KEY CLUB Official Newsletter | Division 26 | Pacific Northwest District | Key Club International | Issue 8
Unicorn utopia Chief Sealth
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LETTER FROM THE LTG
Hey Key Clubbers! Happy November! I had a great time visiting all the clubs in our division last month and I hope to see you all again at the November DCM! Details can be found on page 4.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page.........................1 Letter from the LtG…........2 October DCM Recap..........3 Upcoming Events..............4 Key Club 101...…..…............5 Eliminate Project….…........6 KCCP.................….……. ...6 Divisional News……...........7 Project Educate..................8 District Convention...........9 October Birthdays............10 Executive Board................11 Kiwanis Info.....................11 Rainbow Board................12 ..
This month’s newsletter contains information on Key Club 101 and our service partners for new members as well as updates for our division. News on District Convention can be found on page 9. November is a busy month, especially for seniors, but I want to encourage all of you to keep volunteering and making a difference in our community! Our first divisional volunteer event is for the Jingle Bell Walk and Run and it is on December 9. More information is on page 4. Remember to pay your dues if you haven’t already and as always, let me know if you have any questions! In Love and Service,
Jessica Lee PNW Division 26 Lieutenant Governor In andInternational Service, KeyLove Club jessicalee.ltg@gmail.com 206-375-8065
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” -Mahatma Gandhi
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SEPTEMBER DCM RECAP
I hope everyone had an amazing time at the October DCM! We had over 100 people attend and 49 of them were new members to Key Club! We played the Slenderman Game, Chubby Bunny, and Fear Factor. We also had a costume contest! During our Miracle Minute, we raised almost $80. Overall, it was a wonderful DCM and for those of you who couldn’t make it, I hope to see you at the November DCM!
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UPCOMING EVENTS NOVEMBER DCM: HOSTED BY MOUNT RAINIER The DCM will be on Saturday, November 17 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Southcenter (17100 Southcenter Parkway Tukwila, WA 98188). This will be a great chance to meet people from all over our division! We will also be making Christmas cards for kids in the hospital and having a canned food drive! The schools that bring the most cans per member will get 50, 40, and 30 Rainbow Board points.
PLEASE BRING AT LEAST $15 (IN CASH) FOR LUNCH. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW. Please RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/239843049476 593/?fref=ts
JINGLE BELL WALK AND RUN FOR ARTHRITIS This will be our first divisional volunteer event together! The event is on Sunday, December 9 at the Westlake Center in Downtown Seattle. To register to volunteer, go to http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/ccp.asp?ievent=1 022939&lis=1&kntae1022939=DADB28BEE9D3424 7B8FB7A38C3C50107&ccp=619386
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KEY CLUB 101 MISSION STATEMENT Key Club is an international studentled organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
VISION We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.
CORE VALUES The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
PLEDGE I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
MOTTO Caring – Our Way of Life
QUICK FACTS - 260,000 members - 5000 clubs - 30 countries - Service partners: - UNICEF - March of Dimes - Children’s Miracle Network
KEY CLUB HISTORY - Began in 1925 - The first Key Club was founded in Sacramento, California - Key Club was the idea of two Kiwanis members (Albert Olney and Frank Vincent) who wanted to implement a service club for high school students
DIVISION 26 - Schools include: Chief Sealth, Cleveland, Evergreen, Franklin, Garfield, Highline, John F. Kennedy, Mount Rainier, New Start, Seattle Lutheran, West Seattle - Divisional color: Royal blue - Mascot: Unicorn
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ELIMINATE PROJECT & KCCP ELIMINATE PROJECT Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). Neonatal tetanus kills one baby every nine minutes—nearly 60,000 newborn children every year. A significant number of women also die due to maternal tetanus. The effects of the disease are excruciating—tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. MNT is completely preventable - it only costs $1.80 to protect mothers and pass on immunity to their children. MNT has also recently been eliminated in China, so keep on fundraising so we can eliminate MNT from the rest of the world! Watch this video for more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twc Zsxza9nQ
KIWANIS CHILDREN’S CANCER PROGRAM The Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Program (KCCP) was founded in 2010 by Past Governor Frank Morehouse of the PNW District of Kiwanis International. Past Governor Frank’s inspiration was a young cancer patient named Penny, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Penny eventually lost her battle with cancer and KCCP is dedicated to Penny’s memory. Each year, thousands of children are diagnosed with cancer and with the help of research, their chances of surviving have tripled. Finding a cure for children’s cancer will benefit cancer patients worldwide because although research of adult cancers does nothing to help cure children’s cancers, research of children’s cancers can help find a cure for adult cancers. The hospitals we support are: the Doernbecher Children’s hospital; the Seattle Children’s Hospital; and the British Columbia Children’s Hospital.
