{"id":4565,"date":"2024-02-03T00:19:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T08:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/?page_id=4565"},"modified":"2025-10-25T16:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:57:08","slug":"structure-of-kiwanis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/?page_id=4565","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa44a9e7fb652ab254e6d159c96be0ff\">x<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/711\/2024\/02\/image-1024x184.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5891\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/711\/2024\/02\/image-1024x184.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/711\/2024\/02\/image-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/711\/2024\/02\/image-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/711\/2024\/02\/image-640x115.png 640w, https:\/\/dwyq4sa1lz55y.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/711\/2024\/02\/image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa44a9e7fb652ab254e6d159c96be0ff\">x<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-aaa9f970309a758d6fd045a0f86a45ea\" style=\"color:#000080\"><em><strong>Club Level<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".rz-border-radius-4 has-medium-font-size\"><em>It all starts with members in a club. Every club has a few things in common. For example, clubs have a president, vice president(s), secretary, and treasurer. Clubs may also have other leadership positions, such as committee chairs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-704d9eda52df4d2581d9eb36dd1217c3\" style=\"color:#000080\"><strong><em>Division Level<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Each club is clustered together with clubs in the area to form a division. Divisions are overseen by a lieutenant governor, who is a representative of the district board (see \u201cDistrict\u201d category below). The number of divisions and lieutenant governors varies by district.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-b0c92cda8d32fef06d8f3eb32af82f9c\" style=\"color:#000080\"><strong><em>District Level<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>A district is made up of several divisions. There are currently 49 districts and provisional districts within Kiwanis International. Some include only one state (example: Kansas District) or country (example: Malaysia District), while others are made up of multiple states (example: Minnesota-Dakotas District) or countries (example: Switzerland-Liechtenstein District). The rest are made up of geographical regions (example: Pacific Northwest District).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Each district is led by a governor who is elected with the rest of the executive board at the district\u2019s annual convention. The district\u2019s executive board includes a governor, secretary, and treasurer (or combined secretary-treasurer). Other board positions include the lieutenant governors and district chairs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-c55e7152cfae40b65798150b441d08de\" style=\"color:#000080\"><strong><em>International Level<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>All 49 districts and provisional districts, as well as Kiwanis nations that do not fit into any district, make up Kiwanis International. Currently, there are Kiwanis clubs in approximately 80 countries and geographic territories.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Each year, delegates at the Kiwanis International convention elect members and officers of the Kiwanis International Board, which includes a president, president-elect, vice president, past president and 15 trustees. The trustees work with the districts, similar to how lieutenant governors work with divisions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em><strong>\u2248<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net\/00000101871\/Images\/Kids-Need-Kiwanis.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em><strong>\u2248<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>x x Club Level It all starts with members in a club. Every club has a few things in common. For example, clubs have a president, vice president(s), secretary, and treasurer. 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