New York District Key Club Division 18
August Newsletter
Hello Division Eighteen,
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Lt. Governor’s Greeting II. Upcoming Events III. Division Groups IV. Division Service Spotlights V. Divisional Meeting Recap VI. Introduction of International Board VII. “Back to School” VIII. The Eliminate Project IX. Reminders
This is LeeAnn Owens, your Lieutenant Governor. I’m sure that most of you are disappointed to see summer vacation come to an end; but look on the bright side! Once school starts again, Key Club will back in full swing! There’s reason to celebrate in the New York District! One of our very own, IP NYDKC Division 24 Lt. Governor Laken Kelly, was elected to the International Board! Congrats Laken! My Kiwanis Committee Representative, Mrs. Vail, can be reached at (518)783-6326 or mbethvny@gmail.com. She is a great resource for your advisors, as are your sponsoring Kiwanis Club Presidents. As always, please contact me if there’s ever anything that I can help you with or questions that I can answer! -LeeAnn Owens
Tamarac High School ‘15 Division 18 Lt. Governor Phone: (518)944-6128 Email: LeeannOwens.ltg@nydkc.org Address: 615 Farm to Market Rd. Troy, NY 12180
Upcoming Events September Divisional- Late September -The meeting will be held at the East Greenbush Community Library. The Divisional Service Project will be hosted by the Averill Park Key Club.
Key Club Week- November 3rd-7th -Each day of the week has a different theme! More to come on this. It’s important to utilize this week to promote Key Club in your school!
Leadership Training Conference 2015March 27th- 29th -The Board decided to bring back Play Fair this year! Get Excited! Start Fundraising!
Social Networking You can help keep in touch with the division by joining the Division 18 Facebook group! I also recommend that you check out the Key Club app. There are a lot of great articles and service ideas! The Membership Committee has started the Humans of Key Club project (HOKC). It is modeled after the Humans of New York blog. It will include stories about Key Clubbers from throughout the District! Keep on eye out for HOKC on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. Be sure to subscribe for Governor Jacob’s State of the District emails! You can subscribe on nydkc.org.
Service Spotlights Remember to take pictures at all of your service events! Please send me a service spotlight after each event. This should include a brief description of the event and some pictures from the event. If you send them to me I’ll have them posted on the NYDKC website!
At our August Divisional Key Clubbers from Maple Hill, Tamarac, Averill Park and Tech Valley made cards for patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Tamarac Key Club hosted this service project.
August Divisional Recap
At our August Divisional we discussed ICON 2014, the amendments that were voted on and the new International Board that was elected. I introduced Shane Meyers, our new International Trustee. I gave an update on the fundraising progress NYDKC District Projects. The most important thing that I talked about was how to take advantage of the new school year to increase your club’s membership. Read update no. 12 to refresh yourself on this before you start school.
Introduction of the International Board What I hope to accomplish: I have three goals for this upcoming year: I hope to make Key Club a household name. I also want to work with Kiwanis International to ensure that all Key Clubs have sponsoring Kiwanis Clubs, because that relationship is vital to the success of both organizations. My last goal is to reach the Eliminate Project Goal as it nears completion in 2015. I believe that these goals will move our amazing organization forward.
Maria Palazzolo President
What I hope to accomplish: I believe that I can help continue to
Kevin Zhang Vice President
maintain an organization that will flourish for many generations to come. Member retention is a key component to this goal. We must ensure that the freshmen in our clubs are aware of all the future service, social, and leadership opportunities ahead of them while our seniors should be made aware of all the opportunities that lie ahead of them in Circle K. With Kiwanis membership declining, I believe that we can play an active role in helping solve this issue.
Our Trustee Shane Meyers- International Trustee Districts: Bahamas, Illinois-Eastern Iowa, New York Email: trusteeshane@gmail.com What I hope to accomplish: I hope to inspire the same passion that I have for service within members in each of my districts.
