Viking Newsletter| Lamar Key Club | September 2020 | Volume II Issue II

VIKING NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2020 | VOLUME II ISSUE II

HUMANS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA Get to know Samuel Lee, a first-time Key Clubber who has a passion for soccer

SEPTEMBER MEETING NOTES Did you miss the meeting?

Read this article to know what we did for our first meeting of the year!

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES Our volunteering opportunities let members serve safely at home

LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL REGION 7 DIVISION 39N

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR CLEO CHIU

Hi Guys! It's Cleo, your editor for the 2020-2021 School Year.

We know that this school year is special and it's very hard for everyone. So we'll be here on @lamarkeyclub if you need us!

Reflecting on how much Zoom High School is for me, I realize that there are a lot of people out there that need my help.

For me, Key Club is a place for me to bring my hopes to reality.

Although we can't be there this year to see the smiles on the children in Fall Festivals for River Legacy and Mission Arlington, but I know that through the service opportunities that the club is

This Newsletter will illustrate

sponsoring, there is one person

how our key club is pushing

across the world who is smiling.

through the pandemic, and

Because of the 10 minutes I

bringing warmth to the world

took every day to do some

and our community while social

trivia on Free Rice and donate a

distancing and making sure

photo on Johnson&Johnson.

everyone is safe.

1 | Letter from the Editor

C O N T E N T S 03 Club Officers 05 Get to know your Officers - Webmaster Edition 06 District Officers and Regional Advisor 07 September Meeting Review & Links from the Meeting 09 Service Opportunities September-October Edition 11 Lamar Key Club Membership Requirements 12 October Calendar 13 Summer & Volunteering

by Sara Lim 15 Growing Key Club with Social Media

by Haley Wehr 17 Changes We are Making

by Emily Wilson 19 How I am Handling Key Club duties and School

by Razan Shakoor 21 Humans of Texas Oklahoma Samuel Lee 23 News from the District 25 Kiwanis International Service Partners and Collaborative Partners

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P R E S I D E N T Patrick Chang S E C R E T A R Y Jade Ha

kc.lamar.president @gmail.com

V I C E - P R E Z Emily Wilson

CLUB OFFICERS

kc.lamar.secretary @gmail.com

kc.lamar.treasurer @gmail.com 3 | Club Officers

E D I T O R Cleo Chiu

T R E A S U R E R Razan Shakoor

kc.lamar.vicepresident @gmail.com

kc.lamar.editor @gmail.com

H I S T O R I A N Brett Green

W E B M A S T E R Haley Wehr

J U N I O R R E P Daz McGinnis

kc.lamar.historian @gmail.com

S E N I O R R E P Joshua Chang kc.lamar.sophrep @gmail.com

S O P H O M O R E Sara Lim

kc.lamar.juniorrep @gmail.com

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THERE!

Are you a freshman?D you want to Represent your class in Key Club?

Contact an officer Now! kc.lamar.freshrep @gmail.com

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kc.lamar.seniorrep @gmail.com

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kc.lamar.editor @gmail.com

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WEBMASTER MY FAVORITES COLOR: Lilac Purple FRUIT: Mango FOOD: Phõ SUBJECT: Physics Something important to me is making sure everyone feels included.

Growing up, I always felt like the person who was forced to walk behind when the sidewalk got too small, so I make an effort to make sure no one else has to experience that feeling. Listening to other people, building them up, and showing compassion is empowering and has definitely given my life purpose!

HALEY WEHR Hi! My name is Haley, and I’m so excited to be back on the officer team this year! I love being able to interact with you all over our Instagram account, and the amount of engagement we’ve had so far is incredible! I can’t wait to be serving and having fun together again once we are back in person! Stay safe and treat people with kindness!

Get to Know your Officers | 5

EXTRACURRICULARS AISD- TV News LHS Orchestra

Scouts BSA Academic Decathlon

MY DUTIES Make and maintain the club website Share our activities on social media Help recruit members by sharing our club's story Engage with our members through social media !!Follow @lamarkeyclub on Instagram to ask me questions!

