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Kiwanis Club of
Iron
Mountain-Kingsford, MI.
PO Box 213, Iron
Mountain, MI 49801 |
The Kiwanis Club of Iron
Mountain-Kingsford, MI serves the children of Michigan's Dickinson
County Community and its surrounding area.
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If you're looking for an active service
organization with an emphasis on our youth and their future development
as healthy, caring, contributing citizens. . . then our club can be your
source of fellowship, fun, and commitment to meeting local needs.
We meet every
Tuesday at Noon in
Maple Creek's conference room in Iron Mountain's
Midtown Mall; located at
900 S Stephenson Ave,
Iron Mountain,
MI.
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Kiwanis members tackle a global
challenge
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The
Kiwanis Club of Iron Mountain-Kingsford has joined
efforts with
Kiwanis International
and UNICEF
with the goal of eliminating
maternal and neonatal
tetanus (MNT)
and its devastating effects on babies by 2015.
This deadly disease
steals the lives of nearly 60,000 innocent babies and a
significant number of women each year. The effects of
tetnus are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer
repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to
light and touch.
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$2885 raised by
members so
far.
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This is enough
money to immunize 1602 babies.
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To eliminate MNT, more
than 100 million mothers and their future babies must be
immunized. This requires vaccines, syringes, safe
storage, transportation, thousands of skilled staff and
more. It will take $110 million — and the dedicated work
of UNICEF and every member of the Kiwanis family.
In the past, Kiwanis
and UNICEF joined forces to tackle iodine deficiency
disorders, achieving one of the most significant public
health successes of the 20th century. Now, they are
eliminating MNT from the face of the Earth. And in doing
so, the project will reach the poorest, most neglected
mothers and babies with lifesaving health
care.
The end of this one
disease means the beginning of better health for so many
families.
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