What is Key Club?

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Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its member with opportunities to provide service, build character, and develop leadership. Our current projects are PTP (Pediatric Trauma Program) and the eliMiNaTe Project, which help benefit children about the world. More information can be found here

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The first Key Club formed in 1925 in Sacramento, California with 11 charter members. Key Club was the idea of two Sacramento Kiwanis club members, Albert C. Olney and Frank C. Vincent, who also were high school administrators. They approached their Kiwanis club with the idea of starting a junior service club in the high school. It would resemble Kiwanis, have its own classifications based on school interests and hold luncheon meetings.

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The 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.

 

Soon, the club that started out as a vocational guidance program expanded to become a complete service organization for the whole school. It also offered a social aspect to balance its service activities.

Today, Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students in the world. It has more than 270,000 members in 5,000 clubs in 30 countries. Check out a timeline of important dates in the organization’s long history or read the Key Club story.

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About Castro Valley Key Club

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Who are we?

We are a part of Division 2 South, Region 9, CNH District, and Key Club International.

Castro Valley Key Club is comprised of over 130 diverse and hardworking members that have served over 2,000 hours and raised over $3,000 for our preferred charities. 

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When were we chartered?

October 24th, 1988.

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Club awards can be found here

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What We Stand For

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Mission Statement

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

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Vision

We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.

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Core Values

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

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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.

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Motto

Caring–Our Way of Life

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Focus

"Children: Their Future, Our Focus."

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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.

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