The Yankey
Volume LVIV Issue I September 2011
KEY LEADER
By: Ethan Hutchinson The Key Leader weekend is nothing like a lecture as you might think. You are continuously involved in different activities like a low ropes course and team building exercises. You get to share things about yourself to a group, and you meet new people along the way. The head facilitator constantly gets people out of their comfort zones. This might sound discomforting to some, but as John Maxwell said, “If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” Key Leader has changed the lives of many simply because of what it teaches, servant leadership; but there is so much more to the weekend than that. Key Leader teaches five principles: personal integrity (doing the right thing), personal growth (in mind, body, and spirit), respect (to others, property, and self), building community (developing strong relationships in every aspect), and the pursuit of excellence (all of the principles combined, helping you achieve personal best). Each principle is discussed in the tangible program, but you walk away with so much more than knowing these words; you will walk away with a deep and functional understanding of what each principle means to you. Key Leader not only encourages you to aspire to your own personal best, it shows
KEY LEADER DATES Camp Calumet, West Ossipee NH September 30 - October 2 Lakeside Camp, Pittsfield MA October 21-23
you the way. You will discover many unique personalities at your Key Leader weekend. You will meet people you may not necessarily hang out with on a normal day-to-day basis because of different interests or styles, but you will learn a different side of them that may show that you have something more in common than you thought to believe. Some people may become some of your best friends. Everyone gets something out of Key Leader that is unique to that individual, so I hope you don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn about yourself. The principles I learned and the people I met have forever impacted my life, and I couldn’t be more grateful for it. What this article says gives this amazing program no justice because it has barely scratched the surface of what is in store at Key Leader. So why not? Take a chance. Sign up. You will be shocked at what you can learn when you give yourself the chance. I sincerely hope you consider these words when you decide what to do when the next Key Leader comes around, because a simple yes to the question “Are you going?” may be one of your best decisions yet.
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District Highlights Youth Fund YouthOpportunities Opportunities Fund
Article By: Karl Uzcategui
Article By: Karl Uzcategui
Like a good friend once told me, Like a good friend once told me, “Service is not something you can put a “Service is but not instead something you can price on, it takes the put a price on, but instead it takes the determination for determination for someone to go the extra someone to go the extra mile to make sermile to make service succeed”. Presented vice succeed.” Presented to you is a great to you is a great opportunity in which you opportunity in which you might be able to might be able to help others. The Youth help others. TheFund Youth Opportunities Opportunities (YOF) it is a fundFund that (YOF) is a fund that allows Key Clubs and to allows key clubs and key clubs members Key Club some members to receive money for theirsome service receive money to help with their service projects. All projects. All service projects are like service any projects like ifany voice; if you out are personsare voice; youperson’s are willing to speak willing to speak out forinwhat believe for what you believe you you should neverin, you should have to be silenced. have to benever silenced. The TheBrockton BrocktonHigh HighSchool SchoolKey KeyClub Club in inBrockton, Brockton,MA MAwanted wantedtotomake makeaadifference. difference. Theybeen had been funds They had raisingraising theretheir ownown funds for for three years and they worked extremely three years and they worked extremely hard hard for every penny. trying to for every penny. TheyThey werewere trying to raise raise funds for playground equipment at their funds for playground equipment at their local localelementary elementaryschool. school.With Withthe thehelp helpofofthe the YOF to a get a project YOF, theythey werewere ableable to get project grant of grantand of $2000and off theirproject servicewith $2000 pulled offpulled their service project with Hopefully flying colors. this will flying colors. this Hopefully will encourage encourage you to goclub to your next meeting club you to go to your next officers officers and start to you thinkcan about and startmeeting to think about ways utilize ways you can utilize this opportunity. this opportunity. Notonly onlydoes doesthe thefund fundgive giveout outgrants Not grants for service projects, but it also for service projects, but it also gives outgives acafor The college. out academic scholarships demic scholarships for college. fundsThe are fundsfunded are partly ourdues Key each Club Key partly by funded our Key by Club duesyear. eachThe Keydeadline Club Year. deadline Club for The the YOF is Oc-for 2011. Remember the YOF is October 15th, tober 15, 2011. Remember there is no better there is no better timetothan present to time than the present startthe thinking about start thinking about way to use this fund. ways to use this fund. With the help of the With the help of theFund Youth Opportunities Youth Opportunities you are able to ask Fund you are able to ask for the assistance for assistance from $100 to $2000. The YOF from $100 to $2000. The YOF provides usually provides assistance forusually clubs who are assistance for clubs who are working with working with another organization or those another or those whoproject’s need who needorganization help with a part of their help with a part of their projects total costs. total costs. You can find applications for the You can find Applications for the fund are fund online on the Key Club International online on the Key Club International website. Please go to www.keyclub.org. With website. Please go to www.keyclub.org. your help I know we can make a difference! With your help I know we can make a difference!
