What is Circle K? .
Who is Mo-Ark? .
The K Family
The K Family
(For more information, please see http://www.circlek.org/circlek/kfl/.)
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis is a worldwide service organization comprised of individuals who want to improve their communities. As a
group, they can achieve what they cannot do alone. Kiwanis is not a social club nor a secret or political society. It
does prescribe a way of life for others and acts as a forum for diverse ideas. It performs service beyond the capability
of an individual; assistance to the aging, the needy, and to youth; improvement of communities; encouragement of
international understanding.
Individuals of good standing in the community, invited by a Kiwanis club itself, are eligible for membership. Kiwanis
was found in Detroit, Michigan, January 12, 1915. Today, Kiwanis numbers more than 300,000 members in over 8,000 clubs.
Though Kiwanis serves in countries around the world, the basic principles are the same.
Circle K
Circle K is a coeducational service, leadership development, and friendship organization, organized and sponsored by
a Kiwanis club on a college or university campus. It is a self-governing organization and elects its own officers,
conducts its own meetings, determines its own service activities, and establishes its own dues structure. Its Objects
include the Objects of Kiwanis.
Key Club
Key Club is a coeducational service organization for high school students, organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club.
It is a self-governing organization and elects its own officers, determines its owns service activities, and establishes
its own dues structure. Its Objects include the Objects of Kiwanis. Once organized, a Key Club is continuously sponsored
by a Kiwanis club. Although the ultimate responsibility for Key Club sponsorship is that of the Kiwanis board of
directors, the sponsorship function is most directly carried out by the Kiwanis club Committee on Key Clubs, assisted by a
faculty advisor (who may or may not be a Kiwanian) designated by the high school administration.
It was in May, 1925 in Sacramento, California, that the 11 charter members, comprising the first Key Club, met
officially for the first time. Prior to that meeting, came a full year's activity through which the idea of Key Club
developed and finally reached fruition. 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 the opportunity to help others, serve their school and community, and build a positive future for
themselves.
A Builders Club takes the name of the school in which its members are enrolled, and the school administration names a
faculty member to serve as faculty advisor to the Builders Club. For this reason, a Builders Club must be approved by
the school administration before it can be organized, and once organized, it must operate in conformity with school
regulations regarding school organizations.
K-Kids
K-Kids, a local Kiwanis club sponsored community service program for elementary school students, has experienced
continued growth since its inception in 1990. Begun in Florida, the program soon 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.
K-Kids is structured only on the local club level but is supported by the Kiwanis International Office in
Indianapolis, Indiana. The International Office provides programs, literature, and opportunities to relate to elementary
school children from countries all around the world.
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 who have disabilities. 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.
|
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
