NYDKC Division #21 June Newsletter

WHAT IS KEY CLUB?

WELCOMETOTHE20232024SERVICEYEAR

Key Club is an international student-led organization that provides members with opportunities to provide service, build character, and develop leadership.

VALUES:

LEADERSHIP CHARACTER BUILDING CARING INCLUSIVENESS

KEY CLUB PLEDGE:

"I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and world; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions."

UPDATES

HERE YOU WILL BE READING ABOUT:

-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S GREETING/UPDATES

-REMINDERS FOR CLUBS

-TIPS FOR CLUBS

-INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE MESSAGE

-DISTRICT INFORMATION/UPDATES

-DISTRICT PROJECT + GOVERNMENT PROJECT

-DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECTS + INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Hey Division 21 Elephants!

It's finally June and school is out!! So excited to start my summer, and what a better way to start it than with creating my newsletter for Key Club! Additionally, happy pride month and I hope you guys are able to relax since school is finally ending.

Welcome to the third newsletter- for the month of June! I hope that most of your clubs have held elections by now, since in September it gets busy with the Election Report Form and gathering information. And most of our clubs don't hold summer Key Club events...but we should strive to hold them in the future as Key Club expands within out division! I will still be reaching out to your club and keep in touch even in the summer months.

Keep up those last fundraisers, service projects and more! And create some service events if possible in the next couple of months. Community service does not stop in the summer! There are so many things that we can do over the summer to still help our communities. There will be service spotlights that you can check out for the month of June-gather some ideas maybe! And same as always, if you have ANY questions and concerns, please reach out to me. Here for you in service and care! My phone number is 315-880-5957. And that's it for my June greeting!

UPDATES!

I hope you have had a great Key Club service year so far. In the month of June, there have been some promotions/announcements going on.

As you all have probably heard of, New York District Key Club members have a chance to attend the International Convention in early July, in Anaheim, California. Key Club is preparing for ICON, with spirits, themes, workshops and more! Maybe next year we'll have more people attend? I really hope so.

Additionally, during the month of June, the District Committees have chosen their District Committee Member Representatives from different divisions in New York, and the committees have been holding meetings to discuss their plans for the new service year in respective committees.

And that is pretty much it!

If you have questions at any time-please reach out!

315-880-5957

June Some Reminders!

1. Club secretaries, keep on getting those MRFs IN!! The Monthly Report Forms are due on the tenth of each month at 11:59 pm!!

2. Key Clubs! Please try to get your elections in by the end of the school year if possible, and fill out the Election Report Form! ERF is due in September but work on getting them in now!

3. CLUBS! I know all of you have been actively working on trying to get any last events in-if you have had any fundraisers please submit them using the Fundraising Report Form! (FRF)

SOME TIPS FOR CLUBS!

SERVICE PROJECT IDEAS

-COMMUNITY CLEAN UP

-MAKING BLANKETS/DONATING GIFTS TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS

-MAKING CARDS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED/VETERANS/ THOSE RECOVERING FROM LONG HOSPITAL STAYS

-VOLUNTEERING AT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS RED CROSS ETC

-HOST A BLOOD DRIVE

-FOOD DRIVE/DIAPER BANK

-TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE (SET UP ACTIVITIES AND MORE ALSO!)

FUNDRAISER IDEAS

-dog wash/car wash

-school carnival event

-movie night!

-candygrams (selling candy)

-note making (let people make notes and deliver them!)

-art gallery fundraiser

-social event (ice cream, sports, etc)

-yard clean up

-can and bottle recyclin

-bowling event

-fashion show

-karaoke night

REMINDER: SUBMIT A FUNDRAISING REPORT FORM (FRF) EVERY TIME YOUR CLUB HOSTS A FUNDRAISER + DONATES THE MONEY RAISED TO A CHARITY!!

Hi NYDKC! My name is Ava Stamatakis, and I have the honor of serving as your Key Club International Trustee! The other districts I serve are the Alabama District and the Caribbean-Atlantic District. Together, our “sister” districts make up the NewCariBama Sistrict!

My job as International Trustee is to spread awareness of Key Club’s global presence, to connect members to resources, and to support district leadership in whatever ways I can. In this regard, you will see me holding monthly office hours, hosting quarterly sistrict events, sending monthly newsletters, posting on Instagram frequently (follow @newaribama), and much more. The majority of my job, however, is dedicated to committee work at the international level, which I will update you on throughout the year.

