The South East Association for Special Parks And Recreation’s Aktion Club has received Kiwanis International’s Distinguished Club Award for 2014-15. Aktion Club is a partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Lombard and Downers Grove, and its mission is to provide adults with disabilities an opportunity to develop initiative and leadership skills and serve their communities.
The Distinguished Club Award recognizes Aktion Clubs for their overall performance in the combined areas of club administration, membership and leadership development, Kiwanis-family involvement, and service and fundraising efforts. The club’s performance is judged against a pre-established standard of excellence.
This award adds to the impressive total of awards achieved by individual members and the SEASPAR Aktion Club, which has accumulated the most awards of any Aktion Club in the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Kiwanis International. Earlier this year, the SEASPAR Aktion Club also won first place in the district’s Scrapbook Contest.
News of the Distinguished Club Award came on Nov. 23, the day
The SEASPAR Aktion Club received the news that it won the award Nov. 23 at its annual recognition and installation dinner, which was the same day the club celebrated its 10th anniversary. Since its creation in 2005, the club has raised funds and performed service projects for causes such as veteran and senior services, hunger and disaster relief, health and medical research, and animal welfare, among others. The club’s first donation was to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on Sept. 19, 2005.
“We are so proud of what the club has done collectively, and in the individual growth of each member,” SEASPAR Executive Director Susan Friend said. “They think more globally now. They actively look for ways to share with others and support people in our communities and around the world.”
More than 500 Kiwanis Aktion Clubs have more than 12,000 members worldwide. Aktion Club is the only community service club for adults with disabilities.
For more information about the SEASPAR Aktion Club, call 630-960-7600.