About our Kiwanis club

Kiwanis at the 2020 Special Olympics Basketball Tournament

Our Kiwanis club is generous with its time, creative with our ideas and passionate about making a difference. And we have fun along the way!

The Kiwanis Mission & Vision

Kiwanis empowers communities to improve the world by making lasting differences in the lives of children. Kiwanis strives to be a positive influence in communities worldwide.

The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Kiwanis International Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the decades, they have remained unchanged.

  • Object 1: To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
  • Object 2: To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
  • Object 3: To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards.
  • Object 4: To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.
  • Object 5: To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities.
  • Object 6: To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.

Details & History of the Objects of Kiwanis

Kiwanis Service

Service is at the heart of every Kiwanis club, no matter where in the world it’s located. By working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. Our Kiwanis club focuses on changing the world by serving children, one child in our community at a time.

Kiwanis Club of Leavenworth proudly supports

  • American Legion Girl’s State
  • CASA
  • Catholic Charities
  • C. W. Parker Carousel Museum
  • Leavenworth Backpack Buddies
  • Leavenworth Public Library
  • Leavenworth Public Schools Educational Foundation
  • Parents as Teachers
  • Richard Allen Cultural Center
  • Saint Vincent’s Clinic
  • The Salvation Army of Leavenworth County
  • Special Olympics Kansas
  • Women’s Community Y
  • Youth Achievement Center

To raise over $7,000 annually Kiwanis members

  • run a booth at the Kansas Speedway twice a year
  • sell tickets and host an annual Pancake Breakfast
  • sell tickets and host an annual Spaghetti Dinner

Join Us

Simply contact us with your questions and apply for Kiwanis club membership.

The kids in Leavenworth are counting on you!

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