NEW YORK DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL
ADIRONDACK ANNOUNCEMENTS DIVISION FOURTEEN'S AUGUST NEWSLETTER
Written By: Chloe Baker, Lieutenant Governor
A NOTE FROM ME ~ YOUR LTG Hey Hey Hey Division 14! Summer is half way over! How crazy is that!! Time has flown by for me, serving ice cream cones and service, of course! Contact me and let me know what you've been up to!! We have just finished up our Charity Miles event, and it was a hit! We have now raised over a third of our fundraising goal for the year! That will bring us over what we raised last service year entirely!! The final numbers are located on page 4 of this newsletter! Also located in this newsletter is info for our next divisional, on August 31st! It will include
important updates, as well as some fun and games! We all need a little debriefing before school begins, so there will be some games after the divisional!! I hope to see a lot of you there! I have also included a lot of service ideas for your clubs to use! Although it may be challenging to get together during these times, service can still continue virtually and remotely! Please stay safe and enjoy the remainder of your summer!! In the meantime, please stay safe and help serve your communities. Caring - It's Our Way of Life!
Yours in Service, Chloe Baker Division 14 Lieutenant Governor
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GOVERNOR'S BULLETIN
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KIWANIS FAMILY PICNIC On August 8th, the New York Circle K hosted their annual Kiwanis Family Picnic over Zoom! Usually this event happens in New York City, but online will do. Members from Circle K, Key Clubbers, and Kiwanis enjoyed a day of fellowship, learning, and of course, fundraising! The Kiwanis Family raised around $1300 throughout the day for the Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation, one of our District Endorsed Projects! The K-Fam can do anything!!
SWIFTKICK WEBINAR NYDKC is hosting our second SwiftKick Webinar of the summer! This event will pertain to recruiting and retaining members, something we can all learn from! It is a FREE event on Sunday, August 30th at 7 PM. We are collaborating with the Pacific Northwest for this event. Click this link to register! Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 3
CHARITY MILES RECAP Our Charity Miles team has finally ended! I cannot thank you all enough for all of the hard work and dedication you put into this event. Together we walked a total of 1,500 miles!! That is $375 being donated to UNICEF, one of Key Club International's Preferred Charities! I encourage you all to start new teams for your own clubs!
BACK TO SCHOOL DIVISIONAL Save the date! Our Second Divisional will be held on August 31, 2020 at 7 PM! The meeting will be followed by games and team activities! It will be hosted via Google Meets! The link to sign up will be in an upcoming update! Hope to see some of you there! Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 4
WALKING FOR UNICEF Our division just wrapped up our first service event of the summer. Charity Miles is an app that donates money to a charity of your choice for every mile you walked, ran or biked. Division 14 chose to benefit UNICEF, one of Key Club International’s Preferred Charities. UNICEF works in almost 200 countries across the world to help protect thousands of innocent children each year. Most recently, they have worked tirelessly to combat the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. My family and I have gone on walks most every night, making little adventures in our small, beautiful town. Our walks started before the pandemic, but going outside and seeing people is something that isn’t the norm just quite yet. I usually listen to music as I walk, so the app running in the background is not a big change. Knowing that the exercise that I do can help children in other countries really makes my day. Division 14’s team had 23 members and we walked 1,500 miles! That is quite a lot of money being donated to UNICEF, which is such a cool thing. I will continue to use Charity Miles on my own now!! Kim Wojick, Member Ticonderoga High School Division 14 Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 5
A MESSAGE FROM DIVISION 21 Considering the COVID-19 situation, many of the clubs can't get together in a public situation. Quarantine is hard. Being in month 5 is unbelievable. It sometimes seems nothing will ever be the go back. In August we all usually start preparing for the next school year. Even that is different. Luckily very recently New York Governor Cuomo has announced that all schools are set to open. There are many mixed feelings about this decision however the reasons he chose to do this have merit. Although it may not affect everyone , many parents rely on their children getting a meal from the school cafeteria. Just as students rely on the school for mental and physical health aid. My parents and family are lucky as we are all above the age of 16 and can be held responsible for schoolwork. Many families differ as elementary children cannot participate in online school without parental help. Unfortunately not everyone is a stay at home parent and they need to work. This whole situation we are going through has completely changed my perspectives on everyday tasks. I try to keep a schedule everyday to keep my days new and different. I have a cluster of people I can contact and keep in touch with which has been so helpful and keep me sane. In my division it has been hard to get the clubs together but efforts are being made. I hope everyone is staying healthy both physically and mentally! Kate Barclay, LTG Jamesville DeWitt Highschool Division 21
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SERVICE PROJECT IDEAS Check out these Service Ideas from our District Webmaster, Kristen Lew!!
