Quincy Noon Kiwanis awards more than $40,000 to 47 organizations that benefit youths

QUINCY — The Quincy Noon Kiwanis Club distributed more than $40,000 to 47 youth-centered organizations during a Monday, June 26 meeting at the Holiday Inn banquet room. The funding for the recipients stems from the success of the Bids for Kids online auction.

Applications were reviewed for programs that benefit youths in Adams County. An allocation committee determined how many funds are given to events and organizations.

Grant recipients were:

• Adams County CEO
• Advocacy Network for Children Lincoln Douglas Intervention Team
• Bella Ease Lollipop Preschool
• Birthright of Quincy QCES Reading Recovery
• Blessed Sacrament – Kailee Flesch QPD DARE Program
• Blessed Sacrament Builders Club Quincy Art Center
• Blessed Sacrament STREAM Quincy Children’s Museum
• BSA – Mississippi Valley Council Quincy Community Theater
• Camp Callahan Quincy Montessori School
• Chaddock Quincy Museum
• Cornerstone Foundation for Families Quincy Park District
• Covered Bottoms Diaper Bank Quincy Symphony Orchestra
• Dancer Love Foundation Quincy Youth Flag Football
• Denman Elementary – Oitker Safe Kids Adams County
• Denman Elementary – Cannady Salvation Army
• Denman Elementary – Eversden St. Dominic Elementary – 6th Grade
• Denman Elementary – Hogge St. Dominic Elementary – Music Dept
• Fostering Hope St. Peter School
• Friends of the Log Cabin Assoc. St. Peter School
• Girl Scouts of Central Illinois Transitions
• Jensen Camp Foundation West Central Child Care Connection
• Junior Achievement in NE MO & WC IL Young Life of Quincy
• JWCC College for Life YWCA
• Liberty Elementary
• Lincoln Douglas Intervention Team
• Lollipop Preschool
• QCES Reading Recovery
• QPD DARE Program
• Quincy Art Center
• Quincy Children’s Museum
• Quincy Community Theater
• Quincy Montessori School
• Quincy Museum
• Quincy Park District
• Quincy Symphony Orchestra
• Quincy Youth Flag Football
• Safe Kids Adams County
• Salvation Army
• St. Dominic Elementary-6th Grade
• St. Dominic Elementary-Music Dept.
• St. Peter School
• St. Peter School
• Transitions
• West Central Child Care Connection
• Young Life of Quincy
• YWCA

Quincy Noon Kiwanis is full of young professionals, CEOs, managers, stay-at-home-moms, business owners and retirees. Members work in a variety of fields such as non-profit, insurance, banking, education, manufacturing, real estate, media and social services.

Kiwanis is a service organization with the sole purpose of serving and affecting the lives of children. It is an international organization with more than 200,000 members worldwide and 90 members in Quincy Noon Kiwanis.