In this issue... Letter from your LtG
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Reminders
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August Task and Article Prompts
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RTC Poster!
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Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief
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YOF Information
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Remind Updates + Resources
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International Trustee Introduction
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District Governor’s Bio
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District Treasurer’s Bio
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Why Should I Join Key Club?
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More Members, More Impact
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Key Club 101
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Key Leader
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Halo Movement
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BreakThrough
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Major Emphasis and Service Partner
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Club Contact Information
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District + Regional Contact Informations
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Letter from Your Lieutenant Governor Hiiii ya Division 25W, School’s back and that means recruitment season! Be sure to spread the word about key club and encourage potential members and friends to come to club meetings and socials! Bring the underclassmen! More members mean more fun and more service! We are exactly two week away from our Regional Training Conference and meeting other Key Clubbers in our region. I’m so excited to see all of you! I expect to have a good turnout so make sure you put the date on your calendar! The YOF grants are now open and this is a great opportunity to fund your dream service projects or provide a little boost to your club’s favourite projects so I encourage you to apply for YOF! The District Staff is aware that for a large number of clubs reporting, newsletters, and articles are not a top priority after the horrendous hurricane that has hit our district. Due to Hurricane Harvey, the district has decided to accept reports as well as newsletters and articles as on time up until September 15. I would also like to encourage your clubs to donate/fundraise for Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Projects! Caring is our way of life and Key Clubs have been asking for support to help those students and their communities. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns or suggestions. I would love to hear from you! Kathryn Aung :) Volume 1 | Issue 5 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District
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Reminders Treasurer Webinars The webinar will be over the YOF Grant, where Foster will be completing an entire application for your clubs to see what's on the application. A special guest from Key Club International will be there! If you would like to come, please add Foster on skype at FosterhillisKC@gmail.com, and email him with your full name, school, and division so he can add you to the call. The upcoming Webinar will be on over YOF application (Saturday, September 9th from 4pm-5pm)
Monthly Reports and Newsletters Club Monthly Reports are due and must be postmarked by September 15th. Please mail a physical copy to our District Secretary Shelby Morton (shelbymorton00@gmail.com). Send all montly Secretary reports: Shelby Morton, District Secretary 4104 San Angelo Avenue, Amarillo, Texas 79118
Club Newsletters will also be due September 15th by 11:59 pm to our District Editor, Stephanie Tran stephanietran.kc@gmail.com
Please email me a copy of the reports as well as the newsletters and articles. Volume 1 | Issue 5 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District
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August Task And Article Prompts Task of the Month: What is your most successful and out of the box fundraiser idea that your club has done? ★
Please type a well thought out response and submit it in your monthly reports.
Article Prompts: 1.
Talk about your summer of service. What event impacted you the most and why?
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What was your first meeting of the year like? If you haven’t had one yet, what do you have planned for it?
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With school starting, what tips can you give on balancing school, Key Club, and any other extracurriculars?
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How have you interacted with your local Kiwanis Club? Write about the experience and why it’s important to keep in touch with Kiwanis.
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Submit a Humans of Texas Oklahoma! How was your Key Club Experience and what is Key Club to you? Submit with a picture of you
You are always free to write about any Key Club-related topic! The articles should each have at least 1 JPG photo and be sent as Microsoft Word documents. Have the author, school name, division, article title, and prompt/whatever topic you choose at the top of the document. Email August articles by September 15th to Editor@tokeyclub.com with the email subject: Division School August Articles.
