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'{{Infobox Non-profit | Non-profit_name = Kiwanis International | Non-profit_logo = [[Image:Kiwanis-logo.png|250px]] | Non-profit_type = [[Service club|Service]] | founded_date = 1915 | founders = Joseph C. Prance and Allen S. Browne | location = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], US | origins = [[Detroit, Michigan]], US | key_people = | area_served = Worldwide | focus = | method = [[Community service]] | revenue = US$ $20,723,000 (2006)<ref name="financial">{{cite web | url= http://www.kiwanis.org/lit/0506financial.pdf |format=PDF| title=Kiwanis International Financial Statement | work=Kiwanis International| month = April | year = 2007 | accessdate= May 2, 2007}}</ref> | endowment = US $6,000,000 (2006)<ref name="ezine">{{cite web | url= http://www.kiwanis.org/magazine/0706fnaendow.asp | title=Campaign aims to grown endowment | work=Kiwanis Connected e-zine| month = July | year = 2006 | accessdate= May 2, 2007}}</ref> | num_volunteers = | num_employees = ~120<ref name="indylife">{{cite web | url= http://www.kiwanis.us/kiwanisus/indy/ | title=Indy Life | work=Kiwanis International| date = | accessdate= May 2, 2007}}</ref> | num_members = 275,000 | owner = | Non-profit_slogan = "Serving the Children of the World" | homepage = http://www.kiwanis.org/ | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''Kiwanis International''' is an international, coeducational [[service club]] [http://www.kiwanisseattle.org/images/KCOS_New_Member_Information.pdf founded in 1915.] It is headquartered in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. Current membership is 240,000 members in 7,700 clubs in 80 Nations. The average age is 57, 74% men; 26% women. The name “Kiwanis” was coined from an Otchipew [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indian]] expression, "Nunc Kee-wanis", variously [http://www.kiwanisseattle.org/images/KCOS_New_Member_Information.pdf translated] as "we trade," "we share out talents,"<ref>[http://www.mtkiwanis.com/about.htm Montana Kiwanis]</ref> "we make a noise," or "we meet."<ref>[http://www.nampakiwanis.org/ Nampa, Idaho, Kiwanis]</ref> This was originally the motto of Kiwanis, translated as "We build." The current motto is "Serving the children of the world". Members of the club are called Kiwanians. Kiwanis International is headed by a Board of Trustees, an International President and other officers. These officers are elected at the annual convention of Kiwanis International. There are fifty three administrative districts, each headed by a Governor, and the districts are further divided into service areas called divisions, comprising 12 to 20 clubs and headed by a Lieutenant Governor. Every club has a president and board of directors. ==Defining Statement== "Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time."<ref>http://www.kiwanis.org/</ref> ==Objects== Kiwanis has adopted six "Objects" to help guide activities:<ref name="objects">{{cite web | url=http://www.kiwanis.org/WhoWeAre/ObjectsofKiwanis/tabid/129/Default.aspx | title=Objects of Kiwanis | work=Kiwanis International | date= | accessdate= February 15, 2010}}</ref> * To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life. * To encourage the daily living of the [[ethic of reciprocity|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.<ref>[http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/discover.aspx Kiwanis]</ref> * To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill. ==History== The organization was founded on January 21, 1915, in [[Detroit, Michigan]], by Joseph G. Prance (a tailor) and Allen S. Browne (a professional fraternity organizer). In August 1914, Browne suggested to Prance the idea of a business and professional men's club with social and commercial benefits. Prance was sold on the idea, and in 1915 the Kiwanis Club of Detroit, Michigan, was founded.<ref name="thekiwanislegacy">{{cite book | last=Jonak | first=Chuck | title=The Kiwanis Legacy | publisher=Kiwanis International | month=December | year=2004 | location=Indianapolis, Indiana | pages=13–16}}</ref> Kiwanis became international with the organization of the Kiwanis club of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1916. Kiwanis limited its membership to the United States and Canada until 1962, when worldwide expansion was approved. Since then, Kiwanis has spread to all inhabited continents of the globe. The original purpose of Kiwanis was to exchange business between members and to serve the poor. The debate as to whether to focus on networking or service was resolved in 1919, when Kiwanis adopted a service-focused mission. Each year, clubs sponsor nearly 150,000 service projects and raise more than $107 million. As a global project in coordination with UNICEF, members and clubs contributed more than $80 million toward the global elimination of [[iodine deficiency]] disorders (IDD), the leading preventable cause of mental retardation. Beginning in 2010 Kiwanis International joined with the [[World Health Organization]] to launch a new worldwide health initiative, Project EliMiNaTe, dedicated to wiping out maternal and neonatal [[tetanus]] (MNT), which kills more than 100,000 babies worldwide each year.<ref>[http://www.who.int/immunization/topics/tetanus/en/index.html WHO]</ref> Until 1988 the organization accepted only men as members. By action of the International Convention in 1987, the rules were changed to admit women as well. Currently women constitute about 26% of total members. ==Service== Kiwanis tries to serve children and youth using two approaches. One attempts to improve the quality of life directly through activities promoting health, education, etc. The other tries to encourage leadership and service among youth. In pursuit of the latter goal, Kiwanis sponsors about 7,000 youth service clubs with nearly 320,000 youth members. Kiwanis members have tried to help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged, and care for the sick. They have built playgrounds and raised funds for pediatric research.