Invite
Members of Your Sponsored Clubs to your Kiwanis
Meetings and Events
by Don Sanker, Kiwanis International Trustee
for the Capital District
There
are few higher callings in the Kiwanis
family than sponsoring a Service Leadership
Programs (SLP) club. When your Kiwanis
club sponsors a Circle K club, Key Club,
Builders Club, K-Kids or Aktion club, you
are working with a program that's going
to have a tremendous impact on its members,
your community and you.
But remember: Sponsoring an SLP club goes beyond just providing funds. As a Kiwanis sponsor, your goal is to help lead SLP club members in their projects and pursuits, and to inspire them to provide service and support for children around the world. It is your responsibility to help them develop character and to empower them to become competent, capable and compassionate leaders.
One of the best ways to do all this is to invite members of your sponsored clubs to your Kiwanis meetings and events. Doing so:
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Nurtures the partnership between your club and the SLP club, as well as the relationship between individual members of your club and the SLP club
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Instills in members of the SLP club the concept that they are members of the Kiwanis family, a global organization of volunteers who each year dedicate more than 6 million volunteer hours and invest more than US$100 million in projects that strengthen their communities
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Makes it more likely that members of sponsored clubs will remain in the Kiwanis family until they join a Kiwanis club as adults
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Provides opportunities to model servant leadership and be mentors
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Bolsters the service your club provides in its community and around the world
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Builds a relationship between your club's members and parents of SLP club members that will spur their interest in Kiwanis that, hopefully, leads to a boost in your membership
The more time Kiwanians spend mentoring the SLP students, the greater the potential to influence change in the lives of the student.
