CircleK

All About Circle K

Circle K International is the world's premier collegiate service organization with a worldwide membership that promotes fellowship, leadership, and service. A member of the Kiwanis family, Circle K International boasts a membership of more than 12,000 members on more than 525 campuses around the globe.

Mission
Circle K's mission is eveloping college and university students into responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to serving the children of the world.

Service Mission
Above all else, Circle K International is a service organization whose members are dedicated to improving their schools and communities. Virtually any unanswered need is a potential opportunity for Circle K commitment and dedication. The Circle K International Service Initiative, Focusing on the Future: Children , was designed to involve all Circle K members in projects that address the problems and issues that face children worldwide, ages 6-13. Through personal interaction and public awareness, Circle K members are enabling children to develop the skills and ideals necessary to be successful. In addition, the program enables Circle K International to collaborate with its Kiwanis-family counterparts in the largest fund-raising campaign in the history of Kiwanis International—the Kiwanis Worldwide Service Project. The Kiwanis Worldwide Service Project joins the Kiwanis family of service organizations with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a program to virtually eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) throughout the world. Circle K clubs have raised more than $523,000, which will protect about 2.5 million children from IDD, the leading preventable cause of mental retardation. While the Kiwanis-family has reach its goal of US $75 million in cash and pledges, more than 41 million infants worldwide are born each year unprotected from the effects of IDD. Kiwanis is committed to the cause and will raise an additional US $3 million to virtually rid the world of IDD by the year 2005.