Kiwanis Club of East York

RIP. Condolences to his famiy from the Kiwanis Club of Linstead

I had the pleasure of working with Frank as the 1986-87 International President of Circle K. I am sad to hear of his passing. My condolences to his family.

Our prayers and heartfelt condolences 🙏🙏🙏

Frank was a kind man, who always had a word of encouragement for this young Kiwanian many years ago. Rest in peace my friend

Frank was a wonderful, dedicated Kiwanian ! He truly had the Heart ❤️of a Hero ! He will be missed 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Deepest condolences to his family, he was a great kiwanian

Rest in peace my friend and may perpetual light shine upon you. Love to the DiNoto family.

My deepest condolences to the DiNoto family. Frank, a true gentleman, friend, devote Kiwanian.

Prayers of sympathy and condolences to the family.

Frank was a great mentor for many of us...a great accountant also...

Our deepest condolences to the family and friends 🙏🙏🙏

R.I.P. Frank Denoto. Stellar job protecting the most vulnerable.🇱🇷😓

Our deepest condolences to you and his family.

Condolences to family members and thanks for the testimony of life for a better society RIP

Sorry to read this.....You made a difference Frank. Res in Peace.

Rest in peace and thank you!!

Rest In Peace 1986-1987 Kiwanis International President Frank DiNoto

May his soul rest in peace

Condolences to his family

Condolences from kc of port antonio

May his memory be everlasting Eternal 🙏🏾

Rest In Peace Past President DiNoto.

Intl Pres, at the time Harry Miller was LTG

R.I.P. Condolence ti family.

Rest in peace.

I'm a former Key Club International VP and District Treasurer, and am just seeing this now. This is a fine statement of what the Kiwanis family has tried to do in normal times. However, it's more clear now then ever just how unjust and brutal "normal" has always been, and how so many in our communities have been left out. I'm deeply disappointed that this is all Kiwanis has to say right now, especially to its many young servant leaders. I cherished my experiences in KCI, and I'm saddened that current and future generations will justifiably look elsewhere for a basic sense of justice.

As a past CKI District Governor, International Trustee, Key Clubber, and current chartering Kiwanis co-president and CKI Admin, I’ve given years of my life to the Kiwanis Family and the children it supports. However, this statement is tone deaf and makes me question the organization’s principles. It does nothing to address the underlying issues that need to be discussed. Kiwanians need to understand the privilege they have. You need to help address systemic racism and injustice in order to promote the equality that is deserved. Kiwanis should understand the tremendous amount of influence that they have over the lives and direction of the millions of lives they impact as SLP Members and those impacted by service. Do better Kiwanis.

I took much pride in being part of an organization that seemed to care so much for helping make the world a better place, but when we have so much injustice in our own backyards, we want to remain silent? I am extremely disappointed in this organization’s lack of empathy and completely tone deaf response. You’re dedicated to helping communities around the world, but why not your own?! Neutrality gets us NOWHERE! So disappointed!

I am a former Key Club International President. Give me a break. This is a shamefully equivocal response. Your SLP members understand these issues and expect courage. Your membership numbers will sooner or later reflect your unwillingness to stand up for justice today.

I spent the latter half on my high school years with Key Club, and all of my college years with CKI. In my time with these organizations, I've learned just how privileged I am, and how I can use that privilege to speak up for those who can't, to lend a hand for those who need it, and right now, Black lives needs our help. They are suffering much more than I could ever imagine. Yet you can't offer your support for those who really need it right now. You can't even say that you stand in solidarity with those fighting for peace and racial equality. You stay complicit with this vague statement, showing that you really don't care about the people you serve. It's not even a political issue, it's a human rights issue, it couldn't be more clear. Either come back with a new statement showing that you care about about the black community, or stay out of the way of the REAL service-leaders actually trying to make a difference to better those around us. #BlackLivesMatter

Our global vision as members of Kiwanis International is to be "a positive influence in communities worldwide- so that one day, all children will wake up in communities that believe in them, nurture them and provide the support they need to thrive." Re-read the last part of that again. There are children RIGHT NOW who are not waking up in communities that believe in them, nurture them, and provide the support they need to thrive. As Kiwanis members, we need to encourage ALL members to continue to meet the needs of our communities, especially during times of unrest and uncertainty. We need to ALWAYS stand with members of all our community who are oppressed. We need to value that #blacklivesmatter. This will fulfill our global vision.