FREE RICE APP An app where you can answer trivia to earn rice for the World Food Program, https://freerice.com/categories/english-vocabulary
BEANBEANBEAN Website where you answer trivia questions to earn money for food banks, https://beanbeanbean.com
SERVICE SALUTE Write weekly letters to medical workers, https://servicesalute.wixsite.com/servicesalute
COLOR-A-SMILE Coloring pages for senior citizens and troops overseas, https://colorasmile.org
CRISIS TEXT LINE Respond to people in a crisis (4 hours a week), https://www.crisistextline.org/become-a-volunteer/
MUSIC VIDEO Work with members from your club to make a fun music video for a local senior home
FACE MASKS Make face masks with fabric or bandanas
CHALK WALK Make a chalk walk in your neighborhood that will bring joy to people walking
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GOVERNOR'S PROJECT
This year, Governor Mariam has chosen Canines for Disabled Kids as her Governor's Project. They promote service dogs for children with disabilities. As of 2017, they have helped more than 3,500 kids in 11 states. Since 1998, CDK has sponsored over 130 service dogs. All of the services provided by CDK are FREE of charge! These include educational presentations, booth events, and Americans with Disability (ADA) consulting. For more information about Canines for Disabled Kids, click here.
DISTRICT PROJECT This year, our District Project is Project Hope! For more than 60 years, Project HOPE has transformed the health and well-being of people and communities around the world. We work on the front lines of the world’s health challenges, partnering hand-in-hand with communities, health care workers and public health systems to ensure sustainable change. For more information about Project Hope, click here. Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 8
DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECT The Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation was created in the 2000-2001 service year. Lyme Disease is caused by the bacteria found in deer ticks. The faster the treatment, the lower possibilities of longer symptoms. Many insurance companies do not pay for treatment, so the KPLDF works hard to help lower the cost. To support the Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation, your club can host a take a bite out of a "lyme" fundraiser, or host a "key lyme" pie in the face contest.
DISTRICT GOALS
Here are our District Goals for the 2020-2021 service year!
SERVICE HOURS: 90,000 So far we have served over 10,000 hours! That's 11% of our goal!
FUNDRAISING: $120,000 So far we have raised about $18,100! That's 15% of our goal!
DIVISION GOALS
Here are our Divisional Goals for the 2020-2021 service year!
SERVICE HOURS: 1,500 So far we have served 84.4 hours! That's 5.6% of our goal! '
FUNDRAISING: $1,000
We have raised $375 this far. Thats 37.5% of our goal! Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 9
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS Nickelodeon currently has two major campaigns each year that encourage action in kids on the global scale. Worldwide Day of Play advocates to make the world a more playful place by leading active, playful events. Nickelodeon’s Get Dirty campaign seeks to educate kids, families and teachers about what they can do to protect the planet in fun and engaging ways.
INTERNATIONAL PREFERRED CHARITY For over 80 years, March of Dimes has helped millions of babies survive and thrive. They’re building on that legacy to level the playing field for all moms and babies, no matter their age, socio-economic background or demographics. MOD support moms throughout their pregnancy, even when everything doesn’t go according to plan. They advocate for policies that prioritize their health, supporting radical improvements for the care they receive. March of Dimes pioneers research to find solutions to the biggest health threats to moms and babies across the world. Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 10
PAPERWORK TRACKER
PAPERWORK REMINDERS June MRF: Due July 10th July MRF: Due August 10th August MRF: Due September 10th Election Report Form (ERF): Due September 30th Links: Monthly Report Forn (MRF) Election Report Form (ERF) Fundraising Report Form (FRF) Division 14 August Newsletter ~ Page 11
CONTACT US Key Club LTG Chloe Baker - division14@nydkc.org Circle K LTG Alexandria Hill - alexandra.hill@nycirclek.org Kiwanis LTG Jerry Gagnier - jgagnier44@gmail.com KCR Patti Dean - pdean@nncsk12.org KCR Mary Beth Vail - mbethvny@gmail.com Governor Mariam Makar - governor@nydkc.org Secretary Jason Xiong - secretary@nydkc.org Treasurer Winnie Huang - treasurer@nydkc.org External EA Anthony Lim - anthonylim.ea@nydkc.org Internal EA Tatiana Solodova - tatianasolodova.ea@nydkc.org Bulletin Editor Rachel Joh - editor@nydkc.org Webmaster Kristen Lew - webmaster@nydkc.org District Administrator John Goldstein - nydkca@frontier.com Assistant Administrator Michael Berthel -mjberthel@gmail.com Assistant Administrator Jason Steiner - ianjs@aol.com
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