Oviedo Winter Springs Kiwanis donates $1,000 worth of clothes to Lawton Elementary School

Oviedo Winter Springs Kiwanis spent the summer shopping for school clothes in order to donate $1,000 worth of clothes to Lawton Elementary School’s clothes closet, which helps students in need.

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August 12, 2026

Oviedo Winter Springs Kiwanis started a club service project in March to contribute to Lawton Elementary School’s clothes closet, which helps students in need. The Kiwanis club received a $750 grant from the Kiwanis Florida Foundation to help fund the project. Club members and “Friends of Kiwanis” came together to contribute to the project for a total of $1,000. Club members spent the summer shopping for clothing for the school and delivered the items just before school started on Aug. 10. The club’s plan is to stay in close contact with the school to replenish items on a monthly basis.

Oviedo Winter Springs Kiwanis is a local non-profit organization, inviting anyone in the community to join us: “We Are Friends, Having Fun, Helping Kids”. Find more information at kiwanishelpskids.org or on Facebook: Kiwanis Helps Kids.
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Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.

In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.

She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

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