Two For Two makes recruiting fun

Two For Two makes recruiting fun

Jul 24, 2026 | Club building, General interest | 0 comments

Here are five steps to start using our popular membership program. 

By 토니 노더러

How do you make membership growth manageable for your Kiwanis club — and an opportunity for teamwork? With our Two For Two program, many clubs have found the answer.

The concept is simple: Each month, two current members invite two potential members to join. Of course, you’ll need a little preparation before you start. But it’s easy with these five steps:

  1. Inspire commitment. Expanding your club roster is not a onetime campaign or event. It’s a continuous club operation — and every member plays a part! Whether you’re a club leader or simply want to start the discussion, inspire everyone in your club to make that commitment.  
  2. Download the program guide. The Two For Two guide is filled with information and ideas: who to approach, how to approach them, ways to identify prospects and more. Cards help you follow through on contacts — and they also offer suggestions. Use the back cover to track your club’s progress.  Use a club meeting to plan. Identify two club members to reach out to two prospects for each of the next several months. Members who work in pairs can support each other and reach more people more rapidly. And remember: The Two For Two guide helps identify people and personalities your club may be missing.  
  3. 연락하기. 회원을 모집할 때는 '콜드 콜'을 하거나 단순히 회원의 거주지에 방문하는 대신 약속을 잡고 잠재 회원과 대화하세요. 날짜와 시간을 물어보세요.
  4. 잠재 고객을 만나보세요. 키와니스에 대해 이야기할 때는 영향력에 초점을 맞추세요. 잠재회원은 여러분이 무엇을 하는지, 어떻게 봉사하는지, 왜 지역사회에 필요한지, 그리고 자신이 어디에 즉시 적응할 수 있는지 알아야 합니다. 그런 다음 클럽에 가입하도록 초대하세요!

 In addition to the program guide, you’ll find other resources and information on the program’s webpage.  

Key Club International names Key of Honor recipients

Key Club International names Key of Honor recipients

Jul 23, 2026 | General interest, News, Service Leadership Programs | 0 comments

Lisa Jackson and Sarah Staples-Farmer receive the program’s highest honor. 

By 데스티니 체리

Two Key Club International volunteers — Lisa Jackson of Streator, Illinois, U.S., and Sarah Staples-Farmer of Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. — were recently recognized with The Key of Honor. The organization’s highest award of service, the Key of Honor acknowledges a volunteer’s lifelong positive impact upon youth in general and Key Club specifically.  

The Key Club International Board presented Jackson (at left in photo above) and Staples-Farmer (at right) with their awards during the 2026 Key Club International Convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S., in July. 

Lisa Jackson
Lisa Jackson has dedicated 15 years of her life to special education in the public school system. Before that, her passion for education and helping youth shone through her work with Sylvan Learning Center, which offers personalized instruction in core subjects, study skills, test-taking and preparation for college exams. 

Jackson became a Key Club faculty advisor at Woodland High School in Streator, Illinois, U.S, five years ago and immediately made an impact. In addition to her daily advisor duties, she has been a major advocate of her Key Club members attending the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District Convention and Leadership Conference. She attends as a chaperone but uses the experience to teach her students about accountability, consideration and responsibility. 

Jackson also serves as an advisor for Woodland’s student council program. She has been named Teacher of the Year and featured in the local news for her caring, compassionate nature toward her students.  

“She has made our school more than just a required learning environment, but a place we want to be a part of,” Aubrey La Valle, one of Jackson’s Key Club members, wrote in the Key of Honor nomination. “She has made our Key Club more than just service for recognition, but a place to share our love for service modeled by our selfless leader.” 

Sarah Staples-Farmer
Sarah Staples-Farmer is an English teacher at Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. She began her journey as the founding faculty advisor for Lincoln East’s Key Club. With 12 years of experience, she has become a role model, mentor and supporter for Key Club members both past and present. 

