Kiwanis Club of Davis

Founded in 1958, the Kiwanis Club of Davis has been serving the local Davis community for the past 65 years. We are committed to organizing innovative service projects and fundraising initiatives to make the world a better place starting with the Davis community. We are known for our annual 4th of July parade, Crab Feed, Wine fundraiser, Charity Golf Tournament, and a School Supplies Drive. We support organizations such as the Kiwanis Family House, NorCal Trykers, and the Cub Scouts of America among others.

On the first and third Thursdays of the month, join us for lunch at the Symposium Restaurant from 12:10 to 1:15 PM to hear interesting speakers. Bring a guest. For details, call George Barden at 530-304-5712 cell. Upcoming speakers:

August 7th – Becky Marigo – Program Supervisor for 24 years with Davis Community Meals & Housing (DCMH)
🎙️ Why You Should Hear Becky Speak:
• 24 Years of Heartfelt Service: Becky has guided DCMH programs including transitional housing, cold-weather flex beds, meal services, permanent supportive housing, and day center resources.
• A Vision Realized in the Community: Under her stewardship, DCMH’s flagship Paul’s Place, a unique four story “vertical tiny home village” on H Street, opened to offer emergency beds, transitional housing, and 18 micro apartments for permanent supportive housing. Becky helped bring this innovative, dignified facility to life in Davis.
• Transformation Through Compassion: Listen to stories of resilience—such as Ricardo, who described how Becky encouraged him, recognized potential he couldn’t see in himself, and helped him rebuild his life—“they saved my life”.
• Rooted in Davis: A Davis High alum (class of 1988) with a social work degree from Cal State Northridge, Becky returned home in 2001 to begin her journey at DCMH. For her decades of service, she received the prestigious Brinley Award and was named a Citizen of the Year by the Davis Chamber of Commerce.

Hear how Becky and her colleague Harmony Scopazzi—who has worked alongside her for 18 years—bring compassion, consistency, and advocacy to their clients, meeting them exactly where they are in life and helping them forge pathways toward stability.

Event Details
• Date & Time: Thursday, August 7 — lunch begins at 12:10 PM; speaker begins shortly thereafter.
• Location: Symposium Pizza, 1620 E 8th Street, Davis, CA.
• Cost: $16 per person (pizza + salad).
• RSVP: Please email [email protected] if you’re joining us so we can confirm headcount.

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August 21st – Guest Speaker – Cherie Schroeder – a CA Resource Parent, Woodland Community College’s Foster & Kinship Care Education, Independent Living, and CA Foster Youth Initiative AmeriCorps programs director.

🎙️ Why You Should Hear Cherie Speak:
Cherie serves California’s foster and kinship caregivers and the children placed in their homes. She has decades of experience with our state’s most vulnerable children as an educator, foster parent, and advocate. Since 1985, Schroeder has served as the Director of Foster & Kinship Care Education and Independent Living programs at Woodland Community College in Yolo County. In 2018, under the Child Abuse Prevention Center, she coordinated the development and launching of a statewide AmeriCorps mentoring project, now known as the CA Foster Youth Initiative. She was appointed to the CA Child Welfare Council in 2013, and participates on several CA Department of Social Services committees, including Healthy Sexual Development, Overuse of Psychotropic Drugs, Continuum of Care Reform Stakeholders, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.

To enhance her graduate work obtained at UC Davis, she completed a 2-year Advanced Transdisciplinary Mental Health Practitioner endorsement in the fields of Infant/Family and Early Childhood through WestEd and sponsored by First 5 Yolo.  

🍕 Event Details:

Cost:  $10 (includes pizza and salad.
Please RSVP at [email protected] to help us confirm your seat. We look forward to seeing you there!