{"id":50954,"date":"2026-04-29T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=50954"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:27:02","slug":"dr-shaun-matako-speaks-to-kiwanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/dr-shaun-matako-speaks-to-kiwanis\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Shaun Matako speaks to Kiwanis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
Pictured:\u00a0 Dr. Shaun Matako and Kiwanis member, Dave Burtch<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This week, the Kiwanis Club welcomed community members to attend a special meeting focused on outreach and engagement. The featured speaker, Dr. Shaun Matako\u2014former Paulding Kiwanis Club member and now pastor at Whipple Avenue Baptist Church in Canton, Ohio\u2014shared the history, purpose, and impact of Kiwanis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Matako spoke about the organization\u2019s ongoing commitment to serving children and strengthening communities through service, leadership, and volunteerism. His remarks highlighted the meaningful ways Kiwanis continues to make a difference locally and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community members in attendance had the opportunity to learn more about the organization and how they can get involved. The Kiwanis Club welcomes anyone interested in making a positive impact to attend an upcoming meeting and explore membership opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing the world one child at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please visit the organization\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, the Kiwanis Club welcomed community members to attend a special meeting focused on outreach and engagement. The featured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2230,6],"tags":[28825,10278,28823,14215,28824],"class_list":["post-50954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","tag-canton-ohio","tag-dave-burtch","tag-dr-shaun-matako","tag-kiwanis-club-of-paulding-county","tag-whipple-avenue-baptist-church"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t