History
1921: The Kiwanis Club of Toronto founded its first Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs.
1927: Operating budget of $5,000
1932: a Kiwanian, T.P. Loblaw, established a trust fund for the Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs in Toronto.
1936: the Gerrard K Club opened and in 1939 the building Gerrard is housed in was acquired by Kiwanis, and its facilities rented to the K Club.
1942: the Summerhill K Club opened
1943: the Girls K Club at Trinity Park opened
1944: the Police K Club opened
1945: the Midtown K Club opened
1955: the Police K Club closed because building demolished
1956: the Trinity K Club closed because building condemned
1957: Parkdale K Club opened
1967: Summerhill K Club closed
1974: Public speaking program instituted in all clubs funded as the Fred Fielder Self-Expression Program (Fred Fielder was a Kiwanian who made a bequest to the Kiwanis Foundation in support of the development of public speaking skills. George Rigg was the executive director of the clubs and long-time director at Gerrard.)
1984: George Rigg scholarships established
1988: Parkdale Club closed
1992: Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs incorporated as a not-for profit organization separate from the Kiwanis Club of Toronto
1993: Library at Gerrard K Club renovated by Kiwanians
1995: New community Board of Directors assumes responsibility for the club’s operating budget of $800,000
1995: Midtown K Club’s 50th anniversary
1996: Kiwanis Club of Toronto’s 75th Anniversary in Boys and Girls work
1996: Gerrard K Club’s 60th anniversary
1997: First former member elected to the Board
1999: Midtown Club renamed T,P, Loblaw Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club
2001: United Way funds service expansion in Regent Park
2003: Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs becomes a full United Way member agency
2007: TP Loblaw Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs moves from 68A Claremont St to 20 Portugal Square in St Mary Catholic School.
2007: TP Loblaw Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs open up its first satellite location at St. Francis Catholic School.
