WESTFIELD KEY CLUB NEWSLETTER VOLUME I: ISSUE I SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! CONTENTS
Welcome Back What is Key Club? Back to School Night Success Club Day Fall Rally – Six Flags First Meeting of the Year! Purple Prematurity Awareness Day
Meet Ms. McGinley Meet Stephanie Gonzalez Meet the Officers Upcoming Dates Dues Keep in Touch with Key Club
Welcome Back to School and Back to Key Club! This year Westfield High School Key Club will continue to serve the community by volunteering, fundraising and advocating for various causes!
What is Key Club? Key Club is an international community service club!
More than 270,000 members More than 5,300 clubs Represented in 36 countries
Kiwanis International is the parent organization to Key Club. There is an entire family of Kiwanis organizations: Kiwanis is for adults, Aktion Club for adults with disabilities, Circle K for college students, Key Club for high schoolers, Builders Club for middle schoolers, and K-Kids for elementary school kids.
Back to School Night Success On Thursday September 28th Westfield High School had its annual Back to School! Thanks to the hard work of the Student Government many clubs had tables throughout the hallways while parents walked between classes. This year Key Club sold cold water bottles and coffee by Cafeteria B to raise money for March of Dimes, one of Key Club International’s Service Projects. We raised $36.21! That’s 20% of the way to our goal of $180.00 this year for March of Dimes that was set by NJ Key Club board. Thank you to those members who helped run the table!
Club Day Coming up on October 9th is the annual Club Day in the courtyard where all the high school clubs recruit members and get the word out about their clubs. Key Club will have their own table where we will be handing out cookies to people who sign up to join the club. If you are interested in working the table during any lunch periods please let any officer know.
Fall Rally – Six Flags
First Meeting of the Year!
Want to go to Six Flags Great Adventure for only $47? Then come out to Key Club’s annual Fall Rally at Six Flags Great Adventure on Sunday October 11th! There is a meeting of Key Clubbers from all over New Jersey in the morning in the Six Flags Arena. Then members can spend the rest of the day at Six Flags including Fright Fest if you want! If you are interested please let one of the officers now so that we can get a head count, paper work can be filled out, and carpooling can be worked out.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13th 3PM IN ROOM 117 We are very happy to announce that Ms. Amanda Cimaglia from March of Dimes will be joining us to talk with us about the work March of Dimes does in fighting prematurity from around the world to around the state. Please join us then and bring as many friends as you’d like! There will also be some food.
Purple Prematurity Awareness Day November 17th This year Westfield High School Key Club will be promoting the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Day on November 17th. We will be spreading awareness by placing purple bows on 1 out every 10 chairs in the cafeterias to represent the 1 in 10 babies that are born prematurely. Each bow will be accompanied by a fact about prematurity and urge students to make a small donation in the bins outside in the hallway which will be manned by Key Club members. If you are interested in helping out with this fundraiser, make sure to attend the first two meetings of the year! And don’t forget to wear purple on November 17th!
Meet Ms. McGinley! This year Key Club will be led by our new adviser Ms. McGinley who teaches English at the high school. She says that Key Club is a wonderful club with a mission, and this is a great opportunity for students to get involved in helping the community.
Meet Stephanie Gonzalez! This year our district will be led by the wonderful Stephanie Gonzalez who is serving as the Lieutenant Governor (LTG) of District 14. Stephanie is a senior at Elizabeth High School and will help keep us connected to all the other Key Clubs in the district, New Jersey, and the country. Other high schools in our district include Arthur L. Johnson High School, Edison High School, Elizabeth High School, JFK Memorial High School, JP Stevens High School, and Rahway High School. Throughout the year Westfield Key Club members will have several opportunities to meet and work with members from other schools.
Meet the Officers for 2015-2016 President – Sarah Morton – Senior Vice President – Ben Cook – Senior Recording Secretary – Emily Mordkovich – Senior Corresponding Secretary – Frankie Colucci – Junior Treasurer – Megan Why – Junior If you ever have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to reach out to any of the officers! With three senior officers, this could be you next year!
Important Upcoming Dates Friday, October 9th – Club Day Sunday, October 11th – Fall Rally Tuesday, October 13th – FIRST MEETING with special guest Amanda Cimaglia to speak about March of Dimes Tuesday, November 3rd – MEETING Tuesday, November 17th – Purple Prematurity Awareness Day
Keep in Touch with Key Club Join the Facebook group! The group name is WHS Key Club 2015-2016 Receive text reminders about upcoming events and important information! All you have to do is text @wkeycl to 81010 Have questions, comments, or suggestions! Feel free to reach out to an officer or Ms. McGinley directly or email us all at the club email! westfieldhighschoolkeyclub@gmail.com
Dues In order to be an official member of Key Club International each member must pay dues. This year the Westfield High School Key Club dues will be $15. $7.00 – International Dues $5.50 – New Jersey District Dues $2.50 – This money is used for events the Westfield Key Club hosts and supplies we use. Please hand your dues to Megan Why at the first meeting.