June Newsletter Region 3 | Division 25S/31 | Volume 1 | Issue 2
Table of Contents
Letter from your LtG pg. 3 Reminders and Updates pg. 4 June Task and Article Prompt pg. 5 Oklahoma Fall Rally pg. 6 Preferred Charities pg. 7 Partners pg. 8 Collaborative Partners pg.10 Stay Connected pg.11 District Contact Information pg. 12 Regional Contact Information pg. 13
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Letter From Your Lt.G Hey guys! I hope you have all been having a great summer and are ready for school to start next month, I know I can’t wait. So far this summer I’ve gone to Girls’ State and am getting ready for a camping trip next week. In just a few weeks I will be attending Summer Board to meet with the rest of the district board members so that we can improve our district and so that I can help improve our division as well. This issue will be focused on Key Club’s preferred charities and partners. We have two new collaborative partners this year, Project Happiness and K.Corps. Please be thinking of ways to help our preferred charities this year. Also, once you have your officers please email me with their contact information and update the COCI.
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Reminders and Updates May/June Tex-O-Key Updated Newsletter and Article Guidelines The Club Newsletter and Article Guidelines for the 20182019 year can now be found under the Editor Resources tab!
Due Dates As usual, the due date for newsletters and reports is July 5th for the June. the articles, reports, and newsletters for the month of July are due on August 5th. The next page will have the information for July’s task of the month and prompt. If you need any help with reports, below are some links that should help.
Reporting Tutorial HERE Monthly Report Form HERE
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July Task of the Month and Article Prompt Article Prompt 1. Has your club encountered any obstacles? What has your club done to overcome those obstacles? 2. Did you attend ICON? Write about your experience! 3. How has Key Club made you the person you are today? 4. Have you attended a DCM/PCM yet? What did you enjoy and why? Did you learn anything new? 5. 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 July articles by August 5th to Editor@tokeyclub.com with the email subject: Division School July Articles.
Task of the Month Hello, I hope everyone is having a good summer! This is the task for the month of June: Please propose an idea for a potential mascot that the Texas-Oklahoma District could adopt! Please state the mascot animal/ object and then explain why it would be a good fit for our district. Be creative and thoughtful, good luck!
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`Fall Rally is coming up on September 29th, so make sure you mark it on your calendars! This is a great time where clubs from across the state meet up and get excited for the new school year. This year it will be held at Frontier City and you will be able to meet Key Clubbers from regions across the state, and get a pass to ride the rides all day long!
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Preferred Charities For decades, Key Club has partnered with March of Dimes to give every baby a healthy start and educate communities about the crisis of preterm birth.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.
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.
Since 1994, Key Club has been Trick-oTreating 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.
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Partners Nickelodeon currently presents two major campaigns each year that encourage action in kids globally. Worldwide Day of Play reinforces Nickelodeon’s mission to make the world a more playful place by leading active, playful 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 fun, mindful ways.
Squads Abroad is a program of Cross Cultural Solutions (CCS), the world’s leading expert in international volunteering. Since 1995 CCS has empowered more than 35,000 volunteers to improve child health and educational outcomes around the world.
The U.S. Army empowers tomorrow’s leaders by offering advanced schooling for today’s top careers.Not only that, programs like like the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and March2Success.com allow students to go to college debt free and excel in the classroom with helpful academic resources.
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Partners Up with people strives to develop a sense of social responsibility in their participants through hands on community service. Service projects are integrated into each city visited during the semester. By volunteering to meet the specific needs of each community, participants develop insight into how different cultures address social and political challenges.
Key Club is teaming up with The Thirst Project, the world’s largest youth water organization, to be part of the movement to end the global water crisis. As Key Club members, making a difference in our communities and the world is what we do best. We share The Thirst Project’s belief that teenagers are the world’s most powerful agents for social change. That’s why we are taking action with Thirst Project.
Landscape Structures Inc. has been creating innovative playground equipment since 1971. Think of the impact your club could have in your community constructing a playground as your signature project. LSI is proud to provide high-quality commercial playground equipment and planning consultation services that reflect the high degree of integrity that Kiwanis clubs expect.
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Collaborative Partners
Project Happiness inspires and empowers club members to create greater happiness within themselves and their communities addressing the bullying issue at its core. The Key Club Guide to Project Happiness shares exercises, discussions, games, and tools based on Neuroscience, Positive Psychology, and Mindfulness to rewire the brain for happiness. Why does happiness matter? Happier people enjoy life.
K Corps is Kiwanis International’s youth exchange program for Key Clubbers. It’s a great opportunity to experience a unique culture, provide service, make lifelong friends, and to see spectacular sights half a world away! Participants are hosted by Japanese families, and scholarship opportunities are available.
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Stay Connected Keep the conversation going and stay up to date with all things Key Club by following our social media accounts. Tag us in your posts and news articles for a chance to be featured on our accounts. Don’t forget to use our official hashtags: #keyclub & #joinkeyclub
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District Contact Information
Governor Addi Duerkson governor@tokeyclub.com Secretary Bunsri Patel secretary@tokeyclub.com Treasurer Addie Flores treasurer@tokeyclub.com Editor Kyra Burke editor@tokeyclub.com Tech Assistant Aina Sebastian techassistant@tokeyclub.com Convention Liaison Nadia Rodriguez cl@tokeyclub.com District Website http://tokeyclub.com/ International Website https://www.keyclub.org/
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Regional Contact Information
Regional Advisor Angela Syverson region3@tokeyclub.com Lieutenant Governor 25N ltg25n@tokeyclub.com
Luke Baber
Lieutenant Governor 25W ltg25w@tokeyclub.com
Kathryn Aung
Lieutenant Governor 25S/31 Megan Hughes ltg31@tokeyclub.com
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