Des Moines Kiwanis

Miracle League Twins player, Delaney, leads City of Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie in the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at a recent City Council Meeting. Mayor Cownie issued a proclamation naming Des Moines a 2010 All America City. Our Kiwanis Miracle League, including Delaney and her family, were instrumental in helping the City achieve this designation.

Welcome

Des Moines Kiwanis

We help kids. The funds raised from our volunteer efforts support a variety of good causes helping the children of our community.

Spearheaded by the Downtown Club, we have successfully built the very first Miracle League Field in Iowa—right downtown across from Principal Park, at 525 SW 5th Street. Managing the field is our primary service project in the community. Sixty kids with special needs played in our “exhibition season” in the fall of 2008. We had 115 kids in our spring 2009 season and nearly 150 kids in our fall 2009 season. Naturally, we ended the season with a trophy/pizza party for over 400. Our 2010 season began with Opening Day ceremonies on May 15. Currently, there are 198 kids playing on 14 teams for our Spring 2010 season. We KNOW that "one can make a difference", right here in central Iowa.

We meet every Wednesday starting at 11:45 a.m. at AllPlay Des Moines, 615 3rd Street. Please consider joining us.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

Breaking Club News...

More Awards for Des Moines Kiwanis

Congratulations to Des Moines Kiwanis on the recent announcement that the club's web site, www.downtowndesmoineskiwanis.org, was the sweepstakes or "best of the best" among all club web sites in the Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis District for 2008-09. More...

Distinguished Club Designation - Again
Congratulations to all members of Des Moines Kiwanis for being named a Distinguished Club in the Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis District for 2008-09. Recognized at the District Mid-Year Conference on January 30, 2010. More...

What a Year!
A glowing report was recently sent to Kiwanis International about our Club. See what was written and a thank you from Jan Burch here...

Des Moines Kiwanis Needs Your Time and Talent
2009-10 Des Moines Kiwanis President urges all members to review and volunteer for committee assignments for the coming Kiwanis administrative year. Many hands make light work. Click here to view and print our latest Time & Talents brochure.

Member Orientation
The new member orientation is now available in PDF format. Download it to review online or print your very own copy. Not just for new members, all Downtown Kiwanians will find a plethora of information about our Club.