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Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Please consider donating to the T-O Kiwanis Disaster Relief Project With the ongoing damage from Hurricane Harvey our Key Club and Kiwanis district will be working to help the areas that are being affected by the storm. To send disaster relief packages and other items, please contact the T-O Kiwanis Disaster Relief Chairman, Marshall Kregel at mkregel@hotmail.com. For monetary donations, you can either go to www.txokkiwanis.org and send money through their Paypal button on the website or send a check with the following information: ● mark the check as a donation to the disaster relief fund ● send the check to the Kiwanis T-O District Foundation at 3010 W Park Row Dr #100, Pantego TX 76013 Donate to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund to fund disaster relief grants by texting “Aid” to 50155 or click HERE. How to get (and offer) help after Harvey - This site lists a lot of ways to donate and help out! Click HERE! Check out T-O webpage about Disaster Relief for Hurricane Harvey HERE
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Youth Opportunities Fund The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is an endowed fund for Key Club International held within the Kiwanis International Foundation. This fund uses earned interest to help Key Clubs and Key Club members serve the world by providing grants for service opportunities. YOF grants can help you take action. Look around and identify the things that need to get done in your school, community or world. The basics you need to know: ● ●
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YOF grants are given only to Key Clubs and/or club members. There is one funding cycle for YOF grants per year. Applications are accepted from summer through fall and must be received by October 15 at 11:59 PM EST. Applications are reviewed by the Key Club International YOF committee at their November meeting. Clubs may request funding assistance ranging anywhere from US$100 to US$2,000. The committee typically funds those clubs who are asking for a portion of the total cost of the project, and clubs who are working with other organizations to fund and complete the project. Applicants must use Reviewr, the YOF online grant application. Previous years' applications and printed paper applications mailed to Key Club International will not be accepted. Guidelines for submitting a YOF application is listed in the Key Club Guidebook under Board Policies. Grant notification is emailed to all grant applicants the second week of January. Information noting which clubs received and did not receive grant funding is posted online the third week of January.
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Remind Updates + resources FROM DISTRICT EDITOR STEPHANIE TRAN Editor Remind: @toeditor to 81010 Editor's Facebook Editor Resources ‘17- ‘18 Folder Texas-Oklahoma District Newsletters: https://issuu.com/t-odistrict
FROM DISTRICT TREASURER FOSTER HILLIS Treasurer Remind: @TXOKTreas to 81010 District Treasurer's Newsletter HERE! General Information for Treasurer Folder TO Twitter Please make sure you are following and promoting the TO Twitter (and the rest of our social media)! If you tweet us @tokeyclub and use the hashtag #TOkeyclub you'll be followed by our official account. Volume 1 | Issue 5 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District
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District Governor’s Bio Hey 25W! I’m Sabrina Palma and I’m excited to say that I’m your new District Governor for the remainder of the Key Club year! I’m an upcoming senior at Garland High School. Outside of Key Club you can find me at boba shops, natatoriums, and debate rooms. I hope to be able to visit y'all before DCON and not cry too much about college applications. I will be working with you and your president to make sure your club will be the best they can be. The Governor’s Project this year is focused on helping children and adults with disabilities. This ranges from working with Wounded Warriors Project to volunteering at your local Special Olympics. Every month will be dedicated to a different non-profit organization. For example, November will be dedicated to epilepsy awareness and October will be dedicated to adults and children with Down’s Syndrome. This year’s project allows you to be creative and more hands on, so I hope you and your club takes advantage by participating in the Governor’s Project this year! As the summer is coming to an end, the opportunity to trap freshman into joining Key Club is just around the corner. Now’s your chance to prepare to increase your club membership and start the school year right with Key Club. Ways to increase your membership is volunteering for your school’s freshman orientation and hosting Key Club socials for the incoming freshman. You can find more advertisements and strategies to increase membership through Kathryn or the district website at tokeyclub.com. Thank you for all that you’ve done and feel free to contact me with the information found below! Yours in Service, Sabrina Palma E: governor@tokeyclub.com C: (972) 762-1021
