Kiwanis International
Kiwanis is an international organization aimed at "changing the world by serving children, one child and one community at a time." Members work together to complete community service projects and help the people around them.
Kiwanis was founded in Detroit, Michigan on January 12, 1915. It extended into Canada in 1916. After 1962, the club expanded to the rest of the world and now reaches over eighty countries internationally. Kiwanis numbers more than 300,000 members in over 8,000 clubs. Kiwanis members alone perform over 6 million hours of service each year, raising nearly $100 million to help families and communities.
The Kiwanis of Northside Atlanta are a part of this worldwide organization, but they are concentrated in the northern Atlanta region. Please visit their website for more information on how to get involved in the local area.
Kiwanis was founded in Detroit, Michigan on January 12, 1915. It extended into Canada in 1916. After 1962, the club expanded to the rest of the world and now reaches over eighty countries internationally. Kiwanis numbers more than 300,000 members in over 8,000 clubs. Kiwanis members alone perform over 6 million hours of service each year, raising nearly $100 million to help families and communities.
The Kiwanis of Northside Atlanta are a part of this worldwide organization, but they are concentrated in the northern Atlanta region. Please visit their website for more information on how to get involved in the local area.
Circle K International
Circle K International (CKI) is the premier collegiate and university community service, leadership development, and friendship organization in the world. With more than 12,600 members in 17 nations, CKI is the largest international collegiate service organization, making a positive impact on the world every day.
Circle K clubs are organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club on a college or university campus. CKI is a self-governing organization, and it elects its own officers, conducts its own meetings, and determines its own service activities.
CKI blends community service and leadership training with the opportunity to meet other college students around the world. Projects such as the Six Cents Initiative, CKI’s International fundraiser that aims to provide water to the 2.2 billion children worldwide who lack safe drinking water, bring CKI members together to make a difference in the world.
Circle K clubs are organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club on a college or university campus. CKI is a self-governing organization, and it elects its own officers, conducts its own meetings, and determines its own service activities.
CKI blends community service and leadership training with the opportunity to meet other college students around the world. Projects such as the Six Cents Initiative, CKI’s International fundraiser that aims to provide water to the 2.2 billion children worldwide who lack safe drinking water, bring CKI members together to make a difference in the world.
Key Club International
Key Club is a coeducational service organization for high school students, organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club. Its core values include leadership, character building, caring, and inclusiveness. Represented in 31 countries, Key Club has approximately 260,000 members and completes the most service hours of any K-Family club.
The eleven charter members of the first Key Club met in May 1925 in Sacramento, California. Prior to that meeting, came a full year's activity through which the idea of Key Club developed and finally reached fruition.
In 1946, the first club was built in Canada, and since that time many more have been added. There are now clubs located throughout the world. In these groups, thousands of students are receiving training in leadership and service.
The eleven charter members of the first Key Club met in May 1925 in Sacramento, California. Prior to that meeting, came a full year's activity through which the idea of Key Club developed and finally reached fruition.
In 1946, the first club was built in Canada, and since that time many more have been added. There are now clubs located throughout the world. In these groups, thousands of students are receiving training in leadership and service.
Builders Club
Builders Club is a coeducational service program, sponsored by a Kiwanis club, which provides young people between the ages of 12 and 15, typically in a middle school, the opportunity to help others, serve their school and community, and build a positive future for themselves.
Builders Club is the largest service organization for middle school and junior high students, with more than 40,000 members worldwide. Members learn to work together and develop servant-leaders skills as they serve their school and community. In partnership with UNICEF and March of Dimes, the clubs expand their outreach to babies and children of the world.
Builders Club is the largest service organization for middle school and junior high students, with more than 40,000 members worldwide. Members learn to work together and develop servant-leaders skills as they serve their school and community. In partnership with UNICEF and March of Dimes, the clubs expand their outreach to babies and children of the world.
K-Kids
K-Kids, sponsored by a local Kiwanis club, is a community service program for elementary school students. With continued growth since its inception in 1990 in Florida, the program spread to other districts; K-Kids was adopted as a sponsored program of Kiwanis International on October 1, 1998.
K-Kids clubs operate under school regulation and draw its members from the elementary school student body. K-Kids is sponsored by a local Kiwanis club, working in concert with parents, teachers, and school administrators to provide young children their first experience in service learning, community service, leadership development, and partnering with organizations committed to the welfare of the community.
Above all else, K-Kids is a community-service organization whose members are dedicated to improving their communities. The variety of K-Kids service work is as broad as the need it fills. The elderly, the disabled, and the underprivileged all benefit by K-Kids sponsored projects. Virtually any unanswered need is a potential target for K-Kids commitment and dedication.
K-Kids clubs operate under school regulation and draw its members from the elementary school student body. K-Kids is sponsored by a local Kiwanis club, working in concert with parents, teachers, and school administrators to provide young children their first experience in service learning, community service, leadership development, and partnering with organizations committed to the welfare of the community.
Above all else, K-Kids is a community-service organization whose members are dedicated to improving their communities. The variety of K-Kids service work is as broad as the need it fills. The elderly, the disabled, and the underprivileged all benefit by K-Kids sponsored projects. Virtually any unanswered need is a potential target for K-Kids commitment and dedication.
Aktion Club
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 with disabilities.
An Aktion Club program has four primary goals for its members:
An Aktion Club program has four primary goals for its members:
- To develop initiative and leadership
- To provide experience in living and working together
- To serve the community
- To prepare for useful citizenship