Division 1 South Volume 2 | Issue 5 | August 2015 Newsletter
Burleson Cleburne Crowley Everman Granbury Paschal Southwest
Burleson Cleburne Crowley Everman Granbury Paschal Southwest
Important Contact Information Vanessa Casta単eda Lieutenant Governor of Division 1 South ltg1S@tokeyclub.com Donna Newsham Rachel Iselin Crystal Loh Regional Advisor District Governor District Secretary reg7adv@gmail.com governor@tokeyclub.com secretary@tokeyclub.com Emily Zhao District Treasurer treasurer@tokeyclub.com
Matthew Riley District Editor editor@tokeyclub.com
Megan Reynosa Convention Liaison CL@tokeyclub.com
Brenden Nguyen Tech Producer Btnguyen.kc@gmail.com
In This Issue September Calendar.................... pg. 3 A Letter from your Lt.G/ Goal Update........................................ pgs. 4-5 YOF Grant................................. pg. 6 Recruiting Tips........................... pg. 7 Key Leader.................................. pg. 8 PCM recap................................. pg. 9 Fall Rally.................................... pg. 10 Stay Key-nected........................... pg. 11 Cookies for Key Club.................. pgs. 12-13 Contact Information................... pg. 14
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Kiwanis DCM* Eat @ 6 pm Meet @7 pm
Cowtown Classic Bike Race Worldwide Day of Play Social Mistletoe Hill Park 11am -2pm
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! #CMN 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 future newsletters! *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 .
Hey guys! Wow...it’s only been a few weeks but it feels like forever since I’ve seen y’all! I hope you’ve all had a great first few weeks back at school! I’ve been seeing lots of you post about your first Key Club meetings on social media which is really exciting! I know you are all going to have a fantastic year! As you’re recruiting new members, keep in mind that although freshman can be annoying at times you want them in your club because freshman are the future of your club. These next few months I will be working on trying to finish my 1st time visits to a few clubs and then I will begin round 2 of visits to each club. I am so excited to meet your new members! One of my goals this year was to increase communication with you all, so I’ve been sending weekly and sometimes biweekly emails (depending on if I have any new information or not). I’ve also set up a Remind to send out quick updates. I hope this has been helpful to you. I’m doing my best to give you dates in far in advance as I can so that you can reserve those days in calendar. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to keep you up to date! If you’d like a personal phone call to talk about something going on in your club or you just have some questions, just let me know and we can make that happen! Another goal of mine is to have all of you pay Early Bird dues! The deadline for Early Bird dues this year is November 1st. Hopefully you will have collected dues from your entire club by this date, however if you haven’t you only need to send in 15 to qualify for Early Bird (you can send in the rest later). So if you haven’t already begun collecting dues, please do so! I also would like to get our division up to 100% reporting so I’ll be working with the clubs that currently aren’t reporting and/or have officers who are untrained. Stay tuned for more information on that!
The rest of my goals pretty much all fall under the same category of K-Family relations. This is a big one because increasing K-Family Relations is what the Governor’s Project is about this year. It’s really important because 1. Your Kiwanis Club loves you and wants to help and support you as much as possible but it’s hard for them to do so when you’re not staying in contact with them. I really encourage you officers to take the initiative and attend your sponsoring Kiwanis Club’s meetings as well as DCMs. Your Kiwanis Club loves seeing you and hearing about what great things you’ve been up to, so make the effort to stay in touch with them and invite them to you club’s events every once in a while. 2. Coming to Divisional events is really important because you get to meet Key Clubbers from our area and talk with them. Each club has so many unique projects and experiences to share with others. The biggest thing I want for you all this year is to learn from one another, but I also want you guys to make friends. So when we have divisonal events make an effort to talk to people from other clubs! Some of my greatest friends in Key Club live at least an hour away from me but we talk all the time about Key Club and just about life. So that’s what’s going on with me and our division. Remember that if you ever have questions of concerns don’t hesitate to contact me either by email or phone, that’s what I’m here for!
