Welcome our new 2024-25 Club Officers and Directors

The Kiwanis Club of Ashland, VA announces its New Officers for 2024-25.

The Ashland Kiwanis Club year runs from October to October.

The new Club officers are:

President- Mike Fonseca

President-Elect- John Dywer

Vice President- Art Bykonen

Treasurer- Ed Cooper

Secretary- Suzanne Dubose

Assistant Secretary- Ed Hutchinson

Immediate Past President- Bill Hefele

The 2023-25 Club Directors are:

John Hartman, Suz Morrison, Mike Carter and Drew Molloy

The 2024-26 Club Directors are:

Bill Barga, Cheri Shehane, PJ Edmonds and Pam Sopall

The officers were installed at the first club meeting of October.

The Ashland Kiwanis Club is one of the oldest Kiwanis clubs in Virginia, dating back to 1923, and the only Kiwanis club in Hanover County.

Throughout their history, Ashland Kiwanis’ service projects have been geared to the community – Ashland as well as the rest of the county.  The club believes youths are the keys to their future and to the future of our country.  Through their many and varied service projects and programs, they promote, nurture and guide the children of the county. They, in turn, can build and make local neighborhoods the types of places people can be proud to call their own.

Ashland Kiwanis plans the annual Ashland/Hanover Holiday Parade. This year the 55th parade will be held Sunday, November 24th.

The club welcomes all service-oriented men and women to become Ashland Kiwanians. The Kiwanis motto is serving the children of the world, one community and one child at a time.

More information about Ashland Kiwanis can be found at https://ashlandvakiwanis.org #KidsNeedKiwanis

Ashland/Hanover 55th Annual Holiday Parade Applications Are Due

The Kiwanis Club of Ashland is once again assembling the Olde Time Holiday Parade for the citizens of Ashland and Hanover County. This is the 55th annual parade to bring Santa to Town. We usually have about 100 entries in the parade so we must start early to get all the plans in place for this event.

As always, the parade will be held on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, this year that will be the 24th of November.

Again, this year, all invitations were emailed to all recent parade participants the second week of September. Note, we said Emailed. Look for Survey Monkey.  If your organization has not participated in the parade in the past and would like to be considered, please review the information at this application link:

parade application link

Submit your application through the link prior to the deadline. All entries are to be made through SurveyMonkey.  Entries are due back to us by October 11th.

 It is very difficult, if not impossible to add entries after the lineup has been established. We look forward to seeing you either in or at the parade on November 24th. We step off at 2:00pm.

Happy Holidays, early. You may contact us at [email protected] should there be questions.

Third Annual Ashland VA Karwanis Car Show is Saturday, May 18th

Kiwanis Club of Ashland, VA will hold its 3rd annual Kar-Wanis Car Show at the Ashland Junction Shopping Center on Saturday, May 18th, 2024. The event runs from 11AM-3PM and will feature cars of all types from every era. Karwanis is a free event aimed at all ages.

The car show is free to the public, but there is a registration fee for anyone entering their car. The event includes DJ music and grilled food for sale. All proceeds from the show and food sales go to support our mission to “Serve the Children of our Community”.

Multiple Classes will be judged on cleanliness and condition. Trophies will be awarded for all classes and there will be a couple of specialty awards. The show is limited to 75 vehicles and dash plaques will be given to the first 50 cars registered.

There are sponsorship opportunities for individuals and local businesses. Opportunities range from $100-$1500+.Recognition can vary from a listing on the Ashland Kiwanis websites and newsletter to logo on the event program to having their company name on a trophy for the sponsor selected winner. More information and forms can be downloaded from https://karwanis.com.

Kiwanis Club of Ashland just celebrated 100 years in 2023. We are one of the oldest Kiwanis clubs in Virginia, dating back to 1923, and the only Kiwanis club in Hanover County.  Throughout our history, Ashland Kiwanis’ service projects have been geared to the community – Ashland as well as the balance of the county.  We believe our youths are the keys to our future and to the future of our country.  Through our many and varied service projects and programs, we try to promote, nurture, and guide the children in the county so that they, in turn, can build and make our neighborhoods the types of places we can be proud to call our own.

This is the third year that the show has been held at the Ashland Junction Shopping Center located at 167 Junction Drive, Ashland, VA 23005. It is May and there is always a chance of rain, so the rain date is Sunday, May 19th.

More information about the Kiwanis Club of Ashland, VA can be found at https://ashlandvakiwanis.org.

Glassner Discusses the Demise of Local Newspapers

Glassner Discusses the Demise of Local Newspapers

1/2/2024 – Club: Ashland

Despite a sparsely attended dinner meeting on January 2nd (only about 20 attendees), those present were treated to member Greg Glassner’s presentation of the demise, countrywide, of most local newspapers.  In making his talk, Greg relied on his decades of experience in working for many such papers – from junior reporter to editor to operating manager.  His recounting of the many different roles he played as a “newspaper man” enthralled his listeners.