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TIME TO GET YOURSELF INTO ACTION WITH AKTION! By Steve McIllwain, Aktion Club Advisor AKTION CLUBS: PART OF THE KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FAMILY Clubs for adults Clubs for youth Kiwanis Clubs Key Club Circle K Builders


  1. TIME TO GET YOURSELF INTO ACTION WITH AKTION! By Steve McIllwain, Aktion Club Advisor

  2. AKTION CLUBS: PART OF THE KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FAMILY • Clubs for adults • Clubs for youth • Kiwanis Clubs • Key Club • Circle K • Builders Club • Aktion Club • Kiwanis Kids

  3. HISTORY OF AKTION • First Aktion Club---Florida, 1987 • Aktion is all over the world! • October 2000-----First official service Today, there are clubs in leadership program of Kiwanis Australia, International Bahamas Barbados, Canada • First official NC Aktion Club Jamaica, The Arc of Moore County (Wendy Carter) Malaysia, Philippines, • 36 Aktion Clubs in the state of …as well as the USA. North Carolina today!

  4. HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT FROM BEING A PART OF AKTION? Aktion Club allows adults who have disabilities to participate in community service projects, gain leadership skills and become more involved in their community. The mission of Aktion Club is: -To provide adults with disabilities an opportunity to develop initiative and leadership skills. -To serve their community. -To be fully included in their community. -To demonstrate the dignity and value of people who have disabilities.

  5. MEET PEOPLE IN AKTION! PAM RICHARDS SOUTH MECKLENBURG AKTION CLUB PRESIDENT

  6. MEET PEOPLE IN AKTION! AMANDA FAGGART (CABARRUS CHAMPIONS) AKTION CLUB PRESIDENT

  7. AKTION CLUB PROJECTS • Samaritan’s Feet • Car wash • Children’s Hospitals • Collection of aluminum cans • Visits to Senior Citizen Facilities • Collection of extra change • Cell phone drive • Talent Shows • Feeding those who are homeless • Connect w/local sports team • Sponsor a family at the holidays • Whatever club members think of! • Letters to the troops overseas • Adopt-a-Street

  8. SAMARITAN’S FEET PROJECT

  9. STARTING AN AKTION CLUB Contact your local Kiwanis Club to sponsor the club. Find a local agency to co-sponsor the club. Appoint a Kiwanis member as an advisor to the club. Contact local agencies and or group homes for members. Find a meeting place (church, community center) Create a name for the club. Vote for officers: -President -Vice President - Treasurer - Secretary - Sergeant at Arms Keep a file of all paperwork. Set a date for the charter ceremony & the installation of the new officers. Invite everyone in the community!

  10. FUN TIME

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