Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The principle core of the Kiwanis mission is the belief that the most effective way to enhance a community is to enhance its children. When you give a child a chance to learn, experience, dream and succeed, great things will happen. The needs of young children are Priority One at Kiwanis. But those needs vary from country to country, and from community to community. On the international level Kiwanis supports a worldwide service project to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). IDD is the world's leading  preventable cause of mental retardation. Since 1994 Kiwanis has invested 80 million dollars and saved millions of children in more than 80 countries. It has been projected that IDD will be virtually eliminated.

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The Kiwanis Club of the Bellmore's is always trying to identify and act on the needs of young children within our community. We help send children to summer camp ( Kamp Kiwanis, Up-State NY ), we support the Builders and Key Clubs in our schools and we give college scholarships to local high school students. The Bellmore Kiwanis is always looking for the changing needs within our community. We support the local food pantry and try to help those with disabilities and as our community is aging we are trying to coordinate service projects with our High School Key Clubs to service the needs of our elderly.

In Kiwanis we are looking to build leaders:

One can make a difference
One community
One organization
One project
One Volunteer
One child 

Kiwanis International makes a difference Worldwide,
The Bellmore Kiwanis makes a difference in Our Community...