about

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objects

-To develop initiative and leadership. -To provide experience in living and working together. -To serve the school and community. -To cooperate with the school principal. -To prepare for useful citizenship. -To accept and promote the following ideals. -To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life. -To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships. -To promote the adoption and application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship, and social contacts. -To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship. -To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish, service, and to build better communities. -To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and good will.

history

Key Club was established in May 1925 in Sacramento, California by the local Kiwanis organization. Educators who sought to replace fraternities with a "more wholesome activity for youth" first introduced Key Club at Sacramento High School. The idea was to form a high school service club and allow students the capability of contributing to their own communities.

Within a few years, it was evident that Key Club was gaining popularity across the United States. Many Kiwanis groups became interested in the service club's activities and soon sponsored similar organizations in there own cities. In 1939, Florida established enough clubs to hold a state convention and formed the first Key Club district. By 1940, fifty clubs were active in California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington. In 1943, Key Club districts across the United States traveled to Florida for the first International Convention in which the first International President was elected -- Malcolm Lewis from West Palm Beach, Florida.

In years to follow, the organization continued to develop. The Kiwanis International Board of Trustees recommended the movement to all clubs in 1942 and directed the Boys and Girls Work committee to undertake the sponsorship of these clubs as an activity for high school students. In 1944, the Kiwanis International Committee on Sponsored Youth Organizations was created to "look after Key Club work." Additionally in 1946, a Key Club department was formed to record and handle correspondences, provide a link between Key Clubs and Kiwanis, and conduct the annual International Conventions. During the same year, the first Canadian club was established and the official Key Club International "Keynoter" newsletter was published.

Key Club continues to grow not only in the United States, but around the world. It has spread to seventeen countries and thirty-two districts. Undoubtedly, Key Club International lives up to its name as a club that serves the world. Key Club is an organization built to serve our "home, school, and community." Though its title may be a bit ambiguous, it calls its distinction through the services it promotes. Key Club is known for its active responsibility in helping the community as a whole by coordinating outings to nursing homes, orphanages, and homeless shelters, to name a few. In general, Key Club's primary mission and objective is to serve those in our community and those around the world.

structure

Key Club International > District > Region > Division > Club> Member

Key Club International is broken into Districts. Districts consist of Regions, which consist of Divisions, which consist of Clubs. The clubs consist of the actual members. Confused? Take a look at this example:

I am a member at Santiago High School KEY Club. Our club is located in Division 4 North. Divisions are the groups of clubs who meet monthly for monthly DCMs (Divisional Council Meetings) and hold events together. The mascot of our Division 4 North is the Otter. Our division is part of Region 21. Our region is in the California Nevada Hawaii (CNH) District.

Clubs in our Division 4 North: Bolsa Grande, Century, Garden Grove, La Quinta, Los Amigos, Pacifica, Rancho Alamitos, Santa Ana Valley, Santiago, & Westminster.

clubs within key club international

Kiwanis is a worldwide service organization comprised of individuals who want to improve their communities. As a group, they can achieve what they cannot do alone. It performs service beyond the capability of an individual; assistance to the aging, the needy, and to youth; improvement of communities; encouragement of international understanding. Kiwanis International are the ones that sponsor all of the other organizations below.

Circle K is a coeducational service, leadership development, and friendship organization, organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club on a college or university campus. Consisting of high school students, Key Club is the largest of the sponsored youth clubs. It is an organization built to "serve its home, school, and community." These young adults with a passion for service undoubtedly strive to better the lives of those less fortunate, and seek to build a better tomorrow.

Builders Club serves as a means for middle school students to better their communities. At this age, contributing to the lives of others takes on a more distinct concept; it is now when these young teenagers understand the meaning of service.

Although elementary school kids may seem young, it is during this time in their childhood that they're minds must be nourished with the knowledge of service. With K-Kids, children are able to learn about community service and helping others at a young age.

The Aktion Club program was created by the Florida District of Kiwanis International in 1987 to address the needs of citizens with disabilities. An Aktion Club is a community-service group of adults who are developmentally impaired, and it is co-sponsored by a Kiwanis club or division and an agency that serves people who have disabilities.

District Project - Disaster: Aware & Prepared

Major Emphasis Program - Seasons of Service

Each year Key Club International teams up with other organizations. The Major Emphasis Program focuses on a specific organization during each season of the year. As you plan your club's service programming for the year, keep in mind that with each new season comes a new opportunity to make a difference. Each Key Club is encouraged to participate with the following organizations as they join together to make a difference in the life of children. The following organizations have been approved as official partners: Children's Miracle Network (CMN) March of Dimes, WalkAmerica UNICEF Read and Lead