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Key Club International is the largest and oldest service program for high school students in the world. The Key Club provides opportunities for you to not only volunteer for various community service projects, but also to take leadership roles and even develop new service projects of your own. “As president of the Key Club I oversee 80 members and their involvement in the community,” writes Andrew, a Discus Awards winner and a senior in a Washington high school. “I have organized food drives, Red Cross Blood Drives, and various donation projects for the March of Dimes and Diabetes Association.”

Many Discus Awards winners have demonstrated their commitment to community service by getting involved with Key Club. Oklahoma senior Casey Holden wrote, “Key Club is my favorite organization with which I am involved…It has given me the opportunity to head many service projects such as the collection of sports equipment to send to Rwanda and the planting of trees in our local parks.” Through Key Club, Vermont junior Adrienne has “made dolls for children in Africa…and planned bake sales to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Haiti crisis.”

With a Key Club in more than 5,000 high schools across 30 countries, and an easy process to charter a club at high schools without one, the Key Club is a fun, easy, and wonderful way to enhance your application while making a difference in people’s lives.

Have you volunteered through your Key Club? What have you done?  Share your experiences in the comments section!

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