PARTNERS

PREFERRED CHARITIES

"Together we save kids’ lives."

The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a nonprofit organization that aims to raise money for hospitalized kids. All Children's Miracle Network donations go towards their hospitals and are used to train staff, purchase equipment, conduct life-changing research, and providing children with healthcare if their parents cannot afford it.

For more information visit: http://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/

"A fighting chance for every baby."

For decades, Key Club has partnered with the March of Dimes to give every baby a healthy start. The March of Dimes strives to prevent premature births, birth defects, and infant mortality. The organization is constantly working towards educating the public about the best practices, supporting life-saving research, and provide comfort for moms and their children.

For more information visit:

http://marchofdimes.org/

Since 1994, Key Club has been working with UNICEF to raise millions for children in need. UNICEF works in more than 150 developing countries to provide children with health care, basic education, and clean water and sanitation. Currently, Key Club and the Kiwanis family is participating in the Worldwide Service Project to eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) from the globe.

For more information visit:

http://unicef.org/

"United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund"

THE THIRST PROJECT

This year, Key Club is working together with the Thirst Project—the world’s largest youth water organization—to end the water crisis in Swaziland. The Thirst Project seeks to educate students around the United States on the global water crisis and empower them to go out and raise funds for water projects. Their goal is to raise $50 million for Swaziland by 2022.

Key Club has decided to focus the country of Swaziland as:

Swaziland has the highest population density of HIV/AIDS.
- For someone with HIV or AIDS, drinking dirty water can kill them faster than the HIV/AIDS itself as unclean water can contain a number of diseases.
Swaziland’s population is small enough to make it possible to eliminate the water crisis there within a few years.
- By successfully eliminating the water crisis in Swaziland, it can serve as a model for a “complete solution” on the international scale. This would show the importance of clean water and how one can help end the crisis .

This year, the Pacific Northwest Key Club has set its fundraising goal to $75,000. All of the money raised will go towards building water projects in Swaziland (which includes up to six wells!)

Click here to learn more: http://thirstproject.org/