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DIVISIONAL NEWS DIVISIONAL SWEATSHIRT/SHIRT I need people to submit designs for our divisional sweatshirt and shirt! The sweatshirt will be for general wear and the shirt will be for the spirit session at DCON.
2013-2014 LTG If you are interested in running for Lieutenant Governor, please let me know! If you have any questions relating to what an LtG does or what the duties are, I’d be happy to answer them!
D26 AREA ADMIN Our area administrator is Marta Trimble! She is also the Kiwanis advisor for Garfield High School. Look out for her at our next DCM and be sure to say hi!
WANT TO GO TO DCON FOR FREE? If you want to go to DCON for free, remember that you have to attend a majority of my DCMs and be a member in good standing with your home club!
SPOTLIGHT ON EVERGREEN KEY CLUB By the Evergreen Officers “Evergreen Key Club has been up to a bunch of awesome stuff this month! We've worked at the White Center Food Bank like we always do, helped distribute food to needy families in our community, worked at the Concession Stands for Kiwanis at Highline Stadium (9 times for 3 hours each time), volunteered at a dinner & auction for the White Center Community Development Association! We also helped the Global Korean Day Festival and just recently, we worked together with Bill Tracy to hold a pumpkin painting booth for Halloween at the Boys and Girls Club. The officers also had a “feelings time” meeting and we worked things out with each other. As officers, we have to say that none of this could have happened without the help of our awesome members and the commitment they've shown to service. We hope that entire division will see how awesome Evergreen’s members are! And to end it all, we gotta tell you….WE FEEL GOOD!!!”
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PROJECT EDUCATE PROJECT EDUCATE Jamaica is known for its blue Caribbean beaches, its rich blue mountain coffee, Bob Marley, the fastest man in the world - Usain Bolt – and its food, but people often fail to recognize the hardships people face in this paradise. The 2012-2013 PNW District Project is Project Educate – our goal is to raise $30000 to send to three schools in Jamaica to provide library equipment, student assistance, and classroom materials to improve the quality of education.
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT PROJECT EDUCATE? 1) Like the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pn wprojecteducate?fref=ts 2) Visit our blog at projecteducateja.wordpress.com 3) Buy a Project Educate shirt for $15 from your club president! 4) Buy a Project Educate wristband for $1 5) Write a letter to a student in Jamaica 6) Help fundraise money! Our divisional goal is $3000.
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DISTRICT CONVENTION 2013 Who: Anyone who is an official Key Club member! What: A huge Key Club get-together with 1600 Key Clubbers filled with tons of spirit! When: March 22 – 24, 2013 Where: DoubleTree Hotel in SeaTac Why: To celebrate the end of the Key Club year and to elect next year’s District Board! Theme: Diving into Service Cost: $230, but your Kiwanis Club and Key Club will pay for up to $150 of that cost. Spirit gear will cost about $15 per person. QUESTIONS? Please ask your club president or me!
DCON 2013 PROMO VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXebk S95t5g GET THE LATEST DCON UPDATES BY FOLLOWING US ON TWITTER @PNWDCON2013 Page 9 – Division 26 Unicorn Utopia – Pacific Northwest District – Key Club International – November 2012 – Issue 8
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS ANITA VANNOUVONG
MEGAN ANTALAN
TAMMY DO
Happy birthday! Thanks for being an active member!
Happy birthday! I hope to see you at the DCM!
Happy birthday! Enjoy your special day
VYVY BUI
FARIDAH ABDULLAH
KELSEA EVANS
Happy birthday! Enjoy your special day
Happy birthday! Thanks for being an active member!
Happy birthday! I hope to see you at future DCMs!
