October newsletter (1)

RMD Key Club Division 5 & 18 October Newsletter In this edition: Everything about Fall Rally, Key Leader and what clubs are up to this month What is March of Dimes and why should you support them?

Farewell to the ELIMINATE campaign

Audrey Mosher, Jordan Lobato and Joedeelee Rigdon at Fall Rally.

Lt. G’s Corner Hey Division 5/18! As we are well into the school year, I’m glad that you’re all working hard with your service projects! Shout out to everyone who attended Fall Rally- a lot of time and planning goes into it so I’m incredibly thankful that we had the attendance we did.

I’ve been up to quite a bit, putting on our division’s Fall Rally, attending Key Leader and helping out with a fellow Lt. G’s Fall Rally in Pueblo.

Audrey Mosher and I after attending Chase Ramos’ Division 12 Fall Rally

Upcoming in NovemberKey Club week is November 7-11!

November District Board meeting is November 1113th I personally will be hopefully attending a meeting at your club, as well as several Kiwanis meetings

Maybe the most important thing I’ve learned this month is what it truly means to be a servant leader.

What does it mean to you? For me, being a servant leader is being a leader who helps facilitate growth in the people around them. They focus on spreading leadership instead of trying to advance their own position. Email me, what’s your own definition?rockymountainltg5@gmail.com.

Glance into the future… Key Club Week Key Club week 2016 is November 7th-11th This week is prime time to get the name Key Club out there- let’s make it a household name! Get together with your club and put up signs at your school, draw on the sidewalks, anything to spread the name Key Club. Participate in a special service project (single service project anyone?) with your club, and heck, invite Kiwanis! Make this year’s KC week one to remember.

Fall Rally 2016 Fall Rally was held October 8th at Alamosa High School.

With 25 members in attendance, it was a rally for the books. Members participated in workshops from “Key Club 101” to “Learning Those Crazy Dances They Play at School Dances That You Never Know How to Dance For”, to “How To Present Yourself and Dress For Success”.

Speaker Ty Coleman also spoke on how as Key Clubbers we can lift ourselves up as well as those around us to be Champions. Members also wrote motivational notes on water bottles that were donated to the local homeless shelter and make nonslip socks, donated to the local hospital.

Coleman on Relationships Relationships are vital to the success of a person.

Specifically in Key Club, our relationship with other K- Family branches helps spread service and is a valuable resource.

However, you always have to watch out for negative relationships. He made sure to let members know that ending a relationship because it’s more draining than energizing isn’t selfish or rude, it’s necessary. Don’t ever let someone bring you down!

Monte Vista Key Clubbers making nonslip socks

Key Leader Camps Key Leader is a leadership development camp held every October in the RMD. This year it was held on the weekends of October 21st and 15th. All campers participated in workshops that taught us how to be great Key Leaders.

One night, we all made s’mores at the bonfire and went to the astronomy center. The stars are incredible, and you could see the Milky Way in contrast to the rest of the sky.

Important Key Leader Points Personal integrity- Campers learned about the importance of doing what’s right when no one is watching you. It’s an integral part of being a Key Leader! If you can’t be trusted to take responsibility for things when no one is looking, how can you be trusted anywhere else?

Self Respect was another point touched on. Key Leaders need to respect everyone, including themselves. What is self-respect to you? Personally, to me self-respect is having standards for how you’re treated and not letting anyone treat you less than those standards.

Excellence is another characteristic of a Key Leader. And it doesn’t mean you have to be #1 to be excellent.

Excellence is seen in how you improve yourself. For example, raising a D in a subject to a B is excellent in the improvement. To be excellent, set goals that have a plan and are realistic. That way, you’re more likely to reach them.

Excellence exists in your actions, not necessarily your position. Having integrity is excellent, respecting others is excellent, and setting goals is also a symptom of excellence.

Campers stayed in cabins and were put into groups. The groups made their own little cheers and names for themselves and bonded for the entire weekend. On the ropes course, campers learned that trying to do things alone without teamwork just earned them a quick face plant into the ground. By the end of the weekend, everyone had gotten pretty close to each other.

What are Clubs up to This Month?

Moffat Key Club has been donating stuffed animals to the hospital in Salida, CO and got a newspaper article written about them!

Alamosa High School Key Club held a bake sale the 29th to fundraise for DCON! *Make sure your club is planning to send members to DCON, March 31st to April 2nd! Your club can start fundraising now so every member who wants to can attend*

Key Club President of The Month: Jordan Lobato- Center High School Key Club

Center’s President, Jordan Lobato

Jordan joined Key Club as a freshman, and is now a senior. The joined to be part of an impactful club, since helping her community is a huge priority to her.

She stepped up as president when the former president graduated, and has led ever since! Outside of Key Club, Jordan plays basketball and helps on her family’s cattle ranch. She’s also student council president. Quick fun fact: “I own fifteen belt buckles that I switch out and wear everyday”

Club Member of the Month Gihan Cardona- Alamosa HS Key Club She joined Key Club at the end of her freshman year to get more involved in her community and make a difference.

Her favorite thing about the club is that it’s made her close to new people, and that the people she’s met have similar dedications and passions.

Outside of Key Club, she spends time with friends and family and positive things- happiness is big to her.

Fun Fact: Gihan likes painting and reading when she has time in her busy schedule.

March of Dimes

Farewell to ELIMINATE

The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. They are leading a campaign to educate and prevent premature births, and was expanded globally in 2008. The program Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait is trying to end elective premature birth, where families elect to give birth before full term.

November is premature birth awareness month, and November 17th is World Prematurity Day.

As maternal neonatal tetanus is close to being eradicated, the RMD is drawing its ELIMINATE campaign to a close. This Halloween is the last month we will be trick-or-treating for UNICEF. Over the last several years, Key Clubbers in the Rocky Mountain District have fundraised to end this terrible disease. It’s amazing that we’ve reached our goal! Make sure to collect all the donations your club has received and turn them in to your advisor.