THE HOOT Pacific Northwest District Key Club International
Table of Contents Title PAGE
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Table of Contents
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KEY DATES
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A letter from the LTG
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Key club, a powerful team
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Summer Service Project
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Member of the month!
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KCCP
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DCON LOGO CONTEST
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Portland Rally
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June Joint DCM
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Key Club 101
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Vision Partners
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Major Emphasis and preferred charities
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Connecting with Kfam
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Circle K
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PNW Social Media
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PNW District Board Execs & appointees
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D45 Officer Information
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Thanks for Reading
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KEY DATES
July 5th – Secretary Reports July 22nd – July Joint DCM July 23rd – Seattle Rally
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A Letter from your Lieutenant Governor Dear Owlets, I hope summer is treating all of you well! Even though it is summer, it never hurts to do a little service in your community once and a while. Any who make sure to keep the look out for the Key Club summer Rally dates which will be happening soon. I recommend for those of you who are incoming officers to attend them for training on more about your officer position. Portland Rally info will be in this newsletter, don’t forget to mark it on your calendars! If you have any questions or concerns on anything you would like to discuss with me, let me know anytime. I hope your summer is as fun as you truly want it to be. Have a great month of July. In love and service, Lieutenant Governor
Annie Churo NEED TO CONTACT ME? Email: churoannie@gmail.com Phone: 360-852-0655
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KEY CLUB & KIWANIS: A POWERFUL TEAM The unique service partnership between Key Clubs and Kiwanis has existed for over 90 years. Although Key Club is a student-led organization, each of the thirteen local Key Clubs is sponsored by one of the five local Kiwanis Clubs. As sponsors, Kiwanians assist with chartering new clubs, provide Kiwanis Advisors, and frequently offer financial support for students to attend District Convention (DCON) and Key Leader. At Key Club meetings, it is helpful to introduce Kiwanis Advisors to members and share that they are there to support your Key Club and sometimes offer important background information on service initiatives. Our shared love of service unites Key Club and Kiwanis members with powerful results. Last year, the PNW Key Club District raised over $79,000 for Project Eliminate. Local Kiwanis Clubs have been working for the past five years in the international Kiwanis effort to raise $110 million to eliminate maternal and neo-natal tetanus. Skyview Key Club received national recognition at DCON for their Salvation Army bell-ringing efforts. In partnership with ITech Prep Key Club and Salmon Creek Kiwanis, they raised over $14,000. Both Skyview and ITech Prep Key Clubs often volunteer at the annual concerts sponsored by Salmon Creek. Mountain View Key Club teams, assisted by several Cascade Park Kiwanis members, volunteer every year for two days at the Portland Marathon. Prairie and Hockinson Key Clubs provide readers for the Battle Ground Kiwanis Dr. Seuss event. Cascade Park Kiwanians deeply appreciate the contributions of the HeLa, Mountain View, Camas, Union, and Evergreen Key Clubs on numerous projects including baby food drives, foster children’s parties, our garage sale, and the Fall Festival of Service. The possibilities for joint service projects are endless. Explore additional ways in which your sponsoring Kiwanis Clubs can assist with your service projects. If you are hosting a car wash or fundraiser at a local restaurant, notify your Kiwanis Advisor so that they can support these events. Visit a Kiwanis meeting where Key Club members often receive a free meal while they learn more about Kiwanis. Several local Kiwanis Clubs offer scholarships. Additional benefits are that Kiwanis members may be able to provide insights on professional careers and write letters of recommendation for college applicants. We truly are K-Family, and strengthening our partnership in service enables all of us to better serve the children of our world. ~ Patty Downey, Area Administrator, Divisions 44 & 45
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SUMMER SERVICE PROJECT What if we were not provided with the resources needed to access books outside of your school library? What if your school library and literacy programs did not have very many options? I asked these questions this year as I continued to volunteer at Fruit Valley Elementary School, but began working with students in reading groups, summer reading programs, and classroom environments. Through my work, I became painfully aware that I would not be the same person that I am today without the amazing literacy program and access at my elementary school, and began questioning. Why doesn’t every child have access to this opportunity? In many underprivileged communities similar to Fruit Valley, not having books and access to summer education can make students regress much more in academic ability than a student who has access to these things. With this in mind, I decided that these students deserved more. So I did something. I partnered with the literacy specialists at the school, and decided to organize a book collection (at River) and drive (at Fruit Valley) for underprivileged students at the elementary school. With the help of other officers, and key club members involved with ASB, we all worked hard to create posters to notify our high school of what was happening within our own walls. We had amazing help from parents and teachers, especially those involved in literacy at my high school. I was truly amazed at how giving everybody was, especially other students. Through this experience, volunteers donated one book to around 400 books, yet they will all affect a child’s life. Volunteers, especially key-clubbers, also helped set up and take down the event at the elementary school, read with students, and helped kids to find books that they liked. As these students continue through this summer, they will have both a wider variety of books, and generally more access to pursue their reading, which would not have happened without the relationships they built with volunteers and the access they gained. -Allison Corlett Columbia River Key Club President
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MEMBER OF THE MONTH Courtney deserves to be member of the month because of her passion and dedication towards volunteering in general, as well as to Key Club and the entire K-Family. She is kind-hearted, hard working, creative, and genuine, all traits that she uses to improve our Key Club. She spent this year being iTech Prep's secretary and is already exceeding expectations as our VP for the 2016-2017 school year. Courtney has volunteered at the Clark County Food Bank, the Hazel Dell Parade, the Boys and Girls Club, the Salvation Army Bell Ringing, and Camp Wa-Ra-Ki - just to name a few. She brings all of the things she has learned from those groups, as well as her exemplary organization and quick thinking, to every one of our club events and meetings. Courtney is a perfect example of a strong Key Club member and is more then deserving to be member of the month. -Camille Bishop iTech Key Club President
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JUNE DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING
School is out and the fun has begun! The June Divisional Council Meeting Picnic was a relaxing DCM for all of you to hang and enjoy the company of many other members in our Division whom you may not have met. Thank you to all of you who attended, I know summer may be a little hectic and busy so thank you again for attending! I hope to see many of you again at the next DCM which will be a joint with Division 44 in preparation for our local rally Portland Rally 2016! We hope to see many of your lovely faces there!
