Twin City Kiwanis Club

Twin City Kiwanis Club Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

Twin City Kiwanis is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

06/14/2026

Recipient of Kiwanis International’s
Distinguished Club Award
Third Year!!
Twin City Kiwanis Club
Weekly Newsletter

Next Meeting June 17th
at Old Hickory Council Scout Building at
6600 Silas Creek Parkway

The Scout Office is only accessible from the Southbound side of Silas Creek Parkway.
There is a UTurn just south of Fairlawn or at Fairlawn.

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The program for June 17th will be presented by our very own Ann Garner Riddle on Camp Carefree.

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Be sure to welcome Mark Wilson and Jim Annas as new members of the Twin City Kiwanis Club, the Greatest Kiwanis Club in the WORLD!

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Congratulate Stephen Jumper on being voted Kiwanian of the Month by the Board of Directors. The Board and Club appreciate Stephen’s great recruiting work and his work organizing the Satellite/Next Gen Club.
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John Wells has diligently contacted our supported agencies and assembled grant requests for consideration following our luncheon on June 17th at the Scout Office. All TCK Members are encouraged to participate in planning for our annual grants.
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On May 13, Professor Keith Robinson of WFU provided great insights to Artificial Intelligence, it’s history and future. Professor Robinson has been kind enough to provide a copy of his presentation as requested by a number of TCK members. The copy can be accessed by clicking this
link to the presentation.

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Attention Attention Attention
Our meeting/lunch schedule will be changing during the summer
June 17, we will meet at the Old Hickory Council Scout Building at
6600 Silas Creek Parkway

June 24 we will meet, as in the past, at Centenary in the dining room (down stairs - 4 1/2 Street Entrance)

For all of July, we will meet at the Old Hickory Scout Building at 6600 Silas Creek Parkway

Starting August 5 we meet in the Community Room (206) at Centenary. Park in Fifth Street parking lot and enter the Fifth Street entrench - East Building Entrance.

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Special Opportunity for Savings

For any NEW member that joins in April, May or June, the first quarter’s dues ($155) will be waived!! Tell all your friends and potential new members that this is their chance to join a very distinguished group and save $155 at the same time. They must act now because this goes away after June.

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August 5th Change

Starting Wednesday, August 5th, we will begin meeting in the Centenary Church Community Room (Room 206) . We will park in the 5th Street Church lot across from the Church and enter the Church from 5th street entrance——East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. Our food will be available in the Community Room where we meet.

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Club Publicity:
Be sure to check out the posts on LinkedIN and Facebook, and if you have not followed our pages, please click follow. Please share the posts with all your friends! Just search on each platform, "Twin City Kiwanis Club."

The Twin City Kiwanis Club will meet on Wednesday June 24, 2026 at Centenary Methodist Church, 646 West Fifth Street, in downtown Winston-Salem (next to the Forsyth County Central Library).

During June, please enter the Church at the 4 ½ Street Entrance. Attendees can park in the surface lot on 4 ½ Street, across the street from the Church rear entrance. It has approximately 40 spaces. A limited number of on-street spaces are available on 4 ½ Street. The buffet will open at 11:45 am, and the meeting will end at 1:00 pm. Reservations are not required to attend.

Starting August 5th attendees can park in the Fifth (5th) Street Church lot across from Centenary and enter the Church through the 5th street entrance - East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. The buffet will open at 11:45 and the meeting will end at 1:00 PM. Reservations are not required.

VIEW WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK LIVE:

Anyone can view the weekly Kiwanis lunch meetings on Facebook Live. Use this link starting at 12:20- 12:25 pm:

https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis

The recent weekly meeting videos are archived on the Club’s page. Walt Kinsey provides this service.

This weekly news “push” is distributed by the Marketing Committee. If you have news for the next issue, please send it to [email protected] by Thursday.

“Kiwanis a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.”

We are on the Web at www.TwinCityKiwanisClub.org and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis/

Contact Us:
Twin City Kiwanis Club
PO Box 24212
Winston-Salem, NC 27114

Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

06/10/2026

The program for June 10th will be presented by Rusty LaRue, WFU and MBA Allstar.

06/03/2026

The program for today, June 3rd, will be presented by Abrea Armstrong on the Moravian Shot Gun House.

06/03/2026

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Recipient of Kiwanis International’s
Distinguished Club Award
Third Year!!
Twin City Kiwanis Club
Special Notice

June 3rd meeting
at Centenary has NOT been cancelled. We still meet today

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The messaged indicating a cancellation was a technical “glitch” and we WILL MEET TODAY.

The program for today, June 3rd, will be presented by Abrea Armstrong on the Moravian Shot Gun House.

