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Hyannis, MA

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Spectacle of Trees

We are seeking donations of goods and services to put on, under and near our trees for this year’s Spectacle and it is sure to be even more amazing than last year.

District 16 News

Berlin and Rockland Recognized in Kiwanis International Update

by NEDK on 11/05/11

Berlin's Kiwanis Parade and Rockland's Jingle Bell Express made it into the November Kiwanis International Update.. More

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2012 Kiwanis International Convention

In New Orleans, jazz fills the streets, mingling with the aroma of hot beignets. Pralines stick in your teeth as you watch the riverboats paddle by. It’s sensory overload in this little corner of the American South that’s big on European flavor. It’s a place like no other. It’s New Orleans. And you’re different here.

So come be a part of the big crowd that’s expected in New Orleans for convention! Experience the workshops, entertainment, business and celebration of 25 years of women in Kiwanis. Together, let’s recognize our successes and make plans for the future.

Stimulate your senses in New Orleans, June 28-July 1!

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OVERVIEW About Kiwanis

Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis and its youth-oriented Service Leadership Programs serve communities in more than 80 countries and geographic areas.

Founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, Kiwanis International now comprises 600,000 members — men, women boys and girls — worldwide.

Kiwanis facts

Most people join clubs because someone asks them to. Beyond sharing your personal experience, you’ll be a better recruiter if you can answer questions about Kiwanis and why the work is important.

Bring people together to help children with your enthusiasm and your knowledge about Kiwanis.

Defining statement: Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

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.

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 make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.