The 103-year-old Forest Park Kiwanis Club, composed of volunteers dedicated to serving the community and its children, will recognize two locals at its annual awards dinner on Oct. 15 at Jimmy’s Place in Forest Park.
Dan Watts, president of Forest Park Bank, will be given Kiwanis’ first Commonwealth Award, recognizing him for meritorious service to the quality of life in Forest Park. And Ken Snyder will receive the Ed O’Shea Award, which recognizes meritorious service to young people in Forest Park.
“In a commonwealth, all members of the community are able to flourish. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. A rising tide lifts every boat in the harbor,” said Jerry Lordan, incoming Kiwanis president, of the new award. Jill Wagner, circulation and reader engagement manager at the Forest Park Review, is the outgoing president…