What Is Key Club...
Mission statement: Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
Vision: We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.
Core values: The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
Pledge: I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
Vision: We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.
Core values: The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
Pledge: I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
Motto: Caring–Our Way of Life
Objects
Objects
- To develop initiative and leadership.
- To provide experience in living and working together.
- To serve the school and community.
- To cooperate with the school principal.
- To prepare for useful citizenship.
- To accept and promote the following ideals:
- 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 application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.
- To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
- To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service and to build better communities.
- To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.
Frequently Used Acronyms
Key Club, like any business organization, has its own language, its own jargon consists largely of acronyms. Familiarity with these District and International “codes” will simplify one’s Key Club experience.
KC………………………………... Key Club
KCI……………………………….. Key Club International
KI………………………………… Kiwanis International
CKI……………………………….. Circle K International
LTG………………………………. Lieutenant Governor
MRF……………………………… Monthly Report Form
OT………………………………... On Time
DA………………………………... District Administrator
ADAN …………………………… Assistant District Administrator (North)
ADAS …………………………… Assistant District Administrator (South)
ICON …………………………… International Convention
DCON …………………………… District Convention
RA………………………………... Regional Advisor
DCM……………………………... Divisional Council Meeting
OTC……………………………… Officer Training Conference
RTC………………………………. Regional Training Conference
DP………………………………... District Project
NCBR……………………………. New Club Building and Reactivation
KR………………………………... Kiwanis Family Relations
PR………………………………… Public Relations
KIF……………………………….. Kiwanis International Foundation
PTP……………………………….. Pediatric Trauma Prevention
MEP……………………………… Major Emphasis Program
WSP……………………………… Worldwide Service Project
IDD………………………………. Iodine Deficiency Disorder
CMN……………………………... Children’s Miracle Network
YOF……………………………… Youth Opportunities Fund
AYUSA…………………………... Academic Year in the USA
RFL………………………………. Robert F. Lucas
GHM……………………………... G. Harold Martin
KOH……………………………… Key of Honor
MJC………………………………. Marvin J. Christiansen
KCIBOT………………………….. Key Club International Board of Trustees
DKC……………………………… Distinguished Key Clubber
KCTV…………………………….. Key Club Television
BM……………………………….. Board Meeting
GATC…………………………….. Governors and Administrators Training Conference
GRITS……………………………. Great Retreat in the South
KC………………………………... Key Club
KCI……………………………….. Key Club International
KI………………………………… Kiwanis International
CKI……………………………….. Circle K International
LTG………………………………. Lieutenant Governor
MRF……………………………… Monthly Report Form
OT………………………………... On Time
DA………………………………... District Administrator
ADAN …………………………… Assistant District Administrator (North)
ADAS …………………………… Assistant District Administrator (South)
ICON …………………………… International Convention
DCON …………………………… District Convention
RA………………………………... Regional Advisor
DCM……………………………... Divisional Council Meeting
OTC……………………………… Officer Training Conference
RTC………………………………. Regional Training Conference
DP………………………………... District Project
NCBR……………………………. New Club Building and Reactivation
KR………………………………... Kiwanis Family Relations
PR………………………………… Public Relations
KIF……………………………….. Kiwanis International Foundation
PTP……………………………….. Pediatric Trauma Prevention
MEP……………………………… Major Emphasis Program
WSP……………………………… Worldwide Service Project
IDD………………………………. Iodine Deficiency Disorder
CMN……………………………... Children’s Miracle Network
YOF……………………………… Youth Opportunities Fund
AYUSA…………………………... Academic Year in the USA
RFL………………………………. Robert F. Lucas
GHM……………………………... G. Harold Martin
KOH……………………………… Key of Honor
MJC………………………………. Marvin J. Christiansen
KCIBOT………………………….. Key Club International Board of Trustees
DKC……………………………… Distinguished Key Clubber
KCTV…………………………….. Key Club Television
BM……………………………….. Board Meeting
GATC…………………………….. Governors and Administrators Training Conference
GRITS……………………………. Great Retreat in the South