Sponsorship

Below are our 2024 Sponsors. Without them our event wouldn't be a success. If you hover over the card and it 'Grows" you can visit their website. Please support them.

Presenting Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Peoples Bank
Peoples Bank
Roger & Sally Read and The Maynard Family Foundation
Roger & Sally Read and The Maynard Family Foundation
Larry & Dianne Griffin
Larry & Dianne Griffin
Mark & Janet Fairhurst
Mark & Janet Fairhurst

Gold Sponsors

Donald Pavlik
Donald Pavlik
GPD Group
GPD Group
Elliot Kolkovich
Elliot Kolkovich
Phil & Mary Beth Stauffer
Phil & Mary Beth Stauffer
Kamelia Fisher
Kamelia Fisher

Silver Sponsors

Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation
Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation
Summit County Job & Family Services
Summit County Job & Family Services

Bronze Sponsors

Kimberly Becket
Kimberly Becket
Akron Area YMCA
Akron Area YMCA
Akron Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau
Akron Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau
FMD Architects
FMD Architects
Otis & Pearl Beecher
Otis & Pearl Beecher
Tavia Galonski
Tavia Galonski
Reilly Perme
Reilly Perme
Tony Grimes
Tony Grimes
Dennis & Pamela Loughry
Dennis & Pamela Loughry
Michael Deer & Greg Sterling
Michael Deer & Greg Sterling

Patron Sponsors

Kastner, Westman & Wilkins, LLC
Kastner, Westman & Wilkins, LLC
Time to Spare, LLC
Time to Spare, LLC
Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson
Michael Kormushoff
Michael Kormushoff

Why should you support An Evening With Kiwanis for Kids?

Proceeds raised will be used to grow and maintain Kiwanis Service Leadership Programs (SLPs.) SLPs prepare people of all ages to be the most engaged members of their communities and provides them an opportunity to begin or continue a lifelong journey of service. SLPs are leadership and character-building programs hosted in a school and sponsored and supported by a Kiwanis club. The Foundation and Akron Club currently support the following SLP clubs: Builders Club, Key Club, and Aktion Club.

Our primary goal is to grow and maintain service leadership programs (Builders Clubs) for each public and private middle school in the Greater Akron area. A Builders Club—the largest service organization for middle school students ages 11 to 15—is designed to provide members with opportunities to perform service, build character, and develop leadership. The club is student led, operates under school regulations, and draws its members from the student body. When started at a young age, the service club experience prepares its members to become the most engaged members of their communities—now and in the future.

We know the transition from grade school to middle school can be tough for any adolescent boy or girl. Common challenges children face include dealing with social pressures, making new friends, communicating with teachers, confronting bullies, becoming a positive contributor, bouncing back from failure and disappointments, and learning about the world. With your help, our middle school-aged children will have access to programming and resources that will help them transition into confident young adults.

Children can continue in service leadership programs during the high school years by being members of a Key Club. Members around the world are learning how to lead and stand for what’s right through service and volunteerism. In partnership with our local Kiwanis Club, high school students are making a positive impact as they serve others in their schools and communities.
Kiwanis Aktion Klub
Kiwanis Builders Club
Kiwanis Key Clubb
Kiwanis Student Leader programs