Rehoboth Kiwanis Club Donates Picnic Tables To Rehoboth Elementary School
by Rosemary Cummings

When K-Kids Advisor, Mary Matthes, was recently inducted as a Rehoboth Kiwanian, fellow members asked her, what can the Club do to benefit the Rehoboth Elementary school? She immediately mentioned the need for new picnic tables to replace the splintered and broken tables facing Silver Lake. In the fall and spring, she said, the tables serve as an outside environmental learning classroom. Over the years, however, the tables fell into disrepair. Kiwanians Roger Willey and Jim Kunkle went to work and found students from the Kent County Alternative Learning Program make sturdy rugged tables, which met the school's need. Roger and Jim arranged to pick up the four new tables at the Dover school and transported them to the Rehoboth School. What a surprise for Ms. Matthes' third grade class when they went outside to see the new tables. The K-Kids sitting in the front row were so proud their Club was responsible for this school service. Jim Kunkle said, "This was the case of kids helping kids, with Kiwanis as the intermediary". When told Kiwanis gave the tables to the school, one boy said, oh, I know Kiwanis; I see their sign at my little League field in West Rehoboth. Kiwanis is truly a Global Organization of Volunteers Dedicated to Changing the World, One Child, and One Community At A Time.