We are pleased to announce that the next Kiwanis 'Bob Noss Teachers' Grants Luncheon' will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM at the Smyrna Yacht Club.

In 2025, we were grateful to have had the resources to gift $19,000 to our local SouthEast Volusia teachers in all SEV public, private and charter schools. Supporting teachers in SEV is one of the key ways we believe we can benefit the children in our community.

We will share any relevant details on this page as they become available.

​History and Purpose:
​In 1993 Bob Noss, a SouthEast Volusia Kiwanis member, recognized the need to help teachers in our community. When teachers dream up fun and educational activities for their students, they often dig into their own pockets to finance these projects. Sometimes their ideas go unfunded and projects are left on the drawing board.
 
Understanding that funding a teacher levers our ability to improve the educational experience for our children, Bob enlisted our Kiwanis club to fund a Grant program to help the teachers and kids in our community.  Bob Noss passed away several years later and we have continued the program in his memory. Bob's widow, Rachel Noss, continues to serve on our committee. We host all of the Grant winners and their school principals at a luncheon when we present the awards. It's hard to say who is smiling more at our luncheon, the teachers or our club members.
 
This program continues to thrive and grow. We feel so strongly about this program that we typically spend about 40% of the club's Giving program on this one project. But we still have to prioritize and can't fund all of the Grant applications within our budget. If you would like to donate to this effort, and help us support the teachers who educate our children, please click on the DONATE button located on this page.

For a Grant to be awarded, we look at:

• Number of students who will benefit,
• Size of the request,
• Fairness among schools participating.

All schools in SouthEast Volusia - public, private and charter - are eligible to submit Grants, and generally all will receive Grants.

Committee Chair:
Bryan Tudeen

Special Advisors:
To be announced