Davis Kiwanis Luncheons – 1st and 3rd Thursdays of Every Month

The Davis Kiwanis Club has luncheons on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month at 12:00 noon to 1:15 PM at Symposium Restaurant and Pizza House to talk about upcoming events, catch up with our fellow members and listen to excellent speakers. See below for upcoming speakers.


Thursday, September 4th:

Our Speaker will be Gill Williams, the founder of NorCal Trykers.

NorCal Trykers officially opened its doors on January 11, 2017.  Since then, they have been fortunate to have received  donations to fund over 300 trykes for kids with disabilities.  

Their all volunteer team is made up of physical and occupational therapy professionals with years of experience working with children with disabilities.  The team is rounded out with individuals with medical, fundraising, marketing, accounting and administrative expertise.

Gill Williams, the founder of NorCal Trykers, is a Physical Therapist who recently retired from Shriners Hospitals for Children in Sacramento. She began her career in London, England and came to the USA in 2002.  She has a life-long love and belief in the benefits of exercise and wanted to take this into NorCal Trykers to enable children with disabilities to ride trikes and exercise with ease.

🍕 Event Details:

Cost:  $10 (includes pizza and salad) for first time visitors, $16 thereafter

Please RSVP at [email protected] or (530)304-5712 to help us confirm your seat. We look forward to seeing you there!


Past Speakers, thank you so much for your time!

August 21stCherie Schroeder – Program Director for the following programs at Woodland Community College: Foster and Kinship Care, Independent Living and California Foster Youth Initiative AmeriCorps

August 7thBecky Marigo – Program Supervisor for 24 years with Davis Community Meals & Housing

July 17th – Brielle Jamros- Public Information Officer for the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District.

June 19th – Paul Hadley– dedicated member of the St James Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society

June 5th – Marty Scholl- Program Director with Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District presenting Mosquito Control Matters: Current Issues and Challenges to Fight the Bite!

May 1st – Elizabeth Stevens, the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Empower Yolo

April 17th – Elisa Stone – YoloCares Grief Specialist and lead for YoloCares for kids.

April 3rd- Ethan Gallogly – Discussing “Time Spent in Wilderness: How Time-out is Really Time-in”

March 20th – Matt Best, Superintendent with the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) – “Boundaries and Planning- The Housing-Schools Connection”

March 6th – Kyle Draper – Play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Kings.

January 16th: Camp Kesem

December 19th: Sheri Kolb -Davis Police Department Service Specialist

November 21st: Ingrid Villeda, Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California.

November 7th: Yun Lyu- “International House”

October 17th: Dick Berry and Simon Pitfield- â€śPlans for the Davis Pentathlon Center”

October 3rd: Linda Henigan and Stan Levers- “St. John’s Retirement Village”

September 19th: Vickie Stanfill- “Front Line First,” an organization that provides no-cost trauma healing and recovery courses to First Responders and their significant others.

September 5th: Board Elections

August 8th: Iben Wilson “Friends of Watermelon Music”

June 27th Gayle Barry- Thrive Pink

May 30th Dan Germain, Kiwanian – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

May 16th Carolynn Washington – Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)

May 2th  Govind Acharya – Davis Schools Orchestral Music Association (DSOMA)

April 18th Dave Arnold, Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor

April 4th Carolynn Washington – Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)

March 21st: Bill Pride – Yolo Community Builders

March 7th: Jacob Peterson – Big Brothers and Big Sisters

Feb 22nd: Lisa Paradis – Davis Lactation Support

Feb 8th: Dan Germain, Trustee for Cal-Nev-Ha Region 16, Divisions 7, 27, and 44 – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Jan 25th: Brittney “Nemo” Tran & Caidell “Brick” Halbrook with Camp Kesem at UC Davis

Jan 11, 2024 David Syron- Demonstration of AI

November 2, 2023: David Syron – Discussion on Artificial Intelligence

October 19, 2023: Ruben Rosalez, Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division

October 5, 2023: Nate Lillge – “Tuleyome” (too-lee-OME-ee) which is a Lake Miwok Indian word that means “deep home place” 

September 21, 2023: Lynn Kimsey, Bohart Museum of Entomology – UC Davis

September 7, 2023: Becky Heard, Yolo Crisis Nursery

August 24, 2023: Craig Senders, M.D. Dept of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery

August 10, 2023: Davis Kiwanis Club Elections

July 27, 2023: Liane Moody Steac – Showing up for our Neighbors in Need

July 13, 2023 : Alyssum Maguire – Progress Ranch

June 29, 2023 Rebekah Marshall – Ukrainian Newcomers and How You can Help!

June 15, 2023: John Walton Boy Scouts Chapter Certificate presentation and Slide presentation

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