ANGELA TRUONG
KARL SUTTER
MOA ARQUIZA
Happy birthday! Thanks for being a committed member!
Happy birthday! Thanks for being a great faculty advisor!
Happy birthday! Thanks for being a committed member!
JOHNNY LE
WINNIE YEUNG
HENRY LIU
Happy birthday! Thanks for being an awesome president!
Happy birthday! Thanks for being a great secretary!
Happy birthday! Enjoy your specialday
DONOVAN VU
CINDY IN
Happy birthday! Thanks for your commitment to KC!
Happy birthday! Thanks for helping plan the DCM!
SPRING GIN Happy birthday! Thanks for all your hard work!
ANGELICA YU Happy birthday! Thanks for being a wonderful treasurer!
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EXECUTIVE BOARD & KIWANIS INFO PNW EXECUTIVE BOARD GOVERNOR Giovanni Mckenzie giovannimc.keyclub@gmail.com 503-737-7934 SECRETARY Kelsie Hoppes kelsiehoppes@gmail.com 503-298-8980 TREASURER Kenneth Lam k3nn3thlam@hotmail.com 206-852-2449 BULLETIN EDITOR Bassel Hamieh basselhamiehpnw@gmail.com 503-421-6151 CONVENTION CHAIR Andy Nguyen andy.t_nguyen@yahoo.com 206-228-6218 DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR John Jay jmjay@bainbridge.net 206-369-0625 ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR Suzanne Endroedy suzbeth1@comcast.net 253-222-0515
KIWANIS CLUB OF SEATTLE First Tuesday of every month 12:00 PM Columbia Tower in Downtown Seattle 5th Avenue and Columbia St. Seattle, WA 98104 Contact email: Jessica Smith jessi.anne.smith@gmail.com
KIWANIS CLUB OF INDUSTRIAL SEATTLE Every Tuesday 7:15 AM Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center 1420 4th Ave S Seattle, WA 98134 Contact email: Joel Ware joelware@yahoo.com
HIGHLINE KIWANIS CLUB Every Tuesday 6:30 PM Camp Schoenwald Memorial Park 16030 Sylvester Rd. Burien WA 98166 Contact email: Jim Dow dow.j@ghc.org
WEST SEATTLE KIWANIS CLUB 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7 AM 2nd Wednesday at 12:00 PM Be’s Restaurant in the Junction 4509 California Avenue SW Seattle, WA 98116 Contact email: Shari Sewell sharisewell@hotmail.com
WHITE CENTER KIWANIS CLUB 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 12:30 PM White Center Pizza and Spaghetti House 10231 16th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146 Contact email: Bill Tracy billnancytracy@aol.com
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RAINBOW BOARD School
April – October
October Newsletter
October DCM
Chief Sealth
1360
40
255
Cleveland
690
10
465
Evergreen
1945
75
180
Franklin
925
10
Garfield Highline John F. Kennedy
1920 700
Mount Rainier
1230
New Start
150
Seattle Lutheran
175
5
West Seattle
2425
30
Club Emails
Club Bulletins
Early Bird Dues
Reports
Total
50
40
1745
20
100
60
1345
20
20
150
40
2430
35
20
20
50
1060
25
45 80
20
20
150 100
60 50
2240 930
20
150
100
40
1540
100
20
270 180
270
20
20
150
40
2955
WANT MORE POINTS?
COMPETITION
Attending DCMs – 10 points per returning member & 15 points per new member Reading my newsletter – 5 points per member (see below for more info) Secretary report filled out on time – 20 points Weekly emails from the secretary – 20 points Bulletins/newsletters from the editor – 20 points Vice President report filled out on time – 20 points Attending Kiwanis meetings – 10 points per member All officers of a club attending a DCM – 25 points
Big schools are colored in blue in the chart while small schools are not. At the end of the year, the two schools with the most points will win a pizza/ice cream party! One winner will be a big school and another winner will be a smaller school. Try to get as many points as you can!
Text or call me at 206-375-8065, email me at jessicalee.ltg@gmail.com, or Facebook message me with the answer to the question below if you want more Rainbow Board points! REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND SCHOOL. Who is our area administrator? ! Page 12 – Division 26 Unicorn Utopia – Pacific Northwest District – Key Club International – November 2012 – Issue 8