As a current Kiwanis Club President, I too love my club and this organization with all my heart and work hard to make our name and our mission known and loved in our community. We need to do better than this statement. Kiwanis needs to vocally and without question advocate and stand up for people of color right now. We need to help and be a positive voice for change for our black friends, family members and Kiwanians across this nation.

If there's one thing I've learned in volunteering & leading with Kiwanis Family these now 4+ years, it's that we're supposed to have a strong and supportive community here. We lead, discuss, volunteer. We recognize humanity's potential INTERNATIONALLY, and yet this post doesn't recognize the reality of our situation: neutral, and seemingly tone-deaf statements are painfully not helpful at all to the country right now. We can't say all of us matter when we don't acknowledge #BlackLivesMatter. Do better than this. It starts with recognizing the real issues for what they are, and utilizing our platforms to support our BLACK brothers and sisters, and their CHILDREN of tomorrow. Resources for donations, education & support: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ silenceiscomplicit.co/

As a current Circle K President, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. Say his name, Kiwanis. George Floyd was mercilessly murdered by the police. This statement is tone deaf, vague, and ignorant in the current state of affairs. We are a service organization dedicated to the people in our communities, and this is the kind of washed-out and absent attitude that continues to let ignorance and bigotry flourish. We should be standing with the black individuals of our communities and the black individuals around the WORLD - in our creed, we wrap it us with "to dedicate myself to the realization of humanity's potential." Let's actually follow through with that. Be better. #blacklivesmatter

Former Key Club trustee here, and I have to say I’m truly disappointed to see such a lackluster statement from an organization whose values I once believed were so closely aligned with my own. Kiwanis International has a broad and unique platform that stretches around the globe through its members and SLPs. I can’t help be reminded of when the shooting took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas while I was serving as a trustee for the Florida District of Key Club. Myself and the rest of the international board wanted to do something, but Kiwanis leadership and staff allowed us only to issue a statement— which fell far short just as this one has. Kiwanis leadership and staff need look into their hearts and revisit the values of the organization they have been elected and employed to serve, and do what’s right. Amplify Black voices, share ways members can help, speak out against injustices against Black people across this nation, and issue a statement worthy of the circumstances that make it necessary in the first place. Demand justice for George Floyd, say his name. #BlackLivesMatter.

As a former CKI Club Treasurer, Vice President of Administration, and President this is disappointing at best and actively harmful at worst. You may as well be saying we need to listen understand and be kind to the racists who murdered George Floyd with all this vague language. If you can't say #BlackLivesMatter then you need to reevaluate the values your members hold and ask yourself why you aren't challenging them. We can only grow through discomfort, and let me tell you I have been made to feel plenty uncomfortable by Kiwanis members.

I was in CKI for 4 years, president of my club for my last 2 years, and once I moved back home to Chicago myself and a fellow CKI alum founded the Downtown Chicago Kiwanis club, a club of young professionals that focused on service hours. Thank you for confirming that we made the right decision to disband the Downtown Chicago Kiwanis club in 2018 when you were disturbingly silent about the border crisis. When we disbanded, you had us work with district board members to discuss why we were leaving. Looks like that was all a complete waste of time and you learned absolutely nothing from it. Glad you made it 100 years because you definitely won't last 100 more. #blacklivesmatter

I am a current Kiwanian and past Circle Ker and am disappointed by your response. If this institution truly wants to help the communities of world and realize humankind's potential, you need to acknowledge that people are hurting. I understand that this institution can be slow and resistant to change. But right now, your members are risking their lives to protest brutalities that you refuse to acknowledge. So please, say #BlackLivesMatter

It is not hard to say #blacklivesmatter and it is not hard to be vocal about these type of issues and yet there seems to be some form of struggle for this posting. This is not the time to be silent or to be neutral about the current events. We as an organization need to show support for EVERYONE around us. However, this post doesn't do that justice but rather just avoids it. This is not the time to be neutral and to appease everyone. You either support the movement or are against the movement. The organization I KNOW AND LOVE could never be so tone deaf about the current circumstances as we always talk about helping the local communities. Have we been working so hard on leadership conferences and service opportunities to the point where we don't know how to live? In order to be an organization that talks alot about supporting the communities and fostering leadership for the future generations, we need to become more proactive and stand for what is right. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION AND ACTUALLY MEAN IT KIWANIS.

