November 28 2015 | VOLUME I | ISSUE VIII
The Gonzalez Times The Official News Letter of the NJ District of Key Club
Division 14
Table of Contents Page 1…….. Edition Cover Page 2…….. Table of Contents Page 3…….. Division 14 Memo Page 4…….. October Governor Blog Post Page 5…….. District Secretary Blog Update Page 6…….. November District Board Meeting Recap Page 7…….. Club Feature Page 8 ….... DCM/OTC Schedule & Divisional Project Page 9 …... Prematurity Awareness Day Divisional Fundraiser Page 10 …. Division 11 & Division 14 Spike Out Hunger Tournament Recap Page 11 …. Division 11 & Division 14 Spike Out Hunger Tournament Recap Page 12 …. Outside Organizations ( Toys For Tots ) Page 13 …. ELIMINATE Update Page 14 …. Children’s Miracle Hospitals Update Page 15 .... Vision Partners and Co-Sponsors Page 16 .... #NJKeyClub Page 17 .... Want to be Featured? Page 18 .... NJ District Board Contact Information Page 19 .... Edition Summary
Division 14 Hello Division 14, As we make our way into the second half of the 2015—2016 Service Year our individual
clubs grow stronger and our division grows closer. You have all done such an amazing job this year! Congratulations to JP Stevens High School’s ”Gym Class Scrubs” for taking home 1st place at the Inter-Divisional Spike out Hunger Volleyball game where we raised 110 pounds of food and over $600! Thank you to all the clubs who helped make this event a success. As always please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Yours in Caring and Service,
Stephania Gonzalez Mena STEPHANIA GONZALEZ MENA
Governor Blog Post NJ District Governor Josie Suddeth
Hello New Jersey Key Clubbers!
I hope you all have been having an awesome week! Whether you have been stressing with college apps, school or sports, I hope you all have felt better with each service hour you’ve earned! The N.J. District just had our huge Fall Rally and has some important events coming up soon! Fall Rally was a big success! It was wonderful to see around 2,200 of you there ready to learn about what is going on in Key Club! All attendees attended a fun and informative session, cheered their heads off and listened attentively! Shout out to Division 8 for winning the spirit stick! I am very sad that this was my last Fall Rally. I highly encourage you all to attend Fall Rally next year! Our District Project this year is The NJ Federation of Food Banks. The Federation works towards feeding the many food deprived people in our state. Please make sure you fill out the google form whenever you donate and record all service hours, donations and funds for the District Project correctly on the CMRF. It is extremely pertinent that you all do this so we can keep track of our district goals! As a clarification, if you give food directly to a food pantry, like if your school has a food pantry in it like mine, this still counts towards the goal and should still be recorded the same. Spike Out Hunger volleyball divisional tournaments are coming up super soon!!!! Please attend your divisional tournaments!!! You can play volleyball, eat food, and have fun while donating to a cause that feeds struggling people! This is the definition of a win-win situation! Why would you not want to go? Please contact your LTG so you can register you and your team ahead of time. Please contact me or your LTG with any questions! Hunger Awareness Week is also happening from November 9th-13th! Participate in the daily tasks to spread awareness about our District Project! Monday is paper sales! Print out paper cut outs and sell them for $1 each! Tuesday is $2 Tuesday! You can only spend $2 for lunch in school. Wear orange, the Student’s Change Hunger color, on Wednesday! Thursday is Informative Day! Hand out flyers out the Federation and Students Change Hunger during lunch! Friday is #Foodbank Friday –take photos and post with this hashtag to spread awareness for our district project! Key Leader is an amazing experience! I have been twice and have taken key different lessons out of both experiences. At Key Leader, attendees learn about leadership techniques, team building and more all while having fun! I strongly encourage you all to attend. This year Key Leader is from December 4th-6th at Camp Cross Roads in Port Murray, NJ. The cost is $200, but if you sign up before November 21st, you get $25 off! Go to http://key-leader.org/ to sign up. NJ Key Leader registration is in the left column. Please contact me with any questions!