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The Major Emphasis Program:
“Children: Their Futures, Our Focus”
Written by: Cody Hopkins & Steve Roberts Jr.
In 1946, Key Clubbers were challenged. We were challenged by Key Club International to make an International impact; today, we make that impact through the Major Emphasis Program. When fundraising for the March of Dimes, Children’s Miracle Network, or UNICEF, we are making an impact on our Major Emphasis. Not only is fundraising a major part of the program, but a hands-on service initiative called Live2Learn also makes up a large part of this program. Live2Learn’s main goal is to better the lives and education of children ages 5-9. By targeting three main goals, improving grades, giving back, and growing together, Key Clubbers are able to better the lives of children. Part of this service initiative is to mentor, tutor, and assist children in their everyday education. If 60 minutes were taken out of your week to even just read to a young child, that child would greatly benefit. Just these 60 minutes each week would help this child to develop social skills, evolve his imagination, and give him someone to look up to. Each day as Key Clubbers we look to benefit our homes, schools and communities. We look for ways to get others involved in giving back. By providing service opportunities for young children within their own schools, we are mentoring and leading them to live the lives of a servant leader. Through both improving grades and giving back, we are growing together. By us taking just 60 minutes out of our days, we are stimulating young children’s imaginations, we are developing personal growth, and we are making a major impact in a child’s life. When you are conducting service projects this year, keep our service initiative in mind. Take just an hour out of your week to change the life of a child, chair a walk to raise money for premature children in the March of Dimes, and make an International impact! For more information about the Major Emphasis Program, visit www.keyclub.org.
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District Highlights Northern New Hampshire RTCDate to be determined September 3, 2011 - 10am-1pm Colebrook, NH Southern New Hampshire RTCOctober 9, 2011 – 11am-3pm Southern New Hampshire University Southern Maine RTCSeptember 24, 2011 – 11am-1pm Oceanside High School Northern Maine RTCSeptember 25, 2011 – 9am-12pm Nokomis Regional High
REGIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND THIS FALL!
By: Aaron Skulsky
A Regional Training Conference is put on every year by the current Lieutenant Governor in your division in conjunction with other Lieutenant Governors in the same region or group of regions. At the Regional Training Conference you will meet Key Greater Boston Area RTCClub members from all the other clubs in your region and diviNovember 19, 2011 – 10am-1pm sions. There will be informative workshops on various topics that Marshfield High School will help you and the other members of your club. There will be “Icebreakers” so you can get to know some of the members Western Mass RTCof the other clubs in the region. You will leave this conference October: to be determined knowing so much more about Key Club and how to be a more Location: to be determined effective officer and /or member. The conference will have detailed instruction on how Cape Code RTCto promote your Key Club as well as other things. There will be October 8, 2011 – 10am-1pm workshops for officers explaining the duties of your position. If Sturgis Charter School you are not an officer but want to become one, you can also go to that workshop to learn more about the position–your Connecticut RTCchoice! There will also be the opportunity to meet the ExecuSeptember 10, 2011 – 11am-2pm tive Board Members from the New England District as well. It is Francis T. Maloney High School highly recommended by the Board Members that you attend this event. In addition to all of the aspects of becoming a better leader in your Key Club and getting excellent instruction on how to do so, this is also a very fun activity that all members are welcome to attend. Look for a Regional Training Conference coming to your Division soon.
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Looking Local to the disaster relief funds of divisions of the Tenrikyo church in Japan which has established a disaster relief fund and is providing housing and resources to those affected by the earthquake. The cranes will also be hung in the temple as a symbol of the hope and compassion that the club members feel for the people of Japan. Each of the one thousand cranes represents the wishes of a quick recovery for Japan in the hearts of the Mystic Valley and Malden High Key Clubs.
One Thousand Paper Cranes
By: Shannon Boley According to Japanese folklore, if a person folds one thousand paper cranes, his or her wish will come true. This tradition was the heart of the Mystic Valley and Malden High Key Clubs’ latest joint fundraiser, designed to raise money for relief efforts for the earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. In order to raise money, members of the Mystic Valley Key Club asked their friends and families to sponsor them by pledging to donate a certain amount of money per crane that that club member folded. Then both clubs began the massive task of actually folding all one thousand paper cranes. The Mystic Valley Key Club held a group folding session on April 29, 2011 to fold as many cranes as possible in one sitting, while members from both clubs also folded cranes on their own time. In the end, the clubs far exceeded their original goal. The Mystic Valley Key Club folded about 750 cranes and Malden High folded 600 cranes, for a grand total of well over one thousand. The Mystic Valley Key Club also raised $843.00 that will be donated Page 4
To make donations to the Japanese Relief Effort your club may donate to the following organizations: The American Red Cross: Japan Earthquake and PaciďŹ c Tsunami Relief www.redcross.org Text REDCROSS or 90999 to make $10 donation by text message. Save the Children: Emergency Relief for Japan Quake www.savethechildren.org/japanquake Toll free: 800-728-3843 Text JAPAN to 20222 to donate.
