D8; Region 8 Denton High School Key Club December Newsletter

VOL. 1 ISSUE 9 • DECEMBER 2019

KEY CLUB - Newsletter Official Newsletter of D8, Region 8: Denton High School Key Club

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This issue: Cover page PAGE 01 Letter from the president PAGE 02 Kiwanis on the Square PAGE 03 Key Club & NHS Christmas Party PAGE 04 Partners PAGE 06 T-shirts PAGE 08 rgjeg PAGE 09 Upcoming Events PAGE 10 Contact Us PAGE 12 Social Media PAGE 13

Letter from the president Hello Key Clubbers, Happy New Year Key Clubbers! Our club had an amazing year in 2019: we placed in the top 25 clubs in T-OK, we raised a lot of money for service projects, and accumulated hundreds of service hours! And I know that 2020 will be just as great, maybe even better. Just remember to keep up your attendance at our meetings and join in on our service projects. Make it a New Years Resolution to get as many service hours possible.

At this point, start thinking about if you’d like to run for an officer position! We will be holding elections soon, so start contemplating if you are leadership material.

One piece of advice: make this next decade count. Spend time with your friends and family, make some memories, and enjoy these coming years as much as possible. Looking forward to this next semester with you all!

Yours in service,

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Kiwanis on the S uare DECEMBER 18TH, 2019 Every Wednesday morning, members of our club were invited to join the Denton Breakfast Kiwanis for their morning meetings at Embassy Suites. But on this Wednesday the meeting was held in the foyer of the Denton Courthouse on the Square! It was a very special meeting and we were all invited to go. We were even able to go to the very top of the Courthouse and enjoy the view! Thank you to everyone who went.

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Key Club & NHS Christmas Party DECEMBER 11TH, 2019 This years Christmas Party was held with Denton High School's National Honors Society! The party was filled with fun, including cookie decorating, wrapping people in christmas paper, movie watching, and hot cocoa. Thank you to everyone who came to the party and brought their christmas spirit!

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Partners Kiwanis family members parter with March of Dimes by raising thousands of dollars annually to give every baby a healthy start.

Key Club works with March of Dimes to ensure that mothers are healthy and their babies are strong.

Learn more at marchofdimes.org

Kiwanis family members participate with Children's Miracle Network by sponsoring fundraising events and conducting service projects at their local children's hospitals. The Network has been treating children and supplying hospitals with supplies since 1983. Their main fundraiser is $1 Miracle Balloon Icons, sold at many restaurants and community events.

Learn more at miraclenetworkhospitals.org

Kiwanis partnered with UNICEF in an effort to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus, focusing on the developing world where mothers and their newborns are more susceptible to the disease.

Learn more at unicef.org

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The Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works with the support of people, globally, to help END the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water.

Learn more at https://www.thirstproject.org/ Why water? Waterborne diseases kill more children every single year then HIV, Malaria, and all world violence combined. Small children typically do not have sting enough immune systems to fight diseases like cholera, dysentery, or schistosomiasis.

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T-Shirts! $23

Prici ng is not o fficia l

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*Front and back designs are the same for the long and short sleeve shirts*

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2020 HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Upcoming Events KIWANIS MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGHOUT SCHOOL YEAR THESE MEETINGS ARE TO HELP MEMBERS GET TO KNOW THEIR SPONSORING CLUB, KIWANIS. AT THE MEETING A SPEAKER COMES TO SPEAK, YOU GET A SERVICE HOUR, AND FREE BREAKFAST! TIME: 6;30AM PLACE: THE EMBASSY SUITES

TEN ON TUEDSAY EVERY TUESDAY THROUGHOUT SCHOOL YEAR SEND IN A PHOTO OF YOU PICKING UP TEN PIECES OF TRASH AND SEND IT IN TO ANY OF THE CLUBS OFFICERS. THIS COUNTS AS ONE HOUR OF SERVICE.

More opportunities will be posted on Google Classroom throughout the month

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s u t c a t n Co Club President Emily Young 522067@g.dentonisd.org

Club Vice President Lizette Reyes 844003@g.dentonisd.org

"Everyday is a new chance to change the world."

Club Webmaster Colby Keen 912208@g.dentonisd.org

Faculty Advisor mjohnson3@dentonisd.org

Club Treasurer Madeleine Taylor-Marks 819544@g.dentonisd.org

Kiwanis Advisor

joetrek1700@tokeyclub.com

Division Lieutenant Governor ltg8@tokeyclub.com

Club Secretary

Kate Crawford 802553@g.dentonisd.org

District Governor governor@tokeyclub.com

District Treasurer

treasurer@tokeyclub.com

Club Editor Meryl Johnson 591693@g.dentonisd.org

District Secretary secretary@tokeyclub.com

District Editor editor@tokeyclub.com

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Social Media

Happy Holidays and have a happy New Year!

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What is Key Club?

Instagram @dentonkeyclub

How did it start?

Key Club international is the world's largest student-led organization. Denton High School is the local chapter of this club of 270,000 members from 38 countries.

The local chapter of Key Club at Denton High School has a lot of history. Key Club International was founded in 1925 based out of California. It has been adopted to stand for Kiwanis Educating Youth.

How does it work?

What is Kiwanis?

Our board, made up of club officers and committee chairs, seeks out or creates service projects to address needs in the community. Our large member base helps us fulfill these needs.

Kiwanis is the sponsoring parent organization of Key Club. Our club is sponsored by Denton Breakfast Kiwanis Club, made up of community leaders in Denton.

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Caring - our way of life Thanks for reading!

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