About Kiwanis International
Founded in 1915, Kiwanis International is a global organization of members dedicated to serving the children of the world.
Kiwanis International for adults and its family of clubs, including:
Circle K International for college and university students
Key Club for high School students age 14-18
Builders Club for students age 11-14
Kiwanis Kids for students age 6-12
Aktion Club for adults living with disabilities
Kiwanis members dedicate more than 18 million service hours each year to strengthen communities and serve children. The Kiwanis International family comprises nearly 600,000 adult and youth members in 80 countries and geographic areas.
Members of every age attend regular meetings, experience fellowship, raise funds for various causes and participate in service projects that help their communities. Members also make an impact throughout the world by participating in Kiwanis International’s Global Campaign for Children, The Eliminate Project: Kiwanis eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus.
Kiwanis International organization is dedicated to the children and families of communities near you. Kiwanis International shares our mission, which can be delineated by the following objects:
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 the application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
Kiwanis International has been serving since 1915, resulting in thousands of Kiwanis clubs and well over 200,000 members. It will continue to serve the children of the world for the indefinite future.
Learn more about Kiwanis International by visiting www.kiwanis.org.