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August 5th Change

Starting Wednesday, August 5th, we will begin meeting in the Centenary Church Community Room (Rm 206) . We will park in the 5th Street Church lot across from the Church and enter the Church from 5th street entrance——East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. Our food will be available in the Community Room where we meet.

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Club Publicity:
Be sure to check out the posts on LinkedIN and Facebook, and if you have not followed our pages, please click follow. Please share the posts with all your friends! Just search on each platform, "Twin City Kiwanis Club."

The Twin City Kiwanis Club will meet on Wednesday June 3, 2026 at Centenary Methodist Church, 646 West Fifth Street, in downtown Winston-Salem (next to the Forsyth County Central Library).

During June, please enter the Church at the 4 ½ Street Entrance. Attendees can park in the surface lot on 4 ½ Street, across the street from the Church rear entrance. It has approximately 40 spaces. A limited number of on-street spaces are available on 4 ½ Street. The buffet will open at 11:45 am, and the meeting will end at 1:00 pm. Reservations are not required to attend.

Starting August 5th attendees can park in the Fifth (5th) Street Church lot across from Centenary and enter the Church through the 5th street entrance - East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. The buffet will open at 11:45 and the meeting will end at 1:00 PM. Reservations are not required.

VIEW WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK LIVE:

Anyone can view the weekly Kiwanis lunch meetings on Facebook Live. Use this link starting at 12:20- 12:25 pm:

https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis

The recent weekly meeting videos are archived on the Club’s page. Walt Kinsey provides this service.

This weekly news “push” is distributed by the Marketing Committee. If you have news for the next issue, please send it to [email protected] by Thursday.

“Kiwanis a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.”

We are on the Web at www.TwinCityKiwanisClub.org and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis/

Contact Us:
Twin City Kiwanis Club
PO Box 24212
Winston-Salem, NC 27114

Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

06/01/2026

Recipient of Kiwanis International’s
Distinguished Club Award
Third Year!!
Twin City Kiwanis Club
Weekly Newsletter

Next Meeting June 3rd
at Centenary

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The program for June 3rd will be presented by Abrea Armstrong on the Moravian Shot Gun House.

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Remember that June 10th is our “Bring a Guest” lunch with Rusty LaRue as our speaker. Be sure to invite someone and RSVP with Tom Fredericks ([email protected]) by June 3rd.

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Many enjoyed wonderful golf and a great steak dinner last Wednesday at Reynolds Park. We avoided the rain and had an excellent time out. Winning golf team shot 67 ( 4 under par) and was lead by George ( Scottie Scheffler) Munford, with Stephen Jumper, Don Symons, and Bob( Long Ball) Campbell. Stephen Jumper won both of the closest to the pins. Congratulations to the winners and hope to play again in the Fall. Thanks to Nick Jamison and Cook Sandy Barfoot for making all the arrangements and for the delicious steaks making a great time possible.
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The Nominations Committee has announced the following nominations for 2026-2027:

President: Bob Campbell
President Elect/Vice President: Robert Works
Second Vice President: David Ross
Board Members (2026-2028 Term):
Cathy Robertson
Tex Leonard
Virgil Lessane
Frank Sherrill

Election will be held at our June 3rd lunch meeting

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Brandon McCann and the Salvation Army have produced a wonderful video about Twin City Kiwanis and the summer Mentorship/Literacy it has funded for two years. The Carolinas District Newsletter shared the video in its most recent newsletter. Enjoy the video below.

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Special Opportunity for Savings

For any NEW member that joins in April, May or June, the first quarter’s dues ($155) will be waived!! Tell all your friends and potential new members that this is their chance to join a very distinguished group and save $155 at the same time. They must act now because this goes away after June.

____________

August 5th Change

Starting Wednesday, August 5th, we will begin meeting in the Centenary Church Community Room (Rm 206) . We will park in the 5th Street Church lot across from the Church and enter the Church from 5th street entrance——East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. Our food will be available in the Community Room where we meet.

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On June 10th at the regular lunch group. Rusty LaRue will be the guest speaker and it will be considered a high attendance luncheon where you can bring your guest or another guest to learn and consider Kiwanis. For those of you that don't know, Rusty was a standout athlete at Wake Forest and won an NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1998. You won't want to miss this meeting!!

Also, please email Tom Fredericks by June 3rd with the name of your June 10th guest as well. Let me know if you all have any questions.

Stephen 336.971.2405

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Club Publicity:
Be sure to check out the posts on LinkedIN and Facebook, and if you have not followed our pages, please click follow. Please share the posts with all your friends! Just search on each platform, "Twin City Kiwanis Club."

The Twin City Kiwanis Club will meet on Wednesday June 3, 2026 at Centenary Methodist Church, 646 West Fifth Street, in downtown Winston-Salem (next to the Forsyth County Central Library).

