Fellowship is an important part of a growing, productive service club, and Civitan offers its members many opportunities to socialize, meet new friends, and network with business associates. Working together on club projects is fun, and there is always time to enjoy the company of other members at club meetings. Throughout the year, Civitan plans special events just for members and guests. Here is just a sample of some of Civitan’s fun activities:
·Lunch Socials
·District Meetings
·District Conventions
·International Convention
“The true Civitan is a distinctive type of citizen. He desires to develop first of all in himself, through fraternal fellowship with kindred spirits and association with them in common community tasks, and then in his fellow citizens, a lofty civic conscience and civic pride, a sense of the value and power of united constructive effort and a vision of this city, not as it is, but as he wishes it to be and will work to make it.
” Dr . Courtney Shropshire, Civitan’s Founder
Civitan Fast Facts
·Civitan was founded in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1917. Its founder and first president was Dr. Courtney W. Shropshire, a prominent Birmingham physician.
·Civitan International is a worldwide association of community service clubs, with members in dozens of countries working together to perform community service projects.
·Civitan provides opportunities for community involvement, personal development, networking, and leadership.
·On an international level, Civitan emphasizes helping people with developmental disabilities. However, Civitan clubs perform a variety of service projects that address the unique needs of their communities.
·Civitan’s flagship project is the CivitanInternationalResearchCenter at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the first institution of its kind in the United States to be solely dedicated to the research of developmental disabilities.
·Civitan International’s world headquarters is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and provides numerous support services to clubs.
View the Civitan International website
at www.civitan.org
