Service Leadership
Programs
Service Leadership Programs
the future
is determined
of this world
by younger
generations
Service Leadership Programs
• More than half of the Kiwanis family
• What Kiwanis does best
• What Kiwanis is best known for
Service Leadership Curriculum
• Servant leadership
• Leadership comes from helping others
succeed
• The next level after service learning
Enriching young students…
Young students
Ages 6 – 12
Student recognition
High impact
Low cost
Academic motivation
High impact
Low cost
Kiwanis Kids
What are kids accomplishing?
•Intellectual development
•Social and emotional development
Kiwanis Kids
Working with kids
• Appreciate.
• Be open.
• Teach kids to brainstorm.
• Encourage curiosity.
Kiwanis Kids
Working with kids
• Do hands-on projects.
• Praise results.
• Help kids believe in themselves.
Empowering teens…
Middle school
and junior high
school students
Ages 12 - 15
BUILDERS CLUB
All about tweens
•Struggling with sense of identity.
•Want choices but need direction.
•Have tendency to return to childish behavior.
•Mostly interested in present.
BUILDERS CLUB
All about tweens
•Need to see they can make a difference.
•Display unlimited enthusiasm.
•Reaching out to an adult involves a risk.
•Know no limits.
BUILDERS CLUB
Why Builders Club?
•Growing up today is dramatically different.
•Tweens need to ground their ever changing lives.
•Builders Club creates this safe place.
KEY CLUB
The world’s largest
student-led high
school service
organization.
KEY CLUB
All about teens
• Technology is their life.
• Facebook is their main communication link.
• Belonging and style are very important.
• Fewer hold jobs.
• Academic pressures are high.
KEY CLUB
All about teens
• Need a supportive environment.
• Influenced by their peers.
• Respect adults.
• Constantly challenging status quo.
• Independence and privacy is critical.
Weekend leadership
experience for teens
Equipping adults for leadership…
Largest collegiate
service organization
in the world.
All about university students
• They are millennials.
• They know what they want.
• They are going to change the world.
All about university students
• To understand them you must
understand technology.
• They are a huge opportunity for
Kiwanis.
A service club for
adults living with
disabilities.
AKTION CLUB
Working with people who live with disabilities
•Inconsistent ability to comprehend instructions
•Need extra assistance and guidance
•Require a gentle hand and patience
AKTION CLUB
Working with people who live with disabilities
•Don’t underestimate their abilities.
•If you expect too little, you may not challenge
them enough.
•React to the members as people and not as
people with disabilities.
AKTION CLUB
Working with people who live with disabilities
•Recognize all victories, even small ones.
•Encourage integrated activities.
Kiwanis Service Leadership
Empowering teens
Enriching young students
Equipping adults for leadership
Service Leadership Programs
For more information:
www.kiwanis.org
Kiwanis International
3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, Indiana 46268 USA
Worldwide: 317-875-8755 U.S. and Canada: 800-KIWANIS, ext. 411