New York District Key Club | Division 25
Monthly Newsletter October 2020
WHAT'S INSIDE:
LTG Update | 2
Governor's Bulletin | 3
Empire Key | 4
Youth Opportunities Fund Application | 5
Fall Rally| 6
Endorsed Projects | 7-10
Service Spotlight | 11
Service Goal Updates & Fundraising Ideas | 12
District Executive Board | 13
New York Minute | 14
Divisional Contact Information | 15
Paperwork Tracker & Social Media | 16
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LTG UPDATE Happy October everyone! We're quickly entering the most beautiful time of the year, and I'm so excited for all the opportunities that this month has in store! First off, thank you so much to Springville for being the first to fill out their ERF for this year! Presidents - be sure to fill this form out so that I can share a personalized monthly report form with your secretaries! Also, MRFs for September are overdue, but make sure you keep filling out past forms. Lastly, it's dues season but - almost every single one of our clubs has already submitted them way ahead of time! Thank you so much guys - even if your clubs aren't meeting on a regular basis, this helps the district and Key Club International tremendously. Keep looking out for virtual Fall Rally 2020 registration, which should be coming out in the next couple of weeks. Have a wonderful month!! Yours in service, Kasia Kalinski
Reminders: The MRF for September is due on October 10th! *Even if you are behind on paperwork, be sure to fill out past months' MRFs so you can be eligible for recognition at LTC 2021! ERF's are overdue, but please continue to fill them out so that we can complete our district directory!
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Check out this summer's edition of the Empire Key here!
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application
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND now open! If your club has an idea for an outreach project, but is in need of some funds to get it started, consider applying for a YOF grant! Grants range from $250 to $2,000, and are given by the Kiwanis Children's Fund to Key Clubs and individual members - the money goes to pay for scholarships and service events. Apply by October 15, 2020 by creating a Foundant account for your club - watch this video to learn how!
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I T ' S
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T I M E
F O R
fall rally! November 21 -22 1 pm -5 pm Join Key Clubbers from all over New York for a weekend of workshops, service, and fun! Four workshop blocks will give you the opportunity to customize your experience, and we'll come together for a keynote speaker, service project, and game tournament. You'll learn how to navigate the changing dimensions of Key Club, and prepare yourself for leadership within your clubs. Registration opens soon!
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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 SPOTLIGHT Division
27
|
Buffalo,
NY
Hello! I am Lourdes, and this month I and a few other members of Maritime Key Club attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for WNY Maritime Charter School’s new school building on September 18th at 4 o'clock. We ended up volunteering until 6 o'clock, which is a total of 3 community service hours per person. I am really glad that I attended this service project because it allowed me to meet board members that make my education possible, and I normally would not get the opportunity to meet and thank them for everything that they do. It was also so much fun to see the smiles on so many people's faces, and I would and will do it again if I get the opportunity. Thank you to everyone else who made this event possible!
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SERVICE GOALS 2020-2021
FUNDRAISING 21%
of
$120,000
SERVICE HOURS 33%
of
$90,000
service ideas 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! SEW MASKS FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL - FOLLOW THIS TUTORIAL AND DONATE THEM TO HIGHLAND HOSPITAL IN ROCHESTER, NY!
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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!!
Submit your publications for the Empire Key here!
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