Yours in Service, Rosa Lee
Hey Division 3C! Can you believe it’s already March? I don’t know about you, but January felt like only a day ago. Although March is exciting because we have spring break and we are a step closer to summer (finally!), it also means that we have less than 60 DAYS UNTIL DCON!!! I hope you are thrilled because I sure am. That being said, I encourage all of you to start planning for DCON if you have not already. Remember to register before March 9th if you want early bird deals and check out the DCON Projected Cost Sheet that I emailed out in my February and March update. Keep up with the awesome volunteering!
Reminders Contact Information: Here is the club directory for the 2018-2019 Key Club year! This directory contains all of the contact information for this year’s officers of active clubs. I am still missing information for Lee, Memorial, Second Baptist, and Sharpstown High Schools! If you belong to any of these clubs, please update the 3C Officer Contact Information spreadsheet! Monthly Reports: Don’t forget monthly reports are due the 5th of every month, unless it falls on a Sunday - then they are due the next day. ● If you have not turned in past reports, still turn them in. They can be blank or have very minimal activity. We just want to see that you are active! ● Want to get those extra points? DO THE TASK OF THE MONTH! SECRETARIES! Join the District Secretary Remind : Text @tokcsec to 81010
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Newsletters and Articles: Newsletters/ articles are also due on the 5th with the same exceptions. ● Send out 5 articles with at least 400 words and a picture for each article. ● Check out my October Divisional Update for a sample article ● Promote DCON in your newsletters! ● **Email to the District editor, governor, treasurer, and secretary. ● **Please also cc me, Ms. Judy Pomorski, Ms. Megan Iselin, and Mr. Steve Peters. **All contacts can be found on page 14-15
Dues: If you want to be considered an officer club by Key Club International and want to attend DCON, PAY YOUR DUES - EVEN IF YOU HAVE MISSED THE DEADLINE!!
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Why Volunteering is Important to Me I’ve lived in Bellaire since before I can remember. (I moved here when I was two years old.) As the years have passed, the Bellaire community has accepted me with warm hearts. When I was a young child, I spent the summers at the Bellaire Recreation Center swimming, playing games, and most importantly, making friends. In middle school, I volunteered at Evelyn’s Park, a local park developed to benefit the local community, and helped them raise money. For high school, I went to Bellaire High School, forming new relationships with friends and teachers. All these experiences and more helped me see the importance of friendship and community. Through volunteering, I can give something back to the community, and specifically the people, who mean so much to me. When volunteering at Evelyn’s park, I could physically see the positive effect that volunteering can have on my local community. While we continued to raise money, the park went up simultaneously. With every trail and bench installed, and with every happy family that enjoyed the park, a warm feeling of accomplishment and contribution spread throughout me. When I entered high school and was looking for clubs to join to continue benefiting my community, Key Club seemed like the perfect opportunity to become involved in my school’s community. Also, I knew I could help the larger Bellaire community through Key Club’s volunteering efforts. I immediately signed up for Key Club at the annual club
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festival meant to attract incoming freshmen. Since joining Key Club, I have had the honor to participate in a multitude of events that have benefitting not only my community, but communities all over the world. Though my efforts are no longer inspired and directed towards my original one, I have changed my view to see myself as part of a larger, all-encompassing community. Holding positions as secretary, webmaster, and co-president has allowed me to reach out to this new community while remaining close to the one at home as I make new friendships through the club every year. I originally started to volunteer for my friends and family in the hopes I could make their lives better. However, I now volunteer to help anyone and everyone, because we all need to support one another. - Samara Zuckerbrod Bellaire High School
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Hot Chocolate 15k/5k Huge shoutout to Bellaire High School for volunteering at the Hot Chocolate 15k/5k Marathon at Hermann Square! Keep up the awesome work!
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Important Info When: April 25-28th, 2019 Where: Sheraton Hotel at Dallas, Texas Registration: ● REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 9TH FOR EARLY BIRD ● $135 + hotel $160 + transportation? ● Must have paid all club dues- otherwise you’re not considered an official club by international bylaws. ● Seating priority is assigned by the order in which payment is RECEIVED. ● Must book hotel prior to registering. Best room rates are only available up to 3 weeks prior to convention, so make your reservations early! *HINT* If you don’t have enough students to pay the “Quad” prices, you can work with other clubs to share rooms. ● Have to have confirmation number from hotel for rooms before you can register students on website. ● Can use tax exempt form but only if check is issued by the school- remember to allow for hotel tax.
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Regarding DCON ETC: ● You must provide 1 chaperone per every 10 students per gender. Or work with another club to reach this requirement. ● Contact Dennis Hogan if you need to add roommates from other schools or need female/male sponsors to chaperone. ● Scholarship deadline has passed. ● Outstanding Officer/Advisor Awards must be turned in NO LATER than APRIL 11.
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ChildFund Are you looking for ways to fundraise money for DCON? As you already know, Texas-Oklahoma District Key Club launched a partnership with ChildFund International to help each other. ChildFund is an organization that reaches over 11 million people to strengthen families and communities to help break the cycle of poverty. It is a simple fundraising idea: all Key Clubbers are encouraged to recruit one committed sponsor for one child and in turn ChildFund will cover the cost of the Key Clubber’s DCON registration fee. Learn more here: https://tokeyclub.com/dcon-info/childfund-international/
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Contact Information T-O Website: http://tokeyclub.com/
T-O District Governor: Addi Duerksen Email: governor@tokeyclub.com
T-O District Treasurer: Addie Flores Email: treasurer@tokeyclub.com
T-O District Secretary: Bunsri Patel Email: secretary@tokeyclub.com
T-O District Editor: Kyra Burke Email: editor@tokeyclub.com
T-O Convention Liaison: Nadia Rodriguez Email: cl@tokeyclub.com
T-O Tech Producer: Aina Sebastian Email: techassistant@tokeyclub.com
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Division 3C Lieutenant Governor: Rosa Lee Email: rosayeon2484@gmail.com
Contact Information Region 12 Advisor: Judy Pomorski Email: judypomorski@yahoo.com
Region 12 Assistant Advisor: Megan Iselin Email: region12assistant@tokeyclub@gma il.com Greater North Houston Kiwanian: Steve Peters Email: stephen.peters@amegybank.com petershome1@comcast.net Cy-Fair Kiwanian: George Crowl Email: george.h.crowl@gmail.com
T-O Kiwanis Division 3 Lieutenant Governor: Louis Iselin Email: louis@iselin.law Houston Kiwanian : Banita Ramirez Email: banita@houstonkiwanis.org
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