NEW YORK DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL
DIVISION 14 NEWSETTER
SERVINGÂ COMMUNITIES IN THE ADIRONDACKS
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December Edition! Written By: Chloe Baker Lieutenant Governor
A Note From Me - Your LTG Hi Everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends and are getting ready for the holiday season! Whatever your families may celebrate, I wish you all the best. I am personally excited for all the upcoming snow, because I love to ski and enjoy the snow days as they appear. As you host your meetings and service projects, please make sure to keep up with your paperwork! Some of you have not filled out the MFRs from the spring. Please check the paperwork tracker towards the end of this newsletter to see what your club owes. Fall Rally was very successful, and I hope Division 14 will have a greater turnout in the future. Next, we can look forward towards the Leadership Training Conference in the Spring! I hope that all of you have a wonderful December and good luck to all of the seniors applying to colleges and the athletes this winter season! Yours Truly, Chloe Baker
District Publications
District Publications
District Publications
Higher Offices Are you interested in being apart of the bigger picture? If yes, run for higher office! Whether it is at a Club, District or International level, you will be able to make friendships and memories that last a lifetime. Alongside of the memories, you will be able to be the future of Key Club International. Big office or small, every bit helps. Club Offices Include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and any other positions that your club offers District Offices Include: Lieutenant Governor, Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Assistants, Bulletin Editor and Webmaster International Offices Include: International Trustee, International Vice President, International President If you have any questions, please reach out to me!
Upcoming Events Leadership Training Conference
The 72nd Leadership Training Conference (LTC) will be held at the Desmond Hotel in Albany on March 27-29, 2020. This year's theme is "Roaring 2020s", so it will be a ball! You will attend workshops, caucuses, keynotes, award ceremonies and more. Registration will open later this month, so please keep an eye out for that. For more information, please reach out to me or check out the events tab on nydkc.org! Cost: Key Club Member Quad Room: $300* Advisor/Chaperone Double Room: $335* Advisor/Chaperone Single Room: $650* *Per Attendee Important Deadlines: Priority Deadline: February 21, 2020 Final Registration Deadline: March 2, 2020 Payment Deadline: March 13, 2020
Check out this awesome graphic made by District Bulletin Editor Angelo!
Presidential Council Recap On Wednesday, December 4th, Division 14 hosted a Presidential Council Meeting over Group FaceTime. We discussed many things including paperwork, LTC, service projects and more. Please reach out to your president or me to look at the published minutes. You can also find the minutes in one of my weekly emails.
Service Project Ideas It's the holiday season, also known as the season of giving! This year, please be sure to host a service project or two! Here are some ideas: - Volunteer at a local soup kitchen - Host a photo with Santa event - Shovel senior citizens' driveways - Host a gift wrapping station benefiting a District project - Make Christmas cards for troops overseas - Make treats and hand deliver them to emergency services - Go caroling at a local nursing home - Help your neighbor set up their Christmas lights Have other ideas? Let me know!
Service Spotlight Kiwanis Senior Citizen Luncheon On Wednesday, December 4, Ticonderoga High School Key Club served and coordinated the annual Kiwanis Senior Citizen Luncheon at Ticonderoga Middle School. Members helped decorate, serve food and clean up at the event. Placemats were made from elementary school children and the centerpieces were created by high school art students. Key Clubbers helped set up tables with students in Home & Career courses, as well as their special needs classmates. Musical groups from both the high school and middle school performed wonderful renditions of classic Christmas Carols. Many adults from various homes and organizations came to see the event that was partially hand made by the students themselves. The tradition of coming to the luncheon is something that many look forward to in the holiday season. In conjunction with musical groups, a wonderful afternoon was hosted for members of the community. Also, Santa Claus himself made a guest appearance, which was a delight for all. -Kimberly Wojick, Member, Ticonderoga High School
Service Spotlight RED Bookshelf Repairs The Red Bookshelf is an organization based in Albany, NY that aims to ensure each child in Albany has the opportunity to own books, because having books in their home equips them with the tools for better literacy achievement. The Bright Red Bookshelf Program came to Albany in February, 2009 as a neighborhood literacy program of the Center Square Association. Through the years, as word got out, bookshelves were added, as more neighbors and friends supported the program. In 2016, the Bright Red Bookshelf Program of Albany was incorporated as The RED Bookshelf, an independent nonprofit. Since its beginning in 2009, The RED Bookshelf has distributed more than 50,000 books for children in Albany! This Wednesday, Albany High School’s Key Club participated in book reconditioning through the Red Bookshelf. “We are all so happy to lend a helping hand in promoting literacy in the capital region,” says Alison Hayes, Webmaster. “A big thank you to red bookshelf and LTG Jenna for stopping by!” -Albany High School, Division 16
Governor's Project The New York Chapter of the Special Olympics is an organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities experience working as a team and other assets that come from playing a sport. The athletes also develop life long friendships along the way. I know that in our division specifically there is multiple Unified Basketball Teams, so be sure to lend a hand at practice and support the best you can!
District Project Project Semicolon advocates for suicide prevention through public awareness, educating communities, and giving people the tools they need for their mental health. Since 2013, Project Semicolon has helped more than 5 million individuals. *Please refrain from using the phrases ‘commit suicide’ or ‘successful suicide’ and instead say ‘died by suicide’*
District Endorsed Project The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center foundation supports pediatric trauma at 3 medical centers in New York, including the Cohen Children's Medical Center, to protect the safety of children and to improve the local emergency medical services response teams.
District Updates *Recent as of December 1st*
Service Hours: 120,000 We are at about 53,900 Hours this service year! Fundraising: $200,000 So far, we have raised almost $75,700 Governor’s and District Project: $15,000 each The New York Chapter of the Special Olympics: $6,200 Project Semicolon: $1,700 District Endorsed Projects: $3,500 each Kamp Kiwanis: $2,300 Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma: $113 Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease: $12
International Partner The Thirst Project is an organization that works with the support of young people to end the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water. Over 663 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. Did you know that just $25 gives someone a lifetime supply?
International President's Project
International President K'lena Schnack chose the Eliminate Project as her official President's Project for the 2019-2020 service year. The Eliminate Project is a joint project of Kiwanis International and UNICEF dedicated to preventing maternal/neonatal tetanus (MNT). Since 2015, Key Club International has raised more that $2 Million!
Paperwork Tracker *As of December 8th*
Reminders Election Report Forms were due on September 1st The November MRF was due on December 10th The December MRF is due on January 10th Ausable, Plattsburgh, Saranac and Seton still owe thier ERF Shoutout to Ticonderoga for paying their dues!
Quick Links MRF:
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Contact Info Key Club LTG Chloe Baker division14@nydkc.org Circle K LTG Tyler Kearns tyler.kearns@nycirclek.org Kiwanis LTG Jerry Gagnier jgagnier44@gmail.com Governor Camille Brock governor@nydkc.org Secretary Linna Cheung secretary@nydkc.org Treasurer Anthony Lim treasurer@nydkc.org External Executive Assistant Jaron Belmore jaronbelmore.ea@nydkc.org Internal Executive Assistant Qianting Chen qtchen.ea@nydkc.org Bulletin Editor Angelo Lontok editor@nydkc.org Webmaster Ramisa Azad 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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