Love y’all,
Vanessa Lynn
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Texas –Oklahoma District Key Leader Event Pineywoods Baptist Camp November 13-15th 2015
What is Key Leader? Key Leader is designed for today's young leaders. This life-changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership-development experience. A Key Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.
Who can attend Key Leader? Key Leader is designed to open doors to all student leaders and those with leadership potential. The focus is to serve students from 14 to 17 years of age, but especially the Freshman and Sophomore emerging leaders.
Five Keys to Excellence
The Key Leader program is built on five essential principles. These principles reflect our mission to inspire young people to achieve their personal best through service leadership:
Personal Integrity: Doing the right thing Personal Growth: Developing in mind, body, and spirit Respect: Showing consideration for self, others, and property Building Community: Developing relationships to achieve positive goals Pursuit of Excellence: Expecting and achieving the best.
How do you sign up? Go to www.key-leader.org and click on the REGISTER button. Students and adults attending a Key Leader weekend complete a form with basic information. If there are any questions about registering online, please feel free to contact any of the Site Coordinators or the District Chair at tokeyleader@gmail.com.
T-O Key Leader – November 13-15th Pineywoods Camp-Woodlake, Texas
August PCM
Stay KEY-nected Facebook: Join our group Texas-Oklahoma Key Club Division 1S Twitter @tokeyclub Instagram @todistrictkeyclub @todivision1south Remind Text “@to1south” to 81010
Cookies for Key Club Vanessa’s Guide to making cookies, for all of your Key Club needs
Ultimate Sugar Cookies 1 stick Crisco® Butter Flavor Shortening Sticks or 1 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor Shortening 1 cup sugar 1 large egg 2 tbsps. milk
1 tbsp. vanilla extract 3 cups All Purpose Flour 1 1/2 tsps. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt
Decorations: granulated sugar or colored sugar crystals BEAT shortening and sugar in large bowl, with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla extract until well blended. COMBINE flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture at low speed until well blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. HEAT oven to 375º F. Roll 1/3 of the dough at a time in lightly floured surface to 1/8- inch thickness. Cut dough with floured cookie cutters. Decorate with sprinkles. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. BAKE 3 to 7 minutes or until edges appear light brown. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Transfer cookies to cooling rack. Makes 6 dozen cookies (varies depending on cookie cutter size)
Old School Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 1 cup shortening 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1/4 cup water 1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 3 1/2 cups quick oats
Cream shortening in large bowl. Add sugar gradually beating until well blended. Beat in egg, water, and vanilla. Stir in the rest of ingredients, adding oatmeal last. Drop by teaspoon onto well greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350º until golden (about 15 min). Makes 5 dozen cookies.
Ultimate Double Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar 3/4 stick Crisco® Butter Flavor Shortening Sticks or 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor Shortening 1 large egg 2 tbsps. milk 1 tbsp. vanilla extract 1 1/3 cups All Purpose Flour 1 tsp. salt 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
HEAT oven to 375º F. Combine brown sugar, shortening, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at until light and fluffy. Beat egg into creamed mixture. COMBINE flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. DROP rounded tablespoonfulls of dough 3- inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. BAKE 6 to 9 minutes for chewy cookies, or 10 to 12 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies and place on cooling rack to cool completely. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
You’re probably wondering why in the world Vanessa would include cookie recipe’s in the newsletter. Well the cookies were a big hit at the August PCM and many people asked for the recipies, so here they are! Cookies are great for snacks socials as well as thank you gifts!
Vanessa Casta単eda Lieutenant Governor Division 1 South ltg1S@tokeyclub.com
Donna Newsham Regional Advisor reg7adv@gmail.com
Rachel Iselin District Governor governor@tokeyclub.com
Crystal Loh District Secretary secretary@tokeyclub.com
Emily Zhao District Treasurer treasurer@tokeyclub.com
Matthew Riley District Editor editor@tokeyclub.com
Megan Reynosa Convention Liaison CL@tokeyclub.com
Brenden Nguyen Tech Producer Btnguyen.kc@gmail.com