Hooksett
Serving the Children of the World

Thank you for visiting the Hooksett Kiwanis Club website. Money Magazine recently named Hooksett as one of the top 100 places to live in America. Hooksett Kiwanis is one of more than 8,000 Kiwanis Clubs located in over 90 nations, and one of only 10% of the Kiwanis Clubs in New England to earn distinguished status in 2007 and 2008. Our primary focus is improving the lives of children in our community and throughout the world.
 
On April 10, we sponsored the first annual Hooksett Community Leaders Recognition Event. Details are available on the Community Leaders tab on the left side of this Home Page. 

By clicking on the various tabs and links on this home page you can learn much about our community service organization.  Included are a list of our current members, names of our officers, our projects, our committees, membership information, a list of upcoming meetings, and much more. We encourage you to check back often for club news and event announcements.

We are very proud to sponsor a Kiwanis Builders Club of 100 members at Cawley Middle School and a Kiwanis Key Club of over 225 members at Manchester Central High School.
 
On October 1, 2009 the Hooksett Community Food Pantry became a Kiwanis sponsored program. Please see tab at left for additional information about this program.

Our next event is our annual golf tournament at Candia Woods on July 16, 2010. Details may be found by clicking on the Golf Tournament tab on the left hand side of this page. 

The Club's newest project is developing walking and biking trails in Hooksett. Please see photo in upper right hand corner of this home page.The Hooksett Town Council recently designated Hooksett Kiwanis as the entity to develop and maintain trails in our community. This is a challenging multi-year service project.

The Kiwanis Club of Hooksett meets for dinner on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM at  Southern New Hampshire University.

Hooksett Kiwanis also has a non profit charitable foundation which received approval from the IRS on February 8, 2005 to operate as a 501c3 corporation. A copy of our 2209 IRS Form -EZ may be viewed by clicking on the following link: 2009 Form-EZ.pdf. Our 2008 IRS Form 990-EZ may be viewed by clicking on the following link: 2008 Form 990-EZ.pdf. Copies of prior IRS Form 990-EZ and State of NH official documents may be viewed by clicking on Events on this Home Page, then select Photo Album, and finally "Foundation and IRS documents". If any interested party needs additional information, please request this from Secretary Fred Bishop at 603-625-1555 or by email at fredwbishop@comcast.net.
 
Guests and those interested in exploring Kiwanis Membership are always welcome to join us at either of our monthly meetings.
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Kiwanis News
Kiwanis hosts car show Aug. 15
8/12/2010

Hooksett Kiwanis to Host 4th Annual Car Show

 

On Sunday August 15,

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Hooksett Kiwanis ges $25,000 trails grant
7/8/2010

Hooksett Kiwanis was recently notified by the Trails Bureau of the NH

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Sen. Boutin, Central principal talk to Kiwanis
6/17/2010

State Senator David Boutin and Central High Principal John Rist shared the

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New to Kiwanis
6/17/2010

Hooksett Kiwanis recently inducted six new members, bringing the club’s

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Kiwanis to host golf tournament
6/10/2010

The Hooksett Kiwanis Foundation is pleased to announce its 14th Annual

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