Thousands of Kiwanis clubs support Young Children: Priority One —a continuing service program focusing on the needs of children, prenatal through age five, with projects in pediatric trauma, safety, child care, and early development.

The Worldwide Service Project --a Kiwanis-family initiative in partnership with UNICEF -- aims to virtually eliminate the world’s leading cause of preventable mental retardation, iodine deficiency disorders.

Rewards of Membership

Through Kiwanis membership, communities are improved, friendships are built, leadership skills are developed, and business contacts are made. More importantly, the lives of children are changed for the better.

Members and clubs also receive KIWANIS magazine ten times a year, enjoy access to an on-line community, as well as discounts on products and services.

Kiwanis Membership

Prospective members are invited to join by existing members. The club’s board of directors then reviews membership information for approval. Beyond initial induction fees, members contribute annual dues as determined by the club. Kiwanis clubs meet weekly or twice a month. Members, on average, invest about six hours a month by participating in meetings, projects, and volunteering in their community.

The Objects of Kiwanis

• To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than 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.
  

Through Kiwanis membership, individuals give their talent, time, and love to those in need. Kiwanians worldwide dedicate themselves to a way of life in which they believe.

Kiwanis Trivia

The Motto: We Build

Throughout its history, the Kiwanis name has been synonymous with endeavors that build character, knowledge, commerce, communities, and -- through genuine concern for others -- hope. We Build in Kiwanis.

The Name

The name Kiwanis stems from a North American Indian phrase, which, like many aboriginal terms, had a variety of meanings, including; “We have a good time,” “We make a noise,” or “We trade.” Learn more about Kiwanis, click here.