NYDKC Division Nine April-May Newsletter

NYDKC Division 9 Sharks

MAKING A CHAN9E Volume II | Issue I | April-May 2017

Lieutenant Governor Patricia Ahmed Executive Assistant Josephine Wu Divisional Secretary Justin Chow Kiwanis Committee Representative Mr. Leonard Gioia

Table of Contents Lieutenant Governor's Greeting 4 Executive Assistant's Greeting 5 Division Secretary's Greeting 6 District Board Greetings 7 Social Media 14 69th Annual LTC Recap 16 70th Annual LTC Invitation 19 April Divisional 20 Kings Plaza-Canarsie Kiwanis Peanut Day 21 March of Dimes 22 Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Fundraiser 24 AIDS Walk 26 May Divisional 28 Gowanus Canal Conservancy 29 Key Club International Preferred Charities 30 Paperwork Submissions 32 Contact Information 33

Reminders: MRFs are due the

10th of

every month!

ERFs should be submitted ASAP. FRFs should be filled out after every fundraiser.

Upcoming Events

June 8th - Laguardia Tie Dye Fundraiser June 10th - Kiwanis Anti-Bullying Walk June 24th - 2017 Epic Ride TBA - June Divisional

Lieutenant Governor's Greeting Hi Sharks!

My name is Patricia Ahmed, and I am ecstatic to be serving as Division 9's Lieutenant Governor for the 2017 - 2018 service year. I am currently a junior at James Madison High School, and I served as the president of my Key Club last service year. I joined Key Club in my sophomore year. The first event I went to was a home club event where we volunteered at a local park for their Fall Festival. We dressed up in Halloween costumes and gave out candy to children. It was an extremely fun event, and this kept me in Key Club because I wanted to continue making people happy. Key Club has taught me that the simplest actions can make the biggest impacts, and I want to continue to change the world, one act of kindness at a time. I hope you can all join me on this adventure, and I am looking forward to meeting and hanging out with you during the service year. Let's make this year another successful one!

If you need help with Key Club duties or life in general, I'm always a text or call away!

Yours in Care and Service, Patricia Ahmed James Madison High School Lieutenant Governor

Executive Assistant's Greeting Hey Key Clubbers!

My name is Josephine Wu, and I'm happy to be serving as your Executive Assistant this service year. I'm currently a junior at Midwood High School and the secretary for my home club. Whenever I'm not busy volunteering, I love exploring, watching Netflix, and napping. My goals are to strengthen communication between all of the Division 9 clubs, increase membership retention, and promote Key Club's core values. I can't wait to have another amazing service year!

Yours in Care and Service, Josephine Wu Midwood High School Secretary & Executive Assistant

Division Secretary's Greeting Hey sharks!

My name is Justin Chow and I will be serving as your Divison Secretary.I am currently a freshman in the Midwood High School at Brooklyn College also serving as the club webmaster! A big goal for me is to make Key Club one of the friendliest clubs in the High Schools so that members can have a closer bond with their officers. I believe that the closer a member is to their officers will allow them to become a more active member! I hope to have a great service year!

Yours in Care and Service, Justin Chow Midwood High School Webmaster & Division Secretary

District Governor's Greeting Hey Sharks!

Gavin here - I just wanted to say that I’m both excited and honored to serve as your 2017-2018 New York District Governor! During my last term as Lieutenant Governor of Division 8 (Queens East), I was able to see all the amazing service you’ve done and even partake in a few. I can’t wait to see everything you, as a division, are going to achieve and contribute to our community this service year.

If you ever see me at an event, feel free to say hi!

From the Ninja Next Door, Gavin Li District Governor

District Secretary's Greeting My name is Natalie D’Onofrio and I am your 2017-18 New York District Secretary. My duties as district secretary extend to each Key Club in New York by keeping track of service hours, contact information and providing information about everything Key Club related.

My main goal for this year is to communicate with as many key clubs as possible, in order to motivate each member to be the best Key Clubber as possible. The main focus of my campaign, for those of you that were at Leadership Training Conference and remember, was empowering every member I come into contact with. Key Club is only able to make such an impact on the world because of its outstanding membership. Members are what drives Key Club, and when members stop believing that they are “only a member”, they will understand their worth. That is why I urge officers to thank their members for their service in Key Club, as well as motivating them to participate as much as they can! For Key Clubbers who are not on the board, you are the people who are changing the world and I insist that you continue serving when your Key Club Journey ends!

