© 2024 Interlochen
CLASSICAL IPR | 88.7 FM Interlochen | 94.7 FM Traverse City | 88.5 FM Mackinaw City IPR NEWS | 91.5 FM Traverse City | 90.1 FM Harbor Springs/Petoskey | 89.7 FM Manistee/Ludington
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Detroit Kiwanis club celebrates 100th anniversary

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff
Published January 7, 2015 at 5:37 PM EST
Kiwanis International at Rose Parade this year.
Tianyi Cheng
Kiwanis International at Rose Parade this year.

Kiwanis International at Rose Parade this year.
Credit Tianyi Cheng
Kiwanis International at Rose Parade this year.

Chances are good most of us have heard of the Kiwanis Club. The name is unusual.

But you might not know the Kiwanis club started just about 100 years ago in Detroit.

We spoke with Eric Sabree, president of Kiwanis 1, the Detroit club that started it all in January 1915.

Copyright 2021 Michigan Radio. To see more, visit Michigan Radio.

Tags
Michigan Arts & Culture DetroitphilanthropyKiwanisStateside
Stateside Staff
Read more about the Stateside.
See stories by Stateside Staff