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ABOUT KIWANIS

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The Kiwanis Name
The name “Kiwanis” means “we trade” or “we share our talents.” It was coined from an American Indian expression, Nunc Kee-wanis.

Kiwanians are volunteers changing the world through service to children and communities. Kiwanis members help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged, and care for the sick. They develop youth as leaders, build playgrounds, raise funds for pediatric research, and much more. No problem is too big or too small. Why? Because working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. When you give a child a chance to learn, experience, dream, and succeed, great things happen!

The Kiwanis Mission
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

The Kiwanis Vision

Kiwanis will be a positive influence in communities worldwide — so that one day, all children will wake up in communities that believe in them, nurture them and provide the support they need to thrive.

Kiwanis Service

Service is at the heart of every Kiwanis club, no matter where in the world it’s located. Members stage approximately 150,000 service projects and raise nearly US$100 million every year for communities, families and projects. By working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. 

The Objects of Kiwanis

The Objects of Kiwanis guide our organization. They are our values. Our beliefs. Our core. Delegates approved the six permanent Objects of Kiwanis at the 1924 Kiwanis International Convention in Denver, Colorado. They have remained unchanged through the decades.

  • 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.  

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  • Home
  • About Kiwanis
  • Officers & Board of Directors
  • Membership
  • Service Projects
  • Key Clubs
    • Community School of Naples Key Club
    • Lely High School Key Club
    • Naples High School Key Club
    • Seacrest Country Day School Key Club
  • Builders Club
    • Seacrest Country Day School Builders Club
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Photo Gallery
  • Contact