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Letter From Your LTG Hi Division 22! Congratulations to all you new officers! I hope to see you all soon in training and Divisional Council Meetings. For the past 2 months you and your previous club officers have strived to get everything on time. I thank you for that and for helping to make Division 22 the best it can be! let’s keep up the good work to help put us on the mark in NJ Key Club. We have been doing great! I hope to see you all soon and get ready to put your Key Club spirit on! -Your Lieutenant Governor, Ciara Leonor P. Clarkin
“Key Club is a wonderful and diverse organization where students are able to help their community and build new relationships. There is something for everyone in this club!” - Lillian Mukasa Mt. Olive Secretary
Tutoring Every week, Vernon Township High School Key Club would go down to the middle school and tutor the kids who needed help in their classes. It was an amazing experience for everyone involved! We were really able to get to know the kids and watch them grow, thanks to our help. I’d highly recommend other clubs tutoring! It’s a great way to connect with the rest of the community, and it’s the perfect opportunity to inspire the kids in Builder’s Club and K-Kids to join Key Club when the time comes!
- Raven Ballantyne Vernon Secretary
Tutoring Continued
RTC's Recap The RTC’s this past May were a lot of fun and helped to train officers in how to make their clubs even better! Shout out to all the Vernon and Mt. Olive Officers for attending both Spring RTCs.
DCM's June-Completed August October December February
These meetings are designed to update, educate, and train Key Club officers as well as potential club leaders within the geographic region concerning district and International events, scholarships, and programs. Often service projects and social events are carried out in conjunction with these meetings. These meetings will be held in the Panera Bread of Sparta NJ. It is mandatory that each club send two officers to each meeting. A survey will be sent out before the month of said meeting to determine the best day for everyone to meet up.
International Convention On the 23rd of this month (June) I will be attending Key Club’s International Convention. At ICON, which is in Indianapolis this year, I will be learning a lot about how to make our Division better as a whole. This is bound to be a spectacular experience and I hope you will all attend next year’s convention in Atlanta Georgia. At ICON I will be:
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Sharing innovative service
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far with The Eliminate
project and fundraising ideas. ●
Listening to amazing speakers
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Learning about servant
Project—and how we can help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.
leadership. ●
Training for my 2015-16
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club can team up with.
Electing next year’s Key Club International Board.
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Having fun and making memories and friendships that
Celebrating 100 years of
last a lifetime.
Kiwanis and its clubs (including Key Club!)
Discovering new charities and organizations you and your
leadership position. ●
Hearing about our success so
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Seeing the sites in Indianapolis.
American Red Cross The American Red Cross is an organization that provides compassionate care to those in need to achieve their goal of preventing and relieving suffering, around the world and in America. On May 21st, 1881, Clara Barton and a few of her acquaintances founded the American Red Cross after first hearing of the Swissinspired global Red Cross network while visiting Europe succeeding the Civil War. The American Red Cross has five KEY service areas: Disaster Relief, Supporting America’s Military Families, Lifesaving Blood, Health and Safety Services, and International Services. As a Key Clubber, there are many ways to help the American Red Cross. Fundraising is always essential to the success of any organization, and funds are always needed to help those in need. You are encouraged to ask for support from local businesses, or individuals and groups in your local community. When fundraising, you may hold an individual event and submit the proceeds as a club, or ask for general request to use the American Red Cross Brand and fundraise directly to the American Red Cross. With a focus to direct service, a Key Clubber can give blood or have their club host a blood drive. When hosting a blood drive, it is imperative that the club offers a suitable location, recruits and schedules donors, and publicizes the drive. Volunteers are always needed at these blood drives, from welcoming and signing in donors, to thanking and assisting donors in the refreshment and recovery station. Furthermore, a club could even host or take an American Red Cross class; classes range from first aid and CPR for students to disaster and international services training for adults. These classes would be of extreme benefit to the community and the students, while being hosted by a Key Club! It is also important to remember that even though your Key Club may not be able to host an event, or very few American Red Cross opportunities may arise near you, advocating is essential to the success of any organization. The use of social media, and first hand encouragement of others to get involved, can go a long way!
Key Leader Imagine a weekend in the woods with about 65 Key Clubbers learning about service leadership and having fun while doing it – that is exactly what Key Leader is! This year, from December 4th-December 6th, Kiwanis is sponsoring their annual Key Leader in Camp Cross Roads in Port Murray, NJ! As mentioned, about 65 students join together for a weekend to learn about what it means to be a leader. From ropes courses to informative workshops, Key Leader is an overall amazing experience! At Key Leader you are able to meet teens from all over New Jersey who share a passion for service just like you! The friendships and bonds you form at Key Leader are incredible. The great thing is that not just Key Clubbers attend – students not in Key Club as well as 8th Graders can join in on the fun! If a student has attended a Key Leader prior to this year, they are able to sign up as a Student Facilitator. At Key Leader, students break off into groups called “neighborhoods” and Student Facilitators are in charge of neighborhoods. The neighborhood will have to create their own mascots, posters, and will be taking part in team building activities together. The Student Facilitators will get a discounted price of about $115 of what would be $200 for non Key Clubbers and $175 for Key Clubbers. The money goes towards food, lodging and activities throughout the weekend. It is truly a life changing experience, and you get to meet so many amazing people! If you have any questions about Key Leader, feel free to contact me or our Key Leader subcommittee chair, Josh Mariscal at ltg18.mariscal@gmail.com. I hope to see you there!
District Project With this initiative, the New Jersey Federation of Food Banks and the New Jersey District of Key Club International have teamed up to galvanize awareness for hunger and poverty that are affecting our neighbors right here in New Jersey. You may not know it, but 1 in 8 people in New Jersey struggle with hunger - put that in the perspective of whichever school you attend, town in which you live, or activities in which you engage. Hunger is a very real problem, but often overlooked, so we are giving Key Clubbers opportunities to engage with their communities to make a difference.
Reminders
➔ Governor's Blog (every month) ➔ CMRF’s due the 6th ➔ Newsletters (when completed) should be sent to me ➔ CLUB ROSTERS!!!!! ➔ Officer Training! ➔ Questions? Concerns? Contact me! ➔ Remind account- text @division22 to 81010 ➔ Suggestions for Division T-shirts? Let me know!
Josie Suddeth District Governor governor.suddeth@gmail.com
Sarah Park District Secretary secretary.separk@gmail.com
Bobbie Boettinger District Treasurer treasurer.boettinger@gmail.com
David Guirgis District Editor editor.guirgis@gmail.com
Shannon Peng District Webmaster webmaster.speng@gmail.com
Ciara Clarkin Lieutenant Governor ltg22.clarkin@gmail.com