What we do
Although the primary focus of our club is serving the youth of our community, we have been serving individuals of all ages since our founding.
Service Projects
As we close 2025, let us recognize some of the specific services we are currently providing
and the anniversaries of when we began them:
Salvation Army Bell Ringing (since 1978) - 47 years
Clergy Appreciation Day (since 1981) - 44 years
Weekly Meals on Wheels Delivery (since 1993) - 32 years
Early Childhood Reading (since 1996) - 29 years
Youth Book Collection for Salvation Army (since 1998) - 27 years
and the anniversaries of when we began them:
Salvation Army Bell Ringing (since 1978) - 47 years
Clergy Appreciation Day (since 1981) - 44 years
Weekly Meals on Wheels Delivery (since 1993) - 32 years
Early Childhood Reading (since 1996) - 29 years
Youth Book Collection for Salvation Army (since 1998) - 27 years
Bridge the Gap Guardians (since 2001) - 24 years
Adopt A Highway (since 2007) - 18 years
Adopt A Highway (since 2007) - 18 years
Frontier Settlement Day (since 2009) - 16 years
Can Food Collection for Salvation Army (since 2015) - 10 years
Grants Provided
Gem City Breakfast Kiwanis provides grants to organizations and programs designed to serve the children of the Quincy area and beyond. During the past eight calendar years (2018-2025) we have provided $250,668, for an average of $31,333 per year. The largest amount in one year was $43,708 during 2024.
We have provided this funding through four types of assistance, as shown below.
1. Through our Annual Community Grant Day competitive application process, we provide funds for over 35 organizations per year that provide services and assistance for youth of the area.
2. Through the Sammy Fund & the Sammy Fund in the Community Foundation we provide funds for an additional over 20 organizations per year for helping youth.
3. Through funding of local Kiwanis programs for youth such as High School Key Club scholarships and Junior High School Builders Club activities.
4. Through contributions to the Kiwanis International Children’s Fund and the I-I District Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation for projects dedicated to providing treatments and finding cures for diseases affecting primarily children.
1. Through our Annual Community Grant Day competitive application process, we provide funds for over 35 organizations per year that provide services and assistance for youth of the area.
2. Through the Sammy Fund & the Sammy Fund in the Community Foundation we provide funds for an additional over 20 organizations per year for helping youth.
3. Through funding of local Kiwanis programs for youth such as High School Key Club scholarships and Junior High School Builders Club activities.
4. Through contributions to the Kiwanis International Children’s Fund and the I-I District Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation for projects dedicated to providing treatments and finding cures for diseases affecting primarily children.
Fund Raising:
We raise money to provide grants to organizations and programs that serve the children of the Quincy area and beyond in various ways including the four primary fund raisers we currently have and the anniversaries of when we began them:
Peanut Day (since 1981) - 44 years
Trivia Night (since 2006) - 19 years
Sammy & Kids Golf Outing (since 2015) - 10 years
Oakley-Lindsay Center Events Help (since 2018) - 7 years
Peanut Day (since 1981) - 44 years
Trivia Night (since 2006) - 19 years
Sammy & Kids Golf Outing (since 2015) - 10 years
Oakley-Lindsay Center Events Help (since 2018) - 7 years
Thank you to all the individuals and organizations who have supported and participated in our fund-raising activities and events. Without you we would not be able to provide grants to organizations and programs that serve the children of the Quincy area.