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Key Leader is BACK!
Ellis Brown Endowment/Roadrunner Grants 2026
Ellis Brown Endowment/Roadrunner Grants 2026
We are so excited to announce that the SWDK Foundation will be hosting Key Leader training at Kamp Kiwanis in Vanderwagen, NM.
November 8-10- $50 per attendee
20 Cousins Rd.
Sponsored by the Kiwanis clubs of Litchfield and the Kiwanis club of Carefree!
See Southwest District of Kiwanis International facebook page for QR code to register, or
https://tinyurl.com/SWDKeyLeader2025
Ellis Brown Endowment/Roadrunner Grants 2026
Ellis Brown Endowment/Roadrunner Grants 2026
Ellis Brown Endowment/Roadrunner Grants 2026
Congratulations to our 2025-26 Roadrunner Grant winners! We are proud to support eight excellent projects across the Southwest District:
1. San Pedro Kiwanis - $250 – Builders club books
2. Kiwanis de Amigos - $250 – Support Flowing Wells Family Res. Center
3. Clarkdale/Verde Vally Kiwanis - $500 – clothe a child project
4. Queen Creek K
Congratulations to our 2025-26 Roadrunner Grant winners! We are proud to support eight excellent projects across the Southwest District:
1. San Pedro Kiwanis - $250 – Builders club books
2. Kiwanis de Amigos - $250 – Support Flowing Wells Family Res. Center
3. Clarkdale/Verde Vally Kiwanis - $500 – clothe a child project
4. Queen Creek Kiwanis - $500 – Key Club Olympics
5. Desert Kiwanis - $250- musical instruments
6. Tempe Neuvo Kiwanis - $500 – Homework Bag project
7. Kiwanis of Williams - $500-auto shop equipment
8. Sahuarita Kiwanis - $250 – Send high school band to Philadelphia for 250thcelebration
Total grants - $3000
Roadrunner Grants are funded through the Ellis Brown Silent Auction each year at District Convention. Your donation of auction items and your bids have made (and will continue to make) these club grants possible.
Vision and Mission
Vision and Mission
Vision - To build ethical productive leadership in young people and to help provide quality professional development and support in a fast changing world.
Mission -
- To help develop young people who are self directed life long leaders and learners
- To promote and provide the essential skills and positive leadership traits
- To provide a safe, healthy and professional educational environment
- To be a resource to empower good work ethics in young leaders
- To empower student leadership through partnerships with parents, youth groups, Kiwanis clubs in the SW District and throughout the world, and individuals who want a productive future for our youth.
Exciting News from Kamp Kiwanis
Solar lighting on the basketball and volleyball courts was added in the Fall of 2022!