About the Castleton Kiwanis Club

Since 1939 the Castleton Kiwanis Club has served the Castleton/Schodack community, which is located in southern Rensselaer County in the beautiful Hudson Valley of upstate New York. The club is composed of about 45 men and women who take part in a variety of service projects for the community and fund raising activities to support these projects.

The Castleton Kiwanis Club sponsors a Key Club for high school students, a Builders Club for middle school students, and a K-Kids Club for elementary school students at the Schodack Central School District. Kiwanis also sponsors Cub Scout Pack 253 and Troop 53 of the Boy Scouts of America, which have been important parts of the Castleton-Schodack community for many years.

The Clove Run, which consists of a 15 K race, a 5 K race and a 1 mile KIDS FUN Run which is usually held in the middle of August, is also sponsored by Kiwanis. For more information, see the Clove Run Web Site.

The club holds weekly meetings each Wednesday at Scarnato's Ristorante in Castleton. The meetings begin at 6:30 P.M., and are similar to Kiwanis meetings the world over — an inspirational opening, a meal, reports on current projects, and usually a program. The programs offer members a chance to hear about a variety of topics, from those in education, the justice system, the arts and entertainment, to those in public and professional businesses. See the Yearly Schedule for information about meetings and other Kiwanis events during the current year.

We are always looking for new members -- men and women who would like to help make our community a better place in which to live. If you might be interested in joining the Castleton Kiwanis and would like to attend a meeting as our guest and learn more about the Castleton Kiwanis, see Joining Kiwanis.

Links to other members of the Kiwanis Family are provided in Kiwanis Links. An inspirational message provided each week by the Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley, California, is provided in the Weekly Inspiration.

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