The Official Divison 28 Newsletter / June 2012

Loquaciousness manifested at my last PCM in May. Read on for your chance to attend another of these in the coming weeks!

The Official

In This Issue Letter from Your LTG... P2

Division 28 Newsletter

Coming Up...P3 Divisional Project...P5

Issue 3

Club Tips...P6

June 2012

Contacts...P7

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A Letter From Your Lieutenant Governor Dearest Division 28.

Hope your summers are all going well. Dallas' temperature has been quite the killer these past few weeks.

This laptop has been such a blessing for keeping in contact. I don't have much time in the evenings and I get sporadic breaks throughout the day, but keep sending in your emails and questions! I usually am able to get back to you fairly quickly because my laptop is BEAUTIFUL. (Can you tell I'm addicted?)

As always, try to get at least one project done this summer before school comes back. You are all capable of doing amazing things for our community, you just have to find simple ways to get involved. Hold a book drive, have a picnic. make cards, anything. All you need is a desire to change the lives of people around you. (: Anyhoo, that's my spiel for this newsletter. I'm glad that I'm getting to know you guys more and more as my term goes on. Thanks for being amazing, Division 28!

Much love to everyone, Nancy Huang

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COMING UP

ICU at my PCM? :D If you didn't make the last PCM, you should definitely attend this one. I'm planning to hold it somewhere closer to Bay City this time so that the clubs that didn't make it last time could have a more convenient spot to go to. I'll come up with a final date and time as my return to Houston approaches.

This PCM will be right on the heels of the T-O Districts' Summer Board Meeting, where we will meet for a weekend establish practically everything about the upcoming year, including district goals and DCON plans. The best way to keep up with divisional and district news is to attend PCMs like these!

It's a board.

Fall Training Conference

Get it? Summer Board?

New to Key Club? Want to become the best officer you can be? Want to have fun while learning about leadership? This fall, your hopes and dreams shall be realized!

The annual Fall Training Conference held by each region is dedicated to helping Key Clubbers get trained for the year and learn about all the exciting things that are going on in their Fall-ing. hehe. district. All officers should definitely attend. You'll be able to meet Key Clubbers from not only Division 28, but Division 10 as well!

Be there while all of Region 13 gets together to listen to great speakers, make a difference for kids in Uganda, and, best of all, attend leadership and officer forums.

Stay tuned for more updates as Connor Brown and I flesh out all the details for the most important event in our region! We'll be asking for votes on themes and sending out official invitations as the months pass.

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COMING UP (cont.)

Eye on ICON Meet Key Club members from all over the world by attending International Convention!

Fun will abounds when Disneyworld and Key Club come together. It's too late to register now, but those of you are planning to go better get excited for July 4th!

Key Leader Recap So this past month there was a little thing called Key Leader at SMU. Though I couldn't attend, I have had testimonies from LTGs, club members, and our very own Carlos Sotelo, the president of Sam Rayburn High (thanks Carlos, for your great description!)

Literally everyone I've talked to who has gone has nothing but raves for Key Leader. The experience was fun, inspirational, and educational. Next year, I hope lots more people from Division 28 decide to go. You all have great potential to be leaders in your communities. Bring out your ambition with Key Leader next summer!

It was TONS OF FUN! Learned a lot, and I think my officers learned even more, which is what I hoped. We talked about 5 key principals... basically our guiding points that we learned about/developed throughout the weekend...we did neighborhood identities, key leader traits, moral dilemmas/compasses, lots of energizers, a dance party, etc..... overall, it felt way TOO short!

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Divisional Project Update!

It is decided. IT IS DECIDED. I've gotten a positive response from Donna Marshall, the principal of Westview High School, which means Division 28 is officially undertaking

The Didi Project.

What it is. The Didi Project aims to Meet the child who started it all -- my little bro, Didi!

create a scholarship for families who want to send their children to the Westview School.

