A Newsletter from your District Treasurer
Clarkin’s Chronicles Volume III Issue I November 2016
Table of Contents Letter from your District Treasurer Dues Dues Paid Clubs Paying Dues DCON Hunger in NJ Hunger in NJ Star Clubs Hunger in NJ Totals Other Responsibilities Contact Information
Letter from your District Treasurer
Hello NJ Key Club Treasurers! IT’S NOVEMBER, 5 more months till DCON!! I hope you are all being the fabulous humans you are and that Dues season is treating you all great! The following newsletter details all things Dues, DCON, Hunger in NJ and updates. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have! Thank you and I hope you enjoy reading this Newsletter! -District Treasurer Ciara Clarkin
Dues
The Early Bird Deadline Has PASSED! Now you should all be working to get dues in by the regular December 1st deadline. The following page lists all of the clubs already Dues-Paid, those not listed make sure you pay before the December 1st deadline to keep your club in good status and make sure your club is not suspended. A page recapping how to pay dues is also included in this newsletter Feel free to ask me any and all questions!
Dues Paid Clubs
Early denotes the clubs that made Early Bird
Division 1: Cape May Tech (Early) Middle Township
Division 2: Cedar Creek
Division 3: St. Augustine Prep (Early) Pitman
Division 4: West Deptford
Division 5: Eastern
Division 7: Central Regional Southern Regional
Division 8: Brick Memorial Brick Township
Division 9: MAST (Early) Raritan
Division 10: St. John Vianney
Division 11: Highland Park (Early) North Brunswick (Early) Piscataway
Division 12: Division 13: Manville Voorhees (Early) Somerville Bridgewater Raritan
Division 14: Elizabeth John F Kennedy (Early)
Division 15: ECLC (Early) Millburn
Division 18: Bloomfield Clifton (Early) Becton Regional
Division 19: Division 20: Mt. Saint Dominic Montville (Early) Parsippany Mountain Lakes Parsippany Hills (Early) Division 22: Hackettstown (Early) Sussex Tech
Division 17: ECLC (Early) Secaucus (Early) Tenafly
Paying Dues 1. Start to promote membership ASAP! The more enthusiastic volunteers Key Club has, the more change can occur in our homes, schools and communities. Dues are $13.50, a club can also charge up to $5 extra to nurture their treasury. 2. Gather member information and update the information of the Membership Update Center. The Update Center can be found in the Dues & Reports tab in the upper right corner of keyclub.org. Simply sign in using the email and password of an advisor's account. Do not forget to delete people no longer in the club (ex. graduates). Once you have entered all the club member information an invoice will be generated. 3. Clubs can pay online or by check. In the case that they are paying by check, print out the invoice and mail a check to: Key Club International ATTN: NJ Dues 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268 4. Please remember that dues must be RECEIVED by Key Club International before the deadlines. Clubs may add additional members after the deadlines, so send in what you have by the dates and feel free to recruit more members afterwards. 5. Feel free to contact myself at treasurer.clarkin@gmail.com or your LTG with any questions or concerns! Thank you and happy recruiting!
DCON District Convention (DCON) is THE best Key Club Event a member can attend! From dances, sessions, candidates running around chanting, singing, hanging out with the best key clubbers in a hotel, the weekend is truly a celebration of all the hard work and dedication clubs put in to make our homes, schools and communities a better place. DCON, is at Ocean Place Resort and Spa, a beachfront hotel, so while electing the new Executive board you have an ocean view and tons of activities to participate in. I truly recommend that all clubs in NJ try their very best to attend and start fundraising now. Fortunately, while I am your District Treasurer, I am also the DCON Reg chair so feel free to contact me at any time with any and all questions! I hope to see all of your wonderful faces at DCON 2017
Hunger in NJ As a District it is incredibly important that we all take part in our District Project, Hunger in NJ. This project benefits countless people all over New Jersey. People in our very own communities are going hungry, and so each club needs to aid by hosting service projects and fundraisers. In the following pages, I have included clubs that have gone above and beyond when participating in our District Project as well as the year’s totals so far. Please take a look and take part in this wonderful District Project by: ● ● ● ●
Planning food drives Signing up for Students Change Hunger Going to Food Banks and Food Pantries to help out Hosting events to benefit the project
Hunger in NJ Star Clubs July CMRF Monetary Donation Spotlight
S H l a i r o m e M k c i r B : 8 v i
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$2,929 Food Collection Spotlight
The New Jersey District Service Spotlight
2,161 lbs
Div 14: JP Steven
284 hrs
Hunger in NJ Totals As of 11/17/16 Food Collection:
15,564.7 lbs out of 56,000 lbs Monetary Donations:
$15,281.23
out of
$60,000
Hours Served:
7,670.5 hrs out of 10,000
Other Responsibilities Responsibilities of a Club Treasurer are: 1. Stick to the budget you made and advise club in where to spend money 2. Help in planning fundraisers and food drives 3. Update your fellow officers and advisor of the club’s financial status 4. Collect and Promote District Convention to all Members 5. Help your fellow officers plan service projects and fundraisers benefitting Hunger in NJ
Contact Information Luke McGeown District Governor governor.mcgeown@gmail.com Cell 908-458-3587
Meghan Nevola District Secretary secretary.nevola@gmail.com Cell: 973-908-5118
Ciara Clarkin District Treasurer treasurer.clarkin@gmail.com Home: 973-764-1873
Julien Rosenbloom District Editor editor.rosenbloom@gmail.com Cell: 908-323-8971
Akshaya Dinesh District Webmaster webmaster.adinesh@gmail.com Cell:732-322-2092