NEW YORK DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL
ADIRONDACK ANNOUNCEMENTS DIVISION FOURTEEN'S JULY NEWSLETTER
Written By: Chloe Baker, Lieutenant Governor
A NOTE FROM ME - YOUR LTG Hey Hey Hey Division 14! Happy Summer! Hopefully you were able to see the new division logo, located on the cover of this newsletter! Although this school year came to an odd ending, hopefully normalcy will return by the fall. My summer will consist of me working a lot, and spending quality time with my friends and family. Let me know what you will be doing! In the beginning of the month, Key Club International hosted their first virtual ICON, the Summer Leadership Conference. Key Clubbers from around the world listened to Keynote
Speakers, attended workshops, and the International Council voted on our new International Board. More information on SLC and the new International Board can be found on pages 5 & 6. Although your Key Clubs may not be meeting during the summer months, please encourage your members to continue their service to their homes, schools, and communities. There are numerous activities that will benefit others both near and far, including our Division's Charity Miles Fundraiser! You can check out our progress update on page 7. 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
Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 1
GOVERNOR'S BULLETIN
Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 2
DIVISION 14 WALKS FOR UNICEF This summer, Division 14 is hosting a Charity Miles fundraiser. For every mile we walk, run, or bike, a certain amount of money is donated to a charity of our choice. The division has chosen 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. Participating in this event has taught me to go outside more often because I have started to become much more active. Knowing that walking a simple mile can help both you and children in other countries makes the entire difference. Due to this pandemic, there is not much that we can do. Going outside and be socially distant is something that everyone can do, and could benefit more than yourself. Currently, there are only 14 members on our team, but we have walked more than 350 miles! I look forward to seeing the final amount, and helping children just like me. If you are stuck at home bored out of your mind, I encourage you all to join our team! - Gabriel Vigliotti, President Ticonderoga High School Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 3
DIVISION 3 WALKS FOR UNITED WAY The Charity Miles Fundraiser is our most recent Key Club activity that allows members to raise money by walking, running or cycling. We are raising money to relieve financial crises, for access to education to fund crisis services through a foundation called the United Way. The Charity Miles Event was a perfect way to raise for a good cause despite the pandemic going around the world. In my open opinion, it's an easy way to raise money independently, while still giving a participant the satisfaction of making a change. - Sophia Toscano Huntington High School, Division 3
WANT TO BE FEATURED? Did your club do something awesome! Feature it in these newsletters!
ADIRONDACK ANNOUNCEMENTS Send me an email with photos and a recap of a past service project to be featured in my monthly newsletter!
THE EMPIRE KEY This is a newsletter done by our District Editor, Rachel! Your service project could be seen all over the state! Click here to submit to The Empire Key! Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 4
SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE RECAP
As someone who was never able to afford going to ICON, this past Summer Leadership Conference was an opportunity for me to get to know more people and expand my horizons about Key Club International. I’ve gotten to know much about my District through friends and LTC but knew nothing about the International scene. Like many other Key Clubbers, I signed up for a variety of things that interested me. Things such as running for a higher position or about an International Project. While I’ve always been interested in the LTG position, I never knew about the responsibilities it entailed or much of the process at all. Through this Lieutenant Governor training session, I was able to learn more about the process itself along with general information about Key Club International. During the meeting, I was able to participate in the question session which allowed me to gain further insight onto things I directly had interest in. In addition to this, I was also eager to attend the awards ceremony the day after. In the awards ceremony, I saw the fruits of my friends' labors as they were recognized for their service. Seeing my club be called out amidst the list of distinguished clubs also was exciting to be a part of. This Summer Leadership Conference was a completely different experience from past events and helped inspire me to be more than what I am now. - Aaron Yu, Bronx Science Key Club Division 11 Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 5
YOUR 2020-2021 INTERNATIONAL BOARD This past week, the International Council voted for our next International Board! International President: Alex Drahos (Nebraska-Iowa District) International Vice President: Caroline Bushnell (Rocky Mountain District) International Trustees: Emma Brainard (Indiana District) Emma Chang (California-Nevada-Hawaii KIWINS) Marissa Ding (Minnesota Dakotas District) Salma Eldeeb (Florida District) Glory Kalu (New Jersey District) Melanie Kim (Georgia District) Lena Oswald (Illinois-Eastern Iowa District) River Pease (Michigan District) Jordan Reichhardt (Rocky Mountain District) Andrew Watson (Southwest District) Eddie Wei (Nebraska-Iowa District) One of these trustees will soon have the honor of representing the New York District!
THIRST PROJECT WEBINAR All Thirst Project student leaders & teachers are called to join us for an epic two-day event. World-class speakers, inspirational breakout sessions, live performances, and so much more, brought to you wherever are in the world! Dates: Thursday, July 16th & Friday, July 17th Time: 1PM - 5:30PM EST Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 6
ONGOING DIVISIONAL FUNDRAISER This summer, Division 14 will be having a Charity Miles fundraiser! It is a FREE app for your mobile device that donates to a charity for every mile you walk/bike/run! We are raising for UNICEF, one of Key Club International's Preferred Charities! Click here to join Division 14's team, once you've downloaded the app!! We are running this through August 10th, that gives us ONE MORE MONTH! So far we have done over 400 miles!! Can we get too 1,000??
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
Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 7
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 July Newsletter ~ Page 8
DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECT The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center Foundation supports 4 different pediatric trauma centers throughout New York. They are dedicated to serving unique care for children in extreme situations (e.g. trauma injuries). It also serves a number of other functions, such as outreach to parents and educational programs. KPTC protects the safety of children and strives to improve the local emergency medical services response teams.
DISTRICT GOALS
Here are our District Goals for the 2020-2021 service year!
SERVICE HOURS: 90,000 So far we have served around 900 hours! That's 10% of our goal!
FUNDRAISING: $120,000 So far we have raised about $14,079! That's 11.7% 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 56.4 hours! That's 3.7% of our goal! '
FUNDRAISING: $1,000
We have raised $0 this far. Fill out your FRFs to receive credit!! Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 9
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS Landscape Structures Inc. (LSI) has joined Kiwanis International as a vision partner to bring play to communities across the globe. LSI is proud to provide high-quality commercial playground equipment and planning consultation services that reflect the high degree of integrity that Kiwanis clubs expect. Throughout the years, Landscape Structures has partnered with the Kiwanis Family to bring wonderful playground equipment to children in their communities.
INTERNATIONAL PREFERRED CHARITY UNICEF is the only organization of the United Nations dedicated exclusively to children. Working with other United Nations bodies, governments and nongovernmental organizations, UNICEF helps to provide for children’s needs in more than 150 developing countries through community-based services in primary health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation Our Charity Miles fundraiser is benefiting UNICEF, so go get walking! . Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 10
PAPERWORK TRACKER
PAPERWORK REMINDERS May MRF: Due June 10th June MRF: Due July 10th July MRF: Due August 10th Election Report Form (ERF): Due September 30th Links: Monthly Report Forn (MRF) Election Report Form (ERF) Fundraising Report Form (FRF) Division 14 July 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 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
SOCIAL MEDIA @nydckd14 @nydkc @thebestsistrict @keyclubint @kci1920
nydkc Key Club International
@nykeyclub @keyclub
@nydkc @keyclubintnl
Division 14 July Newsletter ~ Page 12