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The Objects of Kiwanis International
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give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather
than to the material values of life. |
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encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in
all human relationships. |
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promote the adoption and the application of higher
social, business and professional standards. |
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develop, by precept and example, a more
intelligent, aggressive and serviceable
citizenship. |
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provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means
to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic
service, and to build better communities. |
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cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound
public opinion and high idealism which makes
possible the increase of righteousness, justice,
patriotism, and good will. |
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International,
District, and Division Organization
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Kiwanis International is organized into Districts;
Districts are organized into Divisions. The
Alpine Kiwanis Club of Rockford is in the
Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Kiwanis
International, and within Division 12 of that
District.
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Service Projects
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At
the International level, the current and first
service project is the elimination of Iodine
Deficiency Disorder (IDD), an affliction
which affects 2 billion, mostly children,
worldwide. Our goal, working through UNICEF,
is to eliminate this affliction, which manifests
itself with lethargy, physical deformity, and
mental retardation, by the year 2006.
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Illinois-Eastern Iowa District service project is
to provide financial resources to research and
treat spastic paralysis in children through the
Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation. |
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