443-561-8892

INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE MESSAGE

Our adventure together starts now. In fact, I have a few resources for you so that we can stay in touch:

Follow @newcaribama on Instagram

Attend my monthly office hours (next one is May 23rd 8pm9pm EST on Instagram Live)

Access our Linktree (www.linktree.com/newcaribama) for all relevant links!

NYDKC, I am here to support, guide, and serve you. I cannot wait for all the future has in store for you, for us, and for our sistrict. I know this is going to be an incredible year, so let’s continue to serve our homes, schools, and communities.

Please do not hesitate to reach out. I would love to hear from you! Yours in Friendship and Service,

GOVERNOR'S PROJECT

ROOM TO READ

Thisyear,thegovernor's projectchosenisRoomTo Read! WhatisRoomToRead??

Website: roomtoread.org!

Room to Read is an organization dedicated to creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. They help children in historically lowincome communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and support girls as they build skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions. Room To Read collaborates with governments and other partner organizations to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale.

Please consider putting some money from fundraisers to donate to this cause! Click on here for a link to the Governor's Project Guide!

DISRICTPROJECT

ST.JUDECHILDREN’SRESEARCHHOSPITAL

Every year, the NYDKC members (Key Club members) chooses a district wide project to support. The voting had ended on May 15th, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital had the most votes- making it our District Project!

St. Jude’s goal is to advance cures and prevent pediatric catastrophic diseases through extensive research and affordable treatment. They offer medical treatment free of charge at times when healthcare is often inaccessible. They are well known for their assistance to children with cancer. No child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

Website: https://www.stjude.org/

There are many different ways your clubs can donate and contribute to this organization! Consider donating or hosting events to help this charity! Fundraisers, service projects and more can all help!

https://www.stjude.org/

DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECTS

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT ENDORSES!

Kamp Kiwanis

Kamp Kiwanis is a summer camp program located in Central New York (in the heart of Upstate New York), dedicated to helping children and adults with special needs. Disadvantaged or underprivileged children from ages 8-14 get a chance to explore environmental and cultural activities. The overnight summer camp program helps kampers get an opportunity to build self-esteem, make friendships, gain leadership skills, and form cooperative peer relationships, all while participating in outdoor group activities in a fun camp setting.

Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation

DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECTS

The Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation is an organization that helps those who suffer from Lyme Disease, focusing on children who are impacted. Lyme Disease is caused by bacteria that is usually transmitted by the deer tick. Medical treatment for children is very expensive, and this support organization is funded through donations from Kiwanis Clubs and individuals. They are also connected with the Pediatric Lyme Disease Fund, so they can take in as much donations to help children with the disease. The foundation currently has 27 active grants for children with Lyme Disease! And as of May 2014, the foundation had paid $269,000 for pediatric treatment!

Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center

The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center is a clinic located in Long Island, New York that is dedicated to serving unique care for children in extreme situations (e.g. trauma injuries).

Trauma takes the lives of 25,000 children each year and leaves another 120,000 children permanently disabled. And an estimated 25% of these deaths and disabilities could be prevented with proper and prompt care. Kiwanis helps to provide treatment as to meet the needs of families with children suffering from trauma (e.g., transportation). It also serves a number of other functions, such as outreach to parents and educational programs. It is a Kiwanis-Hospital association that was created in order to provide the funds and staff necessary to create a trauma center with extensive medical assistance and safety.

Kiwanis needs Key Club’s help to reduce the number of lives cut short! Please consider supporting this charity also!!

Key Club International Partners!

Here is a list of the international partners that the organization of Key Club works with, as well as a description for each. These are great organizations to donate to and support!!

ERIKA'SLIGHTHOUSE

Erika's Lighthouse is an organization centered around educating and raising awareness about adolescent depression. The mission of Erika's Lighthouse is to make sure no young person feels alone in their depression. This nonprofit organization encourages good mental health and strives to break down the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Erika's Lighthouse is dedicated to creating a community of empathy and education and has resources and programs for students and educators, grades 4-12.