Why it matters. Kids with autism usually don't fit in well in public schools. They learn at different paces and But public school teachers don't have the

"Every day we get calls from parents who are

struggling to pay tuition."

- Donna Marshall, Principal of the Westview

School time to cater to autistic kids' needs and these children often fall behind in school simply because they don't learn in the same way as other kindergartners. In the Westview School, however, teachers are trained to cater to autistic kids and all the students are able to make friends and have a chance to live a normal life.

What you can do.

Raise awareness! Make t-shirts, bracelets, posters, etc whenever you go out and do Didi Project activities like volunteering or fundraising. I'm currently working on logo design and creating a website that people can go to for learning more about the project. Btw, if any of you are great logo artists or webmasters, please contact me!

Raise money! Bake sales and Farmers' Market booths are always profitable, and some places will even let booths be rent out for free if they're for charitable causes. Have a fundraising night at a restaurant. Lots of the restaurants we eat at all the time (Panera Bread, Subway, Sonic, Chik-fil-a, etc) will donate the proceeds of one night to a specific cause. Organize a fundraising night with your club and eat delicious food while helping to support a great effort.

Raise happiness. :D Volunteer at a local elementary school. Little kids always look up to high schoolers, and many of them are adorable.

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CLUB TIPS Club Checklist Even though it's summer, service never sleeps! Make sure your club doesn't die out over the summer by keeping these things in mind. [ ] Send in a monthly report. I cannot overemphasize this enough. Even if your club does nothing, a few points are better than none. Secretary Kevin is able to award points just for decorated envelopes, signatures on the main page, the task of the month (this month -- write about your favorite service project and include pictures!), and simply getting the report mailed in on time.

Contact me or Kevin Duong if you have any questions!

Interclub Projects Need a cause to work for? Here are some great ones to keep in mind.

District Project Eliminate Key Club International and UNICEF have partnered up to give out 387 million vaccinations for maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), a painful disease that kills newborns within the first week of their lives.

A vaccine for MNT costs less than two dollars and has already wiped out the disease in over 20 countries. Help out by raising money and spreading awareness and eliminate MNT from the face of the earth.

[ ] Update COCRFs. This is the best way for all the board officers -including Governor Brian O'Hara and Secretary Kevin Duong -- to have access to you guys if they need to. [ ] Stay active. It's summertime, and the living is easy. Which means your club has time to go out and hold a carwash, have a picnic social, or start up a stand at the Farmers' Market selling ice cream. The possibilities are endless.

Governor's Project Children's Miracle Network.

Help the CMN, a network of hospitals devoted to making sure kids get the best healthcare they possibly can.

Clubs who do projects related to the Children's Miracle Network will be recognized at DCON 2013 and get a badge! You want a badge, don't you?

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

- William James, American psychologist and philosopher

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Contacts

Links

Contacts Brian O'Hara

 Resources & district updates can be found on the new T-O District website  Don't forget to check out the latest issue of the TexO-Key. The April/May edition is coming out soon!  Do you love your district?

Then go like the T-O Facebook page

District Governor governorbrianohara@gmail.com

Maci Slater District Treasurer macislater@hotmail.com

Kevin Duong District Secretary kevin.duongkc@yahoo.com 14906 Bridle Bend Dr. Houston TX 77084 Hardcopies of secretary reports go to me!

Lindyn Davis Question! Did you watch fireworks for the fourth of July? Email me your reply.

District Editor davis.lindyn2013@gmail.com Send articles/pictures for the Tex-o-Key to me!

Roshni Chandwani Convention Liaison roshni.chandwani.kc@gmail.com P.S.: Video Producer Wanted (and needed) by the T-O District Board! Learn more and apply here: http://tokeyclub.co m/video-producerwanted/

David Black Regional Advisor dblack71@comcast.com Email copies of secretary reports to me!

Nancy Huang Division 28 Lt. Governor 7 n.huang94@gmail.com Email copies of secretary reports to me!