Give Thanks! November Newsletter 2015
Lieutenant Governor’s Greetings
Upcoming Events: 1.
December Divisional: Date TBA, PatchogueMedford will be hosting and it will be Holiday themed
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December Service Project: Need volunteers to help organize
Hello Division 2, I first would like to say Happy Thanksgiving! We all have a lot to be thankful for. Thank those who take care of you, teach you, and never give up on you. Always remember to give more than you receive. I know that sometimes it’s hard to stay positive and think of the good things especially in hard times, but just remember you are not alone. With all this being said, I just wanted to thank you guys. Division 2 has truly grown so much from March 2015. Please keep up all the amazing work!
Division Groups: Twitter: @NYDKCD2 Instagram: @NYDKCD2 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609367612638688/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NYDKCD2/
Yours in service and passion,
GroupMe: Please send me your number
Alexis Warren
Divisional Recap
(717)856-5417 Alexiswarren.ltg@nydkc.org
The November Divisional was a huge success! Copiague had many members attend for the first time and I couldn’t thank them enough for also bringing many, many items for the food pantry. We made sandwiches, talked about the Leadership Training Conference, and went over report forms. Thank you William Floyd and Pat- Med for sending members and to Lindenhurst for hosting. Let’s make next month just as successful!
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Divisional Recap
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Holiday Service Projects
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Paperwork Status Chart
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Holiday Service Projects
Service Spotlights
The holidays are such a wonderful time to volunteer and give! As Key Clubbers, let’s make this moment count and do as many service projects as we can. My personal favorite holiday service project is when my home club partners with our Kiwanis and does a Santa lunch for the needy kids in our community. I love to see the smiles on the children’s faces when they receive a gift from Santa!!
Copiague had a successful food drive!
Here are some ways you can spread the holiday cheer through your home, school, and community: 1. Volunteer at a soup kitchen. 2. Make Christmas cards to send to troops overseas. 3. Have a holiday baking party. Get together with friends and bake holiday treats to take down to a local homeless shelter, fire department, or inner city school so they can have a holiday party. 4. Go to the dollar store and get items to stuff stockings with. Keep the stockings in your car, and whenever you pass a mom battling a screaming child, someone who looks stressed, a homeless person, your post man, whoever, give them a stocking. 5. Bell ringing at local stores. 6. Perform a Christmas program for a nursing home. 7. Go caroling, and leave cookies with each house. 8. Have kids and teens offer a gift-wrapping service and donate the money to a charity. They can also raise money by watching neighbor’s kids while they go holiday shopping. 9. Shovel snow from a neighbors sidewalk. 10. Help an elderly person put up Christmas lights. 11. Decorate a tree in a populated area for people passing to enjoy. 12. Have your Elf on the Shelf do acts of kindness for family members, and have him leave a note that tells them to pass it forward. 13. Make easy tie blankets to donate to shelters. 14. Decorate the halls of a hospital. 15. Keep off the holiday pounds and support a charity by running in a 5k in December. Choose a run that benefits a specific charity. 16. Help fix a run down play ground, and use chalk to write, “Santa was here.”
William Floyd also had a successful food drive at their local grocery store!
Thank you to these wonderful clubs for your service! These are simple, yet amazing service projects that can be done all – year long. Keep up the awesome work!
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March of Dimes
Kamp Kiwanis
Every minute a baby is born too soon. Every day, 72 babies die due to preterm birth complications. All year long, YOU can make a difference for all babies.
The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. March of Dimes was founded by our 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the fight against polio. After the discovery of the polio vaccine, March of Dimes focused their efforts to improve the health of babies and has been successful with the help and enthusiasm of many grassroots volunteers.
How Key Club Helps: Since 1978, Key Clubs have been making a difference for babies everywhere. Key Club members, like you, continue to support the March of Dimes all year long by hosting service projects, raising funds and educating your community about the crisis of preterm birth. Honor the 15 million babies born too soon worldwide this Fall by Coloring Your School Purple to help end Prematurity during Prematurity Awareness Month in November. In the Spring, continue your efforts with March for Babies – our signature fundraising event.
