Kiwanis Club of Palm Springs

Steve Poltz performed a special benefit concert for the Kiwanis Club of Palm Springs on Saturday, October 15 poolside in the back yard of a Club member. The show, which was attended by a near sell out crowd, raised over $2,000, including $500 for the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Springs.

Poltz, who grew up in Palm Springs and was a regular member of the Boys and Girls Club, performed his incredible original songs, weaved intriguing stories that kept the audience on the edge of their seats, and even engaged in some impromptu strip tease, all to raise funds for the Kiwanis Club and Boys and Girls Club.

The recent tornado that that inflicted so much damage to the city of Joplin Missouri touched another community 1,400 miles away.

After reading the Joplin Kiwanis Club's weekly newsletter describing the losses to the members (business, property, and worst of all, loss of life), members of the Kiwanis Club of Palm Springs wanted to get involved. A member reached out to the Secretary of the Joplin Kiwanis Club, Larry Gruber, and asked how we could help. Gruber explained that the disaster had affected the school system hard. The town of 50,000 had lost over 270 classrooms. Along with those lost classrooms were many classroom enhancements that were purchased by the teachers from their own funds. Joplin Kiwanis wanted to replace those items to bring normalcy back to the classrooms and create a familiar environment for the students to learn in.

Our club was touched by this program and sent $500 to the Joplin Kiwanis Club to help them in their community rebuilding efforts.

Join the Kiwanis Club of Palm Springs as Steve Poltz performs an intimate benefit concert at a private home, to raise funds to
  support the Literacy Programs of the Kiwanis Club and the Clubs support of the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Springs.

Our generous sponsors include

 

Dr. Steve Simpson O.D. - Hemet Optometric Center - 11705 E. Florida Ave, Hemet, CA 92544

Ray & Virginia Eberhard  ~  Jim Figueroa   ~    Mary holmes ~ Dean Lockwood  ~ eileen robbins ~ Snookie's Footsies

partial proceeds of this show will benefit
the afterschool homework help program of the boys & girls club of palm springs

The Kiwanis Club of Palm Springs hosted the 2nd Annual Youth Baseball Clinic Saturday, April 30, 2 011. The highlight of the event was the hitting instruction of Los Angeles Dodger great Tommy Davis.

This great event was free to all youth in the Coachella Valley and was held at Cathedral City High School baseball field. All participants received hands on instruction from Cathedral City High baseball team members. Hitting, fielding, running and throwing techniques were all covered in this great event. Almost 80 young baseball players took advantage of the day and recieved autographed photos and some lucky participants recieved Tommy Davis signed balls and hats.

Tommy Davis, who retired from Major League Baseball in 1976 with a career .294 batting average, 153 home runs, 1,052 runs batted in and 2,121 career hits. Davis also made his mark on baseball as an outstanding pinch hitter. His career pinch hitting batting average was .320, which led the league at his retirement.