WACO KIWANIS | History

History & Objectives

TRADITION

Founded in 1915 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

Over 600,000 Members

Nearly 1500 Clubs

In More than 90 Nations

THE MISSION

The principal core of the Kiwanis mission is the belief that the most effective way to enhance a community is to enhance its children. When you give a child a chance to learn, experience, dream, and succeed,

GREAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN!

THE REWARDS

One act of kindness can change the course of a life. Proving that one can make a difference, Kiwanis have helped eradicate diseases, build schools, shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, and generate million of smiles.

THE OBJECTIVES OF KIWANIS ARE

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 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 makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill.

THE CHALLENGE...

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