Division 1 South Volume 2 | Issue 1 | April 2015 Newsletter
Photo submitted by Paschal High School see more on pg. 7
Important Contact Information Vanessa Casta単eda Lieutenant Governor of Division 1 South ltg1south@gmail.com Rachel Iselin District Governor rmiselin.kc@gmail.com
Crystal Loh District Secretary crystalloh.kc@gmail.com
Donna Newsham Regional Advisor reg7adv@gmail.com Emily Zhao District Treasurer emilyzhao.kc@gmail.com 1
PCM
Mistletoe Hill Park in Burleson 1:30-3:30 p.m.
ELIMINATE WEEK
Teacher Appreciation Week Kiwanis DCM** Dixie House Cafe on Hulen St. Eat @ 6:00 p.m. Meet @ 7:00 p.m.
STC
Arlington HS Check in @ 9:30 a.m. Begins @ 10:00 a.m. Habitat for Humanity Project in Granbury 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
**DCM’s are Divisional Council Meetings. DCM’s are Divisional meetings for Kiwanis Clubs. The Kiwanis members love to see Key Clubbers at these meetings! They’re a great way to find out what’s going on with the K-Family .
You can always send me any events your club is having that you would like to invite the division to and I will add them to the calendar in my future newsletters 2
In this Issue • Calendar Pg. 2 • A letter from your LTG Pg. 4 • Goals Pg. 5 • Spring Training Conference Pg. 6 • Club Highlight Pg. 7 • District Convention Recap Pgs. 8-9 • ELIMINATE WEEK Pgs. 10-11 3
A letter from your Lieutenant Governor Hey guys!! My name is Vanessa and I have the privilege of being the Lieutenant Governor of Division 1 South for the 2015-2016 Key Club year! I am beyond excited about working with you all this year! My home club is the Burleson High School Key Club, but I look forward to getting to know all of you this year! I love Key Club and I’m going to do everything I can do make all of the clubs in our division successful this year! Other than Key Club, I love Jesus and coffee a whole lot! I’m also involved in a few other clubs and organizations at my school, but Key Club always comes first! I’m always here for you guys so never hesitate to email, call, or text me! Love, Vanessa
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Vanessa’s Goals
Yearlong goals
Goals for May
• Increase Communication by way of emails, phone calls, and snail mail- to reduce confusion • INCREASE DIVISIONAL SPIRIT!!!! • Visit each club AT LEAST twice • Have 100% reporting from all 8 clubs throughout the year • Help charter at least 1 new club in the K-Family within the division • Have ALL 8 clubs submit early bird dues • Have 1 super rockin’ Division wide function! • Attend as many Kiwanis DCMs as possible -hopefully all of them if circumstances permit • Have club officers- primarily Presidents and Vice Presidents attend as many Kiwanis DCMs as possible- this will be a great time for us to meet up in a central location so that I can answer any questions you may have that might be difficult to communicate over email or a phone call
• Have a majority of the Division at STC • Win the spirit stick at STC • Get Divisional t-shirts ordered • Schedule a club visit with each club for sometime between now and the end of summer- invite me to any meetings or service projects you are having and I will do my best to be there! • Plan a PCM for the summer- if you have suggestions shoot me an email! • See some of you at the May Kiwanis DCM!
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Bibles for the Blind Every Wednesday after school, a group of our Key Clubbers heads over to St. Paul Lutheran Church to make Braille Bibles. We each take a job in the assembly line, either filling the page templates with paper, putting the template in the wooden sleeve, running the sleeve through the presser machine, handing the paper to the page compiler, or placing the pages in order on the Bible spine. Our club usually has more people than these jobs require, so we often have more than one person at each station. It is truly a team effort that takes efficiency and careful attention to detail. Though we try reach a new record time each week for making a complete book of the Bible (our current record is 4 minutes 17 seconds), it is important for us to ensure that the work we do is good quality and there aren’t any mistakes. After all, these Bibles are going to blind people in countries all over the world, and we don’t want to be the reason for any out-of-order pages in them! Sometimes fast-paced and crazy, and sometimes relaxed and involving food, making Braille Bibles is our most popular consistent service project, and is a great way to feel that our club is giving back to the community.
