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