ivision 20/32 Newsletter
August 2013 Edition
Hello Everyone!
Over a month of summer has passed already. I hope you all are continuing to serve your community! Always remember that summer is the perfect time to take on all events that are occurring around your community. As a greater number of service hours are accomplished, the more benefits there are to you and your club. You can take pride in how much time you have spent working around your community. The last couple of months, Key Club International has put much focus into The Eliminate Project. As of now, the Kiwanis Family has eliminated neonatal tetanus from over 28 different countries, and we are gradually working our way to wipe it out entirely. We have currently raised $35 million for The Eliminate Project. Our goal next year is to raise $110 million. As for PTP, CNH has raised $134k/$154k. We are almost at our goal! With everyone’s contribution, we can make a bigger difference to further assist lives of children who are in need of care. I hope that each and every one of you talk with your home club to brainstorm fundraising ideas to help raise money to help save lives of children, mothers, and babies!
Karissa Mills has done an excellent job in Key Club. She is definitely utilizing her summer well, since she has been on top of all activities. With her busy schedule, she managed to work assiduously to arrange a tie dye event for members to attend, support their Tutti Frutti fundraiser and find more service for members to participate in. Key is very fortunate to have Club a member as active, and committed as you are. ~ Tricia Tran, LTG
Piner High School has done an excellent job on fundraising for their first fundraiser. Your contribution towards the community is superb. You all were able to help assist children and even Vietnam veterans.
Your hard work is paying off. Having a tie dye event with other members in your home club seemed to be a successful bonding activity. This is a good idea that other clubs might consider using. I hope to hear good news from your club in selling the clothing you made! ~ Tricia Tran, LTG
Our work this summer as a club has been a bit slow because our advisor has been out sick for quite some time. We are hoping she gets well soon, but on to business. Our small club in Cloverdale hasn’t been doing much this month, but we recently have completed our Doctor Dolls project and are planning on delivering the dolls to the Oakland Children’s Hospital. This was a fantastic project that our entire club worked on for a year. We’re so proud of ourselves for keeping up this ongoing project that resulted in 300 completed dolls. Each doll only costs about $2 to complete, but it adds up quickly to be quite a chunk of change. How could such a small club be financially able to produce so many dolls? Well, we wouldn’t have been able to do it without the financial help of the YOF (Youth Opportunities Fund) grant and donations from local businesses. All participants in the YOF grant are required to enter by October 15th of each year, in an attempt to receive financial aid. All clubs that apply can receive anywhere from $100 to $2,000. It’s great that they can fund for so much, but your chances of receiving the grant increase if you only ask for a portion of the total cost of the project you need assistance with, as well as seek help from other businesses and companies in town. They often give you less than you request, if your application is accepted, so it’s best to round up. Make sure you have a financial plan and know that you have to go through with your event in order to receive the money. The project that you request help on doesn’t have to be an ongoing project like we chose, it can be a single event if you wish. I think that many of our clubs should apply; it eases some of the financial burden that tends to get in the way when trying to make the world a better place. Good luck and best wishes! ~ Maggie Duran
Fort Bragg High has been trying hard to stay active during summer! Just last week (July 13th) our club had an extremely successful car wash; we were able to raise money and gain service hours. The most interesting thing about the car wash was that Tiffany Contreras chaired the entire project. It was her first time taking on a project all by herself, and she did an amazing job! Getting everyone to be a leader and an active member has always been really important to us, so this truly was a great achievement. On July 20th our club also hosted a beach clean-up at Pudding Creek-- a very popular local beach. Last year it was tons of fun and it was the same this year. Terri Robertson-Lewis, (Our Kiwanis advisor), will be hosting a BBQ river day at her home on August 3rd! We're hoping that Key Club members will bring friends, along with new Key Club members for the Fall. Fort Bragg Kiwanis members will also be there, so it'll be a great opportunity for some bonding time. Fort Bragg Key Club will be joining powers with the Fort Bragg Lions Club in a big event-- a Zombie Walk! It will hopefully be a lot of fun, and even more importantly, all the money will be going to a fellow high schooler's family to help them pay his medical bills since he was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. This summer has been full of service for Fort Bragg! ~ Eric Medina
