Tag: Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis Club salutes the Patriot Guard Riders

Patriot Guard Riders ensuring dignity for all the men and women who served our country.

Vicki Baker Old Glory ringed the grave site. Men and women saluted while standing at attention. Dutifully, Taps was played and its mournful notes hung heavy in the air. The flag carriers were not dressed in the traditional garb of a military funeral. Instead, they paired jeans with worn leather vests and shaggy beards with motorcycle…

Kiwanis Club bowls for kids’ sakes

Let’s knock ‘em down for charity!

Vicki Baker The Kiwanis Club Bowling Charity Benefit is coming up, and the only thing bigger than its name will be the fun shared by all! Score big on Saturday, June 25, at Brunswick Zone in Denton, 2200 San Jacinto Blvd behind Golden Triangle Mall, and help support the various children’s charities in Denton serviced…

Kiwanians – start your engines

Kiwanians revving up the service at the Texas Motor Speedway

Vicki Baker Kiwanis Club RR cruised on down to the Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, the site of the Duck Commander 500 Nascar Race. But we didn’t sit behind the wheel of the snarling, rumbling engines and travel at insane speeds in cars plastered with ads driving around in a circle and turning left…

Kiwanis Club and RR Softball team up for charity

Vicki Baker What do you get when the Kiwanis Club and RR Softball All Stars team up? An exciting day of on-the-edge-of-your-seat softball and raising money for local charities during National Give Local week. The RR Softball All Stars will battle it out with the UNT football team in a game of slow pitch softball…

Kiwanis bingo winners cash in

Joan Petre grinning ear to ear over her Bingo winnings

Vicki Baker The reasons we play bingo vary from one player to the next. Maybe the bingo gene was inherited from a family member or maybe it was just something to do on a lazy day. Whatever the reason, Robson Ranchers came out in full force to the Kiwanis Bingo Blast held February 28. Aside…

Kiwanis Club Ramps It Up

Ramp builders Gary Koenig, Bill Wright, Jerry Waynant, Lee Cash, Bruce Walker and Randy Shoff

Vicki Baker Have you ever changed a person’s life in a single day? Ask the Kiwanis Club about good deeds, and they’ll start talking about wood, tape measures and four-by-fours as they build wheelchair ramps several times a year for the disabled or elderly. On a referral from the case worker, the Kiwanis Club received…

Kiwanis B-I-N-G-O returns in February

You may be a winner at Kiwanis Bingo.

Vicki Baker It’s a new year, the holidays are over, and we all need something to cure the winter blues: Kiwanis Bingo! That’s right, save the date February 28, 2016 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Please note the time change as players will not be able to enter the ballroom until 1:30 p.m. when sales…

Kiwanis cookbooks available

The Robson Ranch Quick and Easy Recipes cookbooks are available again. The books make great gifts as well as a beautiful addition to your cookbook collection. These cookbooks are a sample of the lifestyle we enjoy here at the Ranch. Recipes were submitted by Robson residents, family and friends. Artwork was done by Robson’s own…

Kiwanian bell ringers help fill the red kettle

Doug Williams and Marv Daniel “ringing” in the season!

Vicki Baker It’s that time of year! The “miracle” of Christmas is repeated over and over again through the joy of caring and sharing. The traditional Salvation Army red kettle is an integral part of the holiday scene with millions of dollars donated each year to aid needy families, seniors and the homeless. The Kiwanis…