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Cloverdale High School is situated in a rural community in northern California, about 80 miles north of San Francisco, in the middle of what is considered wine country. In recent years the community has attracted more and more retirees because they are fascinated by the beauty of the surrounding countryside and they enjoy the close community spirit. There are approximately 400 students in the high school. The Cloverdale Kiwanis Club sponsors the high school Key Club. The Cloverdale Key Club held its first meeting in October of 2006. Our 2014-15 membership was 32. Listed below are some of the club accomplishments from this year: 2014-15
We had ten officers with two Executive Assistants.
We had a Cali-Nev-Ha “Outstanding Website”, as well as a Facebook site for distributing information.
Seven seniors were in the club. They received Key Club medallions to wear at graduation, having performed at least 25 hours in community service during that year. We donated the most money of any club in our division for the Pediatric Trauma Program at Fall Rally, donating $1,300. We earned an Early Bird patch for affiliating by November 1st. We earned a UNICEF “1K”patch for our efforts in the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program, donating $1000.00. We earned a District Tree patch for turning our Monthly Report Forms in on time. We earned a Diamond Level Distinguished Club patch for our over-all program of activities - only the top 1% of the clubs in the world received this award. Our club Scrapbook won a Distinguished Medal and represented Cali-Nev-Ha in international competition, winning 2nd Place. Our entry in the Single Service competition, for a project we called, “The Eliminators”, won 1st Place in the district and 1st Place in international competition. Two of our club officers won Distinguished Officer medals, and one won the Outstanding Officer awards. We had a strong bond with our local Kiwanis Club, participating in several projects together. The most notable included: the Kiwanis Crab Dinner, the Kiwanis Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast, regular volunteer work at the Cloverdale Food Pantry, and the Kiwanis Marathon. We regularly attended Kiwanis meetings, including Kiwanis Board meetings. Our most notable service project of the year was “Making Miracles Happen”. We worked to provide assistance to the Oakland Children’s Hospital. We fundraised and donated $2300 to their programs. We made sock caterpillars, and beaded gifts for the children, purchased over a $1000 in books, and more! We helped sponsor a Builders Club at our local middle school.