During June, please enter the Church at the 4 ½ Street Entrance. Attendees can park in the surface lot on 4 ½ Street, across the street from the Church rear entrance. It has approximately 40 spaces. A limited number of on-street spaces are available on 4 ½ Street. The buffet will open at 11:45 am, and the meeting will end at 1:00 pm. Reservations are not required to attend.

Starting August 5th attendees can park in the Fifth (5th) Street Church lot across from Centenary and enter the Church through the 5th street entrance - East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. The buffet will open at 11:45 and the meeting will end at 1:00 PM. Reservations are not required.

VIEW WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK LIVE:

Anyone can view the weekly Kiwanis lunch meetings on Facebook Live. Use this link starting at 12:20- 12:25 pm:

https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis

The recent weekly meeting videos are archived on the Club’s page. Walt Kinsey provides this service.

This weekly news “push” is distributed by the Marketing Committee. If you have news for the next issue, please send it to [email protected] by Thursday.

“Kiwanis a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.”

We are on the Web at www.TwinCityKiwanisClub.org and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis/

Contact Us:
Twin City Kiwanis Club
PO Box 24212
Winston-Salem, NC 27114

Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

05/24/2026

Recipient of Kiwanis International’s
Distinguished Club Award
Third Year!!
Twin City Kiwanis Club
Weekly Newsletter

Next Meeting May 27th
Golf and Steak Dinner at Reynolds Park

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Remember that June 10th is our “Bring a Guest” lunch with Rusty LaRue as our speaker. Be sure to invite someone and RSVP with Tom Fredericks ([email protected])

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The May 21st Recruiting Breakfast at Bermuda Run had great attendance and an uplifting presentation by Eric Aft of Second Harvest Food Bank. In addition, Twin City Kiwanis presented a $1,000 grant to the Second Harvest Food Bank

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Be sure to welcome our new member, Jim Atkins. It’s great to have Jim coming on board.

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Congratulate Nick Jamison on being named Kiwanian of the Month. Everyone should thank Nick for all his work for the Club and especially, for coordinating all the aspects of our lunches.
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The Nominations Committee has announced the following nominations for 2026-2027:

President: Bob Campbell
President Elect/Vice President: Robert Works
Second Vice President: David Ross
Board Members (2026-2028 Term):
Cathy Robertson
Tex Leonard
Virgil Lessane
Frank Sherrill

Election will be held at our June 3rd lunch meeting

____________

Brandon McCann and the Salvation Army have produced a wonderful video about Twin City Kiwanis and the summer Mentorship/Literacy it has funded for two years. Enjoy the video below.

____________

Special Opportunity for Savings

For any NEW member that joins in April, May or June, the first quarter’s dues ($155) will be waived!! Tell all your friends and potential new members that this is their chance to join a very distinguished group and save $155 at the same time. They must act now because this goes away after June.

____________

August 5th Change

Starting Wednesday, August 5th, we will begin meeting in the Centenary Church Community Room (Rm 206) . We will park in the 5th Street Church lot across from the Church and enter the Church from 5th street entrance——East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. Our food will be available in the Community Room where we meet.

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On June 10th at the regular lunch group. Rusty LaRue will be the guest speaker and it will be considered a high attendance luncheon where you can bring your guest or another guest to learn and consider Kiwanis. For those of you that don't know, Rusty was a standout athlete at Wake Forest and won an NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1998. You won't want to miss this meeting!!

Also, please email Tom Fredericks with the name of your June 10th guest as well. Let me know if you all have any questions.

Stephen 336.971.2405

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Club Publicity:
Be sure to check out the posts on LinkedIN and Facebook, and if you have not followed our pages, please click follow. Please share the posts with all your friends! Just search on each platform, "Twin City Kiwanis Club."

The Twin City Kiwanis Club will meet on Wednesday June 3, 2026 at Centenary Methodist Church, 646 West Fifth Street, in downtown Winston-Salem (next to the Forsyth County Central Library).

During June, please enter the Church at the 4 ½ Street Entrance. Attendees can park in the surface lot on 4 ½ Street, across the street from the Church rear entrance. It has approximately 40 spaces. A limited number of on-street spaces are available on 4 ½ Street. The buffet will open at 11:45 am, and the meeting will end at 1:00 pm. Reservations are not required to attend.

Starting August 5th attendees can park in the Fifth (5th) Street Church lot across from Centenary and enter the Church through the 5th street entrance - East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. The buffet will open at 11:45 and the meeting will end at 1:00 PM. Reservations are not required.

VIEW WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK LIVE:

Anyone can view the weekly Kiwanis lunch meetings on Facebook Live. Use this link starting at 12:20- 12:25 pm:

https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis

The recent weekly meeting videos are archived on the Club’s page. Walt Kinsey provides this service.

