There’s a new service club in town and they’re already making the community a better place.
“We are just wrapping up our first service project, a Christmas Toy Drive which has been a great success,” said Wanda Dobben, a founding member of the recently re-formed Drayton Kinette Club.
“The support for this project has been outstanding. The generosity of this community has enabled us to brighten Christmas for those in need of some assistance.”
The club issued a “special thank you” to Dobben’s Hardware, Mar-Span Home Hardware and Fears Bibs and Cribs for allowing them to place donation boxes at their businesses. The Kinettes also thanked the Kinsmen Club of Drayton for ongoing support, and community members for their generosity.
“No project or service club succeeds without the support of the community,” club officials note in a press release.
It’s been several years since there has been a Kinette Club in Drayton. However the club has a long history in the community and an earlier version celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1999.
The current Drayton Kinette Club is a diverse group of community-minded women who meet on the first and third Thursday of each month and whose purpose is to “serve the community’s greatest needs while having fun.”
“Our current membership includes everyone from singles to young mothers to grandmothers. We are farmers, factory workers and nurses. Our goal is to make our community a better place and to have fun while we’re doing it,” said Dobben.
Kinette members describe their club as “motivated and goal oriented.” Future plans include the construction of a proposed splash pad in Drayton, as a joint project with the Drayton Kinsmen.
“With the support of the community, we can make it happen,” the club states.
Club members feel the community will benefit greatly from such a large-scale project, proposed for the Kinsmen Park, and will be organizing fundraisers such as a mom-to-mom sale, road tolls and other events to help them achieve their goals.
The club currently has about a dozen members, just a few short of the 15 needed to become officially chartered.
“We are always welcoming new members and ideas. If anyone would like to be a part of the fun and excitement, feel free to join us at one of our meetings. Everyone is welcome. Together we can make this community a better place,” club members state.
For more information or to join the Drayton Kinettes contact any club member: Gina Dobben, Erica-Lynn Klaassen, Sara Dineen, Liz Kuper, Paula Holzamer, Wanda Dobben, Sasha Shannon, Sherry Ann VanAnkum, Nadia Hundley Sommerville, Crystal Huberts and Laura Nancekivell.
