About The Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown

Our Mission

The Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown is dedicated to serving the community through various services and fundraising projects. Our club has been serving Jenkintown since 1949.

Our club participates in a variety of projects throughout the year that involve fundraising, community service, and assisting children locally and worldwide.  Additionally, we have speakers at our weekly meetings to explore topics of interest to the membership. We engage in a number of social activities to share experiences, talents and our collective interests. All represent great opportunities for service, friendships and personal growth.

Club Officers and Board of Directors

Each Kiwanis club is governed by elected Club Officers & Board of Directors

Officers: 2024-2025
President:  Lucy Sharp
Pres. Elect: Janet Crawford
Secretary: Stuart Tollen
Treasurer: Ed Foy
Past Pres: Janet Crawford

Directors 2024-2026
Carol Godfrey
Bob Smyrl 
Bella Victor

Foundation Trustees 2024-2026
Bob Maher-chair
Anne Lotz
Mike Czerwonka

Club History

The Jenkintown Kiwanis Club was chartered as one of 7,700 clubs in 80 countries in 1949. Our motto is “Serving the Children of the World”.

The club traces its beginning to 1948, when a committee of the Kiwanis Club of Glenside developed interest in having a luncheon Kiwanis Club in the area. Both the Kiwanis Club of Glenside and Kiwanis Club of Old York Road, which had sponsored the Glenside club earlier, met in the evenings. The committee found many business leaders and professionals who were more interested in meeting for luncheons.

By early 1949, they had signed up 27 potential members and one of the Glenside members, Howard Yoder, was willing to transfer to the new club. So, on March 3, 1949, Kiwanis International granted an official charter to the Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown, which had already started to meet every Thursday for lunch. The charter was officially presented at a charter night party in May by the Kiwanis Governor of the Pennsylvania District, Elmer Menges, a member of the Ambler Kiwanis Club.

Today we still met for lunch, every Thursday, so come out and join us!

Original Club Officers:
President: Joseph H. Cochran
Vice President: Robert Synnestvedt
Secretary: Vicent J. Pupura
Treasurer: Arthur W. Hoch