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What is Kiwanis
Kiwanis
International: Serving the Children of the World
Kiwanis
International is a thriving organization of
service-minded men and women who respond to the
unique needs of their communities and address
worldwide issues by “serving the Children of the
World”
Founded in
Detroit, Michigan, USA, in 1915 by a group of
businessmen, Kiwanis International is
headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Today,
the Kiwanis
family has more
then 600,000 members in more then 13,000 clubs.
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.
The Objects of
Kiwanis
1. To
give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather
than the material values of life.
2.
To encourage the
daily living of the Golden Rule in all human
relationships.
3. To
promote the adoption and the application of
higher social,
business, and professional standards.
4.
To develop, by
precept and example, a more intelligent,
aggressive, and
serviceable citizenship
5.
To provide,
through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form
enduring
friendships,
to render altruistic service, and to build
better communities.
6.
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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