Dirty Scurry Mud Run This past weekend, we volunteered at the Dirty Scurry, a mud run for kids that raises money for Cook Children’s Medical Center. Most of us helped out in the kids’ area before and after the race, and some of us were stationed along the course. Those of us in the kids’ area alternated between face painting and monitoring the inflatable slide, and those on the course helped to direct the runners where to go. The kids told us all about going through the obstacle course through mud, and came back completely covered in it! It was a really enjoyable project, and we look forward to volunteering again next year.
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Fundraising ideas • 50/50 raffle- have people buy raffle tickets you keep one end they keep the other, then draw a random ticket out of the ones you kept and that’s the winner! The winner gets half of the money collected from selling tickets and you give half to the ELIMINATE project! • Bake Sale- have club members bring different baked goods from cakes to pies to breads to cookies and cupcakes! Have something for everyone’s price range! Also consider selling drinks to wash down those scrumptious baked goods! • Buckets for Babies- have club members go around town and ask local businesses if they would be willing to let you place a bucket in their business to collect donations. Explain what the ELIMINATE project is to the business owner and then decorate buckets also explaining what it is! • Yard Sale- this is a great opportunity to make your Key Clubbers’ parents happy, have them CLEAN OUT THEIR ROOM! Collect all of the unwanted items from the Key Clubbers and set them up for sale. Remember, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure! The Eliminate Project gift form for Kiwanis-family members For Service Leadership Program members, clubs and advisors
Do your part. Make your mark. Give to The Eliminate Project. Individual recognition Elimidallion: US$625 (SLP members and advisors are eligible) Recipient name (required)
Pay by credit card: Card number Expiration date month
Club recognition
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Security code year
Name as it appears on credit card
1K Club: US$1,000
Unity Award (for sponsoring Kiwanis club)
Signature Pay by check: Make check payable to the “Kiwanis International Foundation” and include “The Eliminate Project” on the memo line.
For per-member average (select only one) Bronze Club: US$10 per member Silver Club: US$25 per member
Recognition information:
Gold Club: US$50 per member
Donor to be credited
Total funds
Recipient name(s)
Funds raised through:
Anticipated presentation date
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Eliminate Week
Show Your Love, Save a Life
Other
SLP club name
Recognition certificate(s) will be emailed to the point of contact to be personalized and distributed.
Club No. Club No.
Builders Club
Key Club
CKI
City
State/Province
Postal code
Kiwanis-family program affiliation: K-Kids
Name Address
Number of club members Kiwanis club name* *For Unity Award recognition
Email (required)
Ship recognition to:
Clubs associated with this gift:
Country
Phone (with area code) Aktion Club
Preparer name Phone (with area code)
The Eliminate Project: Campaign Office 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268 USA
Thank you for supporting The Eliminate Project and for doing your part to change the world!
GIEP-814-2 (8/14)
Email Give quickly and securely at www.TheEliminateProject.org/give. Don’t forget to include your Kiwanis-family club affiliation when submitting funds online.
Please allow six weeks for the recognition to be prepared and delivered. Contact the campaign office at 1-800-Kiwanis (U.S. & Canada), +1-317-217-6213 (worldwide) or Campaign@TheEliminateProject.org with questions. Return this completed form via email, fax (+1-317-471-8323) or mail:
To make sure your club gets recognized for your fundraising make sure you complete Kiwanis family giving form! Be sure to write your club name or club number on the memo line of the check so you can earn recognition for your club’s efforts. Send your donation to: The Eliminate Project: Campaign Office Kiwanis International Foundation 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268 USA 11
Division 1 South
Important Contact Information Vanessa Casta単eda Lieutenant Governor of Division 1 South ltg1south@gmail.com Rachel Iselin District Governor rmiselin.kc@gmail.com
Crystal Loh District Secretary crystalloh.kc@gmail.com
Donna Newsham Regional Advisor reg7adv@gmail.com Emily Zhao District Treasurer emilyzhao.kc@gmail.com 12