New York District Key Club | Division 25
Monthly Newsletter February 2021
WHAT'S INSIDE:
LTG Update | 2
LTG 2021 Intro | 3
Division Recap | 4
Member of the Month | 5
Governor's Bulletin | 6
Service Spotlight | 7
Sponsored
Service Goal Updates &
Projects | 8-11
Fundraising Ideas | 12
New York Minute | 15
Paperwork Tracker & Social
District Executive
Divisional Contact
Board | 13
Info | 14
Media | 16
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LTG UPDATE Hello wonderful people!
I hope that this newsletter finds you all doing great and making the most of the beginning of a beautiful new year! I know it's a stressful time for many of our seniors, so my thoughts are with all of you as we make some really important decisions - I'm in the same boat! As the end of this service year approaches, I have some exciting news Ava Linder from Holland High School has been elected Lieutenant Governor for the 2021-22 service year! Check out page 6 of this newsletter to learn a little more about her. Thank you so much to everyone who made our CharityMiles fundraiser such a success!! We were able to raise over $225 for the charity Soles4Souls over the past two months, which is an amazing accomplishment. Fantastic work, everyone! Again, make sure to give us your feedback and ideas (using this form). so that our NYDKC Strategic Plan for the next five years can be as beneficial to all our members and clubs as possible. Although the official deadline for membership dues has already passed, I want to encourage all of our clubs to continue submitting them for any remaining members, or for you entire club as soon as possible! Pay your dues here. As always, I hope you are all staying healthy and taking care of yourselves, and that you have a fantastic month. Reach out to me with any questions or anything you need, I'm always here to help! Yours in service, Kasia Kalinski
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WELCOME TO OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT,
Ava Linder! Ava is currently a junior at Holland High School, and has been an active member of Key Club for all three years - serving as both Vice President & President in the past two years. Her interests include track, soccer, and basketball, and she loves spending time with family and friends. We're so excited to welcome her to the district board!
"I am very excited to be your LTG this coming year and look forward to meeting and working with everyone!"
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February Divisional recap
We were able to meet as a division on Sunday, February 7 to hold LTG elections, and to discuss a number of events. First off, make sure to check out the Awards Booklet that describes all of the individual and club awards you can apply for! This includes recognition of outstanding members and advisors, creative contests, as well as a number of scholarships for our high school seniors, so make sure to apply before the March 19th deadline! We got some great updates from all of our club presidents, and also concluded our CharityMiles fundraiser for Soles4Souls - thank you to everyone who helped us raise over $225 over the past couple of months! We discussed dues, and I encouraged all clubs to submit any outstanding paperwork (especially MRFs) in order to be considered for the Completed Paperwork Award at LTC 2021. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to attend, it was wonderful being able to meet you all!
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MEMBER OF THE MONTH submission form
Know a Key Clubber who goes above and beyond in your home club? Someone you can always count on to be there when you need them, or someone who's always full of creative service ideas? Nominate them as a "Member of the Month" to be featured in the Empire Key or on NYDKC social media!
FILL OUT THE
submission form here
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SERVICE SPOTLIGHT East
Aurora East
High
Aurora,
School NY
This past month our Key Club at East Aurora was lucky enough to be able to partner with Vanessa Frost, owner of Musejar, to create cards for the local nursing home, Absolut Care. Residents at this and many other nursing homes have had to stay in quarantine, without seeing any family members since almost the start of the pandemic for obvious health related reasons, making it a very difficult past few months for them. With this in mind, as a club, we wanted to find a way to safely put a smile on the faces of the nursing home residents and bring some joy into their lives. Similar to the hearts being put up around East Aurora which spread the message of unity and strength, we decided on making heart cards with special and uplighting sayings written on each of them. We had about 20 of our members come and create these cards, eventually allowing us to end up with over 230 cards for every single resident at the nursing home. It truly was a special event that all of our members enjoyed participating in, and we hope as a club that these cards do bring joy and happiness into the lives of the nursing home residents. Bridget Zagrobelny Vice President, East Aurora Key Club
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INTERNATIONAL Key
Club
Partner
Up with People is a charity unlike any you've heard of. This traveling music performance group tours the globe with a mission of empowering youth to build a network of respectful, engaged, and understanding global citizens. They perform international and contemporary music & dance in countless venues and bring with them a message of hope & unity. By giving to this charity, you provide performance education to youth and allow them to create a more universal impact, as they go on to realize their individual capacity to make change, long after their tour is over.
