Kiwanis Club Of Celina Ohio

Welcome to our club! Officers     Newsletter     Kiwanis International     Ohio District     Aktion Club  Division 2 Clubs     Club Schedules     Members Section     Upcoming Events     Current membership       Facebook    Circle K  On-Line Effective 1 October 2014 the URL: http://celinakiwanisclub.blogspot.com  has been changed to: http://celinakiwanis.wix.com/kiwanis-club-celina Please click Redirect me to go to the new address. Mercer County Aktion Club Grand Lake The Kiwanis Mission Statement: “Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers, dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.” The Objects of Kiwanis. To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than 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 good will. About the Celina Kiwanis Club. The city of Celina is located on beautiful Grand Lake St Marys. The Celina Kiwanis Club received its charter on November 27th 2001. The club was organized by the Coldwater club. There were 56 original members of which 5 are still members today. The Celina Kiwanis Club is part of Division 2 of the Ohio District of Kiwanis International. We continually seek new members. We invite you to visit our meetings and join us. For more information contact: President Eric at (419) 305-4667 or Secretary Jenny at (419) 586-4980. Our Mailing address is: Kiwanis Club of Celina PO BOX 671 Celina, OH 45822-0671 Meetings. Our Club meets every Wednesday at 12 Noon. The first Wednesday of every month is a board meeting. We meet at CJ's HighMarks Restaurant 1211 Irmscher Blvd Celina, Ohio. The Mercer County Aktion Club meets at 6 PM the 2nd Tuesday of every month, at the Briarwood Village, 100 Don Desch Drive, Coldwater, Ohio. Division Lt. Governor: Jeff Schulman, Ada Club. Ohio District Governor: Jennifer DeFrance, Kent Club. Past Ohio District Governor: Craig Wallace Findlay/E Club Kiwanis International Officers:          President: Gunter Gasser, Kärnten, Austria.         President-Elect: John Button, Ontario, Canada            Vice-President: Sue Petrisin, Michigan Club. View the Kiwanis International website. View the Ohio District website. About Kiwanis How/Where/When did Kiwanis begin? Founded in Detroit, Michigan, on January 21, 1915, Kiwanis started with one club. A year later, the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton, Ontario, was chartered. Worldwide expansion began in 1962, and today Kiwanis clubs are active in every part of the world. What is the Kiwanis Motto? "Serving the Children of the World" What does the name "Kiwanis" mean? ”We trade” or “we have a good time.” The expression, Nunc Keewanis, comes from an American Indian language of the Detroit area. How many Kiwanis clubs/members are there? Kiwanis International has 260,000 members in 8,000 Clubs in 96 Nations and Geographical areas. What are Kiwanians? Volunteers from all walks of life, united in their commitment to serve children and their communities worldwide. What other organizations does Kiwanis sponsor? Kiwanis International sponsors several service clubs for young people, under what is called Service Leadership Programs. These include: Circle K International which has 13,000 members in 560 Clubs on University and College Campuses. Key Club International which has 245,000 members in 4,700 Clubs in High Schools. Builders Club which has Clubs in more than 2,000 Junior High and Middle Schools. K-Kids in elementary Schools. Aktion Club for persons with Live disabilities. Kiwanis Europe. How much community service is done by Kiwanis clubs around the world? Annually, Kiwanis clubs sponsor 150,000 service projects, spend nearly $100 million, and contribute some 6.2 million hours of volunteer time. What does Kiwanis do on an International scale to "Serve The Children of The World Kiwanis' continuing service emphasis is called "Young Children: Priority One," which focuses on the special needs of children from prenatal development to age 5. In one year, projects conducted as part of the "Young Children: Priority One" service emphasis typically involve $14.3 million and 1.3 million volunteer hours. In 1994, Kiwanis launched its first Worldwide Service Project, a partnership with UNICEF to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders by the year 2000. Iodine deficiency is rare in areas where iodized salt is used, but in other parts of the world, IDD is the leading cause of preventable mental and physical retardation. As many as 1.5 billion people are at risk, especially young children. The initial fundraising goal of $75 million was surpassed in 2001. This goal has been achieved. The current project is the The "ELIMINATE" Project.