MAY NEWSLETTER NYDKC DIVISION ONE
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR LTG! Hi Division 1 Stingrays! My name is Dominic Bossey and I’m your new Division 1 Lieutenant Governor. Here’s just a bit about me: I live in Aquebogue, I am a junior at Riverhead High School, I love Disney, and I am obsessed with succulents. I am really excited to be your lieutenant governor and I have a few goals for this service year. I want to bring our 6 clubs much closer because I know, as an IP executive board officer, it would have been so awesome to work with other Key Clubs. Additionally, I have a division-wide goal of 4,000 service hours and $3,000 dollars in total fundraising, and I think it is totally possible to reach these goals, so let’s get moving!
Dominic Bossey, 2018-2019 LTG
YOUR INTERNAL EXECUTIVE ASSITANT Hi Division 1, my name is Brynn O’Connor and I am the Lieutenant Governor’s internal executive assistant. Both Dominic and I are juniors at Riverhead High School and love being a part of Key Club. I love to watch Big Bang Theory and the Crown. I’m very dedicated when it comes to my work, and I'm excited to work hard with Dominic to make the upcoming year in Division 1 a great one! I know he has planned big things for the clubs of the division and I am ready to be part of a team that makes these plans run smoothly. I can't wait to see the Division’s future progress and success!
Brynn O'Connor, Riverhead HS Internal Executive Assistant
YOUR EXTERNAL EXECUTIVE ASSITANT My name is Matthew Girard and I am a freshman at Westhampton Beach High School. I am the Webmaster for my Key Club for the 2018-19 year. Although I haven't been in Key Club for a long time, my experience with it has been positive and inspiring. At LTC this year, I discovered that Key Club has many different far reaching service projects that help people all across the world. What I like about Key Club is that it is bigger than just me, it’s a thousands of kids working to make the world a better place. At LTC, I learned about so many amazing service projects, and the other members and I have committed to the Thirst Project and Yuda Bands project. I look forward to getting Matt Girad, Westhampton Beach more involved in Key Club and the K family in the years to HS, Club Webmaster/External EA come.
YOUR DIVISION SECRETARY Hi Stingrays! I'm the secretary of the New York Key Club Division 1, Tori Cummins. I'm a Junior at Westhampton Beach High School and am an avid member of key club. I've held an officer position since my sophomore year. As a sophomore I was Vice President, in this past school year as a junior I was CoPresident, and I have been recently elected as the President. I have a passion for Key Club, and I even attended Kamp Kiwanis in middle school. I continue to try and encourage new students to join as well as create new and exciting activities for the Key Club community. I am super eager to work this year as secretary of Division 1 with Dominic and the rest of the board!
Tori Cummins, Westhampton Beach HS, Club President/Division Secretary
DISTRICT NEWS On May 4th to 6th I went to the first board meeting and we decided on A LOT of things: 1. This year the District’s fundraising goal is $155,000 and our service hour goal is 130,000; our job is to help to contribute to achieving those numbers, so let's do all we can this year!
DISTRICT NEWS 2. Our Governor Erica Swirsky has chosen to support Comfort Cases as the Governor’s Project. This organization puts together small backpacks or duffel bags for youth entering the foster care system. It has impacted over 30,000 children and we can help change these kids’ lives!
DISTRICT NEWS 3. Our District Project is One Tree Planted! This nonprofit organization plants a tree for every dollar donated to help combat deforestation across the world. In North America they plant trees in Florida and California; they plant trees in Vietnam, India, Haiti, Brazil, and many many more places across the world!
DISTRICT NEWS 4. Each month our Governor, Erica Swirsky, publishes a issue of the Governor's Bulletin and each month she gives us a new theme to work with. This month was TEACHERS, so I hope we were all successful in helping the people who help us grow! Erica also gives us updates on all the things she has been working on in the past month, so you all should read it!
DIVISION PCM UPDATE At our first presidents council meeting I talked with the presidents of the division and everyone seemed excited for this service year to start moving! There is so much planned in all of your clubs and I cannot wait to see all the service you do for our communities. We talked about the summer and maybe doing events like a Division Yard Sale or Car Wash and even having a divisional at Meschutt Beach or Iron Pier!Â
DIVISIONÂ PROGRESS 40 30 20 10 0
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MONEY RAISED
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT Alison Bozuhoski, Riverhead HSÂ Publicist
As a member of Riverhead Key Club, I participated in making dog toys for a local animal shelter. I myself made quite a few, and had fun with it. It was a relaxing project that would positively help the dogs at the shelter, because it would give the dogs something to do, and sometimes when a dog does not have something to do, it will go into depression. Often people overlook the fact that animals other than humans can have emotions as well, and I was pleased to be able to acknowledge that. The project we did was taking old shirts, cutting them into strips, and braiding them to make a dog toy. It was an easy but meaningful task that did not take long, and I feel like we should take just a half an hour to an hour of our day to be able to help other animals in need, and I thought that this was a very clever and effective way to do so.
LTC 2019 LTC in 2019 will run from March 29th to March 31st and I cannot wait to see you all there. The theme will be Hawaiian, so be sure to grab your floral shirts and fanny packs and let's go cocoNUTS at the Desmond!
ICON 2018 CHICAGO IL This year the Key Club International Convention is being held in the third biggest city of the United States: CHICAGO. The Windy City better prepare for us New Yorkers to come and show our Key Club Pride. The convention dates are July 4th to the 8th and this is the flight information: LaGuardia Airport, Depart NYC: July 2, 2018 6 a.m. (FL 2226), Depart CHI: July 8, 2018 11:35 a.m. (FL 3828). If you are coming remember to bring your spirit and get ready to have a great time!
IMPORTANT DATES Tuesday June 12th-----------------------------------------------------------------Regents Week Monday June 18th------------------------------------------------------------------Second PCM July 4th to 8th-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ICONÂ Wednesday July 18th-------------------------------------------------------------------Third PCM August 9th---------------------------------------------------------------------Suffolk KC Divisional Mid To Late October-----------------------------------------------------------------------Fall Rally
PAPERWORK East Hampton Eastpost South Manor Hampton Bays Riverhead Southampton Westhampton Beach
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CONTACT INFORMATION Key Club LTG Dominic Bossey 631.722.4299 division1@nydkc.org Kiwanis LTG Roy Fedelem rafedelem@yahoo.com KCR Andrew Lowenberg printsAB@optonline.net District Governor Erica Swirsky governor@nydkc.org District Secretary Trisha Melton secretary@nydkc.org District Treasurer Amit Narang treasurer@nydkc.org District Webmaster Unice Colon webmaster@nydkc.org District Editor Fahad Nabi editor@nydkc.org District Internal EA Peter Alegre alegrep@bxscience.edu District External EA Anthony Guan anthonyguan.guan@yahoo.com
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KEY CLUB IN THE SUMMER Here are a few things you can consider doing in the summer: -Have a Key Club Car Wash -Make some Tie-Dye Shirts -Grab the stuff you don't want and have a yard sale
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