The Key of 2 3 November 2012 Official Division 23 Newsletter
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Dear Division 23,
Greeting from Josh ........................... pg. 2 Key Club Week .................................. pg. 2 Trick-O-Treat ....................................... pg. 2 Leadership Training Conference .... pg. 3 Governor’s Project ............................ pg. 3 Service Spotlights ........................... pg.4- 5 Paperwork .......................................... pg. 6 Running for Higher Office ................ pg. 6 Contact List ........................................ pg. 7 Reminders ........................................... pg. 7
I hope you all are enjoyed your school year thus far and your Thanksgiving! For me, it certainly has been great. This is the edition of The Key of 23 where LTC is one of the main focuses along with celebrating club projects and (as always) the paperwork updates. Please take some time to read through the e-mail thoroughly as it has much important information. Let me know if you have any questions! Yours in friendship and service, Josh Hill Lt. Governor
Greeting from Josh Key Club Week is an annual event where members of Key Club celebrate their service for once specific week. Each day of the week has a certain theme, this year it took place on November 5-9, 2012. Monday: Show your K in every way Tuesday: Kudos to the Key players Wednesday: Connect the Ks Thursday: Bring a friend to Key Club Friday: Your way
Trick-O-Treat for UNICEF Every year, UNICEF puts out their Trick-O-Treat event for people to participate in to help raise funds for the general UNICEF fund. However, now that UNICEF and Kiwanis have teamed up to eliminate maternal/neonatal tetanus, if the club labels their donation per The Eliminate Project, then all funds go to help out UNICEF and Kiwanis! If your club participated, please make sure that it is sent in before December 30th, 2012! This is very important. In addition, remember to fill out a Fundraising Report Form and send in a proof to Treasurer Annie. If your club rose over $250, you will receive a patch to put on your club’s banner!
Leadership Training Conference 2013 Also commonly known as LTC is the annual conference in which 700 members of the New York District of Key Club International gather to celebrate the year of service and excellence they just helped out in creating. While there, you meet many new people and forge many new friendships. It is always exciting to see all the new people and sometimes see some old friends; there is never a dull moment when it comes to the 3 day event in March (specifics are below). The conference includes workshops, dances, social sessions, entertainment, rooming, meals, general sessions and above all, an experience you will never forget! I cannot describe in words all the wonderful experiences you will see; you have to see it to believe it! Once someone leaves convention, they leave with a smile that will not leave for hours; after attending, you will have a new found appreciation for Key Club, trust me! Who: all of New York District Key Club (advisors and members alike!) What: Leadership Training Conference (one of the greatest conferences you will attend ever) When: March 22-24, 2013 Where: Holiday Inn on Wolf Road in Albany, NY Why: It’s a fun experience and something no Key Clubber should ever have to miss out on! How: contact LTG Josh or your advisor A.S.A.P. for information! Registration starts soon and space fills up fast! Cost: $260 per student (3-4 students/room (same gender)) $310 per adult (2 adults/room (same gender)) $500 per adult (1 adult/room) The price is not meant to discourage you from attending! Ask your advisor on an appropriate way to pay for convention; they have all the information for this!
Governor’s Project The Governor’s Project is a project decided on by the District Governor that focuses on a specific category or area of service outreach. This year’s Governor’s Project is called “Keys to Accessibility,” which aims to serve the elderly and those with disabilities. “Keys to Accessibility” focuses on serving the elderly and disabled. Though there are no specific guidelines for the project, here are some possible project ideas: organizing a dance for your local senior center, visiting and providing assistance for a home for persons with disabilities, having a biweekly club visit at an elderly home and providing services such as reading newspapers, storytelling for the visually impaired, holding a sports competition for the disabled, and much more. I know that many of your clubs have participated in working with the elderly and disabled thus far in this service year, make sure that it is recorded in your club’ Monthly Report Form!
Service Spotlights Bishop Kearney: Feed a Family For the first time the Bishop Kearney Key Club organized a fundraiser which we like to call Feed a Family. This fundraiser collected money to support the Open Door Mission. Feed a Family was a competition between SAP (Student Activity Period) rooms to see which room could collect the most money for the fundraiser. The SAP room that collected the most money was rewarded with a formal Thanksgiving lunch and early dismissal after the lunch. The Distillery donated two fresh turkeys and the entire Thanksgiving meal was prepared by Keenan’s Restaurant. The goal for Feed a Family was set at $1,000.00. At the school-wide assembly that kicked off the fundraiser, Mr. Miller, the Bishop Kearney Dean of Students, promised students a dress down day if the goal was exceeded. We were surprised to see how involved and generous students were. For this reason we raised more than double the amount of our original goal. Students were donating large sums of money not even worrying about if they won the Thanksgiving lunch or not. Students donated out of pure generosity. The total amount raised in the Feed a Family fundraiser, which was donated to the Open Door Mission, was an amazing $2,575.00. Since the total raised far exceeded that of our original goal, Mr. Miller, not only awarded Bishop Kearney students with a dress down day but also a sneaker week. During sneaker week students will be able to wear any shoes with their normal uniform rather than the regular dress shoes. Feed a Family marks the most successful fundraiser that the Bishop Kearney Key Club has ever had. So successful that Michael Hennessy, Open Door Mission Executive Direction, and Chris Scribani, Director of Development and Communications, visited Bishop Kearney to thank the school. Giuliana Pietrantoni, Bishop Kearney Key Club President, and Christine Reiss, Key Club Editor, presented the check to the representatives from the Open Door Mission on the Bishop Kearney morning news broadcast. Presentation of the check to Open Door Mission representative was also covered by WHEC, channel 10 local news station. The money donated to the Open Door Mission was used to feed over 5,000 people Thanksgiving dinner this Thanksgiving. The success of this fundraiser is thanks to the Feed a Family committee of Bishop Kearney Key Club members who collected money from SAP rooms, counted and recorded totals for each room, made posters, and encouraged students to contribute. The Bishop Kearney Key Club plans to organize this fundraiser annually for many years to come.
