WHO WE ARE:

 

CORDOVA CIVITAN CLUB IS A PART OF CIVITIAN INTERNATIONAL. 

"Civitan International is an organization of volunteer service clubs around the world, dedicated to helping people in their own communities. Civitans help wherever the need arises – from collecting food for a homeless shelter, to volunteering at their local retirement home, to building a playground for children with disabilities. Civitans have been helping people since the organization’s founding in 1917, by a group of businessmen determined to make a difference in their community.

In the 1950’s, Civitan adopted a special emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities. Civitan was one of the major supporters of Special Olympics International, and thousands of Civitans still support these local events. Civitan clubs also fund and organize special camps and events for people with developmental disabilities..........

Every day, Civitans make a difference in their local communities and around the world. If you would like to know more about Civitan International, please contact us here, or call 1-800-CIVITAN."

 

FACT SHEET:

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 Civitan International is an association of volunteer service clubs, with more than 40,000

total members across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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The worldwide mission of Civitan International is to build good citizenship by providing a

volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs, with

an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

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The centerpiece of this focus is the UAB Civitan International Research Center, founded in

1991 through an ongoing financial commitment from Civitan. Located at the University of

Alabama at Birmingham, this world class research facility is dedicated to improving lives

through the research and treatment of developmental disabilities and other cognitive

disorders.

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Civitan clubs support the Research Center and local community projects through several

long-running fundraisers, such as the Civitan International Annual Golf Benefit, the

Civitan Candy Box and Coin Box programs, the Junior Civitan Dance-a-Thon, and more.

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Civitans help people in their communities through hands-on service projects, outreach

programs, and fundraisers for local charitable causes. Civitan has a history of partnership

with other organizations, and gave crucial early support to Radio Free Europe, the Boy

Scouts of America, Special Olympics, and ARC.

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Junior Civitan and Campus Civitan are Civitan’s youth and collegiate organizations, respectively,

with roughly 11,000 members across nearly 350 clubs.

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Famous Civitans include Thomas Edison,  President Harry Truman,  President Franklin D Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy, President Calvin Coolidge, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, astronaut James Irwin, President William Clinton (a Junior Civitan), professional athlete Bo Jackson, racecar driver Richard Petty, and more.

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Civitan was founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1917.

Its founder and first president was

Dr. Courtney W. Shropshire, a prominent Birmingham physician.

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The official website of Civitan International is www.civitan.org

To contact Civitan International, call 1-800-CIVITAN. For media inquiries, contact the PR and

Communications Department at pr@civitan.org