Vicki Baker The college years are the crossroads of life, a time to choose a path and follow a passion. It’s the time to make a difference in the world. Circle K International (CKI) is the premier college and university community service and leadership organization in the world. Kiwanis Club Robson Ranch is proud to…
Vicki Baker The Kiwanis Club’s Comfort Dolls project started around 2011 to comfort children in traumatic situations who are experiencing illness, injury or emotional stress. The children are given a “doll” to hold onto to help them feel more comfortable while undergoing evaluations and treatments. Not only do the dolls provide security, they also offer…
Barbara Leurig On Monday, December 19, the Robson Ranch Kiwanis Club held its first Christmas Party at The Grill. The event brought members together to celebrate the holiday season and raise money for the children in the Denton area. Kiwanis is, after all, about helping children. There were 62 members and spouses taking part in…
Susan Galbraith Alice Uyeda is remembered as having a lovely smile for all she met. Individual Kiwanis Club members donated funds in memory of our beloved member who worked on many club projects, always with a smile. In Alice’s memory, $1,500 was given to Operation Smile through the Kiwanis Foundation so six children can have…
Vicki Baker How do you condense one’s life into 500 words, particularly if it is the life of Alice Uyeda, the matriarch of Kiwanis Club Robson Ranch? With great difficulty. Though diminutive in stature, she had a powerful impact on each life she has touched. Alice left this world on December 5, 2016, but she…
Vicki Baker A basic human motivator is to understand “why.” Curiosity about the world around us, about what makes us tick, is the foundation of creativity, discovery and invention. The place to unlock the imagination is through “science camps” where students become junior scientists and embark on a series of science adventures. And such a…
Vicki Baker Kiwanis Club got fired up for its annual chili cookoff. The heat outside might be subsiding, but it was turned up a few notches when everyone got a taste of this truly American dish. There’s no other country that has chili; it comes from right here and no one makes it exactly the…
Vicki Baker The holiday season is fast approaching, and the 25th will be here before we know. In between the parties with friends and family, the shopping and the baking, don’t forget the gift wrapping. So as you prepare for Christmas, let Kiwanis Club wrap those presents for you. The Christmas Gift Wrap Station will…
Jim Galbraith He received a standing ovation by the members of the Kiwanis Club of Robson Ranch at a recent meeting as Mr. Watson Crumbie concluded his presentation on the valiant Marines and Army personnel who fought at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea during the winter months of 1950. Some 25,000 Marines faced the…
Carol Rauhauser Thank you fellow Robson Ranchers! For many years now Robson Ranch Kiwanis Club has collected aluminum soda, soup and vegetable can tabs for the Ronald McDonald house. This ongoing project had brought over 120 buckets of tabs and over $8,000 in money. Every time Kiwanis collects 20 buckets or more of the tabs…