Crystal’s Currently Division 11, New Jersey District Key Club
Issue 2
June Newsletter Hello! It’s your Division 11 Lieutenant Governor again. I’m just getting into the flow of my work and this past month was a great experience. I feel ready to tackle the upcoming months and bring our division to new heights! Thank you all for working with me in this new beginning as I acknowledge that I have been a little crazy, a little scattered, and a little annoying with phone calls and emails. I promise you that our jobs will only get better from here on out as our routines set in and we can better serve. Also, SUMMER’S HERE. Finally! While it is time for fun and sun, it is additionally a great time to get a little Key Club brainstorming done. Please keep in mind all the things we have the wonderful opportunity to do in our communities and how we can do that when the school year (unfortunately) begins again.
A perfect way to prepare for the upcoming school year’s Key Clubs would be to attend my PCM! We’ll be able to get to know each other much better and future our skills and ideas. Communication has also been a great downfall for our division, so I ask you all to please work with me and check emails regularly. I have had a great time this month as your Lieutenant Governor and am extremely excited for what more is to come!
- Club Monthly Report Forms Due July 8th please! (yes, CMRFs are still do in the summer months!)
- Tentative PCM on June 26th - Fall
Rally at Six Flags this October
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CONTACT INFO EMAIL: Ibe.crystal@gmail.com CELL: 908-566-7522
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SERVICE March of Dimes! As Key Clubbers, most of us are aware that the District Project for this service year is the wonderful Children’s Specialized Hospital. However, did you know that Key Club International also partners with other service organizations around the world? One such organization is the March of Dimes! March of Dimes is a global non-profit organization that aims to combat premature birth, birth defects, and infant mortality in infants while also promoting healthier lifestyles for mothers. This great cause has been around since 1938 and has raised millions of dollars for treatments and research. Key Clubbers have a passion for service and March of Dimes is a truly worthy cause and there are many ways you can get involved. The first step is to contact your local March of Dimes chapter and partner with them to hold a fundraiser. Any type of fundraiser can help you raise money for the cause, no matter how large or small. They can range from bake sales to car washes to dances to anything you can imagine! Additionally, your club can sell March of Dimes merchandise, such as wristbands or T-shirts, etc. The possibilities are endless so don’t be afraid to get creative! March of Dimes’ largest event is the annual walk, March for Babies, so your club should definitely plan on attending. This year the fundraising goal for the NJ District is $3,000, so let’s work together to make it happen! To get more information and find a March of Dimes chapter near you, visit www.marchofdimes.com
UNICEF! Another Key Club International Service Partner is UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). This year, UNICEF launched their “I Believe in Zero” campaign. This awareness program is based on the fact that, worldwide, 25,000 children die every day from preventable causes. However, by increasing education, providing medical care, and supplying food for these children, UNICEF hopes to reduce that number to “zero”. More details on this campaign can be found at www.ibelieveinzero.org. As Key Clubbers, you play an integral part in the UNICEF fundraising process. The major fundraiser for UNICEF is Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Every club in the NJ District should receive a bundle of orange boxes, stickers and other information before Halloween. Some leave the boxes in local businesses or in various rooms throughout their school. Others stick them in friend’s lockers or teachers’ mailboxes. The most common method is, of course, going around Trick-or-Treating on Halloween with the bright box in hand! Whichever way you choose, you can contribute! This year, the fundraising goal for UNICEF for the NJ District of Key Club International is $33,190.25. --3.3 million: The number of newborns worldwide dying in the first month of life is 3.3 million --190 countries that UNICEF works in --25 for 25,000 children dying every day from preventable causes. To reach this goal, we need everyone’s help so please pick up an orange box today and start Trick-orTreating! (http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/)
Key Leader! Do you have a desire to improve your leadership? Do you want to want to make new friends with similar interests as you? What if I told you that both of these will happen in the same weekend? This isn’t a lie; I’m talking about Key Leader Weekend! Key Leader is run by Kiwanis International with the mission of providing a “life-changing experience that inspires young people to achieve their personal best through service leadership.” The weekend is designed to kick-start a lifelong process of personal leadership growth and development. The program focuses on leadership in three communities: the local community, the state/national community, and the global community. It is a highly esteemed program in New Jersey and its greatness is directly related to the high remarks of our District on the national level.
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This year, Key Leader will be held Friday, December 10th through Sunday, December 12th at Camp Lebanon in Lebanon New Jersey. It is open to students grades 9-12 from any town. There are no restrictions on the number of attendees from any school, nor do you have to be a Key Clubber to attend. Registration is $175 for all Key Club members, which includes a $25 grant from the Kiwanis International Foundation, and $200 for any nonmember. Register by October 15th to ensure your spot in the program. Speak to your Lieutenant Governor about how to sign up or if you have any questions – they’re more than ready to help! See you there!
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An Advocacy Announcement LEADERSHIP
Over 738,900 people in New Jersey live at or below the poverty level.
27% of children in New Jersey live in low-income households.
1 out of 5 families in New Jersey do not earn enough to afford basic necessities such as food and housing. These are all serious problems that are occurring in our own state, and they are rapidly increasing. However, we have the power to change them. That is why we are so excited to announce that the focus for the District Programs Committee for the 2010-2011 Service Year is Poverty. (All facts can be found on the New Jersey AntiHunger Coalition Website: http://njahc.org/hunger-in-nj.html.) This year, the committee will be dedicated to giving each club an opportunity to choose how they would like to go about advocating and serving while guiding them along the way. We chose to run the committee this way because each community is hit with poverty in different ways. Some examples of ways to advocate are to advertise as much as possible (such as posters and videos), and to contact your local government representative and attend press events. An easy way to get support would be to not ask for money, but instead trying to provide supplies, food, and service. Clubs could provide a “service tip of the month” and statistics to give the members easy pieces of information to follow and spread.
Clubs and divisions could also participate in service activities such as: -
Collecting school supplies at Fall Rally
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Collecting food at your school and community throughout the year (not just holidays)
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A “Fill the Bus with Food” fundraiser (line up and pass the food to the bus)
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Volunteering at shelters/food kitchens
District Administrator Mr. Barrie Werfel NJDAWerfel@aol.com
District Treasurer Devan Corona Devancorona@gmail.com
Zone Administrator Ms. Helene Meissner Meissnerlt@norwescap.org
District Editor Nicole Darrah Njkceditor@gmail.com
Governor Rachel Orbach Governor.orbach@gmail.com
District Webmaster Shivam Patel Spshivam72@gmail.com
District Secretary Kevin Sun Secretarysun@gmail.com
Lieutenant Governor Crystal Ibe Ibe.crystal@gmail.com
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Thank You, Crystal Ibe LTG Division 11