DISTRICT GOVERNOR Kareena Patel governor@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT SECRETARY Vivian Thai Secretary@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT TREASURER Raj Patel trasurer@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT EDITOR Katelyn Tran editor@tokeyclub.com

CONVENTION LIASON Kaitlyn Roehr cl@tokeyclub.com

Technology Producer Alina Dam techproducer@tokeyclub.com

INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE Salma Eldeeb salma.eldeeb@keyclub.org

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Valerie Hennessee ltg39N@tokeyclub.com

REGION 7 ADVISOR Melissa Greene region7@tokeyclub.com

District Officers | 6

SEPTEMBER MEETING REVIEW 09/16 Attendance: 52 members + officers First of all, as the editor, I was very surprised and delighted at how many people showed up for our meeting. I really hope our members will return with their friends for the October meeting.

We first introduced our officers and sponsors, and informed the freshman who were at the meeting that the spot for the freshman representative is open. The links which were shared during the meeting are websites where our members can sign up for the club, pay their dues, and download apps needed for volunteering from September to October. Our club is sponsoring -meaning these service hours are not opportunities members found on their own Johnson&Johnson #DonateAPhoto, the World Food Program's Free

OUR NEXT GENERAL MEETING: OCTOBER 21ST

Rice, Adopt a Nursing Home, and writing the monthly HOTO. In

We are also having a Black Lives

addition to these, our club

Matter shirt to show our support

introduced our first "membership

for the BLM movement. More

referral" hour, current members

information about it will be

can get hours by recruiting their

posted, such as when its coming

friends.

out and how much it will cost.

7 | September Meeting Review

BLACK LIVES MATTER SHIRT DESIGN #1

QUOTE: "IF NOT US THEN WHO? IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN?"

BLACK LIVES MATTER SHIRT DESIGN #2

BY SOPHIA MA

LINKS FROM THE MEETING keyclub.lamar @gmail.com

@lamarkeyclub

@vfndkey1

https://keyclublamar.wixsite.com/lhskey Log your Hours: https://tinyurl.com/lhskcloghours Free Rice APP: https://freerice.com/

Donate a Photo APP: www.donateaphoto.com Pay your Dues: https://tinyurl.com/lhskcdues

OUR SPONSORS Ms. Robbins erobbins @aisd.net

Ms. Chamberlain echamber @aisd.net

September Meeting Review | 8

SERVICE OPPOR FREE RICE x UNWFP By answering trivia, our members helped the UN World Food Program donate rice to people in need. The pictures show our progression through the month of September.

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Join our group on the FreeRice App or website! GROUP CODE: 29JTX24F Members, please remember that you need to be in the group in order to earn hours.

You can get 1 hour per 100 grains you donate. We're capping it at 5 hours to encourage members to attend future volunteering events.

One of the volunteering opportunities our club is sponsoring this month is "Adopt A Nursing Home". Our members send letters to staff and residents to the OnPointe Transitional Care at the Memorial Hospital at Arlington, TX. It was really fun thinking about becoming a grandma/grandpa's penpal so that they wouldn't be as bored or lonely during social distancing.

9 | September-October Opportunities

TUNITIES

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER EDITION

Johnson&Johnson #DonateAPhoto Our club also participated in the Johnson&Johnson photo campaign. By donating photos by taking pictures and uploading them, our club members supported WISER International, Shot@Life, and Operation Smile. WISER International provides WISER girls in Kenya with healthcare for a year, Shot@Life provides children around the world with life saving vaccines, and Operation Smile provides life-changing surgery from children living around the world with cleft lip and cleft plate. Our members can choose one of the three causes every day and donate a photo of their choice. When they donate a photo, Johnson&Johnson donates $1 to that cause. Our members can earn 1 hour if they hold a streak for a week, showing their dedication to serve the community. Download the app and donate with us!

Don't forget to add the hashtag #lhskc when you donate so that our club can see your photos! Likewise, if you search for #lhskc you can see all the photos our club has been donating! Our club has donated at least 222 photos!!

Membership Referral For the first time, our members have the option of inviting their friends to become Key Club members for volunteering hours. Not only will this help increase membership during online learning, it will also help the community have more volunteers to help out and encourage more students to be engaged in helping the community. This also helps more students have extra-curricular activities, so they will not feel so stuck at home.

