New York District of Key Club International Division 20 March Newsletter Division 20
MARCH NEWSLETTER Caring, our way of life
PAGE 2 Lieutenant Governor’s Greeting
PA GE 3 Governor’s Bulletin PAGE 4 Social Media P A G E 5-9 District Updates and Goals P A G E 10 Endorsed Projects P A G E 11 Year Recap P A G E 12 Contacts P A G E 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, and your Division 20 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 too caught up in all the work and never forget what the purpose of Key Club is. Being of service to others, our community and our world! Thank you all!
Thank you to each and every one of you who have welcomed me into this position and made my short time as Lieutenant Governor an experience I will never forget and am forever grateful for! Although we’ve had only 5 months together, I have met so many new people, been to so many new places and schools. Going to your club meetings and service events these past months to see what your incredible clubs do has inspired me and filled my heart with joy for all you do for your communities and world! Thank you all!
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MARCH 2020
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GOVERNOR'S BULLETIN Updates from Governor Camille!
Our board at the Winter Board Meeting! Thank you all for such an incredible year!
Winner's Circle
What I've been up to... Hey Key Clubbers! This is officially my last bulletin. I promise I won't get sad... yet.
#NYDKC On Tuesday, February 4, the Ogdensburg Key Club hosted their annual Spaghetti Day. A local restaurant sponsors the event and cooks the food. Key Clubbers sell tickets, take orders, package the food for delivery, and serve the food. Each year, the proceeds for this event go towards funding the club to go to the Leadership Training Conference at The Desmond Hotel in Albany, NY. Dinners were $8 and included spaghetti, meatballs, a side salad, and a dinner roll. The event was very successful and well received by the community.
We have an incredible event coming up! In a few short weeks, we will be wrapping up the service year with the 72nd Annual Leadership Training Conference from March 27th-29th at the Desmond Hotel! While this is bittersweet, it's the celebration of what an incredible year we had. That's because of all of you! I am excited to see what you all accomplish in the future and it has been a pleasure working alongside you all. Our board had a meeting in February, I've been busy planning for LTC, and committees are releasing their final materials from this year. You also had LTG elections! If your club has yet to pay dues, please get those in ASAP. And your forms! We are incredibly close to reaching our goals. I know we can do it.
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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 Division 20 New York District Key Club International
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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, centuriesold 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 .
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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 $86, 362.02!! That's about 43.32% 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! !7
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District Updates T H I R STY
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Thirsty 30 is a wonderful campaign between Key Club and the Thirst Project that raises money to build water projects. This is not only an easy way to fund raise but it allows for every member of your club to get involved and participate! How it works... 1. Pledge for your club to participate HERE! 2. Count the number of members in your club, let's say you have 36 members. 3. GO get 36 envelopes and number them 1-36 4. Assign them to each member OR you can let them pick so that they can choose the amount that they know they can raise. 5. Each member will fill up their envelope with the amount that is on their envelope. 6. If I had envelope #20, I would raise $20 dollars and put it in the envelope. 7. Give your members 30 days. 8. Assign a central location for your members to hand in their envelopes, like your advisors classroom. 9. At the end of the campaign, count how much money was raised and send it into Thirst Project! If your club members have high amounts of money to raise and are stressing about how to get this money together, no need to worry! Luckily the Thirst Project has compiled a list of ideas of how to raise the cash: Thirsty 30: Tips and Tricks During these 30 days, encourage your members to get their friends and family in on it. This is a chance for your members to educate themselves and the people in their lives about the global water crisis and why its important. With this campaign, organization is key to keep track of each club member and their envelope. To keep things organized, download this Thirsty 30 Donation Tracker Sheet. Once you have completed the 30 days and collected all the envelopes you can send the money to as a check. Please make checks out to Thirst Project and send them to Thirst HQ at their office address: Thirst Project 5478 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 400. Los Angeles, CA 90036 Please be sure to include a note that says what Key Club you’re from and the fact that you raised the money from Thirsty 30!!!
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District Updates LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE 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! D E A D L I N E S: Priority Deadline: February 21, 2020 (PASSED) Final Registration Deadline: March 2, 2020 (PASSED) Payment Deadline: March 13, 2020 (THIS FRIDAY!) Prices (Per Attendee) Key Club Member Quad Room: $300 Advisor/Chaperone Double Room: $335. Advisor/ Chaperone Single Room: $650 T H E E M P I R E K EY
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Written by District Editor Angelo Lontok Brought to you by District Governor Camille Brock
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Endorsed Projects International Partner Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works, with the support of youth, to end the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe and clean drinking water. What makes this project so important, what is about water? It’s simple. Everyone’s health and sanitation are extremely important. Waterborne diseases have killed more children every single year than aids, malaria, and all world violence combined. small children typically don’t have strong enough me and systems to buy diseases. By providing communities with safe drinking water, disease rates have the potential to drop up to 88% almost instantly! Clean water plays an extremely critical role in treating and managing HIV/AIDS in rural communities.
District Partner 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 noncompetitive prioritizing group and team building. No activity is forced, but all are highly encouraged. We aim to raise $3,500 for Camp Kiwanis and Thirst Project! !10
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YEAR RECAP (or 5 months for me!) November 8-10: Tri-K Board Meeting at the Desmond! December 7: Maine Endwell’s Annual Holiday Party December 10: Presidential Council Meeting at Seton December 11: Seton Catholic Central’s Annual Gift Wrapping for Inmates Children December 18: Union Endicott’s Christmas Party February 3: Lieutenant Governor Elections February 5: Seton Catholic Central’s Thank You Card Making meeting for First Responders February 7-9: Winter Board Meeting! February 13: Valentines Day Cards for local Nursing Home with students at St. James Elementary School.
February 29: Circle-K Lieutenant Governor Elections
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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)
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