About Us
Key Club at the Marine Academy
Advisors: Mr. Ellithorpe and Mrs. Hoffman
The Marine Academy of Science and Technology has always been known for having a plethora of students involved in Key Club. Our school houses over 270 students in which over 150 participate in the club. Half of our school is extremely dedicated to helping make the lives of those less fortunate, just a little bit better. Throughout the club, we not only assist local families, but we also help individuals world wide from our local gift drive, to helping fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Whatever the project is, our members give 100% to te cause. We also wouldn't be such a great club without the help of our faculty and local food stores who donate time and money to make our events as successful as they are! Thanks to all the motivation and dedication from our members, our club has been running successfully for the past 10 years!
About Key Club International
From: www.key-club.org
Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school studnts. What makes Key Club so successful is the fact that it is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through serving others. Members of the Kiwanis International family, Key Club members build themselves as they build their schools and communities.
Today, Key Club exists on more than 5,000 high school campuses, primarily in the United States and Canada. Growth efforts, however, have taken the Key Club experience internationally to Canada, the Caribbean nations, Central and South America, and most recently to Asia and Australia.
Key Club International is an organization of individual Key Clubs and is funded by nominal dues paid by every member. Its officers are high school leaders elected by the members at district and International conventions. The organization offers a wide range of opportunities to its members:
- Leadership development
- Vocational guidance
- College scholarships
- Subscription to the Key Club magazine
- Service-learning
- Personal enrichment
- Value-added member benefit programs
- Liability insurance coverage
Originally, Key Club adopted as its motto, "We Build," the same motto as its parent organization, Kiwanis International. In 1976, the organization opted to change its motto to Caring Our Way of Life" because these words more clearly conveyed members reasons for helping others.