Membership
How do I join?
Potential members are invited to visit a meeting and/or service project! A membership application can be requested or offered along with a New Member Add Fee. If a new member was in K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Club, or Circle K there is no initial membership fee. If a new member does not have past membership in these programs, they submit a pro-rated dues payment along with their application.
Once processed with Kiwanis International, new members are inducted and given a certificate and membership pin. An orientation session is also scheduled. There are no minimum service hour requirements however we do require that each member staff at least 4 RBC Center events throughout the year.
Leadership Opportunities
Our club board consists of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and 6 Board of Directors. We meet once a month to plan events and conduct club business.
We have 4 committees for members to lead and contribute through:
- Service Leadership Programs (Raleigh Charter High School Key Club)
- Service (3rd grade dictionaries, Conn Elementary School, Terrific Kids, Drag Bingo, all other service projects)
- Membership Development (Education, Social, Growth, and Professional)
- Finance and Fundraising (RBC Center concessions, etc)
What is a Kiwanian?
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.
Kiwanis Name
The name “Kiwanis” means “we trade” or “we share our talents.” It was coined from an American Indian expression, Nunc Kee-wanis.
Kiwanians are volunteers changing the world through service to children and communities. Kiwanis members help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged, and care for the sick. They develop youth as leaders, build playgrounds, raise funds for pediatric research, and much more. No problem is too big or too small. Why? Because working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. When you give a child a chance to learn, experience, dream, and succeed, great things happen!
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.