About Us
The Kiwanis Mission
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
We will be a positive influence in communities worldwide — so that one day, all children will wake up in communities that believe in them, nurture them, and provide the support they need to thrive.
Corridor Kiwanis meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 am at the Coralville United Methodist Church, 806 13th Ave, Coralville, IA. Guests are always welcome.
The Kiwanis Objects
- To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life
- To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships
- To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards
- To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship
- To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities
- To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill
Accomplishments & Activities
- Volunteer at the Coralville Parks and Recreation Summer Lunch Program
- Volunteer at the Special Olympics’ Polar Plunge
- Volunteer for the Salvation Army bell-ringing campaign
- Volunteer and monetary support of the Coralville Community Food Pantry
- Monetary support and plasticware for Camp Courageous
- Organize and lead a K-Kids program at Kirkwood Elementary
- Organize and lead a Builders Club program at Northwest Middle School
- Provide a Pediatric Trauma Kit to the Coralville Fire Department
- Support of the Family Resource Center at Kirkwood Elementary & Coralville Central Elementary
- Volunteer to help cleanup after a tornado in Coralville
- Donation to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Annual donation to the Philip L Holland Kiwanis Pediatric Chaplaincy Fund for supporting a pediatric chaplain at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- Monthly volunteer to serve meals at the Salvation Army soup kitchen
What We Do
Kiwanis clubs and members conduct service projects. They hold fundraisers. They donate to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. They change children’s lives in their own communities and through international initiatives — helping young people develop mentally, physically and emotionally.
Every year, Kiwanis members stage more than 1.3 million service projects and raise nearly US$390 million for children, families and communities around the world. Kiwanis club projects are based on the community’s needs — we build playgrounds, purchase medical equipment, stuff backpacks with school supplies, restock libraries and much more. The average Kiwanian makes an impact on the lives of 106 children.
Kiwanis members’ activities support the Kiwanis causes:
● Health and nutrition.
● Education and literacy.
● Youth leadership development.
Together, these causes form a continuum of impact — helping young people develop throughout childhood and into adulthood. Each cause also supports the others, ultimately creating a generation of leaders who also contribute to that continuum.