During the 2022-2023 Kiwanis year, a committee was started to review our current divisional structure; this committee officially proposed a new divisional structure and policy update adopted by the District Board on December 21, 2023.
The committee worked very hard and was sensitive to the current relationships between clubs. Still, due to membership decline, consecutive vacancies in the Lieutenant Governor position for several divisions, and our current budgetary obligations, the committee recommended and the District Board approved a reduction from 21 divisions to 18 divisions. This required the renumbering of our divisions and moving some clubs. I have attached here the adopted New England and Bermuda Division structure, which will be effective October 1, 2024.
New Division 1 MAINE – Caribou and Presque Isle
New Division 2 MAINE – Augusta, Bangor Breakfast, Brewer, Dexter Sunrise, Dover-Foxcroft, Greater Waterville, Hampden, Moosehead Lake, Orono-Old Town, Rockland, Three Rivers-Milo
New Division 3 MAINE – Lewiston-Auburn, Portland, Saco River Valley, Sanford, Scarborough, Standish, Westbrook
New Division 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE – Concord, Exeter, Hooksett, Hudson, Laconia, Manchester, Meredith, Nashua, Salem, The Seacoast (Portsmouth)
New Division 9 MASSACHUSETTS – Allston-Brighton, eKiwanis, Framingham (Coming soon!), Greater Boston Young Professionals, Newton (Coming soon!), Roslindale-West Roxbury, Wellesley
New Division 10 MASSACHUSETTS – Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville, Wakefield-Lynnfield-Melrose.
New Division 11 MASSACHUSETTS – Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Marshfield, Milton, Pembroke, Rockland, Weymouth
New Division 12 MASSACHUSETTS – Bourne-Wareham, Central Cape Cod, Hyannis, Lower Cape Cod, Mashpee, Plymouth, Sandwich
New Division 13 MASSACHUSETTS – Fall River, Middleborough, New Bedford, Taunton RHODE ISLAND – Aquidneck Island, Kent County, Newport
New Division 14 MASSACHUSETTS – Bernardston, Greenfield, Northfield, Shelburne Falls, Winchendon NEW HAMPSHIRE – Claremont, Keene, Peterborough, Winchester VERMONT – Brattleboro
New Division 15 MASSACHUSETTS – Easthampton-Southampton, Greater Holyoke, Lee, Northampton, Pittsfield, Sheffield, Springfield, Westfield, West Springfield/Agawam, Worcester
New Division 16 CONNECTICUT – Berlin, Cheshire, Enfield (Coming soon!), Glastonbury, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, Newington, New Haven, New London, Old Saybrook-Lyme-Old Lyme, Wallingford, Windsor
The first club in the District was in Boston, MA, organized on March 2, 1916 (the 14th in Kiwanis). Kiwanis Clubs were then charted in Bridgeport, CT; Hartford, CT (July 15, 1916); Worcester, MA (November 11, 1916); and Springfield, MA (January 10, 1917).
The organization of the New England District occurred on November 15, 1918, in Worcester, Massachusetts. There were thirteen clubs in the district at that time. Charles S. Webster of Portland, Maine, was the first governor. He was re-elected the next year at a Springfield MA meeting, and he served until October 8, 1920. At the 1920 convention in Holyoke, MA, Thomas E. Babb, Jr. was elected and he, too, was reelected and served until the end of 1922.
Kiwanis Clubs and Divisions
Current Divisions
Effective Through September 30, 2024
Click on the Division for more details about each Kiwanis Club.
Division 1
MAINE – Caribou and Presque Isle
Division 2
MAINE – Bangor Breakfast, Brewer, Dexter Sunrise, Dover-Foxcroft, Hampden, Moosehead Lake, Orono-Old Town, Three Rivers-Milo
Division 3
MAINE – Augusta, Rockland, Greater Waterville
Division 4
MAINE – Lewiston-Auburn, Portland, Saco River Valley, Sanford, Scarborough, Standish, Westbrook
Division 5
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Exeter Area, Laconia, Meredith, The Seacoast (Portsmouth, NH)
Division 6
MASSACHUSETTS – Greater Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Pentucket-Haverhill
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Concord, Hooksett, Hudson, Manchester, Nashua, Salem
Division 7
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Berlin, Colebrook, Mt. Washington Valley
VERMONT – St. Johnsbury
Division 8
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Claremont
VERMONT – Barre, Hardwick, Montpelier, Rutland
Division 9
MASSACHUSETTS – Beverly, Danvers, Georgetown, Greater Amesbury, Greater Lowell, Westford, Wilmington, Woburn
Division 10
MASSACHUSETTS – Allston-Brighton, eKiwanis, Framingham (Coming soon!), Greater Boston Young Professionals, Newton (Coming soon!), Roslindale-West Roxbury, Wellesley, Worcester
Division 11
MASSACHUSETTS – Hanson, Marshfield, Milton, Pembroke, Rockland, Weymouth
Division 12
MASSACHUSETTS – Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville, Wakefield-Lynnfield-Melrose.