Service Project Toolk it for Key Club: Prematurity is the #1 leading cause of death in newborns – these babies need your help! Download the exclusive March of Dimes Service Project Toolkit for Key Club to gain access to ideas, tools and resources to help you make a difference.
Contact the March of Dimes with any questions or requests for information. Find your local chapter or contact information for the National Office below.
March of Dimes National Office 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605
Kamp Kiwanis is aimed at providing fun, physical exercise and adventure. It strives to afford opportunities to participate in a creative outdoor group experience in a democratic setting and develop characteristics of leadership and fair play. The program at Kamp Kiwanis is designed to mainstream all children, including up to 20 each session with special needs. It is non-competitive with emphasis on group and team building. No activity is forced, but all are encouraged.
Staff members come from many countries as well as some from the United States. All staff members have been trained to interact with children of all ages. Fully qualified lifeguards supervise all waterfront and swimming activities. The staff is hired only after reference checks and background checks are completed. EMT/Medical personnel are on site 24 hours a day during the camping season. The ratio of staff to Kamper is generally 1:8. All Kampers with special needs are supervised at much lower ratios, sometimes 1:1.
The Kamp is located six miles north of Rome, N.Y., on 102 acres of open and wooded land in the rolling western foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. There is an administration building with an infirmary; sleeping cabins, bath houses, athletic fields, library, sports area, swimming pool, nature trails, a camping area with a teepee, arts and crafts facilities and a pond for fishing and canoeing.
Kamp Kiwanis is a coed camp that accepts children aged 8 to 14, and has a Counselor-In-Training program for those 15-17. The Kamp has the capacity of 130 Kampers. Kamp starts at 3 p.m. on Sunday and ends at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Busing is available from all areas of New York State, with different areas served each week. See the busing schedule for more details. There will be six week-long kamping sessions in 2015.
In 2014, the first two weeks of Kamp will be for adults who have developmental disabilities. The program is designed to provide them with one of their most funfilled vacations ever! Find more information at http://www.kampkiwanis.org/index.html
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District Board Contact Information District Governor: Hannanichols.gov@nydkc.org District Executive Assistant Matt Garber: mattgarber.ea@nydkc.org District Secretary Zainab Nathani: zainabnathani@nydkc.org District Chair: ricardolarios.chair@nydkc.org District Treasurer Donna Yu: donnayu.treas@nydkc.org District Editor Angelica Mehta: angelicamehta.editor@nydkc.org District Webmaster Tanya Hao: tanyahao.tech@nydkc.org
Major Emphasis: Download our 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. Don't shy away from harder projects, as the planning and execution effort intensifies, so do the rewards!
Rustic Pathways:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospital: 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.
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.
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. Nickelodeon:
ELIMINATE: Neonatal tetanus kills one baby every nine
UNICEF: Since 1994, Key Club has been Trick-orTreating 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.
minutes—nearly 60,000 newborn children every year. The effects of the disease are excruciating—tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. The project will reach the poorest, most neglected mothers and babies with additional lifesaving health care. The end of this one disease means the beginning of better health for so many families. To stay up-to-date, sign up for The Eliminate Project's e-mail newsletter and visit www.TheEliminateProject.org for more information.
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Paperwork Report Form Submission is below. 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. The darker green is for the month of August. The mint is the report forms for August. The light blue is for the month of September. The
dark blue is for the month of October. AMAZING JOB TO ALL THE CLUBS FOR THE PERFECT SUBMISSSION FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER! KEEP IT UP!!
Monthly Report Forms and Lieutenant Governor Evaluation Forms are due the 7th of every month.
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Motto: Caring – Our Way of Life Values: Character building, leadership, caring, inclusiveness Vision: We are caring and competent servant leaders .
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Key Club Pledge I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and to combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
Key Club Mission: Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through service to others. Members of the Kiwanis International family, Key Club members build themselves as they build their schools and communities.
NEW YORK DISTRICT KEY CLUB DIVISION 2: LINDENHURST, WILLIAM FLOYD, BELLPORT, SAYVILLE, COPAIGUE, PATCHOUGE-MEDFORD, AMITYVILLE Give Thanks!
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