Texas-Oklahoma Key Club
Division 24S Newsletter november 2016
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CHARL ES AKINS MANOR NEW TECH L.C. ANDERSON NYOS MCCALLUM JAMES BOWIE DEL VALL E ELGIN
LAKE TRAVIS
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Contents Dues - 4 MUC - 5 Task of the Month - 6 Suggested Prompts - 7 Governor’s Project - 8 Key Club Week - 10 Eliminate- 12 March of Dimes - 13 DCON 2017 -14 ICON 2017 - 15 Contact Information - 16
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Dues Hey Division 24S! Turning in dues are criucial for remaining an active club! I would hate to see your club status in jeopardy, so keep these dates in mind for dues: October 1st - Early Bird deadline - HAS PASSED November 1st - Regular deadline! February 1st - Last chance before clubs get suspended! Remember it’s $6 for the T-O district, $7 for KCI and only up to $7 for any other club necessities. If your club would also like to accept money for t-shirts or other necessary expenses then that additional money must be accepted separately and is not necessary for that club member to spend that money in order to be an official member of Key Club. Read the next page for instructions on how to submit your member roster & dues to Key Club International!
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MUC HOW TO ACCESS THE MUC
1. Go to www.keyclub.org/MUC 2. If you have the same faculty advisor, use the same login information as last year. 3. If you have a new faculty advisor click “Register/Reset Password.” 4. You will be prompted to enter an email address. Enter the faculty advisor’s email address. He/She will receive a confirmation email providing him/her with a unique hyperlink which will allow him/her to set a new password. 5. If the email is rejected, then email memberservices@kiwanis. org with a request to update your club’s faculty advisor contact information. 6. After a new password if set, you will be able to log into the MUC using your advisor’s email address and the created password. 7. For more details on how to navigate the MUC, please view the Kiwanis help video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gV47UE5uas Once you have input all of the member info into the MUC, print out the invoice and mail it along with a check or money order to Key Club International. The KCI address should be provided on the MUC or invoice, but contact me if you have any questions.
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Task of the Month The Task of the Month for November: Did your club participate in Key Club Week this year? If so, explain what your club did for each day? If not, write a Thank You letter to a fellow club officer, Faculty/Kiwanis advisor, or other K-Family for their service and leadership and be sure to give the letter to them! Be sure to include a copy of the letter with your report! Remember to put your division number on the front of your Monthly Report when submitting. Remember to write the number of members on your activity sheet. Remember to mail your monthly reports to this address: Kennie Merbach 7980 Blue Bonnet St. Beaumont, TX 77713
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Suggested Prompts Every month, the District Editor Sophia Tran will accept articles written BY YOU to be possibly included in the Tex-O Key publication. This is a great way to get points for your club. If you are already in the groove of your position, try challenging yourself to do more for yoru club by completing these articles! November Suggested Article Prompts will be found at the Editor’s Blog at http://tokeyclub.com/category/edi-blog/ Anyone in your club is welcome to complete them, not just club editors. However, it must only be editors who submit them. Make sure that: - articles are 400+ words - they are about a suggested prompt or about Key Club - attached to an email as a Microsoft Word document - author, division, school, and article title at the top - at least 1 photo per article posted in Word document - all monthly articles need to be attached to 1 email in separate word documents
NOVEMBER ARTICL ES ARE DUE BY 12/5
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Governor's Project
This year, the Governor’s project for the Texas-Oklahoma District, is tosupport the American Cancer Society both directly, hands on, and indirectly, financially. The title of the project this year is “Cancer Out.” The American Cancer Society, is dedicated to eliminating cancer which is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Personally, cancer has impacted my life greatly. I lost my grandfather to lung, liver, pancreatic, and bone cancer. One day when it was time for him to change his liquid back from his liver, he had kicked everyone out of the house besides my aunt who changed the bag for him, and myself who had been taking a nap. I woke up and as soon as I took a step out the door, I saw the hole which allowed for the tubes to drain his liver of all the liquids. That was the last week that I saw my grandfather. It was hard for me to cope with what I had saw and I still remember it as if I were reliving that very moment. To see someone who you love and look up too so much suffer, is painful to go through. Two months after his death, cancer came back into my life. I went to he doctor after feeling pain for two weeks. As soon as she evaluated me, she set up an appointment with a specialist, and injected me with two doses of antibiotics. For four months, I went to a total of four different specialists, and received two doeses of antibiotics each week. 8
