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About Key Club

Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students worldwide.  Today, Key Club exists on almost 5,000 high school campuses throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and most recently Asia and Australia. Membership tops 250,000 students and continues to grow. 

Key Club International is an organization of individual Key Clubs and is funded by nominal dues paid by every member. Its officers are high school leaders elected by the members at District and International conventions. The organization offers a wide range of opportunities to its members:

  • Leadership development
  • Service-learning
  • Vocational guidance
  • Personal enrichment
  • College scholarships
  • Subscription to the KEYNOTER magazine
  • Member benefits

In 1976, the organization adopted its motto “Caring – Our Way of Life”. These words clearly conveyed members' reasons for helping others. The requirements for Key Club membership are set forth in the Constitution and Bylaws of Key Club International. Specifically, Key Club membership is open to students who desire to become leaders in their school and community and wish to provide service to others.

Each Key Club elects its own officers annually.  A president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and an editor are elected each February to take office by the end of the academic year in May.  The club also is organized into committees, which are responsible for planning and implementing the club's service and social activities.  It is important that every Key Club member find a role in the club.

Each Key Club has the authority to select its own service projects.  However, clubs unite in service under the banner of Key Club International Major Emphasis Program, Children: Their Future, Our Focus. What makes Key Club so successful is that it is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through serving others. Come on! Join in the fun, and become a member of Key Club! Why  not?

Read more about the Timeline of Key Club History HERE.