Note for Members: If you are participating in this opportunity, please ask your friend to put your name in the google form when they sign up! Please also log it as an our on the log your hours link as well.

September-October Opportunities | 10

2020 - 2021 LHSKC Membership Requirements One of the most important things about Key Club is commitment.

It is easy to want to join Key Club to expand or enrich your resume, or just because your friend wants to and it seems cool during VikingFest - our school's club fair. Our requirements help encourage members to keep going, to continue serving until they find that fire in their heart to help those around them.

OUR BASIC REQUIREMENTS Our basic requirements are meeting attendance and volunteering hours. We encourage members to: attend 5 meetings throughout the year - we have meetings every month, so that should be easy! volunteer for 25 hours every year minimum. 15 of those should be sponsored hours. sponsored hours are from volunteering opportunities shared in meetings and are on the website and instagram. sign in during meetings and log your hours both on the google form and the hour sheet EARN A CHORD FOR GRADUATION The volunteering chord is green and can be earned: 50 total hours across organizations, which means that you can have 25 from Key Club and 25 from NHS EARN A KEY CLUB STOLE FOR GRADUATION The Key Club stole can be bought for graduation if you fulfill the following requirements: 60 hours from Junior and Senior Year 30 of those hours must be Key Club Sponsored Membership Requirements| 11

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REVISITING SUMMER SUMMER BREAK AND VOLUNTEERING - BY SARA LIM

Losing track of what day of the week it is.

Additionally, due to covid-19 this summer, my

Wonky sleep schedules. Having no schedule

church held a free food drive every Saturday.

or routine. This is what happens when

With all these opportunities to volunteer, it

summer break rolls around.

didn’t feel like there was as big as a change

Personally, I would volunteer throughout the

anymore from volunteering during the school

school year at almost every event, and the

year versus volunteering during the summer.

only times I didn’t go was when I had to be somewhere else. So, when summer came

But, if you don’t keep yourself accountable

around, it was a big change that I didn’t have

and find places to volunteer (without the help

somewhere to volunteer two/three times a

of Key Club) throughout the summer, you

month. So I had to look around myself for

may find yourself not volunteering at all over

places I could volunteer. My church for

the summer. Here are some solutions that I

example offered numerous opportunities

thought of on how to avoid this. Firstly,

over the summer, like helping out at Mission

having friends or family to help keep you

Arlington, or volunteering at church vbs.

accountable is beneficial.

Summer and Volunteering - Sara Lim| 13

Photo Captions: Sara Lim volunteering during the summer for her church. She made masks and helped at a food drive

Get with a group of people to volunteer once or twice a month together because it’ll be more fun to volunteer with friends, and you will keep each other in check. Secondly, planning ahead of time to clear certain days in your schedule throughout the summer is helpful for me. I don’t know about you, but my summers are certainly busy. My family loves to travel and go on a lot of vacations, so it’s easy to forget and overlook volunteering. But, by clearing specific days for volunteering, there’s no excuse or reason to brush it off.

"Get with a group of people to volunteer once or twice a month together because it’ll be more fun to volunteer with friends, and you will keep each other in check.

A famous quote by Rick Warren said, “The greatest gift you can give is your time because when you are giving someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back.” So just by volunteering a couple times every month, it will be better than not volunteering at all. In conclusion, by finding a reliable group of friends to keep you accountable, and blocking

Do you need a volunteering buddy?

Check out the district's pen-pal program featured on Page 26 of our newsletter!

certain days throughout the whole summer to volunteer will help keep the same consistency of volunteering year round.

Summer and Volunteering - Sara Lim | 14

GROWING KEY CLUB WITH

SOCIAL MEDIA

Photo Caption: the officers getting together to create videos to post on Instagram in order to spread news about the club.

As a society, we are more enabled to connect with each other than ever before! Unlike just a few decades ago, we can interact with people across the globe in a matter of seconds.

Social Media to Grow Key Club | 15

"Our club sees the opportunity that social media provides to keep our members informed and passionate about serving."

