The Kiwanis Club of Norcross, GA

"Assisting Kiwanis International to Serve the Children of the World"

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.--
Kiwanis defining statement, adopted October 2004.

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Purpose of Kiwanis

Kiwanis is an organization devoted to the principle of service; to the advancement of individual, community, and national welfare; and to the strengthening of international goodwill.

Kiwanis' continuing service emphasis is called "Young Children: Priority One," which focuses on the special needs of children from prenatal development to age 5. Projects conducted as part of the "Young Children: Priority One" service emphasis involved $14.3 million and 1.3 million volunteer hours.

Kiwanis service clubs include:
* Kiwajuniors - young European adults
* Circle K - university and college students
* Key Club - high school students
* Builders Club - middle & junior high school students
* K-Kids - elementary school students

Kiwanis-family membership spans the globe, with more than 600,000 members in more than 13,000 clubs in more than 70 countries. Kiwanis clubs alone give on average $70 million and 6.5 million volunteer hours for community service each year.

Objects of Kiwanis

The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged.

* 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.

Links of Interest

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One Can Make A Difference
Click above to watch a video about how you can make a difference through Kiwanis

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"Together We Can"
A song commissioned by Kiwanis International President Steve Siemens for Kiwanians

K-Kids
This organization for elementary school-age students began in 1990 when the first club was formed in North Lauderdale, Florida, and formally adopted as a sponsored program by Kiwanis in 1998. Today 16,164 K-Kids in 500 clubs and 11 nations are actively creating opportunities for community service, leadership development, and citizenship education.

Key Club International
The oldest Kiwanis sponsored-youth program is Key Club. Seventeen boys in Sacramento, California, made up the first Key Club in 1925, and today the organization is active in 20 nations and includes 4,711 clubs and 234,528 members. More than 2 million youth have enlisted in Key Club since its inception, including many who are now top government and business leaders.

Kiwanis International Convention
Meet Kiwanians from all over the world. Attend the next Kiwanis International convention.

Worldwide Service Project
Information on Kiwanis’ Worldwide Service Project, which is dedicated to eliminating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the world’s leading cause preventable brain damage.