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“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty “ There was so much food left, but the only thing I’ve wanted so much were Patty Downey’s cookies which someone accidentally dropped.”
SELFIE!! “ Today brought back many memories of the game I frequently lost at, I’m proud to say I at least won once.”
THANK TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME TO THE DCM! IT WAS A BLAST!
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Major emphasis &Preferred charities “Children: Their Future, Our Focus� Unicef is a organization of the United Nations dedicated for the children. And works with the governments all over the world to assist the children with needs in their community, that mostly involve health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation. Key Club since 1994has been trick or treating for Unicef and over the years have raised over 5 million dollars for iodine deficiency programs worldwide and HIV and AIDs programs.
Since 1978, Key Clubs have been making a difference for babies everywhere. Key Clubbers all around the country help when they host service projects and fundraise about the March of Dimes in their communities, spreading the word about the crisis of preterm birth. And of course honoring those 15 million babies that were born too soon due to the birth defects and premature birth.
The children's miracle network organizations raises money to help hospitalized kids. The contributions that are given to this organization helps pay for up to date equipment and train the staff are needed to help the kids. The contributions also provide health care for the children whose parents cant afford it. Seven hundred seventy hospitals affiliated with the children's miracle network hospitals. These are why key clubbers support this organization.
The Youth Opportunities Fund: This fund is endowed for Key Club International within the Kiwanis International Foundation. This fund help serve the world of Key Club by providing funds and grants for service opportunities. This fund is established through gifts to the G. Harold Martin Fellowships. The application for a grant will be available in July.
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SENIORS!!!
DON’T MISS OUT AND JOIN THE PNW CKI! CIRCLE K INTERNTIONAL Circle K International (CKI) is the premier collegiate and university community service, leadership development, and friendship organization in the world. With more than 12,600 members in 17 nations, CKI is making a positive impact on the world every day. Circle K clubs are organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club on a college or university campus. CKI is a self-governing organization and elects its own officers, conducts its own meetings, and determines its own service activities. Today, Circle K is on 19 campuses across the Pacific Northwest and has 371 members. The PNW District includes the states of Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington as well as the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. (If you are interested in joining click on the Circle K logo above)
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT BOARD EXECS Juliet Yu – District Governor julietyu.pnwgov@gmail.com Tiffany Wong – District Secretary Tiffanywong.pnwsec@gmail.com
Bryan Lee – District Treasurer bryanlee.pnwtreasurer@gmail.com Audrey Chow – District Editor Audreychow.pnweditor@gmail.com
Amy Hung – Convention Chair pnwconventionchair@gmail.com
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District appointed officers Stella Gonzalez – Member/Reactivation Director Stela.pnwdistrict@gmail.com
Georgia Cato – Family Relations Director Georgiacato.krelations@gmail.com June Kyra DelaChica – District Projects Director pnw.projectsdirector@gmail.com Peter Ch’en – Communications director peter.ltg28@outlook.com
CONVENTION AIDES Jonah Tang Jonah.conaide@gmail.com Vivia Zhu viviazhu831@gmail.com
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COLUMBIA RIVER
President: Allison Corlett(360)-953-2553 Vice President: Diana Contreras (503)-969-8657 Secretary: Ellesse Cooper (360)-909-9945 Treasurer: Amber Sunset (360)-690-5895 Communications: Kellie Colson (360)-213-6648
HUDSONS B A Y
President: Trisha Beaver(360-991-7237 Vice President: Jessica Lira (360-910-6769 Secretary: Selena Pol (360-952-1898 Treasurer: Logan (360)-953-7217 Editor: Richard Rio (360)-975-0042
SKYVIEW
President: Kelly Ann Tran (360)-901-0610 Vice President: Emily Liu(971)-409-9246 Secretary: Holly Hronek(360)-831-7317 Treasurer: Bruce Erickson(360)-571-5048 Editor: Maura Martin (360)-600-2309
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“Hoot? Hoot.” ITECH PREPATORY
President: Camille Bishop(360)-558-8893 Vice President: Courtney Sousa(360)-721-5876 Secretary: Jenessa Higgs(360)-947-0376 Treasurer: Sasha Thomas(360)-566-7709 Editor: Hanna Hill(360)-334-0007
HOCKINSON
President: Chase Benson (360)977-0219 Vice President: Lucas Ortner (360)-931-5450 Secretary: Gage Mcgarrity(360)-241-8047 Treasurer: Ryan Sleaseman (360)-241-8047
PRAIRIE
President: Mia Munoz (360)-281-2811 Vice President: Jaelyn Vallely(360)-831-5419 Secretary: Hannah Neibaber(360)-513-6782 Treasurer: Mariah Cabusao(360)-836-2409 Editor: Hannah Weinberg(360)-513-6782
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CONTACT INFORMATION: EMAIL: CHUROANNIE@GMAIL.COM PHONE: 360-852-0655 SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: PNW Division 45 Key Club Instagram: D45PNWKEYCLUB
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