What is Key Club?
Key Club International is the oldest and the largest service program for high school students. We are a student-led organization that teaches leadership through service to others. As members of the Kiwanis International family, Key Club members build themselves as they build their schools and communities.
How big is Key Club?
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Key Club exists in 37 countries.
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We have 260,000 members as a whole.
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5,000 clubs are represented within our organization
Vision
I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club Internation; to serve my home, school, and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat any forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.
Mission Statement
Pledge
Core Values
Our core values 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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Looking for really specific details on Key Club such as our International and District bylaws or how to run your club? Look here at our Key Club Guidebook or the Carolinas Key! 2017-18 Key Club Guidebook
Information listed above is courtesy of the Carolinas District of Key Club via www.carolinaskeyclub.org/about-key-club/ and Key Club International via http://www.keyclub.org/discover/whatwestandfor.aspx
