Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character, and develop leadership.
Key Club is a
service organization for high school students which is operated under school
regulations and draws its membership from the student body. This club is unique
because it is sponsored by a local Kiwanis club. Key Club is also different
because its functions are not only on the local level but also on a district and
international level. The Key Club is highly developed in its structure and
provides programs, literature, and the opportunity to relate to teenagers from
thirteen different countries around the world. Key Club is the largest service
organization of its kind with over 129,000 members and approximately 3,800
clubs.
To accept and promote the following ideals:
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 application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship, and social contacts
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship
To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish 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 good will.
I pledge on my
honor,
To uphold the objects of Key Club International;
To build my home, school, and community;
To serve my nation and God,
And to combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.