Kiwanis is a thriving private service organization, which similar to the Rotary Club and Lions Club, conducts and promotes diverse service initiatives on a global scale.
The Kiwanis Club of Nagoya was chartered on January 24, 1966 as a member club of Kiwanis International. Since that time the Club has continued to advance a wide range of donation and award programs as a community service organization.
The Kiwanis Club of Nagoya recently set up its home page on the Web, joining many others that have already done so. Kiwanis was originally founded back in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan in the US, and its International Headquarters are currently located in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Kiwanis organization is comprised of some 6,500 clubs and 160,000 members in 85 countries/regions throughout the world, which proactively conduct community service projects.
The name Kiwanis is an abbreviation of “Nunc Kee-wanis,” an American Indian expression that is approximately translated as “We get together.” Subsequently, “We build” has become the motto under which Kiwanis has advanced and become widely known throughout the years. Initially, Kiwanis clubs were primarily focused in the United States and Canada. In the 1960’s, a push was made to expand the circle of the organization’s initiatives to include other countries, with the Kiwanis Club of Tokyo ultimately being chartered in 1964 as Japan’s first Kiwanis club. One of the special features of Kiwanis is that its members come from both the private and public sectors. Presently, the Japan District of Kiwanis International comprises 1,940 members from 41 clubs nationwide. The Kiwanis Club of Nagoya was the second Kiwanis club to be chartered in Japan with its founding in 1966. During its 58 years in existence, the Nagoya Kiwanis Club has continued to conduct and promote service activities in the community, and our membership now stands at 133.
Overview
- Chartered
- 24-Jan-66
- Membership
- 116 male members
17 female members
Total of 133 members
(as of October 1, 2024) - Place of Regular Meeting
- Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel
1-1-4, Meieki, Nakamura-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi - Day/Time of Regular Meeting:
- Every Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Club Activitie
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- 1. Activities conducted in line with the objectives of Kiwanis International
- ■ Donate to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund
- ■ Kiwanis Doll Project
- ■ Other activities
- 2. Major projects/events conducted by the Kiwanis Club of Nagoya
- ■ Presentation of community service awards
- ■ Annual activities
- ・Kiwanis book donation drive
- ・Support for youth education activities
- Sponsored activities for the “Nagoya Child Rearing Forum”
- Sponsored activities for the “Aichi Foster Parent Forum”
- Sponsored activities for the “Kids Interpreter Training Program”
- Cooperation for the project “Welcome to University”
- The Kiwanis Club of Nagoya Scholarships
- Career education and food support for children in foster care facilities
- ・Christmas parties
- ・Excursions
- ・Hobby gatherings for golf, music and theater-going
- 3. Founding commemorative project
- ■ Presentation of commemorative monuments: “The Kiwanis Forest” at
Aichi Youth Park (10th Anniversary) - ■ Presentation of commemorative monuments: A ceramic fresco at the
Tokugawa Museum (20th Anniversary) - ■ Presentation of commemorative monuments: A bronze sculpture at
Yabacho Park (30th Anniversary) - ■ Presented the Kiwanis Club Award at the “Aichi Exhibition for young
Inventors” (40th Anniversary) - ■ Establishment of Nagoya Kiwanis Club scholarship program
(50th Anniversary) - ■ Sponsored activities for the “Kids Interpreter Training Program”
organized by Aichi prefecture
- 4. Past Service Projects
- ■ International Service Project
- ・Initiatives to Eradicate IDD (Iodine Deficiency Disorders) Project
(Goal achieved) - ・The Eliminate Project (Goal achieved)
- ■ Original service project by the Kiwanis Club of Nagoya
- ・Sponsored activities for the “Home education lecture”
- ・AKK. Nagoya Kiwanis international education research grant
- ・Sponsored activities for the “Aichi exhibition for young Inventors”
- ・Donated wooden boards to be used in the Nagoya Castle restoration
project - ・Extraordinary donations from regular meeting fee savings (2007)
- ・Donated to “Nagoya Children’s City 2010” to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of the founding Nagoya city