Kiwanis Club of Longview

A civic service club that keeps things refreshingly simple: show up, eat lunch, get something done for the community. The Kiwanis Club of Longview is listed in the Greater Longview United Way agency directory as a civic and community action group, with a mailing address at 813 E Methvin and a weekly Friday noon meeting. Kiwanis clubs worldwide organize around serving children, and local chapters like this one are where that actually happens: scholarships, youth programs, reading and school support, and helping out at community events. Because it is an all-volunteer club, the roster of projects shifts with the membership and with what the town needs in a given year. Anybody curious about joining or asking the club to consider a project can call the number listed with United Way, or just turn up at a Friday lunch and introduce themselves. Service clubs like this are a big part of the invisible infrastructure that keeps a town like Longview functioning, and they are almost always looking for new hands.