The Southpaw | "Moving Forward"

The Official Monthly Newsletter of Division 3S of the TexasOklahoma Key Club District from your Lt. Governor, Graciela Bachu.

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SOUTHPAW

JULY 30TH, 2020 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 "MOVING FORWARD"

Going the Distance

Texas-Oklahoma Region: 12, Division: 3s

Keep Moving Forward

The Official Monthly Newsletter of Division 3S of the TexasOklahoma Key Club District from your Lt. Governor, Graciela Bachu.

The

SOUTHPAW

JULY 30TH, 2020 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 "MOVING FORWARD"

Going the Distance

Monthly Message Hey Division Three South!

Hope you had a great July. I know I did!

The title of this issue is "Moving Forward." You may be wondering why. Well, for one thing, we are in the middle of a global pandemic. It can be hard to think ahead during times like this. However, we must remember to keep moving forward.

Highlights of Issue 3 Monthly Message - Page 1

Keeping Up With K-Fam - Page 3

International Updates - Page 8

District Updates - Page 9

On the 4th of July, I saw tons of instagram posts on why we shouldn't observe independence day. Ever an optimist, I thought up a reason we should observe the holiday.

Although not everyone was free on that original independence day, we, as a nation have worked towards that goal everyday since. Our nation was set upon forward thinking principles, even if they weren't universally accepted or applied at the time of writing.

Translating this thinking to our own lives, we must keep looking forward with the framework we've already created.

Yes, the pandemic is raging, but, if you can, look to the future. Figure out what you can do to help. Our nation, like our lives, may not be perfect yet. But it can be.

Look Out For - Page 12

Divisional Updates - Page 13

Divisional Project - Page 15

So, I encourage you to keep looking forward. Keep striving to make the dream of a better tomorrow for yourselves, your homes, your schools, and your communities

Happy Fourth of July, - Ella

Club Tasks - Page 17

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The

ISSUE GUIDE Going the Distance

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO NAVIGATE THIS ISSUE

General

Keep New Additions!

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Keeping Up With K-Fam

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The K-Family

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Look Out For

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Divisional Project

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Monthly Message + Highlights

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Table of Contents

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The K-Family

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Key Club 101

Moving Updates

Forward Supplemental Information 19

Major Emphasis

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Service PartnersÂ

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Get in Touch

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Keeping Up With K-Fam

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International Updates

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District Updates

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Regional Updates

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Divisional Updates

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Club Tasks

Always!

KEEPING UP WITH K-FAM District-Wide Kiwanis Coloring Book Project The TX-OK District Kiwanis is working on a new idea for marketing Kiwanis and they need your help. They are producing 6 coloring books for Kiwanis Clubs to give to young children. These will be produced in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.

You come in because they would like Key Club members to draw the pictures to be colored. Â Here are the parameters: Simple pictures of Kiwanis projects (folder linked below) Choose a project and illustrate it with a pen/pencil drawing Coloring Books are aimed at children up to Grade 3.

Persons submitting "chosen" drawings will receive $10 Visa Gift Card Email PDF file of drawing to aaevents@tokeyclub.com PDF title should contain project name

Helpful Links

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Click Here for The Resources Folder!

Kiwanis Coloring Book Project #2 The Kiwanis Membership Team is working on putting together a book on Heroes to be distributed to Elementary Students. It is a chance for students to think about the heroes during this pandemic and to also draw who their hero is for a surprise. I am reaching out to you all as I used some of your drawings in the first coloring book. We would really like to submit this book to Kiwanis Children's Fund for a grant but first, it has to be finished. I would like to ask that you consider submitting one of these pictures.

This is all we have left to finish!!

Remember these are for 3rd grade and below so big pictures and easy to color.

Please send it directly to susan.hennum@hotmail.com.

Virtual Camp CKI

Consider these first: Fireman Teacher Police Officer & K9

Register HERE Last Day 7 / 31!

Agenda on Form!

Doctor Grocery Store Clerk Janitor 4

THE K-FAMILY

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KEY CLUB 101 Mission Statement

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||||||||| Key Club is an international, ||||||||| student-led organization that ||||||||| provides its members with ||||||||| opportunities to provide service, ||||||||| build character and develop

Core Values

||||||||| leadership.