Although the use of social media is generally faced with harsh criticism by a few, our Club sees the opportunity that social media provides to keep our members informed and passionate about serving -especially this year- and the connections that can be made with other Key Clubs like ours across the nation.Upon receiving my position as Lamar High School Key Club’s webmaster, I prioritized making sure that our social media is utilized to share what our Club stands for while keeping our current members informed and connected. Often, when asking people to join Key Club, I am met with the question “What does Key Club even do?” which shows that small clubs such as ours absolutely must promote themselves as much as possible. By using our social media platform and the cooperation of this year’s officers, we have been able to do precisely that! This year, we have recruited an astounding number of members (especially considering our virtual limitations), primarily because more people heard about our Club through informative posts and shared stories. Furthermore, our Instagram account is an easily accessible source for our current members to find out what service opportunities are coming up!

Since most of our Club’s members have an account already, they don’t have to go too

far out of their way to search for information, promoting the amount of activity our Club receives.

Social media promotes recruitment and activity within our own Club; it also allows us to see how other clubs are functioning. For example, by engaging with other high school key clubs in our area: including Martin, Bowie, and Arlington, our own Club can find inspiration and formulate ideas for possible service that our own Club can use. Through maintaining our Key Club’s account, seeing the activity of other clubs and organizations, and reaching out virtually to other Key Club leaders, social media has opened my eyes to just how immense the impact of Key Club.

Furthermore, it has transformed individual clubs into an articulate team with shared values.

Social media has become a valuable resource as our Club seeks to grow among our school and connect with other clubs throughout our region. As Helen Keller once stated, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” I believe that the use of media platforms has broken down the barriers that have prohibited us for so long and has established a bridge of interconnection in its place.

Social Media to Grow Key Club | 16

CHANGES WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE

2020 - 2021

BY EMILY WILSON For some, this year may look like an opportunity wasted, full of disappointments instead of the planned initiatives. Still, I think we have to view this as a fantastic challenge and a great chance to promote a feeling of family, whether in or out of quarantine. This year is my third year in Key Club and my second year as part of the Key Club officer team. Key Club is an initiative I’ve been so excited to be a part of and create an impact on. Although presenting some difficulties, this year is a unique opportunity for interclub growth while also facilitating new connections with Clubs locally. Some changes I’m looking forward to are taking new initiatives with our great officer team to foster a new level of relationship we haven’t reached before.

This year, I’m very excited to look at collaboration efforts with other Key Clubs and implement new ideas we’ve seen our local clubs use. This year our Key Club has gotten so much more involved with our interdistrict communications, allowing us to talk with many new officers. I’ve gotten to have the fun of joining our district Discord and connecting with the officer team at Summit Preparatory. Besides being a fun group of people, they’re a club in our district and gave me all kinds of ideas for virtual volunteering opportunities. After discussing their ideas with our Key Club, we all agreed to include a few into our initiatives. It was an excellent opportunity to learn.

Changes We Are Implementing - Emily Wilson | 17

Some of their ideas were things that our club hadn’t even considered, and this makes me excited to foster more collaborative efforts.

This year I’m also hoping to implement stronger connections within our Key Club general members. This quarantine with COVID-19 has been straining for many peoples’ mental health due to lack of connection, but I think Key Club could be a fantastic outlet for people to find a sense of belonging. We’re really trying to increase our social media outreach, so all our members stay in the loop. This is also used to promote the great work other members may be involved in. Beyond that, though, we’ve considered some ideas to develop connections through having members meet in person. We’ve discussed having socially distanced groups of members pick up trash locally, and through that, everyone could make some new people. I’ve also been interested in the idea used by other Key Clubs, which is creating a group chat or Discord. This could be another great thing to strengthen a feeling of unity.

Key Club this year is so different than anyone would’ve expected. Yet along with all the difficulties, I think we have to recognize some of our newfound opportunities to facilitate a new sense of connection - A sense of connection that perseveres through all of Key Club, not just ours, and hopefully one that brings members the true feeling of the Key Club family.

