CLUB HISTORY

The Kiwanis Club of Barbados South was formed on September 26th, 1989. It was chartered with twenty-six male members on 26th March, 1990 at the Sam Lords Hotel in St. Philip, Barbados by District Governor Carlton E. Levy of the Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District. The Kiwanis Clubs of Bridgetown and Barbados North sponsored the club making it the third Kiwanis Club in Barbados. Kiwanian Dennis Graham was elected charter president and Kiwanian Desmond Willett the charter secretary.

Throughout the club's existence, membership remained all male until the Board of Directors at its meeting on April 8th 1999 approved a proposal for membership from Mrs. Joycelyn Johnson. Kiwanian Joycelyn was inducted on April 20th 1999 as the first female member of the club. Distinguished Lieutenant Governor Lennox Prescod (1998 - 1999) of Division 27 performed the induction at which three other members were inducted. A few weeks later, Kiwanian Eleanor Small earned the distinction of being the second female inductee.

Past Presidents and Secretaries

Past Lieutenant Governor Ernest Marshall

Ernest Marshall joined the Kiwanis Club of Barbados South at the invitation of Past President Oswald Simmons in the year 1997. He soon became a club director and subsequently a chairman of several committees. He was awarded the Mel Osborne Fellow and Chairman of the Year awards in 1999. He served as club president for the 2001-2002 administrative year.

During the administrative year 2007-2008 he served as lieutenant governor for Division 27. This prestigious position afforded him the opportunity to work closer with the presidents of fifteen clubs in this division throughout the region.

For the duration of his tenure, he focused on his four (4) goals which alluded to serving the children of the world, working assiduously with the clubs in the division, encouraging participatory attendance at the International conventions and divisional council meetings and supporting the practices of Kiwanis as the premier service club in the Caribbean.

Past Lieutenant Governor Horace Burton

Distinguished President Horace Burton became the second member of the Kiwanis Club of Barbados South to serve as lieutenant governor when he took up the office for Division 27 of the Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District on October 01, 2019.

Horace joined the Kiwanis Club of Barbados South in 2008 and has always worked in true Kiwanian style to serve his club and division. He served on the board of directors and on several committees of the club on multiple occasions, including chair of the Service Leadership Programme, Bulletin and Membership Growth and Retention committees.

Elected as the club's vice president in 2011, he served as president for the 2013-2014 administrative year and led to the club to attain distinguished status. Before taking up the position of lieutenant governor, he served as divisional secretary to Lieutenant Governor Ken Knight during the 2018-2019 administrative year.

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