About Us:

In 1938 the Oxford Kiwanis Club organized and sponsored Boy Scout Troop 30 (now 930). Miami freshman (now former Ambassador and Miami Vice President Emeritus) John Dolibois was the first Scoutmaster and David Logan was the troop's first Eagle Scout. In recent years the club has added sponsorship of Cub Scout Pack 961 and the Indian Creek Girl Scout District.

The Kiwanis commitment to the youth of Oxford lead to the organizing of the club's first annual Pancake Day on May 7, 1957. The purpose of that event was to raise money for band uniforms for the new Talawanda High School. $1,450 was raised and donated that day, and Pancake Day became an Oxford tradition that continues this year on April 28. In 1965 and 2001 the Oxford Kiwanis Club sponsored a circus to raise funds for more projects.

The club also sponsors several "Kiwanis Family" youth organizations. In 1966 the Miami University chapter of Circle K International was chartered under the Oxford Kiwanis Club. This chapter has consistently been recognized as one of the strongest clubs in the Ohio District. In 1984 the Talawanda Key Club was organized, and in 1990 the Builders Club at Talawanda Middle School was begun. In 2006 a K-Kids Chapter was formed at Kramer Elementary School.

The Oxford Kiwanis has been recognized numerous times during its 75-year history for its service to the Oxford community. The Club's most recent award came from the Ohio District of Kiwanis International for sponsorship of the "Reach Out and Read" program at Oxford Pediatrics and Adolescents. The project was named "Single Service Project of the Year" for 1999. In addition, the club has been an active participant in Kiwanis International's first "World-Wide Service Project" which has raised nearly $75 million to eradicate iodine deficiency disorders from the world.