This weekly news “push” is distributed by the Marketing Committee. If you have news for the next issue, please send it to [email protected] by Thursday.

“Kiwanis a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.”

We are on the Web at www.TwinCityKiwanisClub.org and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis/

Contact Us:
Twin City Kiwanis Club
PO Box 24212
Winston-Salem, NC 27114

Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

Fantastic recruiting breakfast this morning for the Twin City Kiwanis Club at Bermuda Run CC in Winston-Salem NC with Er...
05/21/2026

Fantastic recruiting breakfast this morning for the Twin City Kiwanis Club at Bermuda Run CC in Winston-Salem NC with Eric Aft as keynote speaker front Second Harvest Food Bank.

05/20/2026
05/18/2026

Recipient of Kiwanis International’s
Distinguished Club Award
Third Year!!
Twin City Kiwanis Club
Weekly Newsletter

Next Meeting May 20th
at Centenary

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The speaker at our May 20th luncheon will be John Saad from the Big Ridge Consulting Company.
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Be sure to signup for Golf and the Steak Dinner scheduled for May 27th at Reynolds Park.
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Be sure to welcome our new member, Jim Atkins. It’s great to have Jim coming on board.

____________

Congratulate Nick Jamison on being named Kiwanian of the Month. Everyone should thank Nick for all his work for the Club and especially, for coordinating all the aspects of our lunches.
____________

The Nominations Committee has announced the following nominations for 2026-2027:

President: Bob Campbell
President Elect/Vice President: Robert Works
Second Vice President: David Ross
Board Members (2026-2028 Term):
Cathy Robertson
Tex Leonard
Virgil Lessane
Frank Sherrill

On May 20th, nominations from the floor will be opened. Election will be held at our June 3rd lunch meeting

____________

Brandon McCann and the Salvation Army have produced a wonderful video about Twin City Kiwanis and the summer Mentorship/Literacy it has funded for two years. Enjoy the video below.

____________

Special Opportunity for Savings

For any NEW member that joins in April, May or June, the first quarter’s dues ($155) will be waived!! Tell all your friends and potential new members that this is their chance to join a very distinguished group and save $155 at the same time. They must act now because this goes away after June.

____________

August 5th Change

Starting Wednesday, August 5th, we will begin meeting in the Centenary Church Community Room (Rm 206) . We will park in the 5th Street Church lot across from the Church and enter the Church from 5th street entrance——East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. Our food will be available in the Community Room where we meet.

____________

On June 10th at the regular lunch group. Rusty LaRue will be the guest speaker and it will be considered a high attendance luncheon where you can bring your guest or another guest to learn and consider Kiwanis. For those of you that don't know, Rusty was a standout athlete at Wake Forest and won an NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1998. You won't want to miss this meeting!!

Also, please email Tom Fredericks with the name of your June 10th guest as well. Let me know if you all have any questions.

Stephen 336.971.2405

____________

Club Publicity:
Be sure to check out the posts on LinkedIN and Facebook, and if you have not followed our pages, please click follow. Please share the posts with all your friends! Just search on each platform, "Twin City Kiwanis Club."

The Twin City Kiwanis Club will meet on Wednesday May 20, 2026 at Centenary Methodist Church, 646 West Fifth Street, in downtown Winston-Salem (next to the Forsyth County Central Library).

During June, please enter the Church at the 4 ½ Street Entrance. Attendees can park in the surface lot on 4 ½ Street, across the street from the Church rear entrance. It has approximately 40 spaces. A limited number of on-street spaces are available on 4 ½ Street. The buffet will open at 11:45 am, and the meeting will end at 1:00 pm. Reservations are not required to attend.

Starting August 5th attendees can park in the Fifth (5th) Street Church lot across from Centenary and enter the Church through the 5th street entrance - East Building Entrance. Our meeting room is on the left as you enter. The buffet will open at 11:45 and the meeting will end at 1:00 PM. Reservations are not required.

VIEW WEEKLY LUNCH MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK LIVE:

Anyone can view the weekly Kiwanis lunch meetings on Facebook Live. Use this link starting at 12:20- 12:25 pm:

https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis

The recent weekly meeting videos are archived on the Club’s page. Walt Kinsey provides this service.

This weekly news “push” is distributed by the Marketing Committee. If you have news for the next issue, please send it to [email protected] by Thursday.

“Kiwanis a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.”

We are on the Web at www.TwinCityKiwanisClub.org and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TwinCityKiwanis/

Contact Us:
Twin City Kiwanis Club
PO Box 24212
Winston-Salem, NC 27114

Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

Address

646 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC
27104

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