New York District of Key Club International February Newsletter Division 20 Division 20
February Newsletter Caring, Our Way of Life
You’re invited to LTC!! The Leadership Training Conference is an amazing, exciting way to meet Key Clubbers from all over New York state! This three-day, two night weekend is filled with workshops to participate in, getting to know other key club members, electing officers for the district, and enjoying a great time!
Page 2 ………………………………… Lieutenant Governor’s Greeting Page 3 ……………………………………….. Social Media Page 4 - 8 …………………………………………. District Updates Page 9 ………………………………………………… District Endorsed Projects Page 10 - 11 ………………………………………………… Service Spotlights Page 12 …………………………………………………………… Contact Page 13 …………………………………………………………………. Paperwork
Written by Division 20 Lieutenant Governor Clarissa Mbera
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Lieutenant Governor’s Greeting: Hello Division 20!! My name is Clarissa Mbera and I am a junior at Seton Catholic Central High School in Binghamton, New York. I am a member of Key Club, Yes Leads, Sustainability Club, a cheerleader, and your Lieutenant Governor for the 2019-2020 service year! My goal this service year is to keep service at the center of Key Club! Let’s not get caught up in all the work and ever forget what the purpose of Key Club is. Being of service to others, our community and our world! Thank you!
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Social Media Division 20 @nydkc20 New York District @nydkc Sistrict @newlamissho Key Club International @keyclubint Division 20 @nydkc20 New York District @nydkc Key Club International @keyclub
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District Updates Governor’s ProjectNew York Chapter of the Special Olympics!! This year's governor's project is the New York Chapter of the Special Olympics. Special Olympics New York is a project that provides all inclusive athletic opportunities. Athletes with intellectual disabilities have the opportunity to challenge themselves in fair and even competition. Win or lose, they are able to grow and develop their own character, make new friends and uncover undiscovered wells of determination within themselves. Special Olympics promotes the message of inclusion, which is something for everyone to support and relate to!Website: https://www.specialolympics-ny.org/
District ProjectProject Semicolon! Project Semicolon is an organization dedicated to the prevention of suicide. Their work is based on the foundation and belief that suicide is preventable and that everyone has a collective responsibility in preventing suicide. Through raising public awareness, educating the public, and equipping every person with the right tools, they know that lives all over the world can and will be saved. Website: https://projectsemicolon.com/ Our goal is to raise $15,000 for each!
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District Updates International Partner & President’s Project: Key Club International has plenty of different project partners that aim to aid young people all across the world! These include Thirst Project, Landscape Structures, Nickelodeon, U.S. Army, Up with People, Squads Abroad, Kiwanis Gives Online, Children’s Miracle Network, March of Dimes, UNICEF, K Corps, Project Happiness!
International President K’lena Schnack has chosen The Eliminate Project as her President’s Project! Kiwanis International and UNICEF joined forces to aid in eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) all over the world. This historic initiative, named the Eliminate Project, aims to end this cruel, centuries-old disease. This will help pave the way for the delivery of other lifesaving services, such as clean water, nutrition and other vaccines. UNICEF USA and Kiwanis International are working to raise $110 million to provide women with lifesaving vaccines to protect them and their future newborns. For additional information, please visit The Eliminate project.org . 5
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District Updates 2019-2020 Service Goals!! District Service Hours Goal: 120,000 Hours! We are at 56.07% of our service hours goal. That is a total of 67,280.14 hours!! Please do all that you can to help our district reach the set goals. And a gentle reminder to complete the monthly report forms each month so that the hours your club volunteers can be tracked. Thank you!
District Fundraising Goal: $200,000 So far, the district has raised $98,304 out of 200,000!! That’s about 49% of our goal! Let's host some more fundraisers and events to boost those numbers! I know we can reach our goal, so let’s do it!
