Ltg newsletter #5

Division 22: Vernon Township, Sussex County Technical, Sparta, Pope John XXIII Regional, Hackettstown, Mount Olive, High Point

Clarkin's Chronicles Volume I Issue 5 September 2015

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3: Letter from your LTG 4: DCM Schedule 5-6: Fall Rally 7: Elemonate 8: key Leader 9-10: Key Leader Registration 11-13: Youth Opportunities Fund 14: Kiwanis Devil’s Fundraiser 15-16: A Guide to the District Website 17: Vision Partners 18: Service Partners 19-20: Social Media 21: District Project 22: Reminders 23: Contact Information

Message From Your LTG Hi Division 22!

I hope you are all having a wonderful September so far.

While I know many of your clubs have not been quite as active during the summer I hope the with the beginning of the new school year you will have renewed the Key Club spirit within yourselves.

School is here, but with school comes Key Club and great fabulous activities like Fall Rally and DCON. Please start thinking of recruitment, and service project ideas.

I will see you all at your first meeting. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!! Have a great night!

-Your Lieutenant Governor, Ciara Leonor P. Clarkin

“You can’t escape Division 22” - Christine Jimenez Division 16 LTG

DCM Schedule

June-Completed August-Completed 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. Please bring non-perishables for each meeting so that they can be sent to the NJ Federation of Food Banks (our District Project)

Fall Rally!!!

What is Fall Rally?

Fall Rally is the largest gathering of over 3,000 Key Clubbers to kick off a new school year of service! It is held each year at at Six Flags Great Adventure. Admission includes a fun and informative session, a pass to ride the rides all day, and Fright Fest. Learn about Key Club while having fun at Six Flags!

This year, for our 2015-2016 District Project, we are holding a food drive! Bring canned food items and nonperishables to be donated to the New Jersey Federation of Food Banks!

Why should I go?

You'll meet Key Clubbers from all across New Jersey, hear about service opportunities and updates from the District Board, and last but not least, grab some cheese fries and ride roller coasters with your friends!

When and where is it?

This year, Fall Rally is: Sunday, October 11, 2015 Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ

How much will it cost?

What's this year's theme?

Early Registration: $37 Early Deadline: September 24, 2015 Late Registration: $42 Season Pass Holders: $7 always

Oh, the Service You'll Do! is the title of this year's Dr. Seussinspired theme. Look out for the District Board dressing up as their favorite Dr. Seuss characters!

Elemonate Remember last summer when everyone was pouring buckets of ice cold water on their heads in support of ALS and each person nominated 3 other people to do the same challenge? You could either accept the challenge and also donate $10 (or more), or deny the challenge and donate $100. This summer, the Pacific Northwest District of Key Club has kick started a new challenge called the Elemonate Challenge to support the Eliminate Project.

In order to take part in this challenge, you just need Âź of a lemon and a camera or phone with video capabilities. Once you start the video, say your name and who you were nominated by, and nominate 3 other people (or organizations). Then on the count of 3, bite into the lemon and chew it fully through. When completed, we ask that you donate at least $1.80 towards the Eliminate Project. $1.80 is enough for a series of 3 vaccinations to save a mother and all of her future babies from Maternal Neonatal Tetanus, or MNT. MNT takes the life of a newborn child every 11 minutes.

On August 15th, the New Jersey District Board of Trustees participated in the Elemonate Challenge at their second board meeting of their terms.

The New Jersey District Board of Trustees was nominated by Governor Josie Suddeth when she was at LeadCon and we decided to nominate all Key Clubbers in the entire New Jersey District. The Eliminate Project has been a large part of the K-Family in the past few years, especially in the New Jersey District of Key Club.

We challenged you to accept the Elemonate Challenge so cut up a lemon, grab a few friends, video your challenge, nominate a few friends, and then donate! Enjoy that sour lemon!!

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!

How to register: To sign up, go to key-leader.org, click register and go to Cross Roads Camp Dec. 4 - 6, 2015 and register. Note that NJ Key Leader is in the left column since we aren't doing the registration through the regular system.

Remember to be student facilitator you must have attended a Key Leader before. If you choose the student facilitator option, questions will pop up as you continue the registration.

You must pay by either check or credit card. If you register after November 20th there will be an added late fee of $25.

Youth Oppurtunities Fund The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is an endowed fund for Key Club International that provides funds to help Key Clubs execute their service opportunities.

The YOF is established through gifts to the G. Harold Martin Fellowships – a fellowship that aims to fund service projects and recognize people who unselfishly contribute their time to the Key Club Program. YOF grants can help your club perform the service project of your dreams; start looking around your school, community, or world for things that need improvement! Applications are due on October 15 th at 11:59 EST each year – do not miss the deadline, there is only one funding cycle per year! The Key Club International Board’s decision will be mailed no later than January 1 st, 2016. Clubs may request financial assistance for said service project ranging anywhere from $100-$2000.

The YOF committee usually allots the funds to clubs who ask for a portion of the total cost of the project, and to projects that are working with other organizations to fund and complete the project. In 2010, Warren Hills Regional High School Key Club in Washington, New Jersey, was awarded $2,000 to organize an association and create a 72-plot organic vegetable and flower garden with two water pumps and a deer fence for the community. Out of this small plot of land, they were able to produce and donate over 1,000 pounds of food from the garden to their local food pantry. Now, the Key Club is working on adding 23 more plots, 4 water pumps, brick walkways and birdhouses…not to mention the wheelchair-accessible plot this spring! I challenge YOU to apply for the YOF grant and make an impact as big as Warren Hills Regional! The current application for the YOF grants can be found on www.keyclub.org.

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 ➔ RTC’s- September 12th, 13th and 19th ➔ Fall Rally- October 11th ➔ Key Leader- 4th-6th ➔ International and District dues combined are $12.50, and early bird deadline is November 1st, regular Deadline is December 1st. ➔ Next DCM is in October ➔ Governor's Blog (every month) ➔ Secretary Farwa’s Blog ➔ CMRF’s due the 6th ➔ Attend DCMs!! ➔ Newsletters (when completed) should be sent to me ➔ CLUB ROSTERS!!!!! ➔ Officer Training! ➔ Questions? Concerns? Contact me! ➔ Remind account- text @division22 to 81010

Contact Info Josie Suddeth District Governor governor.suddeth@gmail.com

Farwa Shakeel 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