Who We Are
is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. What makes Key Club so successful is the fact that
it is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through serving others. Members of the Kiwanis International family,
Key Club members build themselves as they build their schools and communities.
Today, Key Club exists on more than
5,000 high school campuses, primarily in the United States and Canada. Growth efforts, however, have taken the Key Club experience
internationally to Canada, the Caribbean nations, Central and South America, and most recently to Asia and Australia.
Key
Club International is an organization of individual Key Clubs and is funded by nominal dues paid by every member. Its officers
are high school leaders elected by the members at district and International conventions. The organization offers a wide range
of opportunities to its members:
- Leadership development
- Vocational guidance
- College scholarships
- Subscription to the Key Club magazine
- Service-learning
- Personal enrichment
- Value-added member benefit programs
- Liability insurance coverage
Originally, Key Club adopted as its motto, “We Build,” the same motto as its parent organization, Kiwanis International.
In 1976, the organization opted to change its motto to Caring Our Way of Life” because these words more clearly conveyed
members reasons for helping others.