THINGS WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY 1. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER KEY CLUBS Last year, we collaborated with Arlington High School Key Club for a volunteering event at Mission Arlington. This fall, we've connected with Summit Preparatory, another Key Club in our School District. We are planning to share and communicate more with the Key Clubs around us 2. CONNECTING WITH THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA DISTRICT KEY CLUB This year is the second year our key club is doing our formal Key Club duties. Our officers had the chance to join the District discord, which is giving us the chance to understand how other Key Clubs are doing things and improve our own Club 2. CONNECTION WITH OUR MEMBERS Due to COVID-19, we are not able to interact with many of our members face-to-face.

Therefore, we are considering creating a group chat so that members can discuss with each other and become friends. In the past years, our club has been so big that even our officers had trouble recognizing everyone and making everyone feel welcome. It is our dream that Key Club will one day feel like a family.

Photo Caption: Our members connecting with each other through volunteering (TOP) Our officers coming together to experiment outdoor gatherings (BOTTOM) Changes We Are Implementing - Emily Wilson| 18

KEY CLUB VS. SCHOOL - By Razan Shakoor As we all know, this year has been a tumultuous year. The days before spring break ended up to be some of our last days on campus for the year, our months blended into one Tik-Tok filled haze, and our responsibilities grew. We transitioned to an online school system, which most thought would be easy, but it was not. We had to become our own teachers and even taught some educators how to use online services. Throughout this year, we have faced a lot, yet when the new school year started, it seemed to be a lot to handle for many people, myself included.

Personally, I believe the first semester will always be the hardest of the year since we have to readjust ourselves to learn new material quickly.

Over the summer break, I lose my drive to do work, and this year was no different, except I felt I had become even lazier.

This may be because I have "Senioritis", the laziness spell all seniors face, or it might be because of COVID, I have mostly stayed home.

PAGE FOUR| JOURNEY

"Either way, the first couple of weeks of the 2020-2021 school year was not the best of times for me."

Either way, the first couple of weeks of the 2020-2021 school year was not the best of times for me. I struggled a lot with time management with my school and essential club duties. I would put work off until the morning it was due, such as my calculus homework. I got into the bad habit of doing my work for my calculus class during my government class because I did not want to do the lengthy word problems sometimes. I would also forget about crucial key club duties I had committed to and then rush to complete them. Overall, I struggled a lot with my tasks when school started.

Luckily during the third or fourth week of the first semester, I began to put myself together and learned how to properly manage my time after one of my teachers reached out and sent us a helpful video on prioritizing. I began evaluating what tasks will be the most strenuous and put them as my top priority on sticky notes and others following. I started optimizing my time before my classes on adays and did both my calculus and academic decathlon homework so I wouldn’t have to spend the rest of the day doing work. I began to ask my teachers for help when I needed instead of being too scared to ask. Even though these were small steps I could’ve done at any time before online learning, I have become a better student and officer due to these steps and hope to continue on as long as I stick to my sticky notes and prioritizing specific tasks.

How I'm handling Key Club duties and School - Razan Shakoor | 19

STRUGGLING WITH BALANCING KEY CLUB AND HOMEWORK?

STICK TO YOUR STICKY NOTES

How I'm handling Key Club duties and School - Razan Shakoor | 20

SAMUEL LEE HUMANS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA Humans of Texas Oklahoma - Samuel Lee | 21

"TO HELP OUT MY COMMUNITY ...I JUST COULDN'T RESIST" Hello, my name is Samuel Lee. This is my

I s I tried out for Lamar's symphonic

first year in Key Club, and to be honest, at first, I didn't know what to expect. I was initially interested in joining Key Club because I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to help out my community-

orchestra with low expectations. Little did I know, I made the cut (and now I actually have to try during orchestra).

especially during our current circumstances. But when a friend of mine informed me that being a part of Key Club

participating in the orchestra. I started out playing my instrument, the violin, against my own will when my mom forced me to

would also look good on college applications, I just couldn't resist. I haven't done any in-person service yet out of concern for others' safety, but I have participated in online services, such as donating a photo each day through the Johnson & Johnson app, which I plan to do every day. I am very excited about meeting and cooperating with other members and

sign up in 5th grade. Although I dreaded the idea at first, I have no regrets looking back, and I'm thankful for the experience and growth of my love for music. Finally, I am a very determined person. When I feel the need to do something, it will get done. I strive to be at the top of my classes and work hard for my grades to go to any top college-hopefully Stanford. I believe that

future service opportunities.

joining this club will push me closer to my goal and help me form connections.