Piner has made an effort to focus on service for the summer. We held a tie dye party and meeting on the 26th. All the tie dye items will be sold at our upcoming field day, which Tommy Nguyen has been appointed to head. We have had members doing service with the Redwood Empire Food Bank, Redwood Empire Gospel Mission, Community Action, and Blood Source. Members helped out at the Homeless Birthday Party by either baking or helping out at the event with face and nail painting. A total of 10 hours went into the event to help make it a success. We also had our member and LTG Tricia Tran attend ICON as well as two members at our last Kiwanis meeting. Tricia Tran is also preparing a presentation on her ICON trip to show at the Kiwanis meeting on the 25th. Our club’s president will be traveling to Guatemala to represent Key Club and do 45 hours of service by teaching English to local students and building a school. Our club is gearing up for the start of the school year by planning new fundraisers and recruitment methods to make sure we start the school year off right. ~Karissa Mills
In the past month or so, Santa Rosa has helped clean and pick up trash at nearby parks and local creeks. As well as helping to keep the environment clean, we have also helped out those in need at the homeless shelter. An event that we have participated in most recently was volunteering at a party for the homeless on the 12th. We also participated in the beach clean-up held by Fort Bragg, and helped out at the Redwood Empire Food Bank. Along with that, as well as attended the upcoming DCM that was held after the Food Bank. We are also participating in an All Star Football event coming up that is held by our Kiwanis. As well as that, we are trying to plan fundraisers for PTP and the Eliminate Project. ~Thu Dang
Don’t see your club? Remember to have your VP email your story in to the division newsletter editor before the 19th of each month, or turn something in at the DCM!
project.jump.start
What is it? Any service or project that affects children’s health, safety, education, and well-being is part of Project Jump Start. It should have an effect on children aged 5 and below and give them a “Jump Start” in life. This can be anything from helping in a preschool to cleaning up a local park or play structure. Project Jump Start can encompass many things, so BEE creative!
District Project Project Jump Start is a District Project. What does that mean? It means this project was chosen by the Lt. Governors to be a district-wide focus for two years. Putting emphasis on a single project helps to make a more pronounced difference in an area of need. Project Jump Start is a District Project for the years 2012-2014. Another one of the district goals for this year is 800,000 service hours, and Project Jump Start is the perfect project to participate in to achieve this goal!
How to get involved Check the next page for GOLDEN ideas on ways to participate in Project Jump Start by partnering it with other projects D20/32 participates in.
As Presented by Tommy Nguyen, D20/32 Tech Editor
Tommy Nguyen Piner High Key Club Division 20/32 Tech Editor D2032.cnhkc.dtech@gmail.com
Did you know that our Division has a website? Well, it does! Our website contains a comprehensive amount of information about our division. Run by your new tech editor, I ensure that the website is up-to-date for anyone to use. The website will be very informative and useful when you need information about Key Club or the Division. It is a great way to stay caught up to current and upcoming events, gain contact information, and access newsletters. The site is very simple to use. So please, bookmark it and BEE sure to check it out! To visit our website, use the URL: http://d32dinosaurs.webs.com/ There you should see this:
This is the homepage of our website. The links in red indicate upcoming events within our division. To gain access to our updates, you can subscribe to the website. Near the top of the website, there are tabs labeled such as “Home”, “About Us”, “Contact Us”, and “Updates”. Clicking on one of the tabs will let you enter to a new area of the website.
Above is what you would see if you entered the “About Us” page. In this area of the website, you can scroll and read about who and what we are. This tab gives you information about the Key Club, our District, Region, Division, and current leaders in office.
The above screenshot is what the “Contact Us” page should look like. Here, you will be able to send us messages. If you would like to send a personal or direct message to one of the Division Leadership Team members, you can scroll down the page and find the person’s email address, photo, and position on the Leadership Team.
The photo above exemplifies what the “Photo Gallery� page should look like upon access. Here, you will be able to search through photos that were uploaded to the site. These photos would include past major fundraisers, DCMs, and other events. Although we do not have many photos now, we will have many more photos to come throughout 2013 and 2014.
