Robert Haw, who has been employed at JPL for 25 years as a systems engineer on exploration missions spanning the solar system from Mercury to Pluto, addressed members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada recently with his informative talk and slide show regarding the environment and the changes that have taken place over past [...]
Several members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada and their sponsored La Cañada High School Kiwanis Key Club worked together selling peanuts at Ralphs supermarket to raise money for the Kiwanis’ Eliminate Project.
Kiwanis International and UNICEF joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of nearly 60,000 babies [...]
James Philips takes the reins as president.
Following a gala dinner at the Oakmont Country Club, the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada installed James A. Philips, principal of Pacific Investment Advisory Company, as its 2012-13 president. Philips is a long time resident of La Cañada Flintridge and a USC MBA Finance graduate. He has been active [...]
Community Services Officer and City Liaison – Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. Deputy Eric Matejka provided residents of Oakwood Avenue in La Cañada with information about how to ensure themselves a safe environment in view of recent burglaries. Matejka attended the neighborhood’s annual block party and was invited by resident leaders to provide assistance in establishing [...]
On Sept. 19, Kiwanis Club of La Cañada President Mary Gant conducted her last meeting as president and, as is tradition, sang her swan song while thanking those who participated in the many activities she led over the past year. Each was presented with a certificate.
In her final presentation, Gant listed the many accomplishments in [...]
At the recommendation of their teachers, 11 sixth graders from La Cañada Elementary and Palm Crest schools were selected to be honored with their parents by the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada. Each of the students was selected because they display excellence in not only academics, but in their extracurricular and community activities.
Students brought their [...]
Ken Martinet, a long time La Cañada resident and director of Catholic Big Brothers and Sisters for the past 17 years, was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada at a recent weekly luncheon meeting held at Descanso Gardens Van de Kamp Hall.
“Kids would be much better off if there was more [...]
When three local residents got together at a recent networking event, they realized that they had something important in common: their concern for the welfare of senior citizens. From this meeting an idea was born, a senior healthy living expo that could bring services together in one location for an afternoon of fun and education [...]
La Crescenta resident Greg Martin is a Los Angeles County assistant district attorney by day and an accomplished actor with Actors Guild in Hollywood weekends. Recently, Martin was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada telling about his work as a county prosecutor of cases of sexually violent predators to an audience [...]
Surrounded by young students from local southern California cities including La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, and Altadena, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lashed out at President Obama and offered a five-point program in his campaign for the presidency. Gingrich was the invited guest of TeaPAC, the national Tea Party organization, and the local Pasadena Patriots. His [...]
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