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Civitan International

Civitan International, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is an association of community service clubs founded in 1917. The organization aims "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." The organization includes 40,000 members (referred to as Civitans) in almost 1,000 clubs around the world.

This article is about the adult service organization. For the youth service organization, see Junior Civitan International.

Founded

1917

Courtney Shropshire

Developmental Disabilities

Worldwide in 42 countries

Community service through service clubs, charitable grants

40,000

US$ 2,200,000 (2007)

http://www.civitan.org

Thomas Edison

President

Calvin Coolidge

President , charter member of the New York Civitan Club[31]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Rep. , Speaker of the House under Franklin D. Roosevelt from January 3, 1935 to June 4, 1936

Joseph W. Byrns Sr.

President

John F. Kennedy

President

Harry Truman

former NFL quarterback

Jake Delhomme

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Hugo Black

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Ed Sanford

General

John Pershing

charter member of the New York Civitan Club[31]

Cornelius Vanderbilt IV

Richard Petty

Bo Jackson

Frank Thomas

who served as a Civitan district governor and international treasurer.[32]

Richard Rohmer

Medal of Honor recipient.[33]

Richmond H. Hilton

Several well-known individuals have been Civitans, including:[30]

List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations

Civitan International Web Page

Civitan International Research Center Web Page

Civitan International District Germany

Civitan International Italian Language Website

Archived 2022-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

Civitan Club Roma Tevere - Italy