The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis
International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924
Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding seventy
years-plus, they have remained unchanged.
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 the application
of higher social, business, and professional standards.
To develop, by precept and example, a more
intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable
To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical
means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service,
and to build better communities.
To cooperate in creating and maintaining
that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible
the
increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
