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

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Working with kids

Appreciate.

Be open.

• • Teach kids to brainstorm. Encourage curiosity.

Kiwanis Kids

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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.

K E Y C L U B

The world’s largest student-led high school service organization.

K E Y C L U B

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.

K E Y C L U B

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