Who we are
The Kiwanis Club of Lexington Blue Grass is the newly merged club of the former Lexington and Blue Grass Kiwanis Clubs. After decades of growth and activity in our community, it was time to come back together to strengthen our impact on our community. Our mission as a chapter of Kiwanis International is to serve the children of our community both locally and abroad.
Our history
On January 8, 1920, the Kiwanis International issued a charter to the men of the Lexington Kiwanis Club who organized their first meeting at the Phoenix Hotel. The heart of Kiwanis is the club itself and has, over the last 100 years made it its mission to serve the children and community of Lexington. The Lexington Kiwanis Club began with 50 notable men in the community, including the city’s mayor at the time, and businessmen in all local industries. The height of the club’s membership came in the late 1960s-early 1970s, when club membership was near 300 and the club split into the Lexington Club and Blue Grass Club. In 2023, the two clubs officially merged to become the Kiwanis Club of Lexington Blue Grass.
Kiwanis International Mission & Values
The Kiwanis mission
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
The Kiwanis vision
Kiwanis will be a positive influence in communities worldwide — so that one day, all children will wake up in communities that believe in them, nurture them and provide the support they need to thrive.
The Kiwanis motto
Serving the children of the world
The Kiwanis objects
- 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 the application of higher social, business and professional standards.
- To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.
- To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities.
- To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill.
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