WHAT IS KEY CLUB?

Key Club International is the oldest and largestservice program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwani's group. Each local Key Club is, in turn, sponsored by a local Kiwanis club.

MISSION STATEMENT:

"Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character, and develop leadership."

MOTTO:

"Caring-Our Way of Life"

OBJECTIVES:

To develop initiative and leadership.
To provide experience in living and working together.
To serve the school and community.
To cooperate with the school principal.
To prepare for useful citizenship.
To accept and promote the following ideals:
- 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 application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.
- To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
- To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish 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 good will.

PLEDGE:

I pledge, on my honor,
to uphold the Objects of Key Club International;
to build my home, school and community;
to serve my nation and God;
and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.