Kiwanis’ Defining Statement
Kiwanis Is A Global Organization Of Volunteers Dedicated To Changing The World One Child And One Community At A Time.

Origin

The first Kiwanis Club was chartered in Detroit, Michigan on January 21, 1915, and Kiwanis extended into Canada in 1916. Not until 1962 were Kiwanis Clubs organized outside of the United State and Canada; now they are located in many worldwide nations.

Objects

Kiwanis International has six permanent objects:

  1. To give primacy of the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life;
  2. To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all relationships;
  3. To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards;
  4. To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent aggressive and serviceable citizenship;
  5. To provide, through Kiwanis Clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities; and
  6. To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism, which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill.

Motto

The Official Motto of Kiwanis International is “Serving the Children of the World”. Kiwanis’ continuing service emphasis is called: “Young Children: Priority One”

Patchogue Kiwanis Origin

The Kiwanis Club of Patchogue was chartered May 5, 1938 and was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Freeport, New York.

We have 17 Hixson Fellow Award Winners, 1 Diamond Hixson Fellow. 1 Brittany Fellow, 1 KPTC Fellow & 1 Kaiser Fellow

We chartered Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in 1954.

The Patchogue Kiwanis Club sponsored the Smithtown Kiwanis Club in 1940, the Bay shore Kiwanis Club in 1946, The Riverhead Kiwanis Club in 1957, The Sayville Kiwanis Club in 1960, the Port Jefferson Kiwanis Club in 1961, the Mastic Kiwanis Club in 1965, the Patchogue-Medford High School Key Club, the Bellport High School Key Club, the St. Joseph’s College Circle K Club, and South Ocean Ave School Builders Club and the Patchogue Medford High School Venture Crew