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T er r el lF r eder i ckMer r i t t ,Di s t i ngui s hedKeyCl ubSeni orMember ,Br onxHSofSci ence T he20132014s er vi ceyearwasex cept i onal .I tal l owedmet ogr ow bot hasaper s on andasaKeyCl ubmemberandpr ovi dedmewi t hmanyoppor t uni t i est os er veour communi t i esandmeetnew f r i ends . Di vi s i on11wasbr oughtcl os erovert hel as ts er vi ceyear ,wi t hal ar geamountof oppor t uni t i est owor kwi t heachot her .F r om t heAmaz i ngRaceF undr ai s ert ot heJ DRFWal k,I gott os er veal ongs i deot hermember sofourdi vi s i on,i ncr eas i ngt hes t r engt hofours er vi ce. Qui t eaf ew oppor t uni t i eswer eavai l abl et hi ss er vi ceyeart oi nt er actwi t hot her br anchesoft heKi wani sF ami l y.Event ss uchasQueensCol l egeCi r cl eK’ s“HungerI s n’ tF ai r ” banquet ,wher ewel ear nedaboutt het r ut hbehi ndweal t hdi s t r i but i on,andt heNYC Young Pr of es s i onal sKi wani s ’KeyT oYourF ut ur eDay,wher ewel ear nedabouthow t opr epf orcol l ege andj obs ,wer ebot hgr eatoppor t uni t i est ogett obet t erknow ourKF ami l y. Att heendoft hi sver ys ucces s f ul s er vi ceyear ,t hemi ght yNew Yor kDi s t r i ctKeyCl ub convenedatt heDes mondHot el i nAl banyf ort he66t hAnnual L eader s hi pT r ai ni ng Conf er ence.AsaConf er enceS t af fmember ,Iwasabl et omeethundr edsofi ns pi r i ngKey Cl ubmember sf r om al l overt hes t at e.Byt heendoft heconf er ence,af t ert heenor mous amountofcongr at ul at i onsIwasgi vent heDi s t i ngui s hedKeyCl ubS eni orMemberawar d.Ihad comet or eal i z et hatt heamountofs er vi cewei nvol veour s el veswi t hi ss omet hi ngt obe i mmens el ypr oudof . T hi ss er vi ceyearhasguar ant eedt hatIwi l l cont i nuet os er veaf t ermydepar t ur ef r om KeyCl ub,andIwi l l neverf or getal l t hatKeyCl ubhasdonet obet t ermeasaper s on.
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