Every time I walked into each different specialists offices, I was out of place, a thirteen year old surrounded by women in their forties in a breast cancer center. For the four specialists I visited, they all evaluated me with a mammogram and a computer aided detection (CAD). For the first two months, the cyst in my breast kept on growing and would not react to the antibiotics. On the third month with the third specialist, the CAD showed that the cyst was finally starting to shrink. On the fourth month, the cyst had finally gone down to a non-cancerous level. On my last visit for the antibiotics, my doctor told me that had I not gone to her at the time I had, there would have been little. that she or the specialists could have done for me. Even though this was four years ago, it still feels as if it were yesterday. I am thankful for all the people who helped me throughout this process and didn’t disregard my complains as just another thing a child does for attention. There are so many cases where people disregard their pain and don’t go to their doctor until it is too late, and the cancer can not be treated. The American Cancer Society, is an organization that helps people be more aware about cancer. They offer a variety of programs that help people learn how to prevent cancer, people going through cancer, and help raise funds for research intended to find cures. With our involvement this year, a spreadsheet will be sent to all clubs containing information of local Relay for Life events, such as locations, dates, and how to form your own team. Clubs may also fundraise, and even possibly hold a hair donation drive through Pantene Beautiful Lengths an American Cancer Society partner. In addition This year’s project will be divided into four categories. Honorable mention, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Clubs will be placed in each category depending on their club size. I hope that you will all participate in this years Governor’s project! And I can’t wait to see all that you will achieve! Yours in Service,
Dianna Cardenas
2016-2017 T-O Governor 9
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Since 1978, Key Clubs have been making a difference for babies everywhere. Key Club members, like you, continue to support the March of Dimes all year long by hosting service projects, raising funds and educating your community about the crisis of preterm birth. Honor the 15 million babies born too soon worldwide this Fall by Coloring Your School Purple to help end Prematurity during Prematurity Awareness Month in November. In the Spring, continue your efforts with March for Babies – our signature fundraising event.
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The 2017 District Convention Theme is… The Wizarding World of Service! The idea of this theme was based on an adventurous tale loved by many – Harry Potter. The theme will invoke a sense of enchantment and will require a bit of wizardry as well and service will become thrilling for all attendees. For those who have yet to attend DCON, it is a multi-day event on April 20th-23rd, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas. It’s a time for Texas-Oklahoma Key Clubbers to unite, celebrate a year of service, learn new ways to benefit the community, and make memories that will last a lifetime. Interesting aspects of the event include forums, district staff elections, the welcoming activity, service fair, contests and awards, and so much more! Start preparing today, and be ready to attend the unforgettable DCON 2017, a place where we can all be spellbound together at The Wizarding World of Service! 14
2017 CONVENTION: JULY 5 - 9 Why go to the convention? Because it’s the biggest event of the Key Club year! Imagine celebrating the amazing things Key Club does with more than 1,600 Key Clubbers from all across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. You’ll also have the opportunity to: • Bond with your people. Travel to and from International Convention with your district. • Share innovative service project and fundraising ideas. • Learn about servant leadership. • Elect next year’s Key Club International Board. • Hear about our success so far with The Eliminate Project—and how you can help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. • Discover new charities and organizations you and your club can team up with.
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Contact Information Dianna Cardenas
District Governor governor@tokeyclub.com
Kennie Merbach
District Secretary secretary@tokeyclub.com
Leia George
District Treasurer treasurer@tokeyclub.com
Sophia Tran
District Editor editor@tokeyclub.com
Chris Do
Convention Liasion CL@tokeyclub.com
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Contact Information Walt Roetter
District Administrator & Region 11 Advisor administrator@tokeyclub.com
Cecilia Vega
Lt. Governor of Division 24S ltg24s@tokeyclub.com (512) 200-6952 Follow me on social media! Twitter: @cecilializbethx Instagram: cec.vega Facebook: /cecveg Snapchat: cecveg
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Division 24SThank You So Much For Reading!
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