Who Belongs to Kiwanis?
Membership in Kiwanis is open to all men and women who are willing to attend meetings, work on projects, and wish to make a difference in their community. Your local Kiwanis club is made up of local citizens dedicated to making your community and the world a better place to live through their volunteer efforts. Each member volunteers many hours each year, and enjoys nearly every minute of it.

• Provide the opportunity for you to become personally involved in the life of your community, and to help improve your community, the nation, and the world;
• Provide you with the opportunity for fellowship that is often lacking in a busy world, and to make lifetime friendships based on mutual interest and the shared joy of doing for others;
• Enable you to share ideas and opinions with others who wish to make the world a better place in which to live, and to participate in an informal exchange of ideas on a wide range of topics;
• Help you to develop leadership skills by enabling you to serve a Kiwanis Club in positions of responsibility;
• Provide you with the opportunity to help train tomorrow's leaders through Kiwanis' unique Sponsored Youth Programs;
• Help broaden your general knowledge by providing speakers on scores of interesting subjects during club meetings;
• Provide you with the good feeling that comes from knowing you have personally helped your community and its people, and the knowledge that the effort of each individual really counts.

• Participate regularly in club meetings and functions;
• Give club members a chance to know you better, and to build lasting friendships with you;
• Strengthen a Kiwanis Club by lending your talents and special skills where they are needed;
• Speak out and share your ideas with others;
• Recognize other club members for their contributions to the organization and the community;
• Stengthen Kiwanis by inviting your friends to join your Kiwanis Club;
• In short, help to keep Kiwanis the number one service organization in the world today.

How can I join Kiwanis?
Contact the president or secretary of one of the local Kiwanis Clubs listed on the Club Information page of this WEB Site, or send an e-mail message to the Lt. Governor of the Van Rensselaer Division.