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.


🍕 Event Details:

Cost:  $16 includes lunch

Please RSVP to [email protected] . Help us confirm your seat. We look forward to seeing you there!

April 2nd – Jeffrey Bruchez, Bicycle Program Coordinator for UC Davis Transportation Services will speak on eBikes – Friend or Foe?

March 19thJesse Salinas, Yolo County Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters.


Past Speakers, thank you so much for your time!

September 4thGill Williams, the founder of NorCal Trykers.

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- “Plans 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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