(News) The news will be current, so keep checking back to the website on a regular basis.
(Updates) Although these two tabs are separate, they essentially share similar qualities in terms of composition of information. In these tabs, you will be able to access the latest news and updates for the division.
This page is probably one of the most important and useful tools of the division website. Here, you will be able to access information about upcoming events for the division. It is recommended for Key Clubbers to have knowledge about the division calendar in order to stay reminded of important events such as RTC, OTC, and Fall Rally. This part of the website will be updated most often.
The documents page has important documents from the division. As of right now, it contains documents of the past newsletters; however, this page will soon include more important documents for your convenience.
Car Smash: A “car smash” is where people pay to beat up a car (usually an old, donated one). This fundraiser is great to do at an event or even in the quad at school. If there is an upcoming sports event, label the car with the rival school’s name or mascot. To do a car smash, all you need is a donated car and a sledgehammer. If you’re doing it at school, make sure to discuss it with the principal. Charge each person for the amount of hits they get and you could potentially raise hundreds of dollars and have fun doing it. This fundraiser is one people definitely won’t forget! (Hint: Work with your local fire department to make the car safe from flying glass!_
Smoothie Stand: Same concept as a lemonade stand, but with a bit of a twist. A smoothie stand offers a change from the usual and provides a healthy treat. Materials such as fruit and ice can be donated from a local grocery store or from members. Set up a stand and charge for a small smoothie at events or just do it on a hot day. Get creative and allow members to create different types of smoothies and give an award to whomever’s sells the best. Smoothie stands work great year round and are a quick and easy way to fundraise.
Jewelry Collection: Go door to door and also ask your sponsoring Kiwanis group for any gold or jewelry that is no longer worn. The jewelry can be turned in for cash. This can be done once a year and can bring in quite a bit of money depending on how much jewelry is collected. Be sure to let people know it is for a worthy fundraiser so they will be more willing to donate!
Key Club-
Dress for Success! At school meetings and volunteer oppurtunities, it’s perfectly fine to dress casually. However, we often need to put our professional foot forward for conventions, board meetings, workshops, and much more! So, it’s important to know how to dress in the proper “business casual” attire for such occasions!
Boys and girls are expected to wear polos or dress shirts Khakis, slacks or dress pants are advised, but definitely no jeans or shorts Girls can wear formal skirts, but remember to keep these at an appropriate length Non-athletic shoes
Classiness is key! And we are Key Clubbers, so let’s class it up!
DCON College Expo Coordinator At this year's DCON, I had an amazing time meeting other Key Clubbers and learning loads at the workshops; however, one of my favorite experiences was going to the College EXPO. Looking at schools I may want to apply to, I spoke with students first-hand about life at their university, and how they are able to continue their service after high school with Circle K. I had a one-of-a-kind experience being able to speak with so many students from all around California and beyond. I applied for the DCON 2014 College Expo Coordinator position because I want to have a part in being able to help others have the same experience that I had. I hope you all in D20/32 who did not attend last year’s DCON, make sure you do so this year! And be sure to stop by the College Expo; it's a great opportunity that Key Club provides for us. ~ Dallas Phillips
For More Info: Dallas Phillips Division 20/32 Assistant Casa Grande President d2032.cnhkc.ea1@gmail.com
Dallas Phillips
Bee sure to go to the college expo at District Convention and check out the work Dallas may be helping out on! Thank you Dallas for taking the time to provide us Key Clubbers with more opportunities and a better DCON experience!
DNE’s Closing Statement
D20/32,
Thank you for another great issue. I truly appreciate all your contributions. Remember to check your emails between the 10th and 20th to see if I’ve asked you to write an article. Even if I didn’t email you and ask you, feel free to send in your own articles, or suggestions anyway. My favorite part of my job is reading about all the GOLDEN adventures our members have! I hope you all enjoyed this newsletter and feel a little more informed about what is going on in the division as well. Thank you for taking the time to read it! As always, I am proud to serve D20/32 and each one of you as your Division Newsletter Editor. See you next issue!
Roaring with Service, Karissa Mills D20/32 Newsletter Editor Piner Key Club President d2032.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com