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Organizational Profile
Profile of a Community Organization: The Kiwanis Club of Ocean Beach San Diego
There are many different ways that a social organization can influence and impact a community, and a great many moral and ethical implications and effects on society of the existence of these organizations and the actions that these organizations take. From gathering and consolidating funding towards various charitable causes to actually engaging in direct service to the community, these organizations are often more important in providing for the basic needs of some of the most disadvantaged members of a community than the governmental organizations in that community. Exploring one such organization in the San Diego community, and more specifically in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego, will help to illuminate the importance of these community organizations generally.
The Kiwanis Club of Ocean Beach, San Diego meets twice a week in order to plan a variety of activities held throughout the year, primarily dedicated to youth development and protection (Kiwanis Club, 2012). From the upcoming annual Kite Festival to charity drives to the ongoing support of local youth sports leagues, the Kiwanis Club strives to remain very actively involved in the community and the community has come to depend on the organization...
Because this non-profit and no-governmental organization has taken on the responsibility of maintaining the sports league and several other key community activities and services, there would now be a shortage of service supplied if they suddenly left, and this creates a definite responsibility (Minkler, 2005). In this way, as with most community organizations, the Kiwanis Club has created its own social responsibility.
While the Kiwanis Club of Ocean Beach, San Diego does not explicitly list the factors that led it to develop its specific sense of social responsibility or the strategies it uses to maintain pursue this social responsibility, however some of these factors can be inferred from what the organization does say about itself. The focus on youth development and on providing activities and opportunities for healthy, entertaining, and productive youth involvement in the community points to a perception of lessened opportunities for youth in the community at the heart of the organizations (Kiwanis Club, 2012). Identifying a need to address is the basis for almost any successful project, including the building of an effective community organization, and thus it is reasonable to assume this is how strategy development and a sense of social responsibility developed here (Minkler,…
References
Kiwanis Club. (2012). Accessed 6 May 2012. http://www.oceanbeachkiwanis.org/index.php
Minkler, M. (2005). Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
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