The Early Middle School Builders’ Club was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for their donation of 96 pair of shoes to the Brownwood-Brown County Child Welfare Board’s Rainbow Room at the Thursday morning meeting of the Pecan Valley Kiwanis Club.

(Left to Right: Builders’ Club Members: Braxton Kilgo, Keith Clardy, Brady King and Cassidie Henry accepting the certificate from Kitty Cavanaugh, Committee Chair of the Rainbow Room.) Photo contributed by Jim Cavanaugh

Builders Club develops leaders through service.  Last year, more than 45,000 middle and junior high school students around the world were involved in this Kiwanis-family program, developing leadership skills while working with friends to help others in need. Their projects ranged from fundraising for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa to recycling drives to cleaning up parks.

As students maneuver this “in-between-stage” of life, Builders Club empowers them to be themselves, work together with friends, and implement plans through action. As an extension of Kiwanis International, Builders Club shares the mission of the building leaders to help children around the world. Through Builders Club, students become leaders at school, in their community, and in the world.