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INTERNATIONAL Key
Club
Partner
Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works with the support of young people to END the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water. By providing a community with safe drinking water, disease rates can drop by up to 88% virtually overnight, and child mortality rates can drop up to 90%!
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GOVERNOR'S PROJECT Canines
for
Disabled
Kids
Each year, our District Governor selects a charity to consolidate our fundraising efforts as a district community. Canines for disabled kids provides scholarships for kids who need guide dogs, counseling for families who are considering a service dog, and education to schools and businesses worldwide. In doing so, CDK gives children and their families a sense of independence, and advocates for individuals with service animals.
DISTRICT PROJECT Project
Hope
Project HOPE strives to provide medical training in order to build a strong and resilient global community of health care workers. Its volunteers work to create long-term solutions rather than quick fixes in the areas of natural disasters, infectious diseases, maternal & child health, and health policy.
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DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECT Kiwanis Trauma
Pediatric Center
The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center is a clinic located in Long Island, New York that is dedicated to serving unique care for children in extreme situations (e.g. trauma injuries). It also serves a number of other functions, such as outreach to parents and educational programs. You can support this charity by raising $1,000 for a Trauma Kit, a child-sized ambulance equipment kit which is compiled to meet most on-scene emergency needs of children. The kits are donated to fire departments and ambulance services under the auspices of the local Kiwanis clubs in each community.
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SERVICE GOALS 2020-2021
FUNDRAISING 79%
of
$120,000
SERVICE HOURS 67%
of
90,000
service ideas HOST A LIVESTREAMED TRIVIA OR BINGO FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE GOVERNOR'S OR DISTRICT PROJECT! BECOME A VOLUNTEER ON BOOKSHARE, A SITE THAT LETS YOU SCAN OR EDIT BOOKS FOR PEOPLE WITH READING DISABILITIES DOWNLOAD BE MY EYES - THIS APP CONNECTS SIGHTED VOLUNTEERS WITH BLIND INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLETE EVERYDAY TASKS THAT REQUIRE VISION ANSWER TRIVIA QUESTIONS ON BEANBEANBEAN TO DONATE MONEY TO FOOD BANKS WRITE CARDS TO FIRST RESPONDERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND TEACHERS TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE AND INTEGRITY DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS!
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EXECUTIVE BOARD Governor Mariam Makar governor@nydkc.org
Secretary Jason Xiong secretary@nydkc.org
Treasurer Winnie Huang treasurer@nydkc.org
Bulletin Editor Rachel Joh editor@nydkc.org
External Executive Assistant Anthony Lim anthonylim.ea@nydkc.org
Internal Executive Assistant Tatiana Solodova tatianasolodova.ea@nydkc.org
Webmaster Kristen Lew webmaster@nydkc.org
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DIVISIONAL contact
information
Division 25 Lieutenant Governor: Kasia Kalinski | division25@nydkc.org
Kiwanis Committee Representative: Kevin Love | klove.wsk@gmail.com
District Administrator: John Goldstein | nydkca@frontier.com
Assistant Administrator: Michael Berthel | mjberthel@gmail.com
Assistant Administrator: Jason Steiner | ianjs@aol.com
Circle K LTG: Lilian Zheng | Lilian.zheng@nycirclek.org
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A new issue of the New York Minute is out on the NYDKC website!! Check out the Fall edition of the Empire Key!
Submit your publications for the Empire Key here!
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