A Kiwanis commitment is built on your desire and willingness to serve your community. It is renewed because of the gratification you will find in serving others.

The Objects of Kiwanis

To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than 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.

Through Kiwanis membership, individuals give their talent, time, and love to those in need. More than 600,000 Kiwanians and K-family members worldwide dedicate themselves to a way of life in which they believe. Throughout its history, the Kiwanis name has been synonymous with endeavors that build character, knowledge, commerce, communities, and—through genuine concern for others—hope.

The Name

The name Kiwanis stems from a North American Indian phrase, like many aboriginal terms had a variety of meanings, including; “We have a good time,” “We make a noise,” or “We trade.”