Service Projects 

Salvation Army Bell Ringing

Each holiday season, members from the Club ring the bells for the Salvation Army. In 2005, we collected and distributed $2,400 for this worthwhile cause!

K-Kids School Project - Click here for more information

Lee Harden “Take Time to Care” Awards Luncheon

Our community has many unsung “heroes” who quietly assist others on a day-to-day basis. Many of these individuals go largely unacknowledged for their good deeds. Each year, the Kiwanis Club of Detroit No. 1 recognizes a select few of these volunteers at a luncheon held in their honor. 

In 1985, this name of this award was changed to the “Lee Harden Take Time to Care Award.” Lee joined our club in 1973 and passed away in 1985. He never served as an officer in our club – he simply wanted to be there to help in the spirit of what Kiwanis is all about. He truly lived the spirit of a service club and so whether it was selling peanuts in downtown Detroit, escorting young children to a sport’s event, helping the poor and indigent in a downtown soup kitchen, or chairing the club’s Sick and Sunshine Committee, Lee was there, always “taking the time to care”. Each year up to ten people are honored with this award in recognition of their self-less giving to their community.

The 2005 honorees were:

Alicia Biggers 

Vista Maria

Nominated by Wendy Kearney

Shaton Berry 

Western International High School 
Nominated by Celeste Hernandez

 
Glen (Gus) Cline 

The Guidance Center

Nominated by Allison Smith

Dylan Goodrich 

Maggie’s Rising Star Child Care/ Women’s Survival Center

Nominated by Theresa Lipar

James Gulley 

Adult Well Being Services

Nominated by Kelly McKissick, 

Joseph Haas 

World Medical Relief, Inc.

Nominated by Rita M. Grezlik

Alona Lockridge 
House of Worship/In-Crisis Initiative

Nominated by Phyllis Puckett

Jill E. Lord 
Furniture Bank of Oakland County
Nominated by Collette Kelly 

Jean Vortkamp 

Front Porch

Nominated by Kim Cummings and Elaine Manning

Glenda Woods 

YWCA Interim House

Nominated by Jacinta S. Lee