Sincerely, Natalie D'Onofrio District Secretary

My name is Chevy Chen, and I’m extremely humbled to be serving as your District Treasurer for the 2017-2018 service year. As District Treasurer, I spend most of my time managing our funds as well as keeping records on how much we’ve raised and overseeing the submission of FRF’s from each respective club. In addition, I’m here as a resource if any of you guys have any questions or concerns regarding raising funds, collecting dues, as well as just advice with life in general :). Some of my

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major goals this year were to improve communication in terms of the district-club relationship, which I’m addressing with my bi-weekly updates, as well as increase participation in awards and honor more clubs that go above and beyond their call of service. However, there is one thing I’d like to

address, and that’s advice. This is something that I learned during my freshman year of Key Club. Like many, I was drawn into Key Club because of its service aspect. I never dreamt it would ever be larger than a single club in school. I made friends quickly that year, and realized that there were also groups of people that joined Key Club as friends, and would only go to service events if their friends went. My advice is, even if your friends don’t go, you should go anyway. Going to service

events is how I met so many people from all around Key Club, whether they be from North Shore High School, or Carthage, or even from other divisions such as Division 2 or Division 9. Making these friends allows you to truly experience the scope of what Key Club offers to the individual high schooler, and that is the ability to bond with the culmination of a passion for service. Basically, go to events for the service, and don’t withhold yourself for any reason at all. Experience all Key Club truly has to offer, and delight in what you can take from it.

Sincerely, Chevy Chen District Treasurer

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been appointed to this position and I can’t wait to meet more of you as the year progresses. I know that this will be a fantastic year of service for us all, and I hope to serve you well and work with as many of you as time

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I’m Clara Lee, and I’ll be serving as your District Editor for the 2017-2018 service year. I am so honored to have

allows. This past service year, I served as Division 11’s Historian. As Historian, I helped immediate past LTG Kalvin Chi with the creation and distribution of the divisional newsletters. We worked collaboratively to ensure that, each and every month, an informative and visually-appealing newsletter was released to the general division.

As Historian, I implemented the ‘Member of the Month’ award, which celebrates the contributions of one or two Key Club members who demonstrated outstanding dedication to our cause in that particular month. The ‘Member of the Month’ doesn’t merely provide an incentive for members to push themselves to do better; because this system relies on nominations and could not function without the input of actual members, it

forces people to recognize the accomplishments of their fellow members. I plan on carrying this system over to my district newsletters. My passion for what I did as Historian, as well as the great pleasure I derived from working on a larger level, are what initially inspired me to apply for the position of District Editor.

This year, I plan on forging close bonds with every Historian and offering them personal feedback/advice on

their newsletters. Furthermore, I aspire to produce monthly newsletters, and to create a Facebook group for all the Bulletin Editors, Historians, and LTGs in the New York District in order to make communication more efficient. I encourage all of you to contribute to the district newsletter. While this seem like a daunting task, I cannot stress enough how important your input and experiences are to the quality of any newsletter, and especially the district newsletter. Please send to me whatever you contribute to your divisional and club newsletters, regardless of when you wrote the articles or when the event you wrote about occurred. The newsletter exists for you and it also relies on you. What is a newsletter without the experiences and advice of passionate, dedicated Key Club members? Your words have the power to inspire and teach other members.

Yours in Care and Service, Clara Lee District Editor

District Webmaster

Dante Gil-Marin District Webmaster

District Executive Assistant's Greeting Hey there Key Clubbers!

My name is Sherry Yu and I am your newly appointed District Executive Assistant of Internal Functions for the 2017-2018 service year. Throughout the year, I will work with committees on setting goals and trying my best to help if there are any questions. I will also remind LTGs about Bi-Monthlies and Board Reports. Key Club has become such a big part of my of life ever since I joined and I hope that you guys will come to love it as much as I do. Please feel free to message me for any questions or just introduce yourself to me because I would love to get to know you guys! I hope that you guys will be able to get out of your comfort zone and have fun volunteering at events! Enjoy your Key Club experience to the fullest this year!!

Yours in Care and Service, Sherry Yu District Executive Assistant

District Executive Assistant's Greeting Hello Division 9 Sharks!

