August Newsletter

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Upcoming Events: 1. Fall Rally- October 25th at LIU Post Division Social Media Facebook Group and Page Twitter and Instagram @NYDKCD2

Nickelodeon joined the Kiwanis family as a 2013 Vision Partner of Kiwanis International with a focus on its Big Help initiative, which addresses issues in service, education, the environment and health.

Learn more about Nickelodeon’s Big Help efforts, the Halo Awards program and Day of Play at prosocial.nick.com or nick.com/thebighelp.

Key Club Co-Sponsor Rustic Pathways has 30 years of experience leading exceptional international education and service programs for students. With over 130 programs in 20 countries, Rustic Pathways is the global leader in its field.

Recognizing our shared values, Rustic Pathways has partnered with Key Club to provide its members with the opportunity to broaden their global perspective while performing meaningful service projects in communities around the world.

Key Club participates with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals by sponsoring fundraising events.

Key Club members also participate in service projects at their local children’s hospital. Find out how you and your club can help CMNH.

The Eliminate Project just reached US$100 million dollars raised! That means that we will help save or protect more than 55 million lives. Now we have $10 Million away from the final fundraising goal!

For decades, Key Club has partnered with the March of Dimes to give every baby a healthy start. Key Club members raise thousands of dollars annually through various programs, including collecting change, holding dances and taking part in March of Dimes’ signature event, March for Babies. See how your club can support the March of Dimes.

Since 1994, Key Club has been Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF and over the years has raised nearly US$5 million for iodine deficiency programs worldwide and HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya and Swaziland. Now it’s helping The Eliminate Project. Learn more about Key Club's history with UNICEF.

Download Major Emphasis service project directory, filled with ideas for hands-on and fundraising service opportunities. Projects are divided into levels of difficulty, easy, moderate, and difficult, to help you get started with whatever type of project you are interested in tackling.

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. The Youth Opportunities Fund is established through gifts to the G. Harold Martin Fellowships. YOF grants can help you take action. Look around and identify the things that need to get done in your school, community or world. Apply for a YOF grant!!- The basics you need to know: 1. YOF grants are given only to Key Clubs and/or club members.

2. There is only one funding cycle for the Youth Opportunities Fund. The application must be received by October 15 at 11:59PM EST. 3. 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. There is one funding cycle for YOF grants per year. Applications received by October 15 at 11:59 PM EST are reviewed by the Key Club International YOF committee at their November meeting. Funding notifications are mailed no later than January first each year. 4. Applicants must use the current YOF grant application.

Previous years' applications will not be accepted.

Download the current application. Applications must be received by October 15 at 11:59 PM EST and can be mailed to: Kiwanis International Attn: YOF Application/Nicole Harris 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196, USA

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT AND DUES TIPS In the beginning of the year is when you really want to get Key Club in the mouths of people. Try having a class rep to motivate only kids from their grade. Maybe have pizza at your first meeting.

Try something you haven’t done in previous years to encourage kids to join, but remember to plan early!

Also, try hosting your first meeting within the first 2 weeks of school.

Key Clubs, in good standing, can use the Membership Update Center to add new members and update records after officer elections. Membership cards, pins, handbooks and certificates will be provided only for NEW Key Club members only. These will be mailed to the club address upon receipt of membership fees and member names.

Clubs submitting properly completed invoice and membership roster forms and appropriate membership fees on or before November 1st , will also receive an "Early Bird" patch for the Key Club's banner.

The 2015- 2016 service year dues are $13.00.

Do you know where your Key Club dues go? From resources and grants to training and insurance, dues help you get the most memorable, fun experience during your time in Key Club. By paying dues to Key Club, the following crucial resources are available for all members, advisors and clubs: Resources for club building, chartering and member recruitment, District and club officer training materials, Support for districts and divisions, Official Key Club website and social media accounts, Weekly updates to Key Club members and advisors, The Youth Opportunities Fund endowment, and which awards grants to clubs to fund service projects.

Key Club magazine (mailed to schools in September)

KEY LEADER Convention planning

Key Leader is a weekend experiential leadership program for today's young leaders. This lifechanging event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadershipclub awards development experience.District A Keyand Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.

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Participants begin by attending a Key Leader conference, which is a weekend retreat. Large and small group workshops, discussions and team-building activities take place over the course of the weekend. Students have opportunities to learn leadership skills that will help them to change their schools, communities, and world for the better. While exploring leadership in a whole new way, participants will make amazing new friends and have experiences they will never forget. Positive, ongoing interaction with other Key Leader graduates offers continuing reinforcement, encouragement and growth of leadership skills.

Since April 2005 Key Leader has served more than 24,000 students at 510 Key Leader events in 39 U.S. states, 5 Canadian provinces, Malaysia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, El Salvador and Singapore.

SERVICE

SPOTLIGHT

Recently the Lindenhurst Key Club participated in the Annual Kiwanis Steak Fry at their local firehouse. As usual, the Steak Fry was a huge success as the kids volunteered their time all day to feed the guests from all over Suffolk County.

From serving food, selling raffles, and continuously checking on the guests, the Lindy key club had a blast giving back to the community.

PAPERWORK

Report Form Submission is diagonally right.

The pink is election report forms. The dark orange is monthly report forms for the month of April. The light orange is monthly report forms for the month of May. The light green is the monthly report forms for the month of June.

Election Report Forms are officially due on September 27th, 2015.

Thank you to Lindenhurst and PatMed for the submission!

District Executive Assistant Matt Garber: mattgarber.ea@nydkc.org

District Editor Angelica Mehta: angelicamehta.editor@ny dkc.org

District Governor: Hannanichols.gov@nydkc. org

District Chair: ricardolarios.chair@nydkc .org

District Treasurer Donna Yu: donnayu.treas@nydkc.org

District Secretary Zainab Nathani: zainabnathani@nydkc.org

District Webmaster Tanya Hao: tanyahao.tech@nydkc.org

INTERNATIONAL BOARD

President: Rip Livingston from the Alabama District Vice President: Addison Clipfell Trustees: Giselle Campbell representing Georgia, Minnesota-Dakotas, Utah-Idaho Bethany Downs representing Ohio, New England, Kansas Congratulations Heather Farley from our district representing Rocky Mountain, Southwest, Michigan Kacie Hines representing New Jersey, Wisconsin-Upper Michigan, KentuckyTennessee Amy Jiang representing Florida, Illinois- Eastern Iowa, Eastern Canada Ian MacDonald representing Indiana, Texas- Oklahoma, Caribbean- Atlantic Aysha Moneer representing Pennylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana- MississippiWest Tennessee Anastasia Slepukhova representing KIWIN’s, New York, Alabama She was born in Kyrgystan, and upon winning a Green Card Lottery, she moved to the United States 10 years ago. She is now a senior from the Capital District.

She is on the Air Rifle Team and Lacrosse Team. In the past, she was Lieutenant Governor on her District Board. She is also involved in her class and student government.

Devin Sun representing Carolina, Pacific Northwest, Missouri- Arkansas Hojin Yoon representing California- Nevada- Hawaii, Bahamas, Nebriowa Congratulations to Clifford Young from our district representing Capital, Jamaica, Montana

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Values We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.

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Motto Caring- Our Way of Life

Key Club Mission

Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character, and develop leadership.

Values

Key Club Pledge I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the objects of Key Club International; to build my

Character building, inclusiveness, caring, leadership

home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and to combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

NEW YORK DISTRICT KEY CLUB DIVISION 2: LINDENHURST, WILLIAM FLOYD, BELLPORT, SAYVILLE, COPAIGUE, PATCHOUGE-MEDFORD, AMITYVILLE