11 Kiwanians flew down for this occasion from the Florida District of Kiwanis International including the Florida District Governor, Jeremy Riehl, President Elect of the Kiwanis Foundation David Roth, Florida District Chair of Membership Ingrid Goulbourne, Lieutenant Governor of the Florida Division 26: Marion Mason, Florida District Circle K Governor, Jose Mendez, Florida District Key Club Governor, Alejandro Ganaza and Key Club District administrators Heather Locke and Jose Leoncio.
Her Excellency, Governor Jane Owen and Miss Universe Cayman Islands Raegan Rutty were also in attendance and enjoyed the evening alongside past and present Kiwanians including one of the founding members, Ernest Foster. The evening started out with a steel pan performance during the champagne reception by Michael Lemay and then guests moved inside for dinner, a silent auction, raffle and ended with dancing to the beats of DJ Chuck Taylor.
The President of the Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman, Dr. Tanikya Grant Davis spoke on the Clubs major projects past and present, notably mention including Buy a kid a breakfast, Santa landing, book mobile, grow box projects, the Autism awareness project and the importance of why we do service quoting from the first object of Kiwanis ” To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than the material values of life” and the goals for the future, namely focus on fortifying three areas in the club Service, membership engagement and collaboration to facilitate the work of Kiwanis in their 4 areas of service to children’s health and nutrition, literacy and education, youth leadership and Community engagement. The crowd was also greeted by eloquent speeches from Florida District Governor, Jeremy Riehl, Lieutenant Governor of the Florida Division 26: Marion Mason, Florida District Circle K Governor, Jose Mendez, Florida District Key Club Governor, Alejandro Ganaza and Cayman Key Club Lieutenant Governor Amiya Tahal, Key Club District from Triple C School also gave greetings .
Kiwanis International Florida District Governor awarded Distinguished Lieutenant Governor Winsome Radcliffe, President Dr. Tanikya Grant Davis and Distinguished Past President Ibimitomi “Asher” Ogbe for their dedication to sharing their love for service and growing the Kiwanis family.
The following past and present Kiwanians were awarded for longstanding service including Linda Key, Paul Key and Roger Bodden for serving Cayman’s children for over 30 years, Donna Scott, Erna Jane Ebanks and Ernest Foster were awarded for dedicating over 20 years of service to Cayman’s children, Winsome Radcliffe was awarded for dedicating over 10 years of service to Cayman & Jamaica’s children and Judy Ebanks and Kadi Merren Pentney were awarded for dedicating over 10 years of service.
In 1993 The Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman created maps of Cayman as one of their fundraisers where local companies paid to put their name or logo on the map and it ended up raising over $40,000 for the club! The club had a photo of Past President Roger Bodden presenting it to the Governor at the time so on the night Roger Bodden and Her Excellency Governor Jane Owen recreated this photo as Roger presented one of these maps to Her Excellency Governor Jane Owen with President Grant Davis looking on. Each attendee was also given a map to take home!
The night would not have been possible without the main sponsors, The Ministry of Education, CG Britcay and Cayman National Bank. Many donated their time or service including our fabulous host Vicki Wheaton, event planner Danielle Connolly of DLC events, The Flower Dell who provided the centerpieces, M Creations who did the decor and Lee’s Office sponsored the printing of the programmes. To find out more about what the Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman does or if you’d like to become a member visit www.kiwanis.ky.
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