Division 13
MASSACHUSETTS – Bourne-Wareham, Central Cape Cod, Hyannis, Lower Cape Cod, Mashpee, Sandwich
Division 14
MASSACHUSETTS – Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Middleboro, Plymouth, Taunton
Division 15
MASSACHUSETTS – Fall River, New Bedford
RHODE ISLAND – Aquidneck Island, Kent County, Newport
Division 16
MASSACHUSETTS – Bernardston, Greenfield, Northfield, Shelburne Falls, Winchendon
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Keene, Peterborough, Winchester
VERMONT – Brattleboro
Division 17
MASSACHUSETTS – Easthampton-Southampton, Greater Holyoke, Lee, Northampton, Pittsfield, Sheffield, Springfield, Westfield, West Springfield/Agawam
Division 18
CONNECTICUT – Berlin, Enfield (Coming soon!), Glastonbury, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, Newington, Windsor
Division 19
CONNECTICUT – Cheshire, Milford, New Haven, New London, Old Saybrook-Lyme-Old Lyme, Wallingford
Division 20
CONNECTICUT – Bridgeport, Danbury, Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Division 21
BERMUDA – Hamilton, St. George’s
Map of Kiwanis Clubs
(Divisions Effective Through September 30, 2024)
New Divisions
Effective October 1, 2024
During the 2022-2023 Kiwanis year, a committee was started to review our current divisional structure; this committee officially proposed a new divisional structure and policy update adopted by the District Board on December 21, 2023.
The committee worked very hard and was sensitive to the current relationships between clubs. Still, due to membership decline, consecutive vacancies in the Lieutenant Governor position for several divisions, and our current budgetary obligations, the committee recommended and the District Board approved a reduction from 21 divisions to 18 divisions. This required the renumbering of our divisions and moving some clubs. I have attached here the adopted New England and Bermuda Division structure, which will be effective October 1, 2024.
New Division 1
MAINE – Caribou and Presque Isle
New Division 2
MAINE – Augusta, Bangor Breakfast, Brewer, Dexter Sunrise, Dover-Foxcroft, Greater Waterville, Hampden, Moosehead Lake, Orono-Old Town, Rockland, Three Rivers-Milo
New Division 3
MAINE – Lewiston-Auburn, Portland, Saco River Valley, Sanford, Scarborough, Standish, Westbrook
New Division 4
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Concord, Exeter, Hooksett, Hudson, Laconia, Manchester, Meredith, Nashua, Salem, The Seacoast (Portsmouth)
New Division 5
MASSACHUSETTS – Greater Lawrence, Haverhill, Lowell, Methuen, Pentucket-Haverhill, Westford, Woburn
New Division 6
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Berlin, Colebrook, Mt. Washington Valley
VERMONT – St. Johnsbury
New Division 7
VERMONT – Barre, Hardwick, Montpelier, Rutland
New Division 8
MASSACHUSETTS – Beverly, Danvers, Georgetown, Greater Amesbury, Wilmington
New Division 9
MASSACHUSETTS – Allston-Brighton, eKiwanis, Framingham (Coming soon!), Greater Boston Young Professionals, Newton (Coming soon!), Roslindale-West Roxbury, Wellesley
New Division 10
MASSACHUSETTS – Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville, Wakefield-Lynnfield-Melrose.
New Division 11
MASSACHUSETTS – Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Marshfield, Milton, Pembroke, Rockland, Weymouth
New Division 12
MASSACHUSETTS – Bourne-Wareham, Central Cape Cod, Hyannis, Lower Cape Cod, Mashpee, Plymouth, Sandwich
New Division 13
MASSACHUSETTS – Fall River, Middleborough, New Bedford, Taunton
RHODE ISLAND – Aquidneck Island, Kent County, Newport
New Division 14
MASSACHUSETTS – Bernardston, Greenfield, Northfield, Shelburne Falls, Winchendon
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Claremont, Keene, Peterborough, Winchester
VERMONT – Brattleboro
New Division 15
MASSACHUSETTS – Easthampton-Southampton, Greater Holyoke, Lee, Northampton, Pittsfield, Sheffield, Springfield, Westfield, West Springfield/Agawam, Worcester
New Division 16
CONNECTICUT – Berlin, Cheshire, Enfield (Coming soon!), Glastonbury, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, Newington, New Haven, New London, Old Saybrook-Lyme-Old Lyme, Wallingford, Windsor
New Division 17
CONNECTICUT – Bridgeport, Danbury, Fairfield, Greenwich, Milford, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
New Division 18
BERMUDA – Hamilton, St. George’s
Map of Kiwanis Clubs
(Divisions Effective October 1, 2024)
About the District
The first club in the District was in Boston, MA, organized on March 2, 1916 (the 14th in Kiwanis). Kiwanis Clubs were then charted in Bridgeport, CT; Hartford, CT (July 15, 1916); Worcester, MA (November 11, 1916); and Springfield, MA (January 10, 1917).
The organization of the New England District occurred on November 15, 1918, in Worcester, Massachusetts. There were thirteen clubs in the district at that time. Charles S. Webster of Portland, Maine, was the first governor. He was re-elected the next year at a Springfield MA meeting, and he served until October 8, 1920. At the 1920 convention in Holyoke, MA, Thomas E. Babb, Jr. was elected and he, too, was reelected and served until the end of 1922.