Objectives of
Kiwanis
The six permanent Objects of
Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1918 Convention in
Providence, Rhode Island. Through the succeeding seventy-five years-plus, they have
remained unchanged.
- 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 the
application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
- To develope, by precept and
example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
- To provide, through Kiwanis
clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic 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 goodwill.
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