What is Key Club?
Key Club is a high school service organization sponsored by Kiwanis International. Key Club assists Kiwanis in carrying out its mission to serve the children of the world. Our Key Club members perform acts of service in their communities, such as cleaning up the bay, and helping events that is in need of volunteers. Members also learn leadership skills by running meetings, planning projects and holding elected leadership positions at the club, district and international levels. Key Club gives you the opportunity to lead and meet new people in your community and around the world.
During the 2010- 2012 year, Cali-Nev-Ha worked on Project SHINE--- bringing light into someone's life through helping children with special needs. Key Club does not only work on one project. During 2012- 2013, the Cali-Nev-Ha District raised over $150,000 for Pediatric Trauma Prevention. At international levels, we are partnered with UNICEF, March of Dimes, and Children's Miracle Network.
In 2008, Key Club members raised more than $1.3 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Swaziland. In 2009-10 Key Club and the Kiwanis family raised almost $1.8 million for Children's Miracle Network and their affiliated hospitals.
Key Club doesn’t just stop in high school, it carries on through your life. After high school, there is Circle K, which in a quick summary is like the college version of Key Club. In 2007, Circle K helped raise $500,000 for UNICEF in efforts to help children around the world who do not have access to clean drinking water. After Circle K, many members go on to join Kiwanis, as adults. Kiwanis serve children around the world through UNICEF and directly through community service and encouraging youth leadership and service. As a global project in coordination with UNICEF, members and clubs contributed more than $80 million toward the global elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.
In our efforts to help Key Clubbers not only learn the value of service, we also want to set them on the road to college and promote a smooth transition from Key Club to Circle K, we invite UC Berkeley Circle K members to join our meetings and speak about their experiences in Key Club, Circle K, and College Life/ the Application Process.
The MEP (Major Emphasis Program) is followed today through the motto: "Children: Their Future, Our Focus."
As Key Clubbers, we place a emphasis on making an impact. OUR motto is: "Caring- Our Way of Life"
"Since 1925, Key Club International has provided more than 12 million hours of service to homes, schools, and communities each year. From building bridges, to collecting over six tons of food, thousands of dollars raised for cancer research, helping eliminate iodine deficiency disorder, Key Club International plays a vital role in serving the children of the world."
