Yes. Key Club makes keys. We make the keys to open hearts to serving and making caring our way of life. We yearn to help others and make our community, and world, a better place. 

We hold the keys to success.

Mission statement

Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.

Vision

We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.

Core values

The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.

Pledge

I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Motto

Caring–Our Way of Life

Objects

·         To develop initiative and leadership.

·         To provide experience in living and working together.

·         To serve the school and community.

·         To cooperate with the school principal.

·         To prepare for useful citizenship.

·         To accept and promote the following ideals:

·         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 application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.

·         To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.

·         To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service and to build better communities.

·         To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.

We do a variety of things to help our community. Our main missions are to:

• Serve the children of the world
• Serve our community
• Learn leadership skills
• Make caring our way of life

In 1925, California State Commissioner of Schools Albert C. Olney and vocational education teacher Frank C. Vincent worked to establish the first Key Club at Sacramento High School in California. This club was comprised of the key boys in the school, willing to serve the school in any way possible and to create better school spirit. Thus, the club was dubbed Key Club.

If Key Club is a club made to serve our community.... then why do we always cheer and do crazy things?

The reason we are spirited is to show other how much fun we have when we serve. It shows that we love what we do and it puts a smile on our faces. Our cheers (ie I Feel Good) tell the world that we are here and ready to be heard. The cheers show our optimism to make a difference within the world and distinguishes us from other clubs.

You don't have to do our cheers. We only want you to join us if you really feel the spirit and truly love to serve. 

BUT ERHS KEY CLUB HAS SPIRIT SO LETS HEAR IT. WE GOT THAT SWAG DON'T MEAN TO BRAG~

• Service Hours
• Friends
• College applications and scholarships
• Fall Rally (SIX FLAGS WOOT WOOT)
• Meet New People
• The Magic of Service

• Serve your home, clubs, and community
• Meet people from different schools, divisions, and even internationally
• Get access to types of service opportunities to develop character and leadership
• Become a better leader by attending training conferences, Fall Rally, District Convention, International Convention, and more

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Our members help shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, mentor the disadvantaged and care for the sick. We develop youth as leaders, build playgrounds, raise funds for pediatric research and more. Working together, members achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone.

They are like the parents of Key Club and help to sponsor and support us.

The Kiwanis family includes Kiwanis members, or Kiwanians, and all of Kiwanis’ Service Leadership Programs, which provide service and leadership opportunities for young people and adults with disabilities around the world.

· Elementary school students. Kiwanis Kids (www.kiwaniskids.org) provides three programs—K-Kids, Terrific Kids and Bring Up Grades—for students ages 6–12. In each, lessons of leadership and self-development are introduced through learning to plan, set goals, work with others and celebrate successes.

· Teens. Kiwanis offers three meaningful, interactive programs that allow students to discover their own leadership potential—Builders Club (www.buildersclub.org), exclusively for middle and junior high school students ages 12–14; Key Club (www.keyclub.org), the largest high school service club in the world for ages 14–18; and Key Leader (www.key-leader.org), a weekend leadership experience for students age 14–18.

· Young adults. Circle K International (www.circlek.org) is the premiere university and college service organization in the world, with clubs on more than 500 campuses in 17 nations. In Europe, Kiwanis Junior gives young adults a chance to volunteer for their communities.

· Adults living with disabilities. Aktion Club (www.aktionclub.org) is the only community service club for these adult citizens, providing members an opportunity to develop initiative and leadership skills in serving their communities, while enabling integration into society.

UNICEF, March of Dimes and Children’s Miracle Network are all service partners. Key Club members provide fundraising support for each of these groups. Find out more at www.keyclub.org/partners.