January Newsletter | Division 25W by Kathryn Aung

In this issue... Letter from your LtG

Reminders

January Task and Article Prompts

District Updates

2018 DCON Registration + Scholarship

Winter Board Meeting Pictures

8-10

ICON 2018

11-12

Halo Movement

UNICEF Mentorship Program

Highlights of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miracle Network

15-16

The Eliminate Project

Thirst Project

Club Contact Information

District + Regional Contact Informations

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Letter from Your Lieutenant Governor Happy New Year Division 25W! During the first weekend of 2018, the District Board met in Irving, Texas to conduct business and discuss about ways to improve our District and to have a fantastic District Convention in April. Speaking of DCON, the registration is now open! The registration cost is $140.40 (including convenience fee) and there are SO MANY exciting things in store so make sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking forward to DCON. Seniors, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the scholarship application is due on Feb 10th. You have to go to DCON in order to get the scholarship because there is an interview process. Make sure to check out page 7 for DCON Information!! Thank you so much for those of you who attended the Divisional Election Conference and electing me and giving me the opportunity to serve our division again for another term! I look forward to working with your clubs and advisors for an even more successful year! Clubs should be having club officer elections at the end of February or early March. Key Club calendar runs from district convention to convention and the idea is to shadow the current officers and learn the job before the school year ends so they are ready to carry out their duties right when their terms begins. Please invite me to your officer election meetings! I can help with the election and induction process and I would love to meet with the new officers! If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will get to you as soon as possible! Yours in Caring and Service, Kathryn Aung Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

Reminders Future Club Treasurer Webinars Due to low attendance, all future Treasurer webinars will be canceled. This being said, all minutes from previous webinars can be found in the General Information for Treasurer's Folder on Google Drive. Click the icon on the right.

Monthly Reports and Newsletters Club Monthly Reports are due and must be postmarked by January 5th. Please mail a physical copy to our District Secretary Shelby Morton at (shelbymorton00@gmail.com). Send all monthly Secretary reports: Shelby Morton, District Secretary 4104 San Angelo Avenue, Amarillo, Texas 79118

Club Newsletters will also be due January 5th by 11:59 pm to our District Editor, Stephanie Tran at stephanietran.kc@gmail.com Please email me and Regional Advisor Angela Syverson (region3@tokeyclub.com) a copy of the reports as well as the newsletters and articles. Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

January Task And Article Prompts Task of the Month: Did your club make a New Year's’ Resolution? If yes, what was it and have you worked towards keeping it? If not, it’s not too late. What is your clubs’ New Years’ Resolution?

Article Prompts: 1.

Compared to other service organizations at your school, why did you choose Key Club? What made Key Club stand out?

What does it mean to “build my home, school, and community,” and how do you fulfill that?

What is the importance of serving others?

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 February 5th to Editor@tokeyclub.com with the email subject: Division School January Articles. Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

District Updates The Club Newsletter The Club Newsletter from District Editor Stephanie Tran has been released! Click on the picture to read the newsletter or HERE!

Governor's Project: Service Ideas January: Blind (Jan 4th - World Braille Day): ● Collect and donate braille books to children/adults who are blind ● Volunteer at a rehabilitation or vocational training center for the blind/visually impaired February: Spread the Love, Veterans and Elderly ● Visit a VA Clinic or elderly home and have Key Club members engage with them, do crafts, knit, talk, help out, spend a day there on a weekend ● Key Clubs write letters to Veterans ● Wounded Warriors Project ● Fundraise through candy grams, baked good, something sweet

Jolly Book of Intelligence Do you need help understanding your position or doing your duties as Club Treasurer? District Treasurer Foster Hillis has created the Jolly Book of Intelligence to help you! This resource is jam-packed full of tips and tricks to help you through your year of service! Click on the logo or HERE. Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

2018 dcon registration The registration for the 2018 District Convention is now OPEN! The “Call to Convention” can be found HERE. To register, simply login using your ID/password and click on the DCON Info tab. Don’t have your ID? Email DCON@tokeyclub.com to get it set up or to reset your password. Remember to make your HOTEL reservations 1st!

Scholarships 1. 2.

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The Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation awarded $46,500.00 for 38 scholarship winners last year! REQUIREMENTS: a. Be a Key Club Member in good standing. b. A graduating senior. c. At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. d. Aptitude test scores (ACT or SAT scores are preferred). e. Attendance at the 2018 District Convention. The form and all other documents are due postmarked by Wednesday, February 10th, 2018. For more information, Click HERE (or go to www.tofoundation.org) Look under Our Service > Key Club Scholarships Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

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ICON 2018 Join us at the biggest event of the Key Club year! We’ll celebrate the amazing things Key Club members do with more than 1,500 students from all across the world. July 4th-8th, 2018 Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

You’ll also have the opportunity to ● Bond with your people. ● Travel to and from International Convention with your district. ● Share innovative service project and fundraising ideas. ● Listen to amazing speakers. ● Learn about service leadership. ● Train for your leadership position. ● Elect next year’s Key Club International Board. ● Discover new charities and organizations you and your club can team up with. ● Have fun and make memories and friendships that last a lifetime. ● See the sites in Chicago.

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Halo Movement Key Club International teamed up with partner Nickelodeon to award money to Key Clubs with inspiring projects to help people in their schools and communities. During its inaugural funding round, the HALO Movement contest received applications from 65 Key Clubs around the world. Thanks to your votes, 11 of those Key Clubs have collectively earned more than USD$11,500 to fund service projects ranging from animal adoption fairs and educational after-school workshops to disaster relief and literacy programs. Nickelodeonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s HALO campaign shines a light on kids who improve their communities by funding projects that help and support the new HALO Movement. The HALO Movement embodies the spirit of helping others: If each of us contributes to helping and leading others, no matter how small or large the project, we collectively can create one big movement to effect change. Nickelodeon wants to reflect your desire to improve your corner of the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and give you the necessary tools for action. Join the movement and tell us how you HALO. Visit WeHalo.com to find out more. Apply online starting February 1, 2018, for a chance to receive funding for your project. #WeHALO Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

Unicef Mentorship program Wanted: Awesome clubs that like spending time with fun, energetic, UNICEF Kid Power kids. Do you and your club members like being role models to younger kids? Do you love teaching others about our preferred charity partner, UNICEF? Are you looking for more volunteer hours? Has your club been wanting to get involved in UNICEF Kid Power, but hasn’t known how? Here’s your chance: Mentor UNICEF Kid Power kids.

Apply today for your club to be paired with a UNICEF Kid Power classroom. You and your club will connect virtually with a classroom of students, educate them about UNICEF’s work and learn more about how you all can get active and save lives with UNICEF Kid Power. What is UNICEF Kid Power? More than 100,000 kids will participate in Kid Power this spring. They’ll go on virtual missions, using their Kid Power bands to unlock therapeutic food packets for severely malnourished children around the world. Need more info? Check out this helpful one-pager.

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Club Contact Information Christian Education Alliance President: John Ekhoff E: johnekhoff@icloud.com Edison Preparatory School President: Harper McIntyre E: harpermcintyre@gmail.com 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 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District

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

Thank you so much for reading and reply me the answer to:

What are you most looking forward to in 2018? Volume 1 | Issue 10 | Region 3 | Division 25W | Texas-Oklahoma District