My name is Josephine Leung, and I am honored to serve the mighty New York District as an executive assistant. It has been a privilege serving as the immediate past President of Midwood Key Club. As a division, we accomplished a tremendous amount in just a year, from raising $120 for Camp Abilities Long Island through wristbands to raising over $700 at our annual ice skating fundraiser! I’m excited to see all that you will accomplish this service year. As executive assistant, I will be assisting all the Lieutenant Governors in planning their fall rally as well as plan next year’s leadership training conference. Currently, I am planning the divisional training conference with Lieutenant Governor Patricia and I hope to see all of you there!

If you have any questions or just need a friend, feel free to contact me at josephineleung.ea@nydkc.org. As always, happy key clubbing!

Yours in Care and Service, Josephine Leung District Executive Assistant

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69th Annual Leadership This year was the first year that I have attended LTC, and it certainly won’t be my last. It gave me so many pleasant memories of bonding with diverse individuals in both casual and professional settings. My favorite workshop was Swing Dance. Even though I couldn’t swing dance well, it started LTC off for me as my first workshop and showed me how fun workshops can be. I also attended workshops like Public Speaking and How to Gain New Members. The speakers in the workshops were so passionate and gave a handful of good advices, which helped me find my own professional persona and better me as a leader. The awards session was definitely one of my favorite things as well. It was full of good vibes and good music and just really united everyone with applauses and cheers. It demonstrated how big of a family Key Club really was. Having some free time to myself was also really enjoyable because I spent this time bonding with new friends. Sitting around for dinner, eating mediocre food, laughing over dumb jokes, and calling someone out to ask how they feel, made me so comfortable around the people I just met. This bonding lasted all the way to midnight with long 2AM talks and laughters. I can’t wait to repeat all of this again and make more memories during the next LTC.

Ziyin Zhen Brooklyn Technical High School Member/Incoming Vice President

Training Conference Recap As a senior getting ready to graduate, I really don't know where to begin while writing this.  I'll admit my senioritis got to me and I wrote this very last minute. This school year and this past service year flew by and these past few weeks have made me reflect on my experiences in high school and Key Club. As a result, I am preparing to say my final goodbyes to my friends in school and Key Club. In some ways, this year’s LTC was part of that process. I got to spend time with people I met over the service year from Midwood and from other schools and I got to meet some new people! I enjoyed activities such as leadership games and various workshops. While I wish that it wasn't my last LTC, I have come to appreciate the fact that I was able to attend two LTCs. I'm going to miss Key Club a lot and everyone in it. Without it I would have never gone through many experiences, both good and bad, that I went through during the service year and I would not have grown so much as a person.

Alfredo Lozano Midwood High School Member

69th Annual Leadership Training Conference

70th Annual Leadership Training Conference Let's celebrate the 70th Annual Leadership Training Conference together!

When: March 23rd - March 25th, 2017 Where: The Desmond Hotel Theme: Birthday Bash

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April Divisional It was my second time attending a divisional! This time, it was Patricia's first time hosting a divisional. The event started off as usual, with the ice breakers. I met a few super cool people from other schools, such as Brooklyn Tech! As we seated, we were introduced to many other new faces, such as the Kiwanis Committee Representative. Tons of laughter was exchanged from his casual talk, and we talked about future plans for Key Club overall.

Samanda Qiu Midwood High School Member

Kings-Plaza Canarsie Kiwanis Peanut Day Peanut day was a great time and I got to connect with my friends! I had gotten to collect money for a great cause and giving people some peanuts for the morning commute. Though at first many people had refused to donate, as time progressed people became happier to donate. I hope to be able to do this again next year!

Justin Chow Midwood High School Webmaster & Division Secretary

March of Dimes Key Club ended April with the March of Dimes walk for babies. I decided to go because who doesn't love babies?? I started that morning off to a rough start (I'm not exactly what you call a morning person). The trains were messed up and I was late to meet everyone. I wasn't in such a good mood, however that quickly changed when I saw all the fellow Key Clubbers' faces and enthusiasm about how excited they were to walk and raise money for families. I didn't expect as many people from Key Club to show up at all, but wow! There were so many of us. We walked for a total of 3 miles. I'm proud to call myself a member of Key Club. We are not just an organization, but a community. Overall it turned out to be a great day. This event gave me the opportunity to meet new Key Clubbers and to get closer to the other Key Club members from my own school, who I never really spoke to before that event.

