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With the Kiwanis ball season soon to begin, we would like to share a brief history of The Dillon Kiwanis Club.
The Dillon Kiwanis Club got its charter in October 1, 1948, making It nearly 78 years the club had been serving Dillon. It was the third Kiwanis Club to be chartered in the state.
Since its inception, the club has participated in many community projects. Every year, the club provides post-high school funding in the form of the Dudley Saleeby Memorial Scholarship and the Ray Wilson Memorial Scholarship.
The club introduced the fingerprint ID card program in 1995 to provide a form of identification for young children around the area.
They also give Christmas food vouchers to people in need every December, help run Breakfast With Santa, put on the annual Father-Daughter Dance in February, and implement the Kiwanis baseball program every spring.
The Kiwanis baseball program was started in 1985 by Dudley Saleeby, Thomas Cooper Bethea, and Ray Wilson. The first three years were played in Little Boys Baseball before the league changed to Dixie Youth in 1961 and Diamond Youth in 2025. They continue to play under the Diamond Youth Banner today.
Kiwanis Club Has Decades Of Service In Dillon County
