Key Club promotes the ideals of voluntary service to others and provides high school students with opportunities for leadership development. Each Key Club member is required to perform at least 50 hours of service work each year. The objectives of Key Club are to develop initiative and leadership; to provide experience in living and working together; to serve the school and community; and to prepare for useful citizenship.

Today, Key Club is the world's largest service club for high school students, and has over 200,000 members. Key Clubs are active in 4,500 high schools in the United States, Canada, and 18 other nations.

The Key Club at the Maple Hill High School has about 30 members. and the club advisor is Sue Gomes, a high school teacher.

The major community service activities done by the Key Club are:

• donating meals and baked goods to the Ronald McDonald House at the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit at Albany Medical Cente
• selling "Bells of Life" to raise funds for the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit at Albany Medical Center
• collecting presents for the Kiwanis Christmas Party for young children

Builders Club offers an opportunity for middle school-aged students to develop leadership qualities through volunteer community service to their school, community, and peers. As the motto "Building Leaders" indicates, Builders Club helps to develop young people who want to take positive, constructive action to build a better world for themselves and others. Builders Club provides a way for middle school students to form sound personal values based on experiences in meaningful community service activities.

The Builders Club at the Maple Hill Middle School has about 50 members, and the club advisor is Brenda Kelliher, a middle school teacher.

The major community service activities done by the Builders Club are:

• organizing food drives to collect food for the Anchor, the local Food Pantry
• preparing cards for soliders
• selling "Angels" for the Make-A-Wish Foundation's "Adopt an Angel" Program
• making and delivering "Christmas Cards" to residents of the Resurrection Nursing Home
• holding a Book Drive to raise monies for a group in need
• raising monies for the Ronald McDonald House
• participating in school fundraisers

K-Kids provides the opportunity for elementary school students to develop self-esteem, leadership skills, morals and standards, and respect for others through involvement in community service projects. Members learn that their opinions and ideas count and that they can be productive members of society. They form sound personal values and experience satisfaction in knowing they did something to help improve the world around them. K-Kids members learn to work together as a group and yet be strong individually.

The K-Kids Club at the Castleton Elementary School has about 15 - 20 members, and the club advisors are Patricia Gillespie Susan Brewer, staff at the school.

Examples of the community service activities done by the K-Kids are:

• The K-Kids prepare and serve meals to the residents at the Castle Hill Senior center once or twice and year.
• The K-Kids also select a worthy cause such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association for which to raise funds. Thye raise funds by organizing a special day such as a "Hat or Pajama Day." Students and teachers each donate one dollar to wear fancy hats/pajamas on that day. The K-Kids make posters and speak to the school community during the Morning Program to promote the fundraiser.