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Kiwanis Nuevo Club
About Kiwanis Nuevo:
The very first Kiwanis club was organized in Detroit, Michigan. The group received a charter from the state of Michigan on January 21, 1915, and this is regarded as the birth date of Kiwanis.
The first clubs were organized to promote the exchange of business among the members. However, even before the Detroit club received its state charter, the members were distributing Christmas baskets to the poor. A lively debate ensued between those who supported community service as the Kiwanis mission and those who supported the exchange of business. By 1919, the service advocates won the debate.
Kiwanis became international with the organization of the Kiwanis club of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1916. Kiwanis limited its membership to the United States and Canada until 1962, when worldwide expansion was approved. Since then, Kiwanis has spread to all inhabited continents of the globe.
Kiwanis is Native American meaning "We have a good time," and that we do. Each Tuesday we host a Noon to 1:00pm luncheon with a guest speaker. Every luncheon is open to the public and begins with the patriotic song (America), the Pledge of Allegiance to our Nations Flag, the Southwest District Kiwanis Pledge (below) and a thought for the day. Our weekly meetings support objects of Kiwanis below to which each member subscribes. Each Luncheon meeting is closed with a joke to bring a smile to everyone's day. We hope you will join us.
The Objects of Kiwanis:
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 develop, 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.
The very first Kiwanis club was organized in Detroit, Michigan. The group received a charter from the state of Michigan on January 21, 1915, and this is regarded as the birth date of Kiwanis.
The first clubs were organized to promote the exchange of business among the members. However, even before the Detroit club received its state charter, the members were distributing Christmas baskets to the poor. A lively debate ensued between those who supported community service as the Kiwanis mission and those who supported the exchange of business. By 1919, the service advocates won the debate.
Kiwanis became international with the organization of the Kiwanis club of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1916. Kiwanis limited its membership to the United States and Canada until 1962, when worldwide expansion was approved. Since then, Kiwanis has spread to all inhabited continents of the globe.
Kiwanis is Native American meaning "We have a good time," and that we do. Each Tuesday we host a Noon to 1:00pm luncheon with a guest speaker. Every luncheon is open to the public and begins with the patriotic song (America), the Pledge of Allegiance to our Nations Flag, the Southwest District Kiwanis Pledge (below) and a thought for the day. Our weekly meetings support objects of Kiwanis below to which each member subscribes. Each Luncheon meeting is closed with a joke to bring a smile to everyone's day. We hope you will join us.
The Objects of Kiwanis:
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 develop, 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.