Well, as you know, my name is Samuel Lee, and I am a 16-year-old junior in high school.

I grew up here in Arlington, Texas, and attended Butler Elementary and Shackelford Junior High previous to my high school years. Besides becoming a new member of Key Club this year, I am very involved in the soccer and orchestra programs at Lamar. tarted on the varsity team my sophomore year, and since then, I have worked hard to maintain my position.

Outside of Lamar, I've played club soccer for a team called FC Dallas for a little over 6 years now with hopes of becoming a professional someday. Last spring,

All jokes aside- I really do enjoy

I look forward to helping out the community and serving as a part of such a dedicated group!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR STORY LIKE SAMUEL DID? CONTACT US BEFORE 10/17 TO DO THE OCTOBER HOTO! Humans of Texas Oklahoma - Samuel Lee | 22

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09-10 2020 edition

KEY CLUB INT.'S S PREFERRED CHARITIE Children's Miracle Network Hospitals raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and As part of the Eliminate Project, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus—a deadly of disease that steals the lives s nearly 31,000 innocent babie and a significant number of

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women each year.

s For 80 years, March of Dime s has helped millions of babie survive and thrive. Now they’re building on that legacy to level the playing s, field for all moms and babie no matter their age, socioeconomic background or demographics.

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WANT TO DO MORE?

HERE ARE KEY CLUB INTERNATION PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE P

Landscape Structures (LSI) has joined Kiwanis International as a vision partner to bring play to communities across the globe. LSI is proud to provide highquality commercial playground equipment and planning consultation services that reflect the high degree of integrity that Kiwanis clubs expect.

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.

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!

Clean water also plays an incredibly critical role in effectively treating and managing HIV/AIDS in rural communities.

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Nickelodeon currently presents two major campaigns year round that encourage action in kids globally.

Worldwide Day of Play reinforces Nickelodeon’s mission to make the world a more playful place by leading Play events across the country.

Nickelodeon’s Get Dirty campaign seeks to educate kids, families, and teachers about what they can do to help protect the planet in a way that is mindful and fun.

TeleSquads provide Key Club members with affordable opportunities to complete community service hours while gaining hands-ons international experience implementing projects that improve health and education outcomes for in-need communities. Each TeleSquad is a customized 1-9 week online course for groups of 8 or more Key Club members to build knowledge through skill-based volunteering, build cultural competency through virtual immersion, and deliver real impact through our local team by participating in live community and professional exchanges.

NAL'S SERVICE PARTNERS The Army strives to strengthen local communities through service and to build character and leadership among youth such as Key Club members. Through the Kiwanis Speakers Army personnel can connect with Kiwanisfamily clubs at club meetings, raising awareness of what today’s Army can provide and offer access to local Army support and resources. The Army also gives exceptional opportunities in higher education that can help young people throughout their lives.

Since 2014, Up with People and Kiwanis International members have teamed up to serve our communities, inspire youth and expand our impact in the world. that’s what Kiwanis International and Up with People share. Up with People programs open a door to service and intercultural understanding—whether it’s through a local show, leadership, and cultural workshops or providing service and travel experiences for young adults. Both organizations strive to ‘serve the children of the world’ and ‘empower youth to take action’ through our partnership.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

Register for one month of fitness, reach your health goals, and change lives. Join individually or create a team. Your involvement creates community, and it helps Project Happiness educate youth and people of all ages—by providing proven tools for greater happiness and well-being.

K Corps is Kiwanis International’s youth exchange program for Key Clubbers and Kiwanis-family teens. It’s a great opportunity for youth connected with Kiwanis—and for families and Kiwanis clubs as well.Through the program, clubs, families and youth develop strong global relationships and intercultural communication skills by —attending meetings, experiencing fellowship, raising funds for various causes and participating in service projects.

Kiwanis' Service and Collaborative Partners | 26

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