How we fundraise

This is just a small sample of what our club does to raise funds, so that we can help kids wherever possible.

The Bay to Birdwood big breakfast

Our club cooks up a great breakfast for people to purchase at the commencement of the Bay to Birdwood car rally each year. The commencement is down at West Beach and there are thousands of cars on show. Drivers, passengers and friends get there very early, but not as early as us! Our egg and bacon rolls are very popular. This raises funds which we can put towards helping children.

Musical Bingo Night, Quiz Night and other events

We held our first Musical Bingo night in 2025 and it was fun and successful. We think it will be bigger and better next time as word has reached people that this is a fun event, with a lot of music and some prizes as well. Prior to that we held 3 quiz nights and these have been very successful. We have held Tapas Days, Garden Parties and other themed days where members and friends have gathered at either a hall or at somebody’s home to have a great fun time and raise funds for children.

We used to have a cocktail party event every year, then we changed it up to a Gala Dinner which was very successful. Due to Covid-19 we haven’t held this for a few years now.

Lottery tickets

You can help us raise funds by purchasing tickets in the People First Community Lottery. Tickets are just $2 each and all proceeds come back to our club. This dates for this year’s lottery have not been announced as yet.

Marshalling

Over many years our club has been asked to provide parking or street closure marshalls for various events – events like the Glenelg Christmas pageant, the Brighton Jetty Classic, the Onkaparinga Christmas pageant (helping our sister club Reynella), Sandcastle competition, the Weetbix Challenge and more. Often a very early start. We are usually paid a fee for these.

Newer fundraising opportunities

The Brighton Jetty Classic and Brighton Jetty Sculptures

A new event for us where our club has worked with the Brighton Jetty Sculptures team to assist as volunteers. At the 2025 event we could be found ‘manning’ the entrance to the big BankSA marquee and the RAA marquee. The BJS board made the decision to apply a $5 per adult fee for admission into the marquees to view the beautiful sculptures inside. Our team will do this and also stamp the hands of anyone who has paid, as they don’t need to pay again if they go back later in the day. Watch out for us and say ‘hi’. Viewing the sculptures along the foreshore and inside the marquees will be in late January and early February 2026 (the Brighton Jetty Classic will next be held on the 1st February 2026). Go to the Brighton Jetty Sculptures website for further information.

Council deliveries to letterboxes

Thanks to a great idea by our then club President, Alan, the Kiwanis Club of Glenelg often works with Holdfast Bay Council to deliver their rubbish/recycle collection calendars each year to residents’ letterboxes. That’s over 16,000 letterbox drops. They have also asked us to deliver other pamphlets or flyers when there is something they want conveyed to residents. This all came about after President Alan had the idea to have a club fridge magnet prepared to deliver to residents – a reminder about which rubbish goes in which bins – and something they can stick on their fridge for glancing at when disposing of rubbish. We needed to run this idea past Council and make sure we were giving the correct information, and that’s how it all started. It has been a project we have been able to do even through the covid pandemic. We have won an award for our environmental impact in our local area.

All Holden Day and Corvettes Day

This past 2 years we have had a barbecue stall at each of these 2 events – both held at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg. Look out for us there. Raising funds for children in need.

WE ALL KNOW THERE IS MORE HUNGER AND MORE HOMELESSNESS THAN EVER BEFORE. PLEASE HELP US TO HELP ORGANISATIONS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE GOVERNMENT FUNDING.