Since 1974 the Kiwanis Club of Weston, Connecticut has supported worthy causes in our community and surrounding areas through a combination of community service, philanthropy and assistance to youth and to people of all ages. Our members are men and women with a connection to Weston.

The Kiwanis Club of Weston, an award-winning club repeatedly recognized by Kiwanis International for earning "Distinguished Club" status, has earned this coveted status again for 2012/2013. Our club is also the home of the Outstanding Club Secretary, New England District of Kiwanis, 2011/1012. Kiwanis Magazine featured our club as one of four great clubs. Read the article by clicking here. Download Just the facts about Kiwanis International. Read about the Kiwanis International convention June 27-30, 2013 in Vancouver, B.C.

We meet for breakfast Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m (except July and August) at the Norfield Congregational Church Parish Hall. Meetings often feature presentations by local, state, and national political figures and programs of general interest. Other meetings are followed by community service projects.

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June 1, Frogmen: Richard Hyman's True Story of His Journeys With Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Richard in 1973

Don't miss the Kiwanis meeting Saturday, June 1 when Weston resident Richard Hyman will share from his book his personal account of expeditions with legendary French explorer Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the crew of research vessel Calypso. Richard will take us behind the scenes, inside the ship, and under the sea. Richard Hyman first worked for Jacques Cousteau in 1973, at the age of eighteen, just after graduating from Weston High School. He drove a supply truck for Cousteau from Los Angeles to the Canadian wilderness and worked with Cree Native Americans building a cabin for the Cousteau team to winter in and film Beavers of the North Country. Subsequent journeys included diving in Florida's warm springs with manatee and off the panhandle with stone crabs. Months later he flew to Mexico's Yucatán and boarded Calypso, a relatively small and unsteady wooden ship, and camped on the uninhabited Contoy Island to study and film The Incredible Migration of the Spiny Lobsters. From there he sailed south along the 180-mile Belize Barrier Reef, filming the spawning of thousands of grouper, The Fish that Swallowed Jonah, and a visit from singer songwriter John Denver. On his final voyage, en route to Venezuela, he experienced treacherous dives on the USS Monitor shipwreck off North Carolina, skeletons inside wrecks off Martinique, and the death of Jacques Cousteau's son, Philippe. Richard Hyman grew up in Weston, Connecticut. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from Furman University of South Carolina, where he wrote a weekly environmental column for the school newspaper. During summer jobs, including an internship at NASA, he also attended Yale, Georgetown, and Fairfield Universities, where he studied environmental engineering, writing, and business. His career has been in business, primarily in the telecommunications, technology, and software industries. FROGMEN is his first book.

Richard's book's cover

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