All Things Killingworth is a project that is developed as the online resource for everything great about Killingworth, Connecticut.
Janet Colandrea, Jessie Ford
What We Do
Current Programs
The Children’s Wish Drive provides holiday gifts for children in families with financial need. The wish requests are fulfilled by townspeople. All Killingworth families with financial need as well as grandparents who are raising grandchildren are welcome to participate. The Wish Program accepts requests year-round for children in need.
Anyone who wishes to donate to the Children’s Wish Drive can do so online: Donate Today, or can send a check to KWO, PO Box 952, Killingworth, CT 06419 (please indicate Children’s Wish Drive on the check/online).
Nancy McCormick, Andrea Frierbauer
This committee’s efforts include bringing awareness of the issues, their impact on the community and ways to help through events, panels, and other means.
One way we raise funds is with our gift card program. Gift cards from local stores and national retail outlets are purchased at a discount and sold at full retail value to members, the Helping Hands food pantry and non-members to cover club expenses. When the cards are used, 5-10% of the value is earned by the club.
If interested in purchasing gift cards yourself, use the Shop With Script, fundraising while you shop program to purchase actual or digital gift cards online. Purchasers get the full retail value and by designating KWO as your charity, we get a rebate.
GivingTuesday is a Movement that Unleashes the Power of Radical Generosity Around the World. Learn more here.
Our contribution to GivingTuesday for our community will be to give our time to read a book to a classroom at KES and bring in breakfast for the teachers.
Jessie Ford
Trunk or Treat: A Halloween event where participants decorate their car trunks and pass out candy to children. Instead of walking house-to-house, kids go from trunk to trunk in a safe, centralized, and often daytime location, offering a convenient alternative to traditional trick-or-treating.
Amanda Brackett
The KWO manages the local food pantry in a manner to best serve the needs of the community. Delivery is available upon request. All client information is confidential.
Eileen Blewett
This committee honors and archives KWO history by recording memories of current and past participation through photos, articles, and online posts.
Send Your Letter to Santa! 🎄
Stop by Santa’s Mailbox at the Killingworth Library and send your holiday wishes to the North Pole!
📮 A bright red mailbox will be collecting letters to Santa all December long. Each letter will be personally read and responded to by our dedicated volunteers.
Don’t miss this magical opportunity—Santa can’t wait to hear from you! 🎁
This committee annually chooses a resident female high school Senior to receive monies towards higher education. Winners are based on grades, and an essay, with priority given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to community service.
2025 Scholarship Recipient
Reaching out to support the senior citizens of Killingworth through programs that promote socialization and identify needs.
Chair: Joyce Mason
This project is a year-round effort to send care packages and other support to deployed local service members and their families.
Amanda Brackett, Morgan Nairn
Birthdays and special occasions are recognized with cards by this committee.
This committee organizes a community tag sale with proceeds earmarked for the scholarship fund in the upcoming year.
Standing Committees
Responsibilities include reviewing and updating by-laws, nominating the officer slate for upcoming elections, and ensuring decisions are made in the best interest of the organization.
Andrea Friebauer, Nancy McCormick
This committee recruits and educates new members, collects dues, and organizes all member-sponsored events.
Sandy Allard, Donna Fornall
This committee is responsible for ensuring all organization events are properly publicized though media outlets including articles, calendars, advertisements & social media.
Gift cards from local stores and national retail outlets are purchased at a discount (depending on the store) and are sold to members and non-members at full cost to cover club expenses. When the cards are used, the club earns 5-10% of the value.
Eileen Blewett
This committee strives to make the KWO website as informative, up to date and user friendly as possible. Updates allowing for online membership and event registration & payments, and dynamic member forms are some of our recent changes.
Past Programs
The Earth Day Library Fundraiser is held every spring, usually on the last Saturday of April. It is a fundraiser for the Killingworth Library, with a committee consisting of members of the KWO, the library and Chatfield Hollow Inn and Farm. Chatfield Hollow Inn and Farm hosts it as a community event with local vendors, organizations, authors and craftspeople that can present ideas on nature and sustainability practices. To add to the festivities, there are games for kids, music and food.
Christen Riedy, Donna Fornal
Relay for Life of Haddam Killingworth, held annually, is a non-competitive, community fundraising event to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.
The idea of fighting cancer speaks for itself. Our primary missions for the event are to raise as much money as possible for the cause, (click here for the Relay for Life home page) and to come together as a group. The H-K Relay team has continuously been one of the top fundraisers in the area. We are proud of our past accomplishments and are honored to be a part of such a momentous event.
Postcards are sent to new residents that contain a welcome message and information regarding the Killingworth Women’s Organization information and meeting times.
Sandy Allard
This committee is planning events to celebrate this centenial.