What is Key Club?

Key Club International

    Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. What makes Key Club so successful is the fact that it is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through serving others. Members of the Kiwanis international family, Key Club members build themselves as the build their school and community.

    Today, Key Club exists on more than 5,000 high school campuses, primarily in the United States and Canada. Growth efforts, however, have taken the Key Club experience internationally to Canada, teh Caribbean nations, Central and South America, and most recently to Asia and Australia.

    Key Club international is an organization of individual Key Clubs and is funded by nominal dues paid by every member. Its officers are high school leaders elected by the members of district and international conventions. The organization offers a wide range of opportunities to its members.

    Originally, Key Club adopted its motto, "We Build," the same motto as its parent organization, Kiwanis international. In 1976, the organization opted to change its motto to "Caring - Our Way of Life" because these words more clearly conveyed members' reasons for helping others.