COLLEGEWISE

Collegewise is an organization that helps identify the college that’s right for you, assists with the application process, and provides tutoring for ACT/SAT exams. This group really assists Key Club members, since most are in high school with a plan to continue on their studies in college, and college is a stressful process. While a paid subscription is available for those who wish to access it, every Key Club member has access to a suite of Collegewise resources on the Runway platform as a member benefit.

SCHOOLHOUSE

Schoolhouse is a non-profit organization that has the mission of connecting the world with free, peer-to-peer tutoring, as well as education. It is founded by Sal Khan, the CEO of Khan Academy. Want to make an impact and have fun while doing it? Looking for a service project that you can complete from the comfort of your bedroom? Key Club has partnered with Schoolhouse to bring free tutoring to thousands of learners across the world. If you're interested in learning something new, or you're interested in becoming a tutor yourself, sign up today!

THIRSTPROJECT

Thirst Project is an organization that hopes to educate the next generation by arming students with information about how they can be a part of social change, make a difference and encourage others to join in the effort. It is one of Key Club's preferred charities.

UNICEF

UNICEF is the only organization of the United Nations dedicated exclusively to children. Working with other United Nations bodies, governments and nongovernmental organizations, UNICEF helps to provide for children’s needs in more than 150 developing countries through community-based services in primary health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation. It is the second charity that is a preferred charity of Key Club.

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Internal Service Spotlight

Liverpool High School Key Club: Middle School Semi Formal Volunteering06/16/2023

Key Club Members helped out at a local middle school by chaperoning at their school semi formal.

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06/16/2023

Internal Service Spotlight

Liverpool High School Key Club: Middle School Semi Formal Volunteering06/16/2023

Key Club Members helped out at a local middle school by chaperoning at their school semi formal.

"On Friday, June 16, three Key Club members were chaperones at the Soule Road Middle School 8th Grade Semi-Formal Dance for two hours. When there are not enough parents to chaperone, Key Club is asked to help. We gladly serve our school community and serve it in various ways. We (Saber Hassan, Jenna Hayes and Riley Moyer) were all able to have some fun while chaperoning for the local middle school. It was so fun being able to serve our community with people we know, and looking back at semi-formal, it was a great experience that all 8th graders should be able to enjoy-at least one dance during their middle school years before they enter high school. Key Club is all about helping out, and we are very glad to have the opportunity to step up and assist in making their semiformal dance possible, as there weren't enough parents to chaperone. It was a fun volunteer opportunity and we can’t wait to do more with Key Club for our community! The two hours was for a great cause-the middle school semi-formal dance!"

SABER HASSAN, JENNA HAYES, RILEY MOYER- KEY CLUB MEMBERS

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB

TRAVEL AROUND NYDKC DISTRICTEXTERNAL DIVISION SERVICE SPOTLIGHT

NYDKC - The District has 23 active divisions, which each have from 7-15 clubs that they look over. I will be featuring external division service spotlights in each newsletter to highlight the service that our other divisions in New York have done for our community of New York!

TRAVEL AROUND NYDKC DISTRICTEXTERNAL DIVISION SERVICE SPOTLIGHT

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HERE IS A MAP OF NEW YORK DISTRICT KEY HERE IS A MAP OF NEW YORK DISTRICT KEY HERE IS A MAP OF NEW YORK DISTRICT KEY CLUB, HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE DIFFERENT CLUB, HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE DIFFERENT CLUB, HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WE HAVE! KEY CLUB IS SUCH A BIG DIVISIONS WE HAVE! KEY CLUB IS SUCH A BIG DIVISIONS WE HAVE! KEY CLUB IS SUCH A BIG ORGANIZATION-EVEN IN JUST NEW YORK ITSELF! ORGANIZATION-EVEN IN JUST NEW YORK ITSELF! ORGANIZATION-EVEN IN JUST NEW YORK ITSELF!

District Trip! In every newsletter, we will be taking a trip to a few different divisions! Let's embark our journey to get to every division in NYDKC possible! (Some divisions are not active however, so this is a list of current active divisions)

And in this newsletter...we will be traveling to Divisions 9 and 14!!

External Service Spotlight

DIVISION 9!

