Programs - K-Kids
Kiwanis Club
of Tampa
Contact Glenn Taylor for information, 813-483-2505

K-Kids, a Kiwanis club sponsored program, has been steady growth since its inception in
1990.  Begun in Florida, where 1998-99 Kiwanis Governor Lamar Fisher developed the
program and provided continuing support, K-Kids soon spread to other Kiwanis districts.  As
a result of its growth, K-Kids was adopted as a sponsored program on October 1, 1998.  The
first club chartered by International was the K-Kids Club of Brooksville Elementary School in
Florida.

K-kids provides the opportunity to develop self-esteem, leadership skills, morals and
standards, and respect for others.  This program involves elementary students, their parents,
teachers, and Kiwanians in developing a character education opportunity as well as exposure
to he concepts of community service and service learning.  Members learn that their opinions
and ideas count and that they can be productive members of society.  They form sound
personal values and experience satisfaction in knowing they did something to help improve
the world around them.  K-Kids members learn to work together as a group and yet be strong
individually.  K-Kids membership is open to any student who desires to become a leader in
his/her school and community and wishes to provide service to others.
Glenn Taylor, Committee Chair for the K-Kids Program at Westshore Elementary, with the
K-Kids School Directors.  The children love to come sing in December for our members.