The Monthly Howl
Pacific Northwest District of Key Club
Division 54 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Letter from your LTG ........ 2 Important dates ............... 2 DCON Logo Contest ....... 3 Fair Parade ....................... 4 K-Family…………..…….....5 July DCM Recap..……....6 Back to School Service...7 Recourses….……………..8 Key Club 101………...…..9 Key Leader..………...10,11 August DCM.…………..12
Keep in Touch Email: daphneuhler @hotmail.com
August 2016 Volume 3, Issue 5
Phone: 509-551-0840
A LETTER FROM YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Dear Division 54, As the summer draws to a close with school just around the corner, don’t forget the back-to-school projects that you can participate in or even host. Campus clean up, school supplies drives, or helping out at freshman day at your school. I hope you all have a great last month of summer! Let me know
what your club is doing and get a chance to be in the club spotlight! In Love and Service,
Daphne Uhler
IMPORTANT DATES This month’s DCM is Secretary reports due every month on the
5th! Editor photos are
on August
27th!
More info on back cover
due every month on the 1st!
Fair parade is on
August 20th! More information on page 4
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DCON logo design contest closes on
August 16th!
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DID YOU KNOW? Nickelodeon is a vision sponsor of Key Club
Rustic Pathways is also a Key Club sponsor Preferred
Charities include March of Dimes, Children Miracle Network Hospitals, UNICEF, and the Thirst Project.
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FAIR PARADE Are you excited for the Best Week of Summer? Do you wish you could participate in more fair activities ? Well, you can! Horse Heaven Hills Kiwanis is inviting any key clubbers to ride or walk in the fair parade! The parade kicks off fair week. Where: Meet at 9 a.m. on Dayton Street across from Kennewick High School When: Saturday, August 20th. The parade begins at 10 a.m. and will be over by noon.
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LOOKING FOR SERVICE PROJECTS? Check out dosomething.org! They
host ongoing campaigns. One, School Your School, is all about learning how to spot subtle
inequalities within your school and how to take action!
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JULY DCM RECAP Thank you to those who came out to support our local heroes! We made thank you cards for Kennewick, Pasco, Richland and West Richland Police Departments. We also made some candy butterflies to give with the cards!
BACK TO SCHOOL SERVICE Looking for projects or fundraisers to host with your clubs when school starts? Here’s a few ideas that are a great way to start the year!
Toy Drive for Children Hospital
Bake Sale for a Local Charity
Clean Classrooms
Help Out at a Family Night
Read-a-thon at a Local Library
EDITORS! Please send me at least 2-3 pictures a month with captions on
your club is doing. These can be from your newsletter, from your meetings, or action shots from service projects!
Miracle Minute for KCCP
Cards for Troops
Patient Playbooks
club spotlight
Clean Up Campus
what other
Get a chance to be in the and learn clubs are doing! Thank You!
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LOOKING FOR RECOURSES? Do you need help promoting your club? Fundraising ideas? Power point templates? Check out keyclub.org under the recourses tab! They have great tools to use. They have things like official key club colors, logos, templates for club newsletters, power points, news releases. They even have recruitment posters that are customizable to hang up in your school! There’s also fundraising and project ideas throughout the website.
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STAY CONNECTED
AUGUST DCM Where: Richland Library
District Admin: Brian Egger, brian.j.egger@gma il.com District Gov: Juliet Yu, julietyu.pnwgov@g mail.com
When: Saturday, August 27th from 12:30 2:30 PM
What: At this DCM, we will make goal posters outlining your Key Club goals for the year.
Whether you’re a member or an officer, setting up goals can make your year more successful! There will be ice breakers, information on Key Leader and snacks!
District Treasurer: Bryan Lee, bryanlee.pnwtreasu rer@gmail.com District Editor:
PNW SOCIAL
Audrey Chow,
Instagram: @pnwkeyclub Youtube: PNW KeyClub
audrey-
Facebook: Pacific Northwest District Key Club
chow.pnweditor
Snapchat: pnwkc
@gmail.com District Secretary: Tiffany Wong, tiffanywong.pnws ec@gmail.com
THANKS FOR READING!