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Other Mainstream Movements
* Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 30,000 Rotary clubs. There are two global youth programs. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a training program for young leaders that emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth. Rotary Youth Exchange (ROTEX) is a program that facilitates the exchange of 8000 young people every year to stay for extended periods of time, involving youth from 82 countries.
RLYA: http://www.rotary.org/programs/ryla/index.html and ROTEX: http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/index.html
* Founded in 1915 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kiwanis International is an organization of service-and-community-minded individuals who support children and young adults around the world. More than 500,000 Kiwanis-family members in more than 80 countries respond to the needs of their communities and pool their resources to address worldwide issues. There are several community service and leadership programs for youth. Key Clubs work in high schools age youth and Circle K clubs work with college age youth. Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) programs work with youth leadership. Globally, Kiwanis is also dedicated to halting iodine deficiency disorders, the world’s leading preventable cause of mental retardation. Key Club International website: http://www.keyclub.org Circle K International website: http://www.circlek.org HOBY (mostly North America): http://www.hoby.org
Kiwanis International Website: http://www.kiwanis.org
* Lions Clubs International runs a number of other international youth programs including peace poster contests, youth camps, exchange programs, and clubs. The mission is to provide the young people of the world with opportunities for achievement, learning, contribution and service, individually and collectively, through sponsorship of activities identified as best practices in the field of youth development. Lions-Quest is also a youth program of Lions Clubs International and the Lions Clubs International Foundation. It is a life-skills training program for young people that is active in 33 countries and has helped more than 6 million students, ages 5 to 18, reach their full potential. The goal is to help youth build responsibility and resiliency — the ability to face and overcome life’s difficulties — and avoid self-destructive behaviors. The program was started in 1975 by an 18-year-old who was trying to solve his own life problems.
http://www.lionsclubs.org and http://www.lions-quest.org
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