Lake Region Kiwanis

About Kiwanis

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.

Kiwanis Name
The name “Kiwanis” means “we trade” or “we share our talents.” It was coined from an American Indian expression, Nunc Kee-wanis.

Kiwanians are volunteers changing the world through service to children and communities. Kiwanis members help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged, and care for the sick. They develop youth as leaders, build playgrounds, raise funds for pediatric research, and much more. No problem is too big or too small. Why? Because working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. When you give a child a chance to learn, experience, dream, and succeed, great things happen!

Membership

• About 8,000 clubs in 96 countries
• More than 260,000 adult members
• Approximately 320,000 youth

Objects of Kiwanis

The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged.

Object 1: To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.

Object 2: To encour­age the dai­ly liv­ing of the Gold­en Rule in all human rela­tion­ships.

Object 3: To pro­mote the adop­tion and the appli­ca­tion of high­er social, busi­ness and pro­fes­sion­al stan­dards.

Object 4: To devel­op, by pre­cept and exam­ple, a more intel­li­gent, aggres­sive and ser­vice­able cit­i­zen­ship.

Object 5: To pro­vide, through Kiwa­nis clubs, a prac­ti­cal means to form endur­ing friend­ships, to ren­der altru­is­tic ser­vice and to build bet­ter com­mu­ni­ties.

Object 6: To coop­er­ate in cre­at­ing and main­tain­ing that sound pub­lic opin­ion and high ide­al­ism which make pos­si­ble the increase of right­eous­ness, jus­tice, patri­o­tism and good will.

Mission Of Kiwanis

To Serve The Children Of The World

Kiwanis Service

Each year, clubs:

• Sponsor nearly 150,000 service projects
• Raise more than $107 million

Who We Are

The Lake Region Kiwanis Club is a non-profit service organization. We are a member club of the Florida District of Kiwanis, and Kiwanis International. We are part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

Since 1989 we have been serving the youth and our community through various service and fundraising projects.

Here are some, but not all, of our signature programs:

• Sponsor and stage the Christmas and July 4 parades in Keystone Heights
• Organize and conduct an Easter Sunrise Service to raise funds for the LAM food bank
• Sponsor and actively support our youth service clubs: K-Kids, Builders and Key Club in our schools
• Provide college scholarships for high school seniors
• Operate the Keystone High School concession stand at football games to raise funds for the athletic program
• Promote elementary student good citizenship through “Terrific Kids” programs
• Sponsor the Keystone Community band with high school and adult players
• Organize and conduct an annual 5K run to raise funds for local needs and programs
• Arrange for Florida Foundation grants to meet local needs

​AND…..we have FUN and FELLOWSHIP doing this!!