Kiwanis
Texas-Oklahoma
District
Each Division: Build ONE New Club
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Texas Oklahoma District Builders Club Builders Club offers such opportunities to middle school-aged students. Its goal is to develop leadership qualities in young people through experiences in volunteer community service.As the motto "We Build" indicates, Builders Club is for young people who want to take positive, constructive action to build a better world for themselves and others. Builders Club members experience the thrill of accomplishment and the satisfaction of knowing their efforts make a difference for those they help.
The Objects of Builders Club explain it best:
How Do I Benefit? Middle school years span the transition from childhood to young adulthood. It is a crossroads in life. Young people need and want new challenges that direct their personal development toward the fulfillment of a happy and productive life. Builders Club provides a way to form sound personal values based on experiences in meaningful community service activities.Builders Club members learn by doing. They learn organization, teamwork, and leadership. Most importantly, they learn that concerned individuals working together can make a difference. What does Builders Club do? The possibilities are without limit. Whether it's many small projects or a few big ones, Builders Clubs make their presence known. Builders Clubs have funded wildlife preserves, purchased computer equipment and security systems for schools, tutored young children in Reading is Fundamental and Head Start programs, provided funding for cancer research centers, provided hurricane and earthquake relief, and supported Special Olympics, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Ronald McDonald House, among dozens of others.Builders Club members are especially fond of helping their sponsoring Kiwanis club with projects such as the Kiwanis International Worldwide Service Project, a fund-raising effort with UNICEF to virtually eliminate iodine deficiency disorders throughout the world. Who sponsors a Builders Club? Builders Club is sponsored by Kiwanis International, a nonreligious, nonpolitical, worldwide organization of business professional men and women dedicated to community service. Kiwanis members recognize that young people today want to take an active role in solving problems and meeting needs of the world around them--whether that world is as small as a classroom or as large as a city.One important way Kiwanis clubs serve their local communities is by sponsoring and supporting service organizations for young people. In high school, there's Key Club; in college, Circle K. In elementary schools, there's K-Kid clubs, and for Europe's young adults, there's Kiwajunior clubs. And, of course, Builders Club for middle school students. The Kiwanis club organizes the Builders Club by enlisting interest from school administration, and then underwrites costs and provides adult guidance in costs and provides adult guidance in concert with school personnel. Key Clubs and Circle K clubs often get involved with the Builders Club, providing excellent role models. Sponsorship by Kiwanis, Key Club, and Circle K is a winning combination because the ideals of voluntary service are shown by example.
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