Yours in Caring and Service,
Josie Suddeth New Jersey District Governor
District Secretary Blog Post NJ District Secretary Farwa Shakeel
Salutations, New Jersey District Secretaries! The next few months will be busy ones for the New Jersey District! Here are some things the New Jersey District Board would look you all to keep in mind: 100%
CMRF Award: To be eligible for the 100% CMRF Award, you must submit ALL
CMRFs by November 10th, including the October CMRF. You are allowed to submit any missed CMRFs by this date as well. Feel free to contact your Lieutenant Governor or myself with any questions about this award. Check out the Fall Rally board meeting summary! Begin compiling a folder (if you have not already done so,) of all CMRFs, whether electronically or physically. A copy of a fillable Annual Achievement Report Form (AARF) will be included in the December Mailing; if all your CMRFs are in one place, it will be much easier to fill out the AARF and to get it done early! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Yours in Caring and Service, Farwa Shakeel
Nov. District Board Meeting Recap Hello, New Jersey District! Your District Board was hard at work from November 14th15th! Over the course of this board meeting, the board discussed:
District Convention 2016: Planning for District Convention is underway! Soon, you will receive the contests packet, flyers concerning the Talent Show and proposed amendments, and the Annual Achievement Report Form, which must be filled out in order to enter any DCON Contests. This year’s theme is: License to Serve! Get ready to become a secret agent of service at this year’s DCON! The event takes place from April 1st3rd and will cost about $285 to attend. Finalized pricing and other details will be released soon. Keep a look out for more updated DCON information, and start saving now!
Lieutenant Governor and Executive Candidate Elections: Are you a dedicated Key Clubber that wants to further your involvement in Key Club? Do you want to contribute more to your district? Running for Lieutenant Governor or an Executive Position may be for you! Elections for Lieutenant Governor begin in January if you are interested, make sure to contact your current Lieutenant Governor for more information. Additionally, members may run for the following Executive Positions at District Convention 2016: District Governor District Secretary District Treasurer District Editor
If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please feel free to contact those currently in office or your Lieutenant Governor. Members may also apply for consideration to be District Webmaster; however, that position is appointed, not elected.
SpikeoutHunger: SpikeoutHunger tournaments are well underway! The New Jersey District Board thanks all host clubs, volunteers, and teams that participated in their divisional tournaments. Information about the District Tournament will be coming soon! Farwa Shakeel
New Jersey District District Secretary
Club Feature “ Blue Devils Go Green “ Westfield High School
This year the Westfield High School Key Club will be taking charge of the recycling program at the school. In the last few years the recycling system at WHS has fallen apart and most students believed nothing was being recycled at all. A Key Club member revamped the program as her Gold Award by identifying what was causing the issues and then taking action. New bins were purchased and distributed along with signs explaining what could and could not be recycled. Key Club is taking on the task of keeping the program going and spreading the word to students. Every month the Key Club will read a fact about recycling on the morning announcements to remind students about the difference they can make. In addition Key Club members will be in charge of replacing any missing signs or bins throughout the school. Working as a Club will help make sure the program stays alive and help WHS reduce its trash stream to help the environment. This community service the Club is taking on is something very important but also very simple! What makes the project great is that it has created a lasting solution to a problem instead of quick fix. Could your Club help improve the recycling system at your high school?
