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Official Newsletter of Division 12 of the New Jersey District of Key Club International
Meissner’s Monthly Marauder!
Volume 1 Issue 3
In this issue!
Summer in Full Swing
Greetings from Me! ....1 ICON .............................2
Hello There Key Clubbers! International Board ....2 The month of August really marks the best and Key Leader...................3 worst time of the summer. Summer is in full swing! RTCs...............................3 The late nights, fun times with friends, and days at the beach are daily occurrences, but it is time to start back Eliminate Project .........4 to school shopping and arguing with guidance Important Contacts ...4 counselors about mixed up schedules. Before you get back into the September mindset, remember that there is still time left in the summer. If you are like me, you are probably starting to get bored staying at home all Read about day. So, volunteer at a soup kitchen, or get a group of friends together and clean up a local park. There is so the new much you can do to stay busy and have fun, especially website design! while you have a lot of free time on your hands. So, Page 4 make the most of your time. And, keep in mind that your Key Club service projects and Members of the NJDB with Immediate Past events will be here faster than you International President Abigail McKamey think! Yours in Caring and Service,
Aimee Meissner UPCOMING EVENTS! President’s Council Meeting! Tuesday, August 24th at 6 p.m. at the Home Plate Dairy
NJ Takes on Tennessee This year’s International Convention took place in Memphis, Tennessee. You can bet that the New Jersey Key Clubbers took a wild ride. We started our tour by heading to Ohio and taking on the thrills and spills of Cedar Point amusement park. After two long days in Ohio, we were off to Nashville to spend the night. After all, we needed a break after our first two days of fun! During the tour, we met up with the Carolinas District. We stayed the night at the hotel with them, and we traveled to Graceland and the Memphis Zoo together. Talk about inter-district bonding! After a few days of the tour, we arrived at the convention center! Convention itself was an experience like no other! Imagine our DCON, just on a much larger scale. The first night consisted of an International meet and greet. Here, you could find people from many different districts showing their pride. And for New Jersey, the best way to show our pride was to dress like guidos. Can we say GTL? Needless to say, we certainly did not go unnoticed. After the first night of fun, we spent much of our time in the caucus rooms, quizzing the candidates for the positions of International President, International Vice President, and International Trustee. We also attended many useful workshops, and some very fun general sessions. There was nonstop action throughout the whole convention. And after a very interesting house of delegates, complete with fierce debate and one-armed push-ups, the 2010-2011 International Officers were elected. After a fantastic convention, it was time for New Jersey to head home. We took another two days of relaxation to get home, and when we came back to the Garden State, it was very hard to say goodbye. It was truly an adventure that I will never forget. I can’t wait for next year’s ICON in Phoenix, Arizona!
leadership
inclusiveness
caring character building
Getting my guido on with Governor Rachel!
This year’s International Board President- XinLei Wang Vice President- Ikwo Morris International Trustees Nick Cornell Matt Harper Caleb Lapsley Annie Lewandowski Lisa Nicholson Robert Peck Will Robertson * David Velasquez Ashley Williams Stephanie Yuan Nancy Zhang * Hey! That’s our new International Trustee from the Carolinas District
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That’s what I call teamwork! NJ Key Clubbers building a . . . structure on the last night
The pictures used in this newsletter were taken by various members of the District Board
Key Leader Weekend
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!
SERVICE
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.
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 non-member.
LEADERSHIP
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! Written by Tom Krautler, Lt. Governor Division 7
**RTCs are just around the corner!** Hey Key Clubbers! This is just a reminder that Regional Training Conferences are quickly approaching. Please do your best to attend one of the RTCs. Because we are in central NJ, it will probably be easier to attend the central RTC at J.P. Stevens High School on September 26th. However, if you cannot attend, there are two more opportunities. North RTC- Millburn HS, Sept. 25th South RTC- Central regional HS, Sept. 26th See you there!
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The Eliminate Project On June 24th, at the Kiwanis International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Kiwanis International Board unveiled their Worldwide Service Project for the 2010-2011 Kiwanis Service Year: The Eliminate Project. This project is in conjunction with UNICEF, and is an effort to defeat maternal and neonatal tetanus. Maternal and neonatal tetanus are forms of tetanus that occur either during pregnancy or shortly after birth, and claims the lives of 60,000 babies and 30,000 mothers from 40 different countries annually. Fortunately, it is also easily curable. Merely three doses of an immunization can rid a person of this disease. At 60 cents per immunization, it costs only $1.80 to save a life. Kiwanis International has set a worldwide goal of $110 million to help fight this terrible disease. That amount could save 61,111 lives. However, just because The Eliminate Project is the Kiwanis Worldwide Service Project, it isn’t exclusive only to Kiwanis clubs. As Key Clubbers, we should help our parent organization reach this goal, and work towards ridding this world of one more tragic disease. For more information on this project, including videos, downloads, and more, visit the two websites provided below: The Eliminate Project Official Page: http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/home.aspx The Eliminate Project Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/TheEliminateProject?ref=search Written by Neepam Shah, Lt. Governor Division 19
Important Contacts Aimee Meissner Lieutenant Governor Aim.Meissner@gmail.com Rachel Orbach
Check out The New Website! Ok Key Clubbers, many of you have been asking for a new design for the District site. Well, the wait is over! Our District Webmaster Shivam Patel has created an awesome new layout with bright colors and new designs. He has also created a photo gallery including pictures from RTCs, International Convention, and more. The site still contains all of the basic Key Club information needed like eCMRFs, Board member contact information, event information, and much more. A newsletter archive has also been added to the website so newsletters are not more than a few clicks away! There, you can view my newsletters, as well as newsletters from other divisions. So, what are you waiting for? Go check out the new website now at www.njkeyclub.org!
Contact Information: phone, email, address, etc. a Kiwanis-family member
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keyclub.org
District Governor Governor.orbach@gmail.com
Kevin Sun District Secretary secretarysun@gmail.com
Devan Corona District Treasurer devancorona@gmail.com
Nicole Darrah District Editor njkceditor@gmail.com Helene Meissner Zone Administrator meissnerh@norwescap.org
Barrie Werfel District Administrator NJDAWerfel@aol.com