I am a former CNH Key Club president and Circle K member. I devoted significant time, heart, and energy to Kiwanis International since I was 13 years old. To say that I am disappointed with this LAZY response from a service organization I highly respected is an absolute UNDERSTATEMENT. The Kiwanis family has used its platform throughout history to serve the children of the world. Little does this organization realize that for centuries it has been Black children who have been GROSSLY underserved. To post such a tone-deaf call for unity laced with a false sense of community is to turn your back on the young Black lives that need us most. All children cannot be served until BLACK children are brought to the table. All lives cannot matter until BLACK. LIVES. MATTER. REPEAT AFTER ME. AFTER US.

Hello, based off all the comments we can all agree that this post does not cut it and we are really disappointed. However, I am proud of our youth for speaking up, as they should. At these current moments, student leaders want to use their platforms to support black lives but their Kiwanis adults insist they stay silent. This is not only politics, this is basic human rights. I have witnessed and experienced the systemic racism too many times in my 10 years with the Kiwanis Family. I am positive that I am not the only one. The truth is, at this point I am not expecting Kiwanis in it's current membership state to change anything. Our new younger generation has seen the faults of this organization which fails to be addressed each year. We will make Kiwanis better because it needs to be. Until then, you cannot state that Kiwanis is a great international service organization for all children until they can agree that BLACK LIVES MATTER.

Well this is embarrassing. Not sure that I want anything to do with an organization that can’t just say black lives matter rather than essentially trying to say all lives matter. As an active member of Kiwanis and a former Key Club member. DO MORE. Please stand up for justice and call out injustice. This is not not a good representation of what Kiwanis values....

This is not the positive change I know Kiwanis can be. I am so disappointed. I am unsure what the confusion is of why younger people are not joining Kiwanis. This is it. You have to be more than financial support. You should be using this platform you have to spread awareness and advocate for your members. Be better. Black Lives Matter.

How can we begin to confront social and racial injustice when we’re too afraid of saying the issue out loud? The Black Lives Matter movement and black community need organizations like Kiwanis to use their compassion and dedication to social good right now, and we are failing them by only releasing this disappointing statement. I dedicated countless hours of my life to Circle K International to volunteer, raise money, and raise awareness to causes you deemed important. Now, more than ever, please listen to your members and help us raise money and awareness for this cause that we care so much about.

As a former Circle K governor and board member for 5 years, I find your lack of a statement appalling. You would’ve done better to stay silent than to blatantly show your disregard for the communities you claim to serve.

I’m a past Key Club Governor, CKI member, and Kiwanian. This statement is simply awful. While I had pride when Key Club changed their logo when marriage equality became the law providing many of my Key Club friends the same (legal) right to love that I’ve had, I’m ashamed that this is how Kiwanis chose to address this moment. Key Club events have brought me near many civil rights museums and landmarks. Inaction and moderation are also forms of racism, Be better, Kiwanis.

Kindness most definitely has to be practiced every chance we can get. But we must not water down the severity of this huge injustice. Say it like it is and help amplify the voices of the black community. You are an international organization that consists of members from so many different races and cultures. Don’t just celebrate them when it suits you. Stand with them and support them in times like these! #BlackLivesMatter

This response is extremely disappointing and comes off as not just tone deaf but intentionally neutral and potentially coded to pand towards a right leaning audience. Though Kiwanis did a lot to help me during my formative years through Key Club and CKI, this type of attitude is why I dropped my membership as a Kiwanian. Racial injustice is not something to remain neutral on. You're either in support of equality or you are not. #BlackLivesMatter

As a previous Key Club District Governor, this is simply not enough. How can you claim to support marginalized communities through your service work yet not clearly denounce the continued murder and injustice these communities face? Say #BlackLivesMatter and seriously evaluate whether your organization actually believes the things it says. Otherwise, take your performative service elsewhere.

Speaking as a past KIWIN'S member and a current CKI member, I must say, this post took me by surprise. To make such a vague statement regarding the current situation provides absolutely no support for our Black brothers and sisters, both within and outside of the Kiwanis family. Honestly, it isn't just disappointing, but saddening as well to see how unwilling our organization is to directly address the issue at hand. How can we claim to be an integral part of our communities when we can't even express support for its Black members and call out the atrocities being committed against them? It's hypocritical, and I refuse to stand behind it. Kiwanis, you need to do better, because this "statement" is NOWHERE near enough. Use your position as an international organization to actuate change. We are passionate about so many issues around the world, so why not #BlackLivesMatter? #YourSilenceisDeafening