Leadership: Leadership is grounded in humility and service to others. A true leader listens, recognizes, and empowers.

Club

Character building: Character is built by everyday acts of kindness, integrity and teamwork to grow stronger relationships and communities.

Caring: Compassion for others is a cornerstone of the Key Club experience, inspiring action and service to one’s community.

Inclusiveness: We welcome people of all backgrounds

Pledge

and ethnicities to join in serving and making a positive

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difference in our world.

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In Websites ||||||||| Texas-Oklahoma Key Club: ||||||||| tokeyclub.com ||||||||| Key Club International: ||||||||| keyclub.org

||||||||| build my home, school and ||||||||| community;to serve my nation and ||||||||| world;and combat all forces which ||||||||| tend to undermine these institutions.

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INTERNATIONAL UPDATES

Take-Aways

R E S U L T S

This Year, Key Club International (KCI) Hosted the Summer Leadership Conference in the place of the International Convention (ICON) due to extenuating circumstances. On account of the event being held virtually, we have a few unique take-aways this year as well as some routine ones.

New International Council: Executives President: Alex Drahos VP: Caroline Bushnell Trustees Emma Brainard Emma Chang Marissa Ding Salma Eldeeb Glory Kalu Melanie Kim Lena Oswald River Pease Jordan Reichhardt Andrew Watson Eddie Wei

Workshop Recordings: If you weren't able to attend the live conference, the entirety of it is available on Key Club International's Youtube Channel.

The Sessions Include: Secretary/Treasurer Training Editor Training Webmaster Training Assorted Major Emphasis Vision Boards & Stress Management College 101 Recognition Session Much More The Playlist has tons of information straight from your International Council.

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DISTRICT UPDATES

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Summer Board Meeting Results

The District Board held our Summer Board Meeting over zoom this year. It was pretty interesting. Let's see what we got out of it. A full report with a resource walkthrough will be presented at our August DCM. New District Staff: What We Did: Governor: Kareena Patel LEDCON Theme Decision Secretary: Vivian Thai Governor's Project Reveal Treasurer: Raj Patel District Project Reveal Editor: Katelyn Tran Committee Reports Convention Liaison: Kaitlyn Roehr Tech Producer: Alina Dam Resources for You! District Project Presentation Governor's Project Presentation Youth Opportunities Fund Presentation Member Update Center Presentation Secretary Update + Monthly Reporting Presentation 9

Keep Connected: Join the Reminds!

District Board Message

At the Summer Board Meeting, our District Staff was completed through elections and appointments. They want to connect with you via remind. Text the following codes to 81010 to keep connected!

District Remind: @todistrict Secretary Remind: @tosecs Treasurer Remind: @totreas Editor Remind: @toeditors Webmaster Remind: @towebs

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all reporting will be cancelled until August! The next report will be due on September 5th. Contact secretary@tokeyclub.com or me with any questions.

For Full Contact Info of the Staff, see this Flyer!

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This also holds for Editors and Newsletters. Send these to editor@tokeyclub.com and cc my email ltg3s@tokeyclub.com Good Call T-O Board!

REGIONAL UPDATES Top Tips for this Section What is a Region?

A Region is Comprised of Multiple Divisions. Our Region is Comprised of 3C 3W 3E 3N 3S (Us!) 9E 9W

Remember This?

This was the Region 12's 2019 Regional Training Conference Promotional Poster. Towards the beginning of the school year, we'll have one too. Be on the lookout for an announcement!

Our SumBo Regional Meeting Discussion Centered on a Virtual RTC. More Info Soon!

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RTC = Regional Training Conference All Day Event Serves as a Formal Meeting for Different Divisions and Clubs in our Region.

We Train New Officers and Have Tons of Fun in our Forums led by Your Region 12 Lt. Govs.

Learn About Key Club Intl.

More RTC Info Coming

LOOK OUT FOR

Website Club Info Form At my DCM, I showed the attendees a part of the divisional website that hasn't been completed yet. You can view that section is called, "Get to Know The Clubs in Our Division."

In essence, the section would serve as a hub for inter-club collaboration. The section will have one email/contact for each club and a picture.

Top Tips for this Section My hope is that, this way, club officers will be able to contact each other for any cooperative service projects they may want to work on.

