On Saturday Nov 8th, our Club manned a table representing Kiwanis on the Downtown Mall for the First Annual “Reason for Cheesin’ “event for WATTS (Winchester Area Temporary Transitional Shelter). The participating restaurants prepared grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup in a “grill off”. T.T. Watts was the winner for the Sandwich and Water Street Kitchen served up the best Soup. See the winners’ pictures on WATTS Facebook pages and a couple on our Events page.

We held our annual bowling Tournament on Saturday., October 25, 2025 at the Northside Lanes with 11 teams represented. It was lots of fun, smiles, gutter balls and turkeys (three strikes in a row) along with some trophies for happy winners. Kid’s Club of Northern Shenandoah Valley (our beneficiary for the event) turned out both a kid’s team and a staff team. The kids won the most trophies! See pictures on our Events page.

The Kiwanis Club of Old Town works a table at the entrance to the Winchester Kiwanis Pancake Day event in order to collect food goods for a local charity that provides meals to their clients. On this Saturday, April 26, 2025 we greeted attendees and collected dozens of canned foods and other boxed or sealed items. For those who forgot to bring an item we always have a Pickle Jar on the table for collecting cash. This past Saturday we gave both the food and cash collected to the Winchester Rescue Mission. As the aroma of buttermilk pancakes and Gore’s sausage (and sweet syrup) wafted through the corridor, the people of Winchester graciously provided a cornucopia of food and dollars. We are grateful to those who made it possible for us to present these items to the Winchester Rescue Mission.

All other things the same! Our 4th Annual Kiwanis Club Charity Mini-Golf Tournament is set for Wednesday June 4th 2025 at Appleland Sports Center! See our EVENT page on our Menu to read about the event and scroll down to see & print our Flyer, Team Registration form and our Tee Sponsor form. We will be sending out information to all of our previous sponsors and teams. Note the date, time and dinner items!

Kiwanis Club of Old Town has adopted the Kid’s Club of Northern Shenandoah Valley. We are providing a semi-annual dinner at their center for students and families. We are in the planning stage of providing “reading teams” to visit the center to read to the younger students and take part in some games. Take a look… Community Service

Ann White has been the Club Treasurer for several years. She does a great job tracking every cent in the administrative and the community services budget. Yes, that’s right, we have two budgets, not just one. The administrative budget is what we use to manage the club and its related expenses, such as web hosting. The community services budget is where all of our fundraising dollars accumulate and then get donated to worthy community charities like Concern Hotline, Fremont Street Nursery or Salvation Army. Ann was recently promoted to Deputy Director of the Handley Regional Library System. She and her husband Brian live in Winchester City.

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