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Kiwanis
International was founded January 21, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, by Allen Simpson Browne,
a Moose lodge organizer, and Joseph G. Prance, a tailor. Kiwanis is an organization
devoted to the principle of service; to the advancement of individual, community, and
national welfare; and to the strengthening of international goodwill. Kiwanis membership
spans the globe, with more than 300,000 members in more than 8,000 clubs in 82 countries,
giving $70 million and 7 million volunteer hours for community service each year. |
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Objectives of Kiwanis:
The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club
delegates at the 1918 Convention in Providence, Rhode Island. Through the succeeding
seventy-five years-plus, they have remained unchanged. |
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- 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, 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.
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