Cheryl Dong Edward R. Murrow High School Webmaster

Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Fundraiser On a rainy Saturday morning, I woke up early to go watch Guardians of the Galaxy, and I showed up to the fundraiser expecting a boring movie. However, I ended up really enjoying the experience and I got to watch the movie with my best friend. The movie itself was very interesting and funny and while it was a bad day, I was very happy to help fundraise for the divisions.

Jenny Chen Franklin D. Roosevelt High School President

We raised

$300 for future interdivisional projects!Â

AIDS Walk Before I attended the AIDS Walk, I never understood how diverse yet supportive our community was about such a significant cause. At the line-up were a sea of ecstatic walkers who woke up early and were ready to traverse six miles, whether to honor loved ones or support those who were still fighting--one step at a time. I met a new friend who later motivated me to walk the full course and then attend the post-walk show, where various drag queens would inspire the crowd with performances. We found it easy to talk to one another and still attend events as opportunities to spent time together. People cheered at milestones, motivating the crowd to move further with the delighted thought and feeling of helping others. As I went along the soothing scenery of Central Park, I couldn’t help but notice all the beautiful advocates who embraced the cause: whether it was a musician, vendor, or dog! It was wonderful to know what somebody deeply impacted by the widespread disease wasn’t alone and, instead, supported tremendously by their neighbors. When my friend and I crossed the finish line, our hearts soared. The event is by far one of my favorites as it sought to raise money for those with AIDS through solidarity and celebration of life.

Kelly Fang Brooklyn Technical High School Member

Divisions 8,8-A, 9, 10 & 11

May Divisional The May Divisional was held at the Knights of Columbus Cardinal Stritch. Although it was a rainy and gloomy day, everyone was happy to see each other and meet new people from different clubs. The meeting started with the usual roll calls and club updates. Then, guest speakers Mr. DeMarco and his wife was introduced and they spoke about upcoming Kiwanis events, including the Memorial Day Parade and the Anti-Bullying Walk. Afterwards, Patricia updated us about past and upcoming events, and about other future information. We were updated on some district information such as the hours and goals for this service year, and next year's LTC theme! I had a great time and was able to bring back new information back to my school's club. I look forward to attending more divisionals in the future!

Tiffany Yong Midwood High School Vice President

Gowanus Canal Conservancy The Gowanus Canal Conservancy Expo was by far one of my absolute favorite events of this school year. For starters, it was one of the first events that actually started a bit later in the morning, meaning I could get a few more hours of sleep. At this event, my members, along with other volunteers, went to trees surrounding Thomas Greene Park and we used a trowel and a rake in order to loosen the soil of the tree beds and add compost. While we were doing this our leader told us a bunch of random facts about trees ranging from why you shouldn't place the compost and soil very high up the tree trunk (it makes the tree more vulnerable to outside pests) to describing how our work would lead to the conservancy gaining more funding. I really enjoyed this experience because we got the opportunity to get down on our hands and knees and take care of our environment. It was an experience that allowed us to be more aware of our surroundings and just learn random facts we might've otherwise never known. After we were done volunteering, we got really good pizza and we were able to explore the rest of the Expo which was pretty cool.

Wendy Lliguichuzhca Midwood High School President

Key Club International Nickelodeon joined the Kiwanis family as a 2013 Vision Partner of Kiwanis International with a focus on its Big Help initiative, which addresses issues in service, education, the environment and health.

Children’s Miracle Network is supported through various events, such as walks and other fundraising events, helping support their efforts to assists children in poor conditions.

Key Club has been Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF and over time has raised nearly US $5 million for iodine deficiency programs worldwide and HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya and Swaziland. Key Clubbers can help support their world wide causes through various service events and fundraising!

Preferred Charities

The Thirst Project has teamed up with Kiwanis International, Circle K, and especially Key Club to create amazing campaign content that raises awareness of the global water crisis and raises funds to get clean water to those who need it most.Â

The March of Dimes Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that funds research and programs, and works to improve the health of mothers and babies to end premature birth, birth defects, and infant mortality. By simply marching, we become one step further to helping women have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies!

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