The Kiwanis Club of Price is preparing to celebrate their 100th year of helping children in the area. Recently Governor Spencer Cox, who was in town Monday and Tuesday sat down for breakfast to celebrate the occasion.
Kiwanis Children’s Charities are all about the kids. All the funds that they raise in our area from events such as the Radio Auction and the Rubber Ducky Derby, go right back into the community. They hold their annual Kid’s Day in the Park in September and Sub For Santa as well as give back through scholarships and awards for local science and history fairs.
“I love visiting Kiwanis Clubs across the state and for a very specific reason. What if I told you that what you’re doing today is the most important thing to fix our country.” Cox stated.
The Kiwanis has nearly 600,000 members worldwide that volunteer in their communities to make them a better place to live and work. Something that Cox said is right inline with the values of the state of Utah.
“We lead the nation in volunteerism every year, and yes that is a statistic that is tracked. We lead the nation in charitable giving every year and there is not a close second, and that’s a really big deal.”
And Cox said it doesn’t stop with just communities, businesses play a big part as well.
“When I talk to business leaders who are looking at locating businesses here I say, ‘Hey we’re really excited to have you, but I have to warn you, we have some pretty high expectations . We’re not here to cater to your business, your business is here to help build the community. And we’re going to expect you to donate to the little league team and we’re going to expect you to help young people when they get a trip back to Washington, DC, and we’re going to expect you to show up to clean up the road and to clean up the park’, because that’s what we do here, that’s in our DNA, that’s who we are.”
The original Kiwanis charter for Price was dated January 4, 1922, and have they been a large part of the community since then. They will be holding their annual Kid’s Day in the Park on September 18.
Below is the audio of Governor Cox: