DIXON, CA (MPG) - Each year, Kiwanis Clubs around the world join in a day of service. Kiwanis One Day consists of the involvement of Kiwanis Club members who desire to have an impact on their community. For the Dixon Kiwanis, they declared a ‘Veteran’s Hall Clean-Up Project.’

The club members are inviting the public to join them Saturday, July 18 from 8 -10 am at the Veterans Memorial Hall, 1305 North First Street across from Ron DuPratt Ford.

“We are expecting to go fast and furious on the yards,” said Club member Devon Minnema. “If it gets too hot too quick, we’ll do as much as we can then enjoy lemonade and watermelon.” He encouraged helpers to wear gloves and bring leaf blowers, rakes, and hedge trimmers. The club will provide long extension cords. There are also plenty of windows to wash.

Wayne Holland and a small crew of veteran volunteers have tried to maintain the property but with the pandemic restrictions, many are too concerned about going out. The organization used to have the low-risk offenders work at the hall to keep it clean but when the shutdown happened, that help also ended.

The Kiwanis Club was founded in 1915 in the U.S. and has grown to a global organization of volunteers dedicated to bettering the world one child at a time. It has 600,000 members and nearly 15,000 clubs in more than 90 nations.

Before the pandemic, the Dixon Kiwanis meets on the fourth Monday of each month at Bud’s Pub and Grill in downtown Dixon although the club is using Zoom online option for the next month or two. The next Zoom meeting will be Monday, July 27 at 7 pm. For more information, call/email Membership Chair Patti Sousa at (707) 635-3303, [email protected].