- Written By : Westfield President Sarah Morton
Divisional Council Meetings & Officer Training Conference Meeting Date
Location
Rain Date
Sun. Dec. 20th , 2015
Panera Bread ( Woodbridge )
Sun. December 27th , 2015
Sun. January 17th, 2016
Panera Bread ( Woodbridge )
Sun. January 24th, 2016
Sun. Feb. 21st, 2016
Panera Bread ( Woodbridge )
Sun. February 28th 2016
Sun. March 20th, 2016
Panera Bread ( Woodbridge )
Sun. March 27th, 2016
Divisional Project Through the whole 2015-2016 Service year Division 14 will be raising funds for the March of Dimes Foundation for Premature Child Birth Research. Please Remember to Bring Change To “Spark Change- Sarah Park
Event
Event Date
Money Collected
Spring Northern Regional Training Conference
5/9/2015
$13.40
May Divisional Council Meeting / OTC
5/30/2015
$8.53
June Divisional Council Meeting / OTC
6/20/2015
$14.38
August Divisional Council Meeting / OTC
8/22/2015
$8.29
Fall Central Regional Training Conference
9/13/2015
$9.28
Fall Norther Regional Training Conference
9/19/2015
$9.15
September Divisional Council Meeting / OTC
9/26/2015
$3.00
October Divisional Council Meeting / OTC
10/24/2015
$6.85
MOD Bracelet Sale Upper Academy
11/13/2015
$1,040.00
MOD Bracelet Sale Lower Academy
11/13/2015
$382.00
November District Board Meeting
11/14-15/2015
$6.00 Total
$1,500.88
Prematurity Awareness Day November 17th, 2015 Elizabeth High School (Upper & Lower Academies)
To raise prematurity awareness, division 14’s Elizabeth High School helped me carry out a large fundraiser to benefit the March of Dimes Foundation. By selling March of Dimes Bracelets at the two academies, Division 14 raised $1,422 towards our year long divisional project for MOD. Thank you Elizabeth High School Key Club for your immense role in this fundraiser. Especially to its Club Secretary Martha Julemis who sold well over 40 bracelets. We are now at $1,500.88 for our year long divisional project.
Spike Out Hunger Volley Ball Tournament Division 11 & Division 14
On November 22nd, Division 11
and Division 14 combined forces and held our Divisional Volley Ball Tournament at Arthur L. Johnson High School. We raised over $600 and 110 pounds of food. Thank you to all of the clubs who helped make this event a
success. Especially a big thank you to Arthur L. Johnson High School Key Club for taking on the huge task of hosting the event, well as Clark Kiwanis for helping out with the event as well. Congratulations to JP Stevens High School’s “Gym Class Scrubs” for taking home the 1st place trophy, and to JFK Memorial’s “Team Dub” for taking home 2nd place! Division 14 will be well represented at the District Tournament in February.
Outside Organizations
Toys For Tots
In 1947, Major Bill Hendricks of the United States Marine Corps Reserves founded
Toys for Tots in Los Angeles, California, as 5,000 toys were collected during a campaign before Christmas of 1947. In 1948, the United States Marine Corps Reserves officially adopts Toys for Tots and the program begins to publicize as Walt Disney creates the now famous train logo for Toys for Tots. Today, the main mission for Toys for Tots is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December each year. These toys are distributed as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community. This toy is not just a material object, yet it is symbolic of a message to young children that there is hope, and the United States Marine Corps Reserves hopes this message of hope will transform into the children becoming more responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. To get involved with Toys for Tots, you can obviously donate a toy at one of the toy drop off locations in your area. Toys for Tots requests that the toys be new and unwrapped. Remember, it does not have to be something extravagant, most people I just happy to receive anything! Also, if you would prefer to just do service, there will be
plenty of opportunities. You can host a Toys for Tots event at your office or other venue to actually collect the toys, or you could volunteer at your local warehouse. To see where your local Toys for Tots is, click on “Donate a Toy� on toysfortots.org, and from there select New Jersey, and then your county. Happy Holidays!!!
NJ KCI District Board Contact Information
Executive District Board District Governor Josie Suddeth……………..governor.suddeth@gmail.com District Secretary Farwa Shakeel.……..……...secretary.shakeel@gmail.com District Treasurer Bobbie Bottinger……..treasurer.boettinger@gmail.com District Editor David Guirgis…………………..…..editor.guirgis@gmail.com District Webmaster Shannon Peng……………webmaster.speng@gmail.com Your LTG Division 14 LTG Stephania Gonzalez Mena…....ltg14.gonzalez@gmail.com 908 - 977 - 3049
IMPORTANT
The Gonzalez Times Upcoming District Events
Key Leader: December 2015……………..Camp Lebanon, Lebanon NJ
DCON: April 1-3, 2016……………….………………..Ocean Place, Long Branch
7th Divisional Council Meeting December 20th, 2015 Location TBA
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