BROAD RIPPLE KIWANIS CLUB ACCOMPLISHMENTS

October 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018

Shortridge High School: International Baccalaureate
(3401 N. Meridian)

• Funded purchase of sheep hearts for science class
• Funded the purchase of materials for costume design
• Purchased electronic balances to enable accurate
  measurement of mass in science experiments
• Helped fund the purchase of graphing calculators in
  four classrooms
• Purchased microscopes

IPS #91 (Rousseau McClellan School, 5111 Evanston)

• Donated $1,000 to sponsor robotics club
• Funded music and aromatherapy project
• Purchased art supplies
• Purchased music supplies
• Purchased butterfly books
• Provided subscriptions to Scholastic magazine, and
  purchased books about rocks

IPS #55 (Eliza Blaker School, 1349 East 54th Street)

• Purchased technology equipment to outfit a room for
  a new teacher
• Purchased supplies on two occasions for the school’s
  art program
• Provided judges for the Science Fair
• Donated books signed by speakers at weekly
  meetings
• Provided volunteers for Read Around the World and
  donated books to the classrooms.
  (Note: this school was in the process of changing to a
  Butler Lab School, reducing its needs for the current year)

Broad Ripple Magnet High School
(1115 Broad Ripple Avenue)

• Provided two full sponsorships to enable students in
  the Broad Ripple Choir to perform at Carnegie Hall.
  (Note: this was the final year for this school to be open)

IPS #59 (Merle Sidener Gifted Academy, Kessler and
Keystone)

• Funded $2,100 to purchase equipment to enable the
  school to have a drum line
• Funded Lego League @ $1,000

Midtown STEAM support through Techpoint Foundation for
Youth

• Funded $1,000 to sponsor Coder Dojo Hackathon
• Funded $1,654 to sponsor science camp enrollments

Service to Community

• Cleaned our adopted median at 70th and College on a weekly basis.
• Co-sponsored the clean-up of Broad Ripple Village on the first Saturday of every month.
• Sponsored the paper products recycling bin behind Einstein Bagels in Broad Ripple.
• Rang the Salvation Army bell at Broad Ripple Kroger for the 31st year in a row.
• Provided volunteers for the Broad Ripple Historic Home Tour.
• Provided volunteers for the Midtown Holiday Home Tour.
• Gave financial sponsorship to the Broad Ripple Historic Home Tour.
• Participated in the Broad Ripple Carnival.

Fundraisers

• Hosted the seventh annual Pints for Half-Pints event on October 6, 2017, raising $25,000.
• Staged the event with 40 members and friends who volunteered.
• Held lunchtime auction, raising over $1,400.

Other Donations and Efforts

• Continued to support Haverford Little League, with $500.
• Donated $1,000 to support after-school STEAM programs of AYS.
• Continued to support STEAM-focused summer day camp scholarships at Jordan YMCA with $1,000 donation.
• Continued to donate to the Kiwanis International Eliminate project targeting the elimination of maternal and neonatal
  tetanus, which is fatal to newborns.
• Donated $1,000 to Kiwanis Indiana District for the support of IU-Riley Hospital Child Life program.