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The third-largest service organization in the world, membership in Kiwanis International in 2005 stood at 275,000. The average age of members is 57 years old. Average size of the 13,000 clubs is 34 members. The organization has chapters in 93 countries. Kiwanis International also founded and supports Key Club . Started in Sacramento, California in 1920 , it is the oldest and largest service program for high school students in the world. The collegiate version of Kiwanis is Circle K . The first official Circle K club was chartered in September, 1947 at the campus of Carthage College (then in Illinois). Key Club and Circle K are part of Kiwanis Service Leadership Programs. While both of them are considered organizations, the K-Kids (elementary school), Builder's Club (middle school) and Aktion Club (for people with disabilities) are considered sponsored programs. The difference is that Key Club and Circle K, just like Kiwanis, elect their own Club, District and International officers each year to lead the organization. The Objects of Kiwanis are:
(Source: http://www.kiwanis.org/membership/ ) (Source: Staff at Kiwanis International Headquarters) SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS ''The Kiwanis Music Festival is an unrelated annual event held in Guelph, Ontario (Canada).'' |
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