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Past Events
Norwood-Norfolk High School (Division 24)
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On May 22nd, the Norwood Kiwanis hosted a highway cleanup from 9-11 am. Three members from the Norwood-Norfolk Key Club, Jaden Waite, Logan Bradley, and Dominic Fiacco, along with our advisor Mrs. Dean helped out Kiwanis members clean up our streets. They walked a 2-mile stretch, collecting about 8 bags of trash. These members have always been up to the challenge and I am glad to have them in the club. With COVID-19 regulations still affecting us, our club, as I’ m sure several others, have had trouble trying to find events that follow these regulations and we are glad we are able to still help the community, no matter how small the impact. Along with Kiwanis, our Key Club has also hosted several highway cleanups and plan to continue these in the future. Highway cleanups have always been something our club relies on in the spring and summer, and always has motivated members to help out. Written by: Molly Gardner, President of Norwood-Norfolk Key Club
Potsdam High School (Division 24)
On May 22, the Potsdam High School Key Club participated in a highway cleanup in conjunction with the Potsdam chapter of Kiwanis. We cleaned up a stretch of State
Highway 56, just north of
Potsdam. Dressed in high visibility vests and hard hats and equipped with grabbers, we embarked on our morning-long expedition.
Along the way we found everything from domestic beer cans to imported beer cans, with a few scraps of metal and paper in between.
The find of the day was a handful of foam insulation chunks. It was eye-opening to realize just how much trash people toss out of their cars onto the side of the road. Driving by, you don ’t really notice the fast food wrappers and discarded plastic bits. However, once you start looking for things to pick up, it’ s impossible not to notice everything else. While picking up every piece of trash on the side of the road can be tedious and timeconsuming, it’ s an incredibly important step in cleaning up the community and making a positive impact on the surrounding area. Written by: Sylvi Teich, President of Potsdam Key Club
Brighton High School (Division 23)
During the month of June, the Brighton Key Club organized a rock painting project to spread positive messages around their school’ s campus. For two weeks, the students in the club collected rocks around the Rochester area and spent two meetings painting the rocks outside in the school’ s Alumni Courtyard. At the end of these two weeks, the students painted about 60 rocks to place around the school! The students were finally able to spread the rocks out all over the school during their lunch period where Brighton High School students can walk around seeing messages like “You Got This!” , “You Rock, ” “love yourself, ” and “be happy ” throughout the school’ s campus and later pick them up and put them in a new spot for another person to see. It was satisfying to participate in the process of collecting and painting these rocks and see the final product when you walk outside after a long day at school. Written by: Qariza Rafa-Vidya, Webmaster of Brighton Key Club
DIVISION 24 - JUNE NEWSLETTER Past Events
LTC Recap
Virtual LTC occurred last month, it was an amazing weekend and I hope everyone who could attend enjoyed it!! It was a very informative weekend full of amazing speakers and workshops. Both NorwoodNorfolk and Ogdensburg won a bunch of awards, a list of those awards can be found below. I can't wait until LTC next year when we will be in person!! I hope you can join us on March 25th-27th.
Award Winners
Distinguished Key Clubber Award - Molly Gardner (Norwood-Norfolk) Distinguished Club President Award - Sloane Ryan (Ogdensburg) Distinguished Club Secretary Award - Cadence Payne (Ogdensburg) Kiwanis Family Relations Award - Ogdensburg (1st Place) Bronze Division for the Single Service Award - Norwood-Norfolk (2nd Place) Bronze Division for the Single Service Award - Ogdensburg (1st Place) Major Emphasis Award - Ogdensburg (1st Place) Distinguished Club Award - Ogdensburg Distinguished Club Award (Diamond Level) - Norwood-Norfolk Completed Paperwork Award - Norwood-Norfolk Early Bird Dues Recognition - Norwood-Norfolk
DIVISION 24 - JUNE NEWSLETTER Past Events
Spring Divisional Recap
The first divisional of the service year occurred on May 21st. Thank you to everyone who attended!! During the meeting we set District 24 service hour and fundraising goals. Our service hour goal is 1,000 hours, and our fundraising goal is $2,500. Please continue to work hard so we can reach these goals!! If you would like to look at the slideshow please click on the link to the right. If you would like to see the minutes from the divisional please click the link below. Spring Divisional Minutes
After the divisional the first President Council Meeting of the year was held. I was able to meet with the presidents of
Norwood-Norfolk, Potsdam, and Ogdensburg. Each president was able to give me an update an what their club was up to. It seems like each club is transitioning back into in person which makes me incredibly excited. Keep up the good work!! Sping Divisional Slideshow
