. The “k” is used in place of the “c” in action to highlight the group’s relationship with Kiwanis.
For more information on Kiwanis Aktion Clubs, click here.
To read a story on the Aktion Club, published on Feb. 16, 2023, in the Mount Airy (N.C.) News, click here.