Editing Key Club (section)

{{Short description|Student service-leadership organization}}
{{Other uses}}
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{{Infobox organization
| logo                = [[Image:Keyclub.png|200px]]
| type                = [[Service club]]
| name                = Key Club International
| founded_date        = May 7, 1925
| headquarters        = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], United States
| origins             = [[Sacramento, California]], United States
| area_served         = Worldwide
| focus               = Leadership, Character Building, Caring, and Inclusiveness
| method              = [[Community service]]
| revenue             = [[United States dollar|US$]]1,782,484 (2019)<ref name="financial">{{cite web | url=https://www.kiwanis.org/docs/default-source/about/annual-report-and-audit-reports/2019/2018-19-consolidated-audit-report | title=Kiwanis International and Subsidiaries | publisher=[[Kiwanis International]] | date = January 2, 2020 | format = PDF | page = 36 | access-date = July 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710204650/https://www.kiwanis.org/docs/default-source/about/annual-report-and-audit-reports/2019/2018-19-consolidated-audit-report | archive-date=July 10, 2020 }}</ref>
| staff               = 120
| membership          = 229,652<ref name="June 25, 2020 KCDDPR">{{cite web |title = Key Club District Dues Paid Report | url = https://www.kiwanis.org/docs/default-source/training/service-leadership-programs/slp-club-reports/key-club/key-club-district-dues-report |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200706183433/https://www.kiwanis.org/docs/default-source/training/service-leadership-programs/slp-club-reports/key-club/key-club-district-dues-report | date = June 25, 2020 | format = PDF | page = 288 |archive-date = July 6, 2020 |publisher = [[Kiwanis International]] |access-date = July 10, 2020}}</ref>
| membership_year     = 2020
| parent_organization = [[Kiwanis International]]
| homepage            = [https://www.keyclub.org/ www.keyclub.org]
| leader_title        = International President<ref name="board">{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWpxHWjvcc/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CCWpxHWjvcc |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription| title=Key Club International Board |date = July 7, 2020| access-date= July 10, 2020 | publisher=Florida District of Key Club International | website = Instagram | postscript=.The International Council webpage doesn't have a roster of the 2020-2021 International Board.}} </ref>
| leader_name         = David Robaina
| leader_title2       = International Vice President<ref name="board"/>
| leader_name2       = Carissa Andorf
| leader_title3       = International Trustees<ref name="board"/>
| leader_name3        = {{Plainlist|
* Ariana Lee
* Armin Sedghi
* Aspen Hess
* Chikanma Okoisor
* Ethan Schmidt
* Kevin Hidalgo
* Lina Mousa
* Mohammed Ali Al-Sabeh
* Nicole Bunag
* Nidhi Rao
* Sunny Sandhu
}}
| leader_title4       = Director
| leader_name4        = Matt Ellis
}}
 
'''Key Club International''', also called '''Key Club''', is an international service organization for high school students.<ref name="faqs">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keyclub.org/discover/faqs.aspx |title=Key Club - Frequently Asked Questions |access-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524121301/http://www.keyclub.org/discover/faqs.aspx |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Key Club International is the high school branch of the [[Kiwanis International]] family, classified as a Service Leadership Program and more specifically as a Kiwanis Youth Program.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.kiwanis.org/clubs/member-resources/governance/kiwanis-youth-programs
|access-date=July 9, 2018
|title=Kiwanis Youth Programs
|archive-date=July 9, 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215654/http://www.kiwanis.org/clubs/member-resources/governance/kiwanis-youth-programs
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Many Key Clubs are sponsored by a local Kiwanis club.

The organization was started by California State Commissioner of Schools Albert C. Olney and vocational education teacher Frank C. Vincent, who worked together to establish the first Key Club at [[Sacramento High School]] in California on May 7, 1925. Female students were first admitted in 1977, ten years before women were admitted to the sponsoring organization, Kiwanis International.<ref name="urlHistory & Timeline">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.keyclub.org/discover/historytimeline.aspx
 |title        = History & Timeline
 |access-date   = December 13, 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130119154257/http://keyclub.org/discover/historytimeline.aspx
 |archive-date = January 19, 2013
|url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

Key Club International began a 100-day countdown celebration leading up to the 100th anniversary in 2025 with celebratory events throughout the country prior to International Convention.<ref>https://www.keyclub.org/centennial/</ref>