Builders Club is a service organization for middle school students. It teaches leadership through service and members are part of the Kiwanis family.
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The Central Middle School Builders Club in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S., decorated the front of their school with pumpkins featuring kind messages. Their "kindness pumpkins" 🎃 offered positivity and encouragement to students and teachers alike.
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Candy, costumes and caring🍬! This October, Builders Club and Aktion Club will team up with Key Club International and Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF to raise money for Start Strong: Zambia. Every dollar counts, so put some meaning in your Halloweening! keyclub.org/zambia
ALT A group of five people standing outside near a building are holding brightly colored cards. There is a table with baked goods and snacks in the foreground.
Builders Club empowers students to be competent, inclusive leaders who listen, communicate, empathize and serve. Members learn to set the tone, lead by example, and help their communities. Is your school ready for a Builders Club? Learn how to start one: buildersclub.org/start-a-clu…
Making Change Monday: Promote Healthy Lifestyles🔦
Develop a myth busting poster with true or false statements about healthy eating. Or invite a trained professional for a presentation and Q&A session on healthy living.
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is live!👻All October, Builders Club and Aktion Club members will be fundraising for Start Strong: Zambia with Key Club International. Help bring a brighter future to families and children in Zambia!
Resources to get started: keyclub.org/zambia
It's time! The Global Kickoff 2026 video is here! Watch the event as a club or send your members a link so their families can join in on the fun. Watch now ➡️buildersclub.org/globalkicko…
Skill Spotlight: Empathy ✨
Builders Club members know a lot about empathizing — they do it every day! Members share how their club enhances those skills:
Join us in wishing Circle K International (CKI) a happy birthday! CKI is the Kiwanis Service Leadership Program for college and university students. Consider partnering with a CKI club in your area for a service project!
Are you ready for a Halloween full of costumes🧛, candy🍬 and changing the world️? Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is soon! Builders Club and Aktion Club members can help Key Club International raise money for Start Strong: Zambia!
Find resources: keyclub.org/zambia. #TOT4UNICEF
Builders Club is helping members learn about themselves. In the 2025-26 survey, 58% of advisors reported that their students learned more about their interests and talents.
Choose service projects based on what your members care about. According to 2025-26 surveys, the top three needs or issues that members care about are kindness, bullying, and hunger and homelessness.
We want Builders Club members to grow awareness for their communities, and according to 2025-26 surveys, they're doing just that! In the surveys, 87% of students reported that they have gained an understanding of local needs in their community.
Making Change Monday: Prevent Bullying 🔦
Hold a "compliment campaign." Leave positive, anonymous sticky notes around the school. Or design and hang anti-bullying signs and posters around school.
Builders Club members took service seriously this past year. Advisors reported in the 2025-26 survey that 75% of clubs completed three or more projects!
Skill Spotlight: Teamwork✨
Builders Club members know a lot about empathy — they use it every day! Members say:
Want to grow student leadership at your school and not sure where to start? Builders Club is one of the largest service leadership programs for students in middle school and it’s student-led, teaching responsibility and leadership all in one! Learn more: buildersclub.org/start-a-clu…
Survey results are in! And they tell a clear story: Builders Club members are learning to see themselves as service leaders! The 2025-26 survey results show that Builders Club members are using teamwork, communication and problem solving to grow as leaders.
We love to know what your clubs are doing in the community, so please share your stories with us! You can use this link to let us know all the amazing things your clubs are working on: cognitoforms.com/KiwanisInte…
Not sure how to run a Builders Club? Not to worry! Every year, after club renewal is paid, we send your club a kit with training materials for club officers and advisors! You don’t have to figure it out alone. Need more resources? Check these out: buildersclub.org/_resources/…!
