The Aktion Club

Meets on the 4th Thursday of each month at noon
at the Y.E.S building on Harter Avenue.

The Objects of Aktion Club are the Objects of Kiwanis International:

The Mission of Aktion Club is:

To provide these adults an opportunity to develop initiative and leadership skills.

To serve their community.

To be integrated into society

To demonstrate the dignity and value of citizens living with disabilities

Q: What does an Aktion Club do?

A: An Aktion Club performs a variety of services for the community and cooperating agency. It conducts fund-raisers such as car washes, paper drives, and recycling projects to raise money for needs in the community.

Aktion Club members perform a variety of community services, such as environmental projects, park beautification, food drives, nursing home visitations, and assisting Kiwanis clubs with their projects.

Aktion Clubs also take time out for fun! Aktion members visit zoos, go to sporting events, and visit museums, among many other activities. They play as hard as they work. If there’s an Aktion Club in your town, you can find its members anywhere there’s service to be rendered or fun to be had.

Q: Who Sponsors an Aktion Club?

A: These clubs are sponsored by a Kiwanis club, sometimes in cooperation with a local agency (for us: Yolo Employment Services of Woodland), for citizens who live with developmental disabilities.  An Aktion Club can also be sponsored by a group of Kiwanis clubs or a whole division (Kiwanis clubs within an area), or a Kiwanis club may wish to co-sponsor an Aktion Club with a Key Club (high school students) or a Circle K club (college students.)

The success of the Aktion Club depends on the involvement of the sponsoring Kiwanis club and the support of an agency serving adults with these disabilities (if an agency is present.)