Service Spotlights Bishop Kearney: Pink Passion For the past two years the Bishop Kearney Key Club has organized a fundraiser that we named Pink Passion. This fundraiser raises money to support BCCR (Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester). This is one our Key Club’s bigger fundraisers. Each year it is a success it raising money to donate to BCCR. There are multiple activities that collect money for Pink Passion. The main part of Pink Passion is a school dress down day. On this day students donate $3 in order to dress down wearing something pink and $5 to dress down wearing something that is not pink. Each student that paid to dress down receives a pink breast cancer sticker so that teacher can make sure that all students contributed to dress down. In addition to the dress down day, baked goods are also sold during student lunches. Key Club members bring in fresh baked goods which are sold to the students. All of the proceeds raised from the baked goods sale are contributed to Pink Passion. Something new to Pink Passion this year was the sale of raffle tickets and guess how much candy is in the jar. Students were able to purchase raffle tickets to win prizes. The prizes for the raffle were donated by one of our Key Club members. Raffle prizes included a Vera Bradley wristlet and two pink pashminas. Students were also able to purchase “guess cards” to guess how many pink M&M’s were in one of two jars. The students whose guess was closest to the actual number of M&M’s were in the jar was rewarded with the entire jar of candy. This year Pink Passion raised a total of $1,000.00, which was donated to BCCR. Each year, Pink Passion is the first fundraiser organized by the Bishop Kearney Key Club and is a great way to kick off a new Key Club year. The success of Pink Passion was thanks to Key Club members in the Pink Passion committee who made posters, sold baked goods, made baked goods, and decorated the school hallways. Next year we hope to make Pink Passion an even bigger success and find new ways to collect donations.
Webster-Schroeder & -Thomas: Senior Luncheon On Tuesday, November 20th, Webster School District put on its annual Senior Citizen Luncheon in which the Senior Citizens of the Webster community gather at Webster-Schroeder for music from both schools in the auditorium for the late-morning to early afternoon. From there, they make their way to the auditorium where they eat a Thanksgiving lunch/dinner prepared for them by the kitchen staff of Webster-Schroeder. Members of both clubs came together to help serve the Senior Citizens their lunch/dinner. They had to help seat people, take drink orders, get the food from the lines and bring it back to the table, get the pumpkin pie for everyone at the table, clean the tables after and make sure all guests at their tables were happy and were enjoying their time at the school. There were over 300 Senior Citizens with about 85 student volunteers. There were truly no shortage of smiles at this event as it always is a big draw for students and seniors alike to come together as Thanksgiving nears; and for the students to interact and give back to the community and to those who made the community they now live in possible.
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last updated 11/11/12
Running for Higher Office In the coming couple months, it should be time for some of you underclassmen to think about running for higher office. Lieutenant Governor: This is the position I have held for the previous 2 terms and I have enjoyed every minute of it! This position includes travelling to Albany for meetings (expense free on your part), e-mailing the clubs, going to District and possibly International Convention and much more! It is a very fun experience that I hope someone does not miss out on it. I have heard from multiple advisors who have suggested some of you. This is open to all underclassmen, especially those with a passion of helping other! Let me know if you’re interested! District Secretary: This position is in part like the club secretary, however, they are also in charge of the District Directory and collecting and compiling the totals and MRFs from each club. District Treasurer: This person helps with the dues process and organizing the FRF information that comes in and work with the administrator when coming to FRF monetary information.
Contact List Daniel Ivan Lin District Governor daniellin.gov@nydkc.org John Goldstein District Administrator nydkca@frontier.com Amber Lee District Secretary amberlee.sec@nydkc.org Annie Porfido District Treasurer annieporfido.treas@nydkc.org Holy Cheong District Bulletin Editor holycheong.editor@nydkc.org Barry Lee District Webmaster barrylee.tech@nydkc.org
Emily Gicewicz District Executive Assistant emilygicewicz.ea@nydkc.org Tina Lee District Executive Assistant tinalee.ea@nydkc.org Josh Hill Lieutenant Governor Division 23 joshhill.ltg@nydkc.org Jane Murray Kiwanis Committee Representative jmurr66@yahoo.com Cecelia Ferguson International Trustee trusteecece@floridakeyclub.com
Division & District Reminders! 1) Secretaries: Please send in your MRFs on time! And forward me the receipts! 2) Officers & Advisors: once you have completed a service project or fundraiser, write up a short summary and take some pictures and send them to me to add to our newsletter! 3) Check the District website (nydkc.org) regularly for Video Updates, information on District Projects and much more! Check it out! 4) PUSH PUSH PUSH for LTC! 5) Encourage others to run for higher office or even you run! Let LTG Josh know if you’re interested
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