FACT SHEET
Key Leader is an opportunity for “Service Leadership Training”
Points of importance:
¨ Open to all students who have completed the 8th grade through senior high students. He/she does not have to belong to a Kiwanis sponsored organization.
¨ Over 40 camps are scheduled for 2008 & participants can attend camp of their choice
o Iowa’s event is April
18-20, 2008
at Wildwood Hills Camp, St.
Charles, IA
o Nebraska’s event is November
7-9 at Eastern Nebraska 4-H Camp – Gretna, NE
¨ The mission of Key Leader is to inspire young people to achieve their personal best through service leadership. The program is centered around 5 key principles: Personal Integrity, Personal Growth, Respect, Building Community and Pursuit of Excellence.
¨ Key Leader is a program sponsored by Kiwanis International. It is designed to inspire young people to achieve their personal best through service leadership. The program was founded on the objects and core values of the Kiwanis International Family organizations.
¨ Cost is $160 and can be paid by any sponsor. Kiwanis International has announced for 2007 that any Key Club members may register for $135 provided they indicate that on their application. Clubs can also sponsor Student Facilitators at a cost of $95. These are students who have attended a previous Key Leader event.
¨ Curriculum includes such items as icebreaker activities, belonging to a neighborhood, goal setting, self-discovery for personal growth, building community, discussion of “Collector of Bedford Street”, block party, and personal goal setting.
¨ Key Leader uses coaching, rather than telling or lecturing, as a critical element in delivering the message by facilitators and advisors.
¨ All participants must be pre-registered; signed medical form and Code of Values form must be presented at registration or participant will not be allowed to stay. Registrations must be received 21 days before the event to avoid a late fee of $25.
¨ Insurance is provided for this program under the General Liability policy of Kiwanis International.
¨ The Kiwanis International Board approved the following resolution on February 5, 2005: "That the Kiwanis International Board fully endorses Key Leader as the organization's exclusive youth leadership program, and that Kiwanis clubs, districts, and leaders be encouraged to provide active support for youth to become Key Leaders by participating in a Key Leader event."
¨ Additional information can be found on the Web at www.key-leader.org or at www.nikiwanis.org and click on Key Leader Program
¨ Documents that your club might want to use in recruiting and promoting the Key Leader Program in your division or clubs in your vicinity. These include:
