what is
key club?
Key Club is the oldest and the largest nonprofit student-led organization for high schoolers, which is also supported by Kiwanis International. We serve OUR HOME, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY through community service and work to spread the importance of leadership and to influence others. To learn more, scroll down to access links that take you to the official
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INTERESTING FACTS
☆ 1925 - The first Key Club was formed in Sacramento, California
☆ 1943 - Key Club movement achieves "International" designation
☆ 1952 - The 1,000th club is chartered in December
☆ 1977 - Female students are admitted into Key Club
☆ 1992 - Key Club's membership reaches 146,972 members in 4,013 clubs in 17 nations
☆ 1998 - Key Clubs raise more than $1.2 million for UNICEF to fight iodine deficiency disorders (IDD)
☆ 1999 - Membership tops the 200,000 mark
☆ 2005 - Membership reaches 243,422 members
☆ 2008 - Key Club members raise more than $1.3 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
☆ 2010 - Key Club exists in 30 countries, with membership over 270,000 in over 5,000 clubs
To learn more, visit keyclub.org
​​Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
mission statements
VISION
We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.​
PLEDGE
I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
CORE VALUES
The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
MOTTO
"Caring–Our Way of Life"
objects
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To develop initiative and leadership.
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To provide experience in living and working together.
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To serve the school and community.
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To cooperate with the school principal.
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To prepare for useful citizenship.
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To accept and promote the following ideals:
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To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.
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To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
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To promote the adoption and application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.
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To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
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To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service and to build better communities.
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To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.
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Courtesy of keyclub.org
