This article is about the adult service organization. For the youth service organization, see Junior Civitan International.
Civitan International
Founded
1917
Founder
Courtney Shropshire
Focus
Developmental Disabilities
Location
Birmingham, Alabama
Area served
Worldwide in 42 countries
Method
Community service through service clubs, charitable grants
Members
40,000
Revenue
US$ 2,200,000 (2007)
Website
http://www.civitan.org
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.
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in Birmingham, Alabama, was the founder and first president of CivitanInternational. Shropshire was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1877. While living...
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work in nationalizing the Special Olympics, Shriver received the CivitanInternational World Citizenship Award. Her advocacy on this issue has also earned...
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community colleges. He has recorded public service announcements for CivitanInternational, a nonprofit organization of which he is a former member. He has...
Apollo Theater. He also recorded public service announcements for CivitanInternational. Danny Bennett continued to be Tony's manager while Dae Bennett...
establishing the first Sunday in February as Four Chaplains Sunday. CivitanInternational, a worldwide volunteer association of service clubs, holds an interfaith...
of the bakery's earliest fundraising partners was CivitanInternational; since 1951, local Civitans have sold millions of pounds of Claxton fruitcake...
his services and passion for the construction industry. In 1964, CivitanInternational presented Churchill with its first World Citizenship Award for service...
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1975 National Medal of Science National Medal of Science in 1975 CivitanInternational World Citizenship Award in 1970 National Aviation Hall of Fame (1982)...
signature, and he has appeared in public service announcements for CivitanInternational. Delhomme is noted for licking his fingers before every play, and...
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various institutions in Tennessee. Sanford was an active member of CivitanInternational. He is one of six Tennesseans who have served on the Supreme Court...
12AB3 Generic specialty plate: Alabama Association of Realtors; CivitanInternational; Delta Sigma Theta; Letter Carrier; NASCAR-themed; Organ Donor;...
repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933. He was also a member of CivitanInternational. Ritchie had been married, but his work got in the way of his marriage...
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