What opportunities are there in my community for my whole family to serve?
Kiwanians around the globe have one common goal: To serve the children of the world. Kiwanis advocates this vision every day by providing opportunities to serve for every member of a community through Service Leadership Programs. Through these opportunities, youth and young adults around the world become competent, capable, and compassionate leaders.
CKI - for college students
Circle K International (CKI) is the premiere university service organization in the world sponsored by Kiwanis International. With clubs on more than 550 campuses globally, programming is based upon the tenets of service, leadership, and fellowship.
The Texas-Oklahoma District of CKI was established in 1954 and is sponsored by the Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis. The board of officers is student-led with the purpose of encouraging the 23 chapters in the district to fulfill the mission, vision and tenets of CKI. Three to four district events are held throughout the year to educate members on providing better service and creating lifelong friendships.
Weekend of a Lifetime – for youth leaders
Weekend of a Lifetime is an exciting weekend full of fun, active experiences designed to develop leadership skills such as setting and achieving goals, handling conflicts, making solid decisions, communicating effectively, and developing your life and character.
Key Leader – for Key Club members
Key Leader is a leadership experience for today's youth leaders. It focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership development experience. A Key Leader learns the most important lesson of leadership—leadership comes from helping others succeed.
Key Club - for high school students
245,000 high school leaders from 24 countries unite every day to provide service in their homes, schools, and communities, and complete more than 12 million hours of service. Key Clubbers work to help eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa, stop premature birth, and battle for the rights of children in their communities.
Builders Club - for middle school and junior high students
Nearly 40,000 middle and junior high students in 1,300 clubs in 18 nations contribute service to school and community while developing leadership and people skills. Builders Club members implement practical service-learning principles as they focus on supporting organizations that focus on the needs of children.
Kiwanis Kids - for elementary students
K-Kids is a student-led community service club for elementary students that teaches members the value of helping others through participation in community service projects and club activities.
Terrific Kids is a student recognition program that promotes character development, self-esteem, and perseverance. Students work with their classroom teacher and establish goals to improve behavior, peer relationships, attendance, or schoolwork. Thoughtful, Enthusiastic, Respectful, Responsible, Inclusive, Friendly, Inquisitive, Capable.
Bring Up Grades (BUG) is a program designed to provide recognition to students who raise their grades into an acceptable range, and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next.
Aktion Club - for adults with disabilities
Aktion Club members in more than 200 clubs in seven nations allow adults living with disabilities to develop initiative and leadership skills through hands-on service. These adults return to the community the benefits, help, and caring they have received.
Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis International
The Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis International was established in 1918 to offer guidance and support Kiwanis clubs in the district. The district office is headquartered in the geographic center of the district in Arlington, TX. Each year, the District Governor and board of officer establish a vision for the district to best fulfill the Objects of Kiwanis.
Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation
The Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 exists to support the youth of the district. More than 15,000 service-leadership program members benefit from the financial support provided in training, development and scholarship programs for CKI, Key Club, Builders Club and K-Kids. Special Programs that provide financial assistance to future leaders include Sophomore of the Year, Weekend of a Lifetime, and college scholarships for Key Club and CKI members.
The name “Kiwanis” means “we trade” or “we share our talents.” It was coined from an American Indian expression, Nunc Kee-wanis. Today, Kiwanis International consists of about 8,000 clubs in 96 countries. Each year, Kiwanians sponsor nearly 150,000 service projects and raise more than $107 million. Members and clubs have contributed more than $80 million toward the global elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). With The ELIMINATE Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of 60,000 innocent babies and 30,000 mothers each year. The effects of the disease are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch.
Kiwanis International Foundation
The Kiwanis International Foundation was established as a legal entity in 1939. Since then, our foundation has grown to a multimillion-dollar foundation providing grants to thousands of organizations worldwide aimed at making better the lives of children. Thus, the mission – “to assist Kiwanis International in serving the children of the world” – is our foundation’s priority.