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District Treasurer’s Bio Hello Division 25 West! My name is Foster Hillis, your new District Treasurer! I am very excited to serve each and every one of you in the Mighty Texas-Oklahoma District. I am here not only to help Club Treasurers, but all officers and members succeed. I hope you will use me as a resource for help and if you need me at any time you can contact me through email, my Remind 101, or even Instagram, whichever is easiest for you. If I’m not at Whataburger or competitively swimming, I’m usually at a service project helping our District’s Project; Homelessness. I am currently a Junior at Lawton High School (Division 18), where I am a Yearbook Editor, Student Council Assemblies Director, and in many other organizations. I love sailing on ships, wearing hats backwards of course), and most importantly memes! Over the past couple of months, I have been grateful to work alongside Kathryn. If you have any questions about our Bylaws, ask her—she knows everything! This year, I will focus on helping all of you apply for the YOF Grant (Youth Opportunities Fund) and start inter-club scholarship programs. These both will provide you as members and your club overall benefits in the short and long term. Finally, I will be hosting Skype Webinars for Treasurers, Officers, and members. This month, we will focus on Fundraising and it will start at 4:00 PM on August 9 th (Wednesday). During this, I will give hints on how to plan for fundraisers and talk about some that have worked for my club. So bring your best fundraising ideas to share. If you would like to join in this webinar or any of them in the future, please email me with your skype, name, and division so I can add you. If you have any questions about anything under the sun, you can of course contact me! Email: treasurer@tokeyclub.com Remind 101: @txoktreas to 81010 Instagram: @fosterhillis Yours in Friendship and Service, Foster Hillis District Treasurer
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More Members, More Impact! ● ● ● ●
Recruit the underclass and give them a place to belong in high school Have socials and bring potential members Make club meetings fun and interesting Spread the word about Key Club
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Key Leader What is Key Leader? This life changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership development experience. Key Leader combines hands-on learning, group interaction and focused discussions. Over a Key Leader weekend, you’ll grow as a leader and as a person. You’ll discover who you are. And you’ll make new friends along the way. Who can attend? The focus is to serve students from ages 14-17, but especially to Freshman & Sophomore emerging leaders. Key Leader is designed to open doors to all student leaders and those with leadership potential. Questions? Please contact Rene Ford: Email tokeyleader@gmail.com or Facebook at Texas-Oklahoma Key Leader.
November 10-12 Pineywoods Camp Woodlake, Texas $175 by Nov 1st $250 by Nov 3rd
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Halo Movement In an effort to recognize amazing servant leaders around the world, Nickelodeon has launched the new Halo Project! The project is striving to encourage young folks like ourselves to bettering our community with HALO grants. These grants can fund a variety of service projects in your community, or even the world. The HALO Movement can highlight your stories on their website and even Nickelodeon! Applications for funding opens on September 1 online on the Key Club International Facebook Page. You can check out www.wehalo.com â—?
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There will be two (2) funding cycles per academic year. The first application cycle will open on September 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017. The second funding cycle will open on February 1, 2018 to May 1, 2018.
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Breakthrough This past January, Key Club International launched a pilot leadership program named Breakthrough. The one week program held in Tampa, Florida last summer, provided Key Clubbers with a life-changing experience. Members were given the opportunity to learn new cultures, interact with members across the U.S, and of course, serve the local homes, schools and communities. This new experience is open to all members of Key Club International, and I highly encourage you to apply. You do not want to miss out on this incredible opportunity to discover your leadership potential. For more information and a recap video, click here. ●
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16 more countries to go!!!
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Club Contact Information Christian Education Alliance President: John Ekhoff E: johnekhoff@icloud.com Edison Preparatory School President: E: Jenks High School President: Angela Chen E: angelachen.kc@gmail.com Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences President: Grace Bryan E: graceebryan7@gmail.com Sapulpa High School President: TBD E: Volume 1 | Issue 5 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District
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District Contact Information
Governor
Sabrina Palma
governor@tokeyclub.com
Secretary
Shelby Morton
secretary@tokeyclub.com
Treasurer
Foster Hillis
treasurer@tokeyclub.com
Editor
Stephanie Tran editor@tokeyclub.com
Tech Producer
William Chao
Convention Liaison Dajah Brooks
williamkwchao@yahoo.com cl@tokeyclub.com
Texas-Oklahoma Key Club Website www.tokeyclub.com
Regional Contact Information Regional Advisor
Angela Syverson region3@tokeyclub.com
Lieutenant Governor 25N
Victoria Bonham ltg25n@tokeyclub.com
Lieutenant Governor 25W
Kathryn Aung ltg25w@tokeyclub.com Cell: (918)-428-6677
Thank you so much for reading and reply me the answer to: When is your first Key Club meeting of the year? Volume 1 | Issue 5 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District
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