Maryville Kiwanis donates $5,400 to local youth
From Staff Reports
Maryville Kiwanis Club gave checks totaling $5,400 to four local organizations at a recent Kiwanis meeting.
Grants included:
• Maryville College, $2,000 for two $1,000 scholarships for deserving students.
• Community Food Connection, $2,400 to buy important items that are not always donated.
• Big Brothers and Big Sisters, $500
• Boys & Girls Club of Blount County, $500.
In addition to helping these organizations, Maryville Kiwanis gives Blount County Imagination Library $55,000 annually to provide books to 4,500 kids monthly as well as funding the Leadership Adventure Camp at Camp Wesley Woods for 35 middle schoolers.
For more information on Kiwanis, call Robert Russell at 865-384-7092 or email (robertrussell@reagan.com)




