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Kiwanis History
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| Kiwanis was founded in 1915 by Joe Prance of Detroit,
Michigan. Kiwanis means "WE BUILD", specifically meaning that
the clubs build better communities. It was not until 1987 that women were
first admitted; 50,000 are now members. Kiwanis today includes more than
300,000 members in more than 8,000 clubs in some 80 nations and geographic
areas. |
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The Objects of Kiwanis International
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| To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to
the material values of life. |
| To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all
human relationships. |
| To promote the adoption and the application of higher
social, business and professional standards. |
| To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent,
aggressive and serviceable citizenship. |
| To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form
enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better
communities. |
| 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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International, District, and Division
Organization |
Kiwanis International is organized into Districts; Districts are
organized into Divisions. The Rock Valley Heritage Kiwanis Club is in the
Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Kiwanis International, and we are within
Division 12 of that District. For information on Division 12 Officers and
Clubs, click here. |
| Service Projects |
| At the International level, the current and first service
project is the elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD), an affliction which affects 2 billion,
mostly children, worldwide. Our goal, working through UNICEF, is to
eliminate this affliction, which manifests itself with lethargy, physical
deformity, and mental retardation, by the year 2000. |
| The Illinois-Eastern Iowa District service project is to provide
financial resources to research and treat spastic paralysis in children through
the Spastic Foundation. |
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