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District Updates Leadership Training Conference Registration Priority Deadline: February 21, 2020 Final Registration Deadline: March 2, 2020 Payment Deadline: March 13, 2020
Price (Per Attendee) Key Club Member Quad Room: $300 Advisor/Chaperone Double Room: $335 Advisor/ Chaperone Single Room: $650
Awards Booklet The Awards Booklet is OUT and filled with various different awards that ANY club can enter to win! There are awards that are given to clubs, Key Clubbers, Faculty Advisors, Kiwanis Advisors, and club officers such as individual awards, club awards, automatic entry awards The booklet also has information about contests that will be held, scholarships that ANYONE can apply for, international recognitions, submission methods and deadlines!
Everyone has a chance to win, all you have to do is apply!Â
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District Updates The Empire Key Written by District Editor Angelo Lontok
https://issuu.com/nydistrictkeyclub/docs/novdec
New York Minute Brought to you by Camille Brock
https://youtu.be/0AG4a22RGIk 8
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District Endorsed Projects Kamp Kiwanis Camp Kiwanis is aimed at providing exciting exercise and adventure.
It strives to afford opportunities in order to participate in a unique, creative, outdoor group experience in a democratic setting and develop characteristics of leadership and fair play.
The program at Camp Kiwanis is made to mainstream every child, including up to 20 each session with special needs.
It is non-competitive prioritizing group and team building.
No activity is forced, but all are highly encouraged. We aim to raise $3,500 for Camp Kiwanis!
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Service Spotlights From our Division: On February 5, Seton Catholic Central’s Key Club joined together in our school’s Student Learning Center to talk color and sign “Thank You” Cards for First Responders like Firefighters, Policemen, Emergency Medical Service Workers, within our community. We were very lucky to have Community Service Made Easy’s “Thank You Card for First Responders” Template and plenty of colored pencils from our Faculty Advisor, Mrs. Anna Wright provided for us.
Key Club Members filled the card with color and warm messages expressing their gratitude for all of the First Responders never ending hard work as they keep us and our communities safe! - Lacey Fahs, President of Seton Catholic Central Key Club
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Service Spotlights From Division 23: The Harley School Key Club had its biannual blood drive this January. The Harley Key Club collected a total of 24 units of blood, succeeding their goal! These donations will help positively impact up to 72 lives. The blood drive had 12 first time donors. Parents, staff, students, and anyone in the community were welcome to come and donate blood. Members recruited people to donate, hung up flyers in the Rochester community, and also donated themselves. Members that were unable to donate volunteered at the blood drive by working the canteen by handing out snacks and keeping a close eye on donors after their donation, and checking people into their donation appointment. This was a positive experience for all involved and the club completed over 40 hours of community service at this blood drive! Fortunately, the Harley Key Club is organizing another blood drive in April and we hope to collect over 25 units to help those in dire need! -Charlotte Allen, President of The Harley School Key Club
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Contacts -Lieutenant Governor Clarissa Mbera (clarissambera@gmail.com / (607) 759-9892) -Circle K Lieutenant Governor Brendon Nguyen (brendon.nguyen@nycirclek.org) -Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor Scott MacDonald (scottmd1944@gmail.com) -Governor Camille Brock (governor@nydkc.org) -Secretary Linna Cheung (secretary@nydkc.org) -Treasurer Anthony Lim (treasurer@nydkc.org) -Internal Executive Assistant Qianting "Tiffany" Chen (qtchen.ea@nydkc.org) -External Executive Assistant Jaron Belmore (jaronbelmore.ea@nydkc.org) -Webmaster Ramisa Azad (webmaster@nydkc.org) -Bulletin Editor Angelo Lontok (editor@nydkc.org) -District Administrator John Goldstein (nydkca@frontier.com) -Assistant District Administrator Jason Steiner (ianjs@aol.com) -Assistant District Administrator Michael Berthel (mjberthel@gmail.com) 12
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Paperwork Club Name
E Octob Dues June July Augus Sept. R er Paid MRF MRF t MRF MRF F MRF
Candor X
X X
X
X
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Laurens X Central
X
MaineEndwel X l
X X
X
Owego X
X
Seton Catholi X c
X X
X X
X
Novemb Decemb January e r MRF er MRF MRF
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Charlott e Valley Johnson X City
UnionEndicot X t Windso X r
Clubs without ERF’s: Charlotte Valley, Johnson City, Union Endicott Clubs without dues: Charlotte Valley
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