As an advisor, she leads her Key Club students to run for higher office positions, encourages them to get active and involved in their communities and teaches them to better understand their mental health and wellbeing. She also has accepted roles on the School Improvement, Cultural Proficiency, and Gifted/High Ability Learner committees and has become a writing coach. 

Staples-Farmer got her Ph.D. in youth culture, school, society and reform. She has given presentations for Lincoln Public Schools on understanding, supporting and better teaching troubled youth.  

In Staples-Farmer’s nominating letter of summation, Key Club members Hailey Tran and Sophia Wang wrote, “What most distinguishes Dr. Staples-Farmer is the manner in which she leads … [She] sets high expectations while making it clear that the club’s success belongs to the students themselves. As a result, students emerge not just as volunteers, but as thoughtful, service-minded leaders prepared to serve beyond high school.” 

Plan a project to help newborns 

Plan a project to help newborns 

Jul 20, 2026 | General interest, Service projects | 0 comments

These Kiwanis club initiatives offer ideas and inspiration. 

줄리 사에트레

For many Kiwanis clubs, service to children starts at the very beginning of life. After all, the first months and years set the tone for all that follows. And helping new parents is one way of helping newborns. If your club is looking for ways to support babies and their families, here are a few ways that other clubs have done it: 

  • Provide safe sleep or host a diaper drive. Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit organization working to reduce preventable injuries to infants, children and youth up to 19, reports that nearly 3,500 infants die each year in the United States alone from sleep-related incidents. Florida Kiwanis members purchase and donate portable cribs, fitted crib sheets and wearable blankets to provide families with safe sleeping options for their babies. And because diapers and other supplies can pose a significant financial burden to families of young children, Florida Kiwanians hold diaper drives for Healthy Families Florida, a nationally accredited home visiting program for expectant parents and parents of newborns experiencing stressful life situations. 
  • Donate at a maternity ward. On Christmas Day each year, members of Kiwanis International Division 23 East in Jamaica visit moms and new babies in the maternity ward of a local hospital. It’s all part of the division’s Baby Love project, which has been praised by Jamaica’s minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton. In 2025, the Kiwanians delivered 61 gift baskets to Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston — one for each mom in the ward.  
  • Collect baby wipes. In February 2026, the Kiwanis Clubs of Bend and Redmond engaged in the Battle of the Buns — a friendly competition to collect baby wipes for families in need. All collected wipes were donated to Central Oregon Baby Resources, which distributes essential items to families throughout a three-county area.“The biggest concern is always going to be for [their] children and making sure they have what they need,” Central Oregon Baby Resources founder and director Kiersten Moen-Wertheimer told Central Oregon Daily News during the drive. “Once we get that taken care of, then they can focus on what they really need to focus on, whether it’s getting a job [or] going to school.” 
  • Host a community baby shower. For the past 11 years, the Kiwanis Club of Newburgh in New York, U.S., has held its Warm Beginnings baby shower. The club asks for donations of diapers, wipes, baby blankets and clothing — as well as items such as toys, books, bathing items, breast pumps and baby monitors. All donated items are given to a local hospital’s maternity and neonatal intensive care units. By relieving some of the financial stress of having a newborn, the Newburgh club allows families to focus on what’s really important: bonding with their babies. 

Looking for more ideas? Explore one of these:  

  • 지역 병원에서 신생아를 위한 아기 담요나 부티를 뜨세요.
  • Interview parenting experts and distribute parenting-tip worksheets to organizations helping inexperienced moms and dads. 
  • Provide new slow cookers, healthful recipes and pantry staples to families in need. 
  • 새 책이나 중고 유아용 보드북을 초보 엄마를 지원하는 단체에 기부하세요.

And don’t forget about The Possibility Project. Many projects and initiatives like the ones above happen because people give to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. See what’s possible when you and your club join our fundraising campaign to help Kiwanis reach 10 million kids around the world.