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Division 23 Region 8 Vol. 1 : Issue 2
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Meet the
DISTRICT STAFF Table of Contents 1 Cover 2 Table of Contents 3 Updates 4 Meet your LTG 5 ICON 6-7 Major Emphasis/ Service Partners 8-10 K Family Info 11-12 Links and Contacts
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Updates DCM
In case you didn’t know, DCMs are Divisional Council Meetings. They’re held monthly and all the officers from the division are invited. Monthly updates between clubs and bonding between the division will happen and our first one will happen June 30th at 4pm! If you aren’t able to attend please message me.
COCI
Please send me the contact info for the new club officers! This is so I am able to easily get in contact with officers and if there were any changes since the last time you have sent your info please message me again so we can always be in contact. (COCI= Club Officer Contact Information and will never be shared without prior consent!)
New Regional Advisor
We are still in region 8 but we will now have Mr. Adrian Thompson as our Advisor in case you need to get in contact with him! region11@tokeyclub.com
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Meet your LTG Contact Info!
Hello! My name is Natascha Ali Bocas and I am the current Lieutenant @gab_rielle0821 @tokeyd23 Governor for division 23. I am an incoming junior and this is my first year being an LTG. I am super excited to meet and work with every one this year! If there are any questions or a way that I can help please don’t be Other great places that have helpful information afraid to reach out I’ll try to help in are the T-O Key club and Key Club International any way! websites. Email Ltg23@tokeyclub.com
https://tokeyclub.com https://www.keyclub.org
Hobbies
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The Key Club International Convention is held in Washington D.C.on July 6th-10th. In-person registration was $250. Which closed on June 3rd. Online registration was $25 and closed on the 27th. This is an awesome opportunity to connect with Key Clubbers from all over! It’s was encouragedfor you to register. If not for inperson, then for online.
I IC CO ON N More information can be found at https://www.keyclub.org/events/co nvention/
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MAJOR EMPHASIS Thirst project hopes to educate the next generation by arming students with information about how they can be a part of social change, make a difference and encourage others to join in the effort. Landscape Structures (LSI) has joined Kiwanis International as a vision partner to bring play to communities across the globe. 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.
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 insighton how different cultures address social and political challenges. 6
SERVICE PARTNERS
Children's Miracle Network
Members work together by sponsoring fundraising events and conducting service projects at their local children's hospitals. Contact UNICEF your local CMN hospital and invite a UNICEF is the only organization of the United representative to a club meeting to Nations dedicated exclusively to children. Working share ideas and create a with other United Nations bodies, governments and partnership. non-governmental organizations, UNICEF helps to provide for children’s needs in more than 150 developing countries through community-based March of Dimes services in primary health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation. Since the 1940s, Key Clubs have worked with
K Corps
March of Dimes to make a positive impact in the lives of babies everywhere. Today, Kiwanis members continue that culture of service by supporting the March of Dimes all year long by hosting service projects, raising funds and educating communities about the crisis of preterm birth.
K Corps is Kiwanis international’s youth exchange Program for Key Clubbers. It’s a great opportunity to experience a unique culture, provide Project Happiness service, make lifelong friends, and Project Happinessinspires and empowers club see spectacular sights half a world members to create greater happiness within away! Participants are hosted by themselves and their communities by Japanese families and scholarship addressing bullying problems at their core. opportunities are available. The Key Club Guide to Project Happiness shares exercises, discussions, games, and tools based on neuroscienc, positive psycholog, and mindfulness to retire the brain for happiness.
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KIWANIS FAMILY Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities. Members develop confidence and self-esteem by adopting leadership roles within their clubs. They also discover their own talents as they use them to help others.
Builders Club, designed for middle school students, encourages members to focus their passion and energy on serving others. They learn self-confidence and become tomorrow’s leaders through teamwork, goal-setting and action.
K-Kids is where elementary school students begin developing their hearts for service. This student-led service leadership program builds leadership skills and strong moral character while giving students an opportunity to participate in service projects.
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Circle K International is the world’s largest student-led service organization for college students. Now in 19 nations, this group is among the most passionate of Kiwanis-family members when it comes to service. Since 1915, these adult volunteers have been serving the children of the world through fundraising and hands-on service projects. Kiwanis created its family of sponsored leadership clubs to help people of all ages develop the heart to serve, answer the call to lead and accept the courage to engage. By working together, we can become an force for good in the world for children and communities.
Our Kiwanis Family Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Each year the Kiwanis family dedicates more than 18.5 million hours to service and raises more than US$100 million for local and global causes. Our members come from all walks of life, all corners of the globe and from every age group and ability. But make no mistake about it —we are family.
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IMPORTANT KEY CLUB INFO CORE VALUES
LEADERSHIP » LEADERSHIP IS GROUNDED IN HUMILITY AND SERVICE TO OTHERS. A TRUE LEADER LISTENS, RECOGNIZES, AND EMPOWERS. CHARACTER BUILDING » CHARACTER IS BUILT BY EVERYDAY ACTS OF KINDNESS, INTEGRITY AND TEAMWORK TO GROW STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES. CARING » COMPASSION FOR OTHERS IS A CORNERSTONE OF THE KEY CLUB EXPERIENCE, INSPIRING ACTION AND SERVICE TO ONE’S COMMUNITY. INCLUSIVENESS » WE WELCOME PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ETHNICITIES TO JOIN IN SERVING AND MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD.
FOLLOW KEY CLUB INT. ON
Key Club is a growing organization with global reach. With 1000s of clubs in more than 38 countries, the impact of Key Club members can be felt all over the world.High school student members of Key Club perform acts of service in their communities, such as cleaning up parks, collecting clothing and organizing food drives. They also learn leadership skills by running meetings, planning projects and holding elected leadership positions at the club, district and international levels.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT KEY CLUB IS AN INTERNATIONAL, STUDENTLED ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICE, BUILD CHARACTER AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP.
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 WORLD; AND COMBAT ALL FORCES WHICH TEND TO UNDERMINE THESE INSTITUTIONS.
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Contacts
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D23 LTG Natascha Ali Bocas Email: ltg23@tokeyclub.com Instagram: @gab_rielle0821 Region 11 Advisor Adrian Thompson Email: region11@tokeyclub.com ADMINISTRATOR Kenyon Black Email: Administrator@tokeyclub.com Assistant Administrator Tyler Thompson Email: tthompson@bcacinc.com Assistant Administrator Kelly Poland Email: AAEvents@tokeyclub.com
Links Key Club International Texas-Oklahoma Key Club
Division 23 Instagram
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