<ref name="definingstatement">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kiwanis.org/WhoWeAre/WhatisaKiwanian/tabid/297/Default.aspx | title=What is a Kiwanian? | publisher=Kiwanis International | accessdate=2007-09-07 }}</ref> In 2007, the charitable financial arm, Kiwanis International Foundation, was awarded the top rating by an independent evaluator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3972/print/1.htm |title=Kiwanis International Foundation: Assisting Kiwanis International to serve the children of the world |publisher=charitynavigator.org |accessdate=2008-05-09 |postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref> ==Kiwanis Family== Kiwanis provides leadership and service opportunities for youth through its Service Leadership Programs. [[Key Club]], [[Circle K (Kiwanis)|Circle K]], Builders Clubs and K-Kids are part of Kiwanis Service Leadership Programs. They are sponsored by a local Kiwanis Club and receive funding and professional guidance from Kiwanis. ===Key Club=== Kiwanis founded and supports [[Key Club|Key Club International]]. Started in [[Sacramento, California]] in 1925, Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students in the world. As of 2010, Key Club has 250,000 members in 5,000 clubs in 30 nations,<ref>[http://slp.kiwanis.org/KeyClub/home.aspx Key Club International website]</ref> primarily in the United States and Canada, but with clubs also in Central and South America, Caribbean nations, Asia, and Australia. KIWIN'S (pronounced "kee-wins"), a high school program exclusive to the California-Nevada-Hawaii district, operates under the umbrella of Key Club but elects its own officers.<!---Yes, the spelling of KIWIN'S in all capitals with an apostrophe is correct. See the FAQ at [www.kiwins.org] --> ===Circle K=== The collegiate version of Kiwanis, which maintains some autonomy from Kiwanis, is [[Circle K International]], also known as CKI. The first official Circle K club was chartered in September, 1947 at the campus of [[Carthage College]] (then in Illinois). As of 2010, Circle K membership is 12,600 members in 500 clubs in 17 countries, making Circle K the largest collegiate service organization of its kind in the world.<ref>[http://slp.kiwanis.org/CircleK/aboutus.aspx Circle K International website]</ref> ===K-Kids, Builders Club, Aktion Club, Kiwanis Junior=== K-Kids (elementary school) current membership is 33,000 in 1,100 clubs in 8 nations. Builders Club (middle school) currently has 42,000 members in 1,400 clubs in 12 nations. Aktion Club (for people who have disabilities) currently has 8,400 members in 400 clubs in 7 nations. These are all considered Kiwanis-led programs, whereas Key Club and Circle K elect their own club, district, and International officers each year to lead the organization. Kiwanis Junior is part of the European Service Leadership Program, with clubs in [[Austria]], Germany, the [[Netherlands]], and [[Italy]], and is typically for people ages 18–35.<ref name="Kiwanisjunior">[http://www.kiwanisnet.net/52.0.html Kiwanis Junior]</ref><ref name="Kj-Italia">[http://www.kiwanisjunior.it Kiwanis Junior Distretto Italia]</ref> ===Kiwaniannes=== Before 1987, women's auxiliary clubs known as Kiwaniannes also existed, made up of wives of members of the men-only Kiwanis clubs. With the changes that made it possible for women to join Kiwanis clubs, official sponsorship of the Kiwaniannes clubs ended. Some Kiwaniannes clubs merged with their affiliated Kiwanis club, while others converted into independent Kiwanis clubs. == See also == * [[List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} == External links == * [http://www.kiwanis.eu/ Kiwanis International European Federation] * [http://www.kiwanis-acireale.it/ Kiwanis Club Acireale] * [http://www.kiwanis.it/ Kiwanis International Distretto Italia San Marino] * [http://www.kiwanisgoals.synthasite.com Kiwanis Goals Article] * [http://www.Sinawik.org/ Kiwanis Organization Logistics - A Pilot Project in District Norden] * [http://www.kiwanis.or.ro/ Kiwanis Romania] * [http://www.kiwanis.nl/?page=145 Kiwanis Junior Clubs The Netherlands] *Kiwanis organizations: ** [http://www.kiwanis.org Kiwanis International] ** [http://www.kiwanis.org/WhoWeAre/KiwanisLegacy/tabid/131/Default.aspx History of Kiwanis] ** [http://www.kiwanis.org/WhoWeAre/FamilyofPrograms/tabid/132/Default.aspx Kiwanis Family] ** [http://kif.kiwanis.org Kiwanis International Foundation] ** [http://www.circlek.org/ Circle K International] ** [http://www.keyclub.org/ Key Club International] ** [http://www.kiwins.org KIWIN'S] ** [http://www.key-leader.org/ Kiwanis Key Leader] ** [http://www.aktionclub.org/ Aktion Club] ** [http://www.buildersclub.org/ Builders Club] ** [http://www.kkids.org/ K-Kids Club] ** [http://www.kiwanisjunior.org/en/ Kiwanis Junior] [[Category:Kiwanis]] [[Category:Organizations established in 1915]] [[Category:Fraternal and service organizations]] [[Category:Service organizations based in the United States]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States]] [[Category:Organizations based in Indianapolis, Indiana]] [[de:Kiwanis]] [[et:Kiwanis]] [[fr:Kiwanis]] [[it:Kiwanis]] [[ja:キワニス]] [[no:Kiwanis International]] [[ro:Kiwanis Romania]] [[fi:Kiwanis International]] [[zh:同濟會]]'