I'll be sending out a google form to collect this information some time soon. I'll aim to update the site with this information by the end of the month as well.

Look Out for An Email

DIVISIONAL UPDATES

July DCM Recap We had a great turnout for our Third DCM held on Saturday, July 18th. Here are some things for those who couldn't make it!

Meeting Resources: Minutes in Email!

Presentation No Recording This Time!

Presidents! Have officers who were unable to attend go through these resources!

Club Resources Folder

I got a lot of useful presentations, images, and other resources from the staff and the rest of the board at SumBo. So, I compiled these resources into a public Google Folder for y'all to use. Again, there are other helpful resources on the District & KCI Website as well, but these are a few from the Summer Board Meeting. Let me know if you have any questions about any of the info presented!

Click Here for the Folder!

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Be A

VIRTUAL

VOLUNTEER

August DCM Announcement This month, we're going to have our DCM relatively early to give y'all enough time to use the resources provided and prepare for the upcoming school year. The Agenda will include Important SumBo & School Year Updates General Information: Date: Saturday, August 8th, Time: 4:00 PM Joining Info: Sent In Email Aim to Have Your Entire Board In Attendance!

Virtual Volunteering!

My friend, Alina Dam, the Lt. Governor of Division 2S, and Now our amazing Technology Producer put together a spreadsheet of virtual volunteering opportunities for us to participate in.

I copied the great information and created our own spreadsheet which is in our shared Clubs' Resources Folder. I highly encourage participation!

Click Here for the Spreadsheet!

DIVISIONAL PROJECT

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CLUB TASKS

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General

Since we've been doing pretty good so far, I've decided to organize this month's club tasks as "keeps."

Keep Up

Keep

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Resolve Any Issues Still On The Table From Previous Month’s Tasks Including But Not Limited To (1) All Officers On Remind 101 & (2) Email Me Your 2 LTG Reps

Keep In The Know 1

It

Go Through: June & July DCM Recaps If You Missed Either

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Read: Newsletters

Up

Keep Serving 1

Keep Showing Up! 1

Keep Coming to DCMs & PCMs

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Giving Your All!

Participate in Our Divisional Project: Service Doesn’t Stop

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Group One & Group Two

Group Two Clubs Should Focus On Member Retainment & the Process

Group Two

Group Two: For the Month of August Begin the Process of Virtualizing Your Meetings 1

Inform Advisor

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Reach Out with 2019-2020 Platforms

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Provide Virtual Service Events Early

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Focus on Member Retainment

Group Two: For the Rest of July 1

Secretaries: Know How to Do Monthly Reports

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Treasurers: Know How to Pay Dues and Register Members

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Editors: Make Newsletter Templates

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Webmasters: Update Websites or Create One

Group One Clubs Should 1

Set Up Individual Meetings With Me

Group One

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MAJOR EMPHASIS

The Thirst Project 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. Why Water? By providing a community with safe drinking water, disease rates can drop by up to 88% virtually overnight! Child mortality rates can drop up to 90%- overnight!

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SERVICE PARTNERS

Members work together by sponsoring fundraising events and conducting service projects at their local children's hospitals. Contact your local CMN hospital and invite a representative to a club meeting to share ideas and create a partnership.

Since the 1940s, Key Clubs have worked with March of Dimes to make a positive impact in the lives of babies everywhere. Today, Kiwanis members continue that culture of service by supporting the March of Dimes all year long by hosting service projects, raising funds and educating communities about the crisis of preterm birth.

UNICEF is the only organization of the United Nations dedicated exclusively to children.

Working with other United Nations bodies, governments and nongovernmental organizations, UNICEF helps to provide for children’s needs in more than 150 developing countries through community-based services in primary health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation.

GET IN TOUCH

GRACIELA BACHU

Position: Lieutenant Governor Email: ltg3s@tokeyclub.com JUDY POMORSKI

Position: Regional Advisor Email: region12@tokeyclub.com SHANE MILLER

Position: Regional Advisor Email: region12assistant@tokeyclub.com

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Elkins High School

R e p r e s e n int g

Austin High School

Kempner High School

Clements High School

Hightower High School @tokeyclub3s

Ridge Point High School

John Foster Dulles High School

Thurgood Marshall High School

Harmony School of Innovation (SL)