Key Club Questions

What is Key Club?

An international high school community service organization. Key Club is the oldest organization of its kind, with 5000 clubs in dozens of countries. More than 10 million service hours are performed annually by Key Clubbers.

What are the Key Club Core Values?

Caring, Character Building, Leadership, and Inclusiveness.

What is the Key Club motto?

"Caring-- Our Way of Life."

What is the Key Club pledge?

I pledge on my honor to uphold the objects of Key Club International. To better my home, school, and community, to serve my nation and God, and to combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

What is the 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.

What is the Key Club vision?

To develop competent, capable, and caring leaders through the vehicle of service.

What are the objects of Key Club International?

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.

What kind of service projects can a Key Club undertake?

There is almost no limit to the scope and nature of Key Club service projects. The Key Club Web site, KEYNOTER magazine, and conventions all offer ideas for service opportunities. Better yet, begin by looking around your school for existing needs.

Are there any minimums for involvement in a Key Club?

No. However, many clubs utilize a point system in which members earn points for attending meetings and projects. The best rule of thumb is the 50-hour rule: Every Key Club member should be willing to undertake 50 hours of service each year. My high school already has more than one service club. Why should we add a Key Club? First, and most importantly, most high schools can only benefit by having more clubs provide positive service opportunities for students. Multiple service clubs can, when properly encouraged, produce a synergy of service to a school and community. Second, Key Club is one of the few organizations that actually is a student-led organization from top to bottom. That means the members elect the officers and pay the dues. What better way to teach real responsibility?

What's the cost for chartering a new Key Club?

The chartering fee for new Key Clubs is US$600 and must be paid at the time of chartering. This fee includes the membership pins, cards, handbooks, certificates, a gong, gavel, and banner. How many members are needed to start a new Key Club? Fifteen is all it takes; however, no more than one-half should be scheduled to graduate in the same year. The club membership form asks for member names and mailing addresses. Will Key Club sell or rent these to other parties? Absolutely not! The membership database is for the exclusive use of Kiwanis International’s Key Club Department and Key Club International. It will only be used to mail organization and benefit information to members under the control of Key Club and Kiwanis. Can an all-male or all-female club be chartered? In an all-male or all-female school, this is permissible. In a co-ed enrollment, US and Canadian schools are at risk of being in violation of existing federal and state/provincial laws prohibiting discrimination based upon gender.

How do I build a new Key Club?

With a Kiwanis club in you community, order a new-club-building kit from Key Club International.

What do all of those acronyms mean?

DCON: District Convention ICON: International Convention LeadCON: Leadership Conference YOF: Youth Opportunities Fund MEP: Major Emphasis Project MoD: March of Dimes TOT for UNICEF: Trick or Treat for the United Nations Childrens Fund
CMN: Children's Miracle Network PCM: President Council Meeting VFW: Veteran's of Foreign Wars LTG: Lieutenant Governor IP: Immediate Past OR International President (depending on context) BE: Bulletin Editor D_____: District, i.e. DSec=District Secretary

What is the KEYNOTER?

The KeyNoter is the International Key Club magazine. It comes by mail every other month and by email the other months. Check out the Key Club International website for more information.

Montana District Questions

Who are the Montana District Board members?

A list of the current members of the District Board, along with contact information, can be found at the following link: District Board Contact Information

What should I do if I want to run for a position next year?

If you want to run for a position next year, talk to the person who is currently filling in that position to see what the job entails! Contact information for all these people can be found at the District Contact Page (mentioned above).

What is the Montana Cheer?

Whenever you hear “Hey Key Clubbers how do you feel?”

Everyone much jump up onto their feet and yell in return “We feel good oh we feel so good UH, we feel fine all of the time! A booga a booga a booga booga booga (while saying the a boogas you jump and turn around in a circle) Remix! Hold up wait a minute but a little booty in it! uh some booty uh uh some booty uh some booty uh uh some booty!”

  When and where is DCON 2009?
March 9-11, 2009 in Billings, Montana