{"id":5888,"date":"2024-02-21T16:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/?page_id=5888"},"modified":"2025-10-25T16:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:55:25","slug":"meaning-of-kiwanis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/?page_id=5888","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis Meaning"},"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:500px\" 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-cea38d74e362d6d03da1a3a66d38376c\" style=\"color:#000080\"><em><strong>Ki-wa-nis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Pronunciation:&nbsp;(ki-w\u00e4&#8217;nis),&nbsp;[key].&nbsp; Some prefer to pronounce the word&nbsp;<strong>\u201cki\u201d<\/strong>; others,&nbsp;<strong>\u201ckee\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-ef265ff2351c2f410e2fde07ae0a0a95\" style=\"color:#000080\"><em><strong>Ki-wa\u2032ni-an,<\/strong>&nbsp;n.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c4c51bef52ffebe49c863043c7e4a472\"><em>A member.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>The name \u201cKiwanis\u201d was adapted from the expression \u201cNunc Kee-wanis\u201d in the Otchipew (Native American) language, and has many meanings:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>\u201cWe have a good time\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>\u201cWe make a noise&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>&#8220;We meet&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>&#8220;We trade&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>&#8220;We trade our talents&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>&#8220;We share our talents&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>&#8220;To express oneself&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>&#8220;To&nbsp;make&nbsp;oneself&nbsp;known&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-a7dad6a06594a9d7e8bdb15d7c1cdc11\" style=\"color:#000080\"><em><strong><u>K<\/u><\/strong>iwanis&nbsp;<strong><u>I<\/u><\/strong>s&nbsp;<strong><u>W<\/u><\/strong>here&nbsp;<strong><u>A<\/u>&nbsp;<u>N<\/u><\/strong>eed&nbsp;<strong><u>I<\/u><\/strong>s&nbsp;<strong><u>S<\/u><\/strong>erved<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.<\/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\/I-Love-Volunteer-Work.jpg\" 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 Ki-wa-nis Pronunciation:&nbsp;(ki-w\u00e4&#8217;nis),&nbsp;[key].&nbsp; Some prefer to pronounce the word&nbsp;\u201cki\u201d; others,&nbsp;\u201ckee\u201d. Ki-wa\u2032ni-an,&nbsp;n. A member. The name \u201cKiwanis\u201d was adapted from the expression \u201cNunc Kee-wanis\u201d in the Otchipew (Native American) language, and has many meanings: Kiwanis&nbsp;Is&nbsp;Where&nbsp;A&nbsp;Need&nbsp;Is&nbsp;Served Kiwanis is a&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/?page_id=5888\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":897,"featured_media":0,"parent":1853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5888","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-comments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/897"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5888"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10085,"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5888\/revisions\/10085"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k0244.site.kiwanis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}