Kiwanis Family Circle K International By: Will Bradford
Hello, Key Clubbers! Two and a half years ago, I was one of you. I was finishing up my senior year as a member of the Jonathan Law Key Club in Milford, CT. As a Key Clubber, I had volunteered all over my hometown, logged hundreds of service hours, travelled all over New England, and made some fantastic friends (many of whom I am still close to today). I had served as both a club and district officer and Key Club had become a major part of my life. I remember very distinctly sitting at Opening Session during the District Conference in 2009. While people were speaking on stage, I began to zone out and think back on my years in Key Club. I began to realize that I was sitting at not only my last Key Club DECON, but also my last major Key Club event. I was not ready to leave this organization that had given me so many opportunities and caused me to grow so much. I knew that there was a college-level of the Kiwanis Family called Circle K, and I knew that Northeastern University, where I was planning to go, had a club. However, I had been told that Circle K just wasn’t the same as Key Club: that there were fewer clubs and it wasn’t nearly as much fun. I wanted to continue on with Key Club and Kiwanis after graduating, but I wasn’t sure I could join Circle K if it was just going to disappoint me like people had told me it would. When I arrived at Northeastern, I decided I might as well check Circle K out. Two years have passed since then and—dare I say it—I love Circle K more than I loved Key Club! Sure, there are fewer Circle K clubs in the world and our conventions don’t have over one thousand attendees, but on that basic club level, Circle K is nearly identical to Key Club, if not a bit better. We have meetings, do service projects, hold fundraisers, and volunteer around our communities. We also
put a strong emphasis on fellowship, meaning that Circle K clubs hold occasional events that aren’t service projects or meetings, but are rather meant to just be fun and allow members to get to know each other. This means that while our focus is serving our community, we also do our best to have as much fun as possible in the process. If you are a senior this year and you love Key Club the way that I did, you will probably have that moment towards the end of this school year where you’ll realize that while you’re ready to get out of high school, you don’t want to leave Key Club. If you are looking for a club on your future college campus that can supply service opportunities, fun, and a chance to meet tons of awesome people the same way that Key Club does, you are looking for Circle K!
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District Highlights SPOTLIGHT:
Lieutenant Governor Training
By: Miranda Roberts After many years of having to learn from your successor, New England held their first lieutenant governor trainer in over five years. Lieutenant governors attended the trainer from April 30th to May 1st. All of those that attended had the chance to learn about how to perform their duties as lieutenant governor. The trainer also had special guests Governor Cody Hopkins, District Secretary Ngobitak Ndiwane, District Treasurer Rebecca Marchesseault, and District Bulletin Editor Steve Roberts, which gave the lieutenant governors a chance to bond with one another and get to know the Executive Board a little better. At the trainer, lieutenant governors uncovered that having the title also involves a lot of hard work. Phuong Pham states, “I learned that being a lieutenant governor is not an easy job. The trainer opened my eyes to what being a lieutenant governor really is about. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but now I’m glad that I was chosen for this job by my fellow club members.” The two day long trainer included tips about how to talk with clubs, how to use S.M.A.R.T. goals effectively, how to create a newsletter that contained information that clubs would need in order to be successful and how to make their time as lieutenant governor easier and less stressful. The Key Club lieutenant governors and the Kiwanis lieutenant governors were surprised to find out that they were going to be able to meet one another and share stories about the days spent as lieutenant governor. They had the chance to sit down and have dinner with Key Club lieutenant governors from their state and the Kiwanis lieutenant governors from the same state. “I was kind of scared when I first met my Kiwanis counterpart, but once I got to know him I realized he was an everyday person and there was nothing to worry about. He is a very kind man who works extremely hard for the betterment of his community,” Karl Uzcategui states. Mrs. Greene led the trainer with assistance from Mr. Whitney and Mr. Daly, with appearances from the Kiwanis Governor Mrs. Browne.
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International Convention
COOL TIMES IN A HOT SPOT: International Convention
By: Josh Sawyer On June 28, Key Clubbers from around the world traveled to Phoenix, Arizona for the 2011 Key Club International