NYDKC Division #21 May Newsletter

LieutenantGovernorSofiaDong

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.

CORE 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."

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Sofia Dong

Hey Division 21 Elephants!

Welcome back to the second newsletter-for the month of May! I hope most of your AP exams have been over by now-and you have had some time to relax and take part in some Key Club events/meetings in the meantime. May and June are busy, but we got this! Keep making fundraisers, hosting service projects and more! If your new executive board has been elected, hit the ground to get running by planning a meeting before the end of the school year to ensure a successful service year! I know many clubs have probably ended meetings by now, but please do continue planning to maybe do some summer events. Community service does not stop in the summer! I have been trying to get more information on individual clubs so if you are able to, please contact me ASAP to get in touch!! If it is easier, my phone number is 315-880-5957.

Also clubs, please make sure to submit Election Report Forms and Monthly Report Forms! I have not gotten much submitted from you guys. And that's it for my May greeting!

UPDATES!

I hope you have had a great Key Club service year so far. From May 1rst to 31rst, there has been multiple promotions/announcements going on.

Schoolhouse, a learning and tutoring platform had partnered with Key Club so that Key Club members could tutor people or learn from others during exam season, making it a huge project dedicated to helping the community. The New York District was able to compete against other districts around the world to win special benefits at ICON-the International Convention in July. New York placed 4th!! Congrats!!

Additionally, during the month of May, the District Committees opened up the District Committee Member Representative Application-in which Key Club members could apply to serve on the Executive Board by helping assist and support the different committees! Good luck if you applied!!

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

315-880-5957

May 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 recycling

-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, Ava Stamatakis

Key Club International Trustee 2022-2023

MAY GOVERNOR'S GREETING

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 low-income 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!

DISRICTPROJECT ST.JUDECHILDREN’SRESEARCH HOSPITAL

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!!

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Internal Service Spotlight

Fayetteville-Manlius High School Key Club: FM Food Drive- 04/20/202305/31/2023

Key Club Members promoted a school wide food drive, in which people/students donated food items such as pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter and jam!

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Internal Service Spotlight

Fayetteville-Manlius High School Key Club: FM Food Drive- 04/20/202305/31/2023

Key Club Members promoted a school wide food drive, in which people/students donated food items such as pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter and jam!

"FM Key Club hosted a food drive for a couple weeks in which we collected specific food items requested by our local FM Food Pantry, including spaghetti, pasta sauce, raspberry preserves, peach preserves, and peanut butter. Members brought in hundreds of cans, especially thanks to a friendly competition set up by Key Club advisor Bradley Delans between his three Honors Precalculus classes. After collecting these items, members of our Key Club stayed after school to help sort, count, and package cans. This year's officers, and our three new incoming officers for next year, will be delivering the items to the Food Pantry after school on Wednesday, May 31st. This event was such a wonderful final project of the year because I saw such a huge effort from each of our members that resulted in a hugely successful food drive for a really important service in our community. Every day is a chance to change the world, and we in FM Key Club did our part this monthl The FM Food Pantry is a local food pantry that helps provide food items to those in need, within our community. Many people volunteer or donate food items there to benefit our community."

CATIE GORMAN- KEY CLUB PRESIDENT

FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS 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!

External Service Spotlight

DIVISION 8!

Bayside High School Key Club: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Parade- 05/21/2023

Division 8 LTG: Eric Cao 05/21/2023

External Service Spotlight

DIVISION 8!

Bayside High School Key Club: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Parade- 05/21/2023

“On May 21st, many Key Club members (and our district governor!) participated in the AAPI Parade held by the Better Chinatown organization! We had many opportunities to volunteer such as by helping with the dragon dancing or dressing in costumes like Elmo or a giant panda. Other volunteers performed small tasks like making Chinese flags that volunteers and viewers got to keep after. Everything was done to support the Asian community in light of AAPI Heritage Month. The parade began around 6th Avenue and 44th Street, then ended around 57th Street where everyone began hiking back to regroup. Besides volunteering, Key Club members also enjoyed shows. Before the parade began, event organizers from Better Chinatown were introducing many influential members of the AAPI community including Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng and ambassadors from the Philippines, Indonesia, China, and Bangladesh. The organizers also played classic Chinese songs—it was super nostalgic from just being there! it was It was definitely tiring across the board but the enthusiasm from the event organizers masked the laborious nature of the work; many people were worn out after runni dragon. If I learned anything from the parade, it’s that everyone will d back next year!”

Division 8 LTG: Eric Cao

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, Jamesville-Dewitt 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!

UPCOMING EVENTS

END OF JUNE/JULY:

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.

SUMMER:

SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER, MY KCR, MR. EPPOLITO AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. WE WERE THINKING OF HELPING PLANT TREES FOR AN ONONDAGA ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTALISM. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

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!!

@newcaribama

PAPERWORK CHART

OFFICERS!! Please make sure to fill out all your paperwork-the Monthly Report Forms for March, April and May 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!