Kids Need Kiwanis
Mom always told you to observe the Golden Rule, so how about joining a club that's based on doing unto others as you'd have them do unto you?
Our mission is to strengthen San Diego by supporting San Diego's youth. Our Downtown Kiwanis Club has been serving San Diego since 1920 with service projects that respond to our community needs. The projects focus on developing future generations of leaders. Our members are ordinary people performing extraordinary work. We are creative with our ideas. We are generous with our time. We are passionate about making a difference. And we have fun along the way.
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Join Us For Lunch!Our club meetings offer an atmosphere of fun, learning, and fellowship. An interesting speaker will discuss current topics of interest to the community. When? 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month Time? 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where? Location changes - read the event description Organizations We SupportBurn Institute Eco-Life Foundation for Californias Home of Guiding Hands Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty of San Diego County Inc Monarch School Project Oncology + Kids Rady Children's Hospital Foundation Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego San Diego Futures Foundation SEAL-NSW Family Foundation The New Children's Museum Urban Corps of San Diego County What is Kiwanis?Kiwanis helps kids around the world. We are a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. MISSION To serve the children of the world. SERVICE Each year, clubs:
MEMBERSHIP
Kiwanis is one of the few organizations that offers membership to almost all age groups—from elementary school students to adults.
Kiwanis members and clubs have contributed more than $80 million toward the global elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the leading preventable cause of mental retardation
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What does Kiwanis mean?It is derived from the phrase "Nunc Kee-Wanis” from the Otchipwe language spoken by First Nations peoples of central Canada and the United States, which can be translated can mean “We trade,” "We share our talents,” “We make a noise,” or “We meet.” The founders of Kiwanis translated it as “We build” and that became their motto until 2005 when they changed it to“Serving the children of the world.” |