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Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood 3-2-1
celebrates its fi rst year after reopening
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood 3-2-1
celebrated its fi rst full year of revival
and honored the accomplishments of
President Liz Fitzgerald at a Fun Day
on Sept. 29 at Belmont Park.
The celebration included a barbecue,
kids activities and a race in honor of
the father of Bob Monahan, one of the
club’s members.
Monahan said that the goal of the
celebration was to commemorate
Fitzgerald’s leadership.
As part of its service projects in
the past year, the club gave out 500
backpacks at 15 diff erent schools in
the neighborhood and gave out 350
“blessing bags” to new mothers at
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
The bags contained diapers, blankets,
onesies and other essentials
materials for a newborn.
Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood 3-2-1
re-established itself last year aft er
a former version of the Ridgewood
Kiwanis club fell apart in the 1980s.
A 3-2-1 club is designed so that
members three hours each month
under the goal of devoting more time
to service than meetings. With more
than 100 members being chartered
Photo courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood 3-2-1
in the current version of the club,
Monahan said that it averages about
60 people per meeting.
Monahan estimated that the club
probably gave away $30,000 to $40,000
in service projects over this past year.
He also said he thinks it’s the largest
club in the district.
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