“No Shane, No Gain”
Introduction of the International Board
Jenalee Beazley-Trustee Tashrima Hossain-Trustee
Maria Palazzolo President
Kevin Zhang Vice President
Districts: CaliforniaNevada-Hawaii, Ohio, Rocky Mountain
Renisha Daley-Trustee Districts: Montana, Nebraska-Iowa, Southwest
Districts: CaliforniaNevada-Hawaii KIWINs, Georgia, Pacific Northwest
Gary Cheng-Trustee Districts: Capital, Caribbean-Atlantic, Eastern Canada
Nicole Lema-Trustee Districts: Alabama, Kansas, Michigan
Laken Kelly-Trustee
Districts: Florida, MissouriArkansas, West Virginia
Introduction of the International Board
Rip Livingston-Trustee Districts: Carolinas, Indiana, Kentucky-Tennessee
Robbie Mathis-Trustee
Shane Meyers-Trustee
Districts: Jamaica, LouisianaMississippi-West Tennessee, Pennsylvania
Districts: Bahamas, IllinoisEastern Iowa, New York
Liz Moore-Trustee Districts: Minnesota-Dakotas, New England, Utah-Idaho
Barry Seng-Trustee Districts: New Jersey, TexasOklahoma, Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Back to School! How to Start the School Year Strong
During the first two months of the school year there are usually a lot more members at meetings. The numbers tend to dwindle over the course of the school year. Here are some quick tips to retain / increase your membership.
-Talk about Key Club! Tell your friends! Don't assume that students at your school know about Key Club!! If more people know about it, you will have more members. - Include non-officers in decision-making, brainstorming, and planning. It will keep them interested and make them feel important; both of which will keep them coming back for the remainder of the year. - Make meetings fun! FOOD, ICE BREAKERS, SERVICE PROJECTS, MUSIC. Keep your members interested! - Make sure that every one knows about your meetings! Advertise your meetings with posters and announcements. It also helps to have meetings on a set date (like every other Thursday) so that people know when they'll be. -I attached flyers to Update no. 12 that you can use to advertise your meetings! - Have an officer meeting or two before you have a member meeting. Establish goals for the year. Talk about a fundraising idea and a service idea for the fall. It would be ideal for all of you to hold an officer meeting your first week of school and a member meeting the second week of school. - COLLECT DUES EARLY!
Contact info for the Executive Board District Governor Jacob Spencer
JacobSpencer.gov@nydkc.org
District Editor Sharo Lin
SharonLin.editor@nydkc.org
District Treasurer Anusha Syed
AnushaSyed.treas@nydkc.org
District Secretary Heather Farley
HeatherFarley.sec@nydkc.org
Contact info for the Executive Board
District Executive Assistant Theresa Lin TheresaLin.ea@nydkca.org
District Webmaster Danny Qiu
DannyQiu.tech@nydkc.org
District Executive Assistant Kiera Soloman KieraSolomon.ea@nydkc.org
Eliminate This is the last year we have to reach our fundraising goal for the eliminate project. This means that your club should really be pushing the Eliminate Project and trying to raise as much money as possible for the cause! So far the New York District has raised over $5,000 for Eliminate this service year! Trick-or-Treat for Unicef is a great way to raise money for the cause! Remember to submit Fundraising Report Forms for and fundraisers that you do! Otherwise we can’t count the money that your club raised in our totals for the District!
Reminders I. Start planning meetings, service projects and fundraisers as early as possible! II. I need to visit each club at least once, so let me know when you have your meetings so that we can schedule a visit in advance! III. Please send in your Monthly Report Forms and Fundraising Report Forms, even if they’re already late. It makes the District Board really happy. We live for forms! IV. Fundraise for Eliminate, this is the last year to complete our goal! V. Collect Dues early! Remember that a $.50 Dues increase was passed at ICON VI. Start fundraising for LTC VII. Keep in touch with your sponsoring Kiwanis VIII. Always feel free to call, text or email me anytime if you have a question, need ideas, or just want to talk about Key Club! I love hearing from you guys!
Thank you for reading!
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