April Division 3W Newsletter

Division 3W- Volume 3, Edition 1: April!

Welcome to the fin-tastic Division!

Leadership: Letter from the LTG- p. 4

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IN THIS ISSUE… 3| Letter from the LTG

Key Club Pledge:

4| Calendar and

I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the objects of Key Club International, to build my home, school, and community, to serve my nation and God, and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions!

Reminders 6| Sponsor SpotlightMrs. Bradshaw!

7| Taylor Key Club Shout out!

8| DCON Recap 12| Children’s Miracle Network 14| Eliminate Week 16| Contact Information

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Text @division3w to 81010!

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Letter From LTG-

Hello, hello Division 3W! For those who don’t know, my name is Christina Lee and I am beyond honored to serve as your Lieutenant Governor for the 2016-2017 school year. Key Club represents a family that I can always be myself around, and I have had some of my finest moments in Key Club. To tell you a little more about myself: I am the youngest of 3: my older sister is a graduating senior (and our former Club Secretary), and my older brother lives in New York o I am a CAT LOVER o I will be a graduating senior at CRHS next year o I am just about the pun-niest and tiniest person you will probably meet o But my voice is not very tiny o I love to talk to people! That said, I usually like it when people talk with me ;) o I can’t wait to serve 3W and make memorable connections and fond memories with all of you!

Please don’t ever hesitate to email me or friend me on Facebook! I am open to everyone whether you’d like to just learn more about myself, Key Club, or cats, but I will always be willing to help you in your moments of need. I have never seen such a dedicated group of caring individuals and would love to be friends with all of you. I hope you to see you all at the next DCM! o

Yours in service, Christina Lee

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Reminders and Calendar for April/May 2016 •

Monthly Reports are still due on the 5th. Please send them to our new District Secretary, Mackenzie Merbach.

• Her address is: 7980 Blue Bonnet Street Beaumont, TX 77713 and her email is: kenniem10@gmail.com • Please don’t forget to cc me, Mr. George Crowl, and Ms. Judy Pomorski on them!

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Task of the Month for April: How has your club raised money to attend DCON this year? Make a list of fundraisers your club has hosted, participated in, etc. along with complications of each.

How are you planning on revising these complications for next year? If your club is not attending DCON this year, write a brief paragraph explaining how you plan on fundraising to attend next year.

Secretaries! You may type this out and send it with your report or email it to Mackenzie.

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April Tex-O-Key Suggested Article Prompts: • How was your experience at DCON? What did you learn or gain from the experience?

• What is a project your club has done of one of our Major Emphasis Partners? Why is it important to do projects that help these organizations?

• Did you attend ICON 2015? If so, how was your experience and what did you gain from it?

• What about ICON 2016 are you looking forward to most?

What do you hope to gain from the experience?

Club Editors: Remember that until our District Editor is appointed (see page (insert page here)), you will need to send all club newsletters/articles to Mackenzie Merbach as well. Thank you!

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Applications for District Editor/CL due

May DCM! 1:30 PM at LSC-Cypress Center

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Memorial Day

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Are YOU interested in serving on the District Board as a Staff Member?

Check out tokeyclub.com for the applications for the District Editor or Convention Liaison position! They should be completed and send to governer@tokeyclub.com by Wednesday, May 18th. NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED! Don’t forget to come out to my May DCM! It’ll be at 1:30 PM at Lone Star College’s Cypress Center. I’ll be holding officer training, so please attend- especially my Presidents, Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers, and Editors! I’ll also have good food~~

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Sponsor SpotlightMrs. Bradshaw, CRHS

This year, I wanted to give special shout-outs to the adults who make all of the beauty in Key Club possible- our faculty advisors! I’m starting off my first one featuring Mrs. Bradshaw, who will be starting off her second term as advisor this upcoming school year. She’s a Chemistry PAP/GT teacher at Cinco Ranch High School and undoubtedly the brightest light in the room, no matter who’s with her.

Thank you so much for being a flexible yet determined powerhouse, Mrs. Bradshaw! Without you, we’d have struggled so much. We love you!

If you’d like to give a dedicate a Sponsor Spotlight to a faculty advisor, please email me a picture (or two) of them as well as a little blurb that I can feature! My email is kclee3w@gmail.com and you’ll get to see your dedicated faculty advisor here.

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Paws & Relax- Taylor Key Club!

Thank you to Ankita Ajith (President of Taylor Key Club) for inviting me to the Paws & Relax social!

They raised money by allowing people to socialize and relax with pets for $2 each.

This was an extremely successful social and I was so impressed by their great teamwork!

Great going, Taylor Key Club!

Please don’t forget to invite me to your club events! I’d love to hang out- and more importantly, serve the community, alongside each and everyone in our division.

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DCON 2016 Recap DCON 2016 was an amazing experience and I was so excited to meet all the wonderful Key Clubbers from our Division! I am so amazed at the many accomplishments of you guys and wanted to give a special shout-out to Cypress Ranch High School and Cinco Ranch High School for having stellar attendance at DCON. Remember that for DCON 2017, you can always work with your sponsoring Kiwanis or nearby Key Clubs to attend! I’d love to see all of you guys for this awesome celebration of service.

Congratulations to the following schools for reppin’ Division 3W in ways that makes me proud beyond words: • Cinco Ranch- Top 3 District Websites, Tom Duncan Outstanding Secretary Award (Sophia Lee and Jessica Leung), 1st place Oratory, 2nd place Non-Digital Poster • Cypress Ranch- ranked 9th out of 300+ clubs in Texas-Oklahoma, 1st place Super Smash Brothers Brawl, 1st place Service Fair, 2nd place Spy Briefcase, 2nd place Major Emphasis Project • James Taylor- ranked 23rd out of 300+ clubs in Texas-Oklahoma, Top 3 District Websites, 1st place Digital Poster, 2nd place Non-Traditional Poster

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Welcoming 2016-2017’s District Staff Dianna Cardenas  Serving as District Governor  Email: governor@tokeyclub.com

Leia George  Serving as District Treasurer  Email: treasurer@tokeyclub.com

Mackenzie Merbach  Serving as District Secretary  Email: secretary@tokeyclub.com

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Interested in joining the District Staff??

Applications for District Editor and Convention Liaison are on tokeyclub.com! Go check it out if you’re interested in serving our District on higher levels. The due date is Wednesday, May 18th and completed applications should be emailed to governor@tokeyclub.com.

Saying Goodbye to 2015-2016’s District Staff Thank you for your unending support of Texas-Oklahoma and your service. We will miss you so much! Best of luck wherever you go, and we hope that you will remember this year as one of the best ones of your high school career.

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Contact Information

T-O District Governor: Dianna Cardenas E: governor@tokeyclub.com

T-O District Treasurer: Leia George E: treasurer@tokeyclub.com

T-O District Secretary: Mackenzie Merbach E: kenniem10@gmail.com

Division 3W Lieutenant Governor: Christina Lee E: kclee3w@gmail.com

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Contact Information (cont.)

Region 12 Advisor: Judy Pomorski E: judypomorski@yahoo.com

Houston Kiwanian: Bonita Ramirez E: bonita@kiwanishouston.org

Cy-Fair Kiwanian: George Crowl E: George.h.crowl@gmail.com

Greater North Houston Kiwanian: Steve Peters E: petershome1@comcast.net

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Proudly Representing Division 3W Cinco Ranch | Cypress Lakes | Cypress Ranch | Cypress Springs | James Taylor | Lee | Mayde Creek | Obra Tompkins | Second Baptist | Spring Woods|

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