Founded July 21, 1922
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one
community at a time.
Our Purpose: To
improve lives through fellowship in service worldwide.
The
Objects of Kiwanis:
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 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 good will.
Adopted at Denver, CO
1924 Kiwanis International Convention