The Kiwanis Club of Over the Hill has announced that its past president, Alfred Poitier, is the new lieutenant governor-elect for Kiwanis Sunshine Division 22 (The Bahamas). His successful election at the recent District Council Meeting in Grand Bahama adds him to the list of six distinguished members from Over the Hill club who previously served as lieutenant governors for Division 22.
The club's current president is Eric Adderley. Poitier served as president in the 2001-2002 administrative year.
Poitier joined the club in 1997 and has served in many capacities, including treasurer, director, public relations chairman and interclub chairman. He has also been awarded the prestigious title of distinguished member from Kiwanis International and is a two-time Kiwanian of the Year.
Kiwanis Club of Over the Hill was founded in 1975 under the premise that the Over the Hill community (all communities south of Gregory's Arch) needed a community-minded group of its peers looking after and providing community service.
Over the Hill Club was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Fort Montagu - then under the leadership of Idris Reid. Maxwell Turner and Rudy Moultrie played instrumental roles in ensuring the Over the Hill Club was formed and training its founding members, including Ambrose "Cabbage" Hanna, Bertram Knowles, David Bullard (deceased), Nesbit Higgins, Eneas Theophilus and Drexel Dean.
Other members of the club over the years included former Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson, Wellington Bullard (deceased), Anthony Allens, Philip B. Stubbs, Elijah Brice and Kevin Hanna.
Throughout the existence of the club, it sought to make a difference by providing much-needed service in the inner city areas to children and the elderly. Kiwanis Club of Over the Hill has sponsored youth programs and was instrumental in providing countless scholarships for local and international tertiary level education for deserving students, who would not have been able to otherwise afford it.
The club has also assisted in making repairs to the homes of the elderly and outreach programs to provide meals and grocery to the less fortunate have remained hallmarks of the group over the years. The most consistent projects of the club are the school adoption and student mentorship programs. An example of this would be that the club provides breakfast weekly for students in several government schools. It has also implemented incentive programs in several schools on New Providence to help students to improve their grades.
The club is able to undertake these projects through fundraisers, donations from corporate Bahamas and private citizens and the donation of time and, at times, financial resources from members of the club.

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