KIWANIS CLUB OF SOUTH SAN JOSE 
The Motto: We Build
Throughout its history, the Kiwanis name has been synonymous with endeavors that build character, knowledge, commerce, communities, and --- through genuine concern for others—hope. We build in Kiwanis
Kiwanis International
Serving the Children of the World Kiwanis International is a thriving organization of service-minded men and women who respond to the unique needs of their communities and address worldwide issues by “Serving the Children of the World.”
Founded in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1915 by a group of businessmen, Kiwanis International is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Today, the entire Kiwanis family has more than 600,000 members in more than 13,000 clubs. Kiwanis clubs serve in 94 countries around the world and achieve what individuals cannot do alone.
Kiwanis Impact
Worldwide, Kiwanis clubs
Assist children, young adults, the aging, and the needy, Improve communities, Encourage international understanding.
Objects of Kiwanis
The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, 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 citizenship.
- 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.