Spiderman Movie Fundraiser Event- 06/17/2023

Division 9 LTG: Anastasia Ababiy

“A really fun event I went to recently was watching the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Movie at Alpine Cinemas on 6/17/23. I had a really good time watching the movie with my friends. We got the luxurious experience of being a Key Club member, as we got our own section with caution tape. We got popcorn and drinks set up for us, and the station set up with the Spiderman poster inside was very cool. The artwork was really well done on the poster, it was really eye-catching. The movie had a really good plot and animation and was very interesting. I hope to have more movie events in the future :) The Spiderman Movie Fundraiser Event was a huge success, and as Key Club members, we were able to not only enjoy the new movie but help out our community, since the money raised fundraiser went to a great cause-the District Project Children's Research Hospital!”

06/17/2

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MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOO

External Service Spotlight

DIVISION 14!

Unified Basketball Volunteering2023 Season (May + June)

Division 14 LTG: Eliza Strum

“Ticonderoga Key Club has been volunteering at Unified Basketball games this season. During the home games, members showed up to help the players, keep score, pass out t-shirts, and hype up the crowd. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding. Our Unified team fosters an environment of inclusivity, youth leadership, and advocacy. Unified games engage the whole sc providing opportunities to volunteer and atten games, to cheer on our team.”

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External Service Spotlight

DIVISION 17! Graduation Water Bottle

Fundraiser- 06/22/2023

Division 17 LTG: Desiray Martinez

“On Tuesday, June 22nd, Schenectady High school Key club participated in a fundraising event at graduation, where they sold water bottles. The end of the year sale is where Schenectady high school Key Club makes most of their money for the following school year, in order to pay for dues and materials. At this event, there was a crew who stocked the table with water and set up the stand as well as a crew who folded the table away a back into the building. Students not only go through community service in the burning h also got to see a graduation that most of th experience quite soon."

CELINA RANGLALL- KEY SCHENECTADY HIGH SC

DIVISIONALMEETINGRECAP

On Thursday, June 8th, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, I had held my first divisional meeting! Our Kiwanis Committee Representative, presidents from 4 clubs- Liverpool, Fayetteville-Manlius, JamesvilleDewitt and Nottingham and a club treasurer was able to attend the meeting. I was able to teach them more about Key Club in general, give district updates and reminders regarding filling out forms such as the MRF, ERF and FRF. I had also invited former LTG Yanisa Chai to give a little speech about the importance of Key Club! Each president of a club was able to give a little summary on what their club has done during the year. Near the end, we completed an online service project with Free Rice, and played some games like Skribbl.io to get to know each other better. In the meeting, everyone was able to share their goals for the service year!

HERE YOU WILL BE READING ABOUT:

-UPCOMING EVENTS

-DIVISION SERVICE HOUR AND FUNDRAISING AMOUNTS

-DIVISIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA

-CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR LTG (ME), KCR, KIWANIS AND CIRCLE-K LTG, AND THE ENTIRE KEY CLUB DISTRICT EXECUTIVE BOARD

-PAPERWORK CHART

UPCOMING EVENTS

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER:

PLANNING A POSSIBLE DIVISONAL!! I WILL MAKE PROMOTION FLYERS AND CONTACT PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT FOR MY SECOND DIVISIONAL!

Summer:

SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER, MY KCR, MR. EPPOLITO AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION. IT COULD POSSIBLY BE PUSHED BACK TO LATE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.

FALL:

SOLVAY WILL BE CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF SERVICE THIS YEAR, AND THERE IS A SOCIAL EVENT PLANNED THAT KEY CLUBBERS COULD ATTEND! I'M STILL LOOKING MORE INTO IT WITH OUR KCR, MR. EPPOLITO.

SEPTEMBER:

LIVERPOOL KIWANIS WANTS TO HOLD A MINI GOLF TOURNAMENT IN SEPTEMBER AND INVITE ALL KIWANIS, KEY CLUB MEMBERS AND CIRCLE K MEMBERS TO PLAY! STILL

SISTRICT KEY CLUB SOCIAL MEDIA

Our New York District of Key Club is a part of a sistrict-containing three districts: New York, Carribean-Atlantic and Alabama!!

p p y p h, April, May and June IN ADDITION TO the Election Report Forms if you have had elections!! These help the district to run properly.

Remember: The MRF is due on the 10th of each month, and the FRF should be filled out ASAP after your club hosts a fundraiser and donates the money to a charity!

Officers and Key Clubs- please hold elections ASAP! Then you can get in that Election Report Form by September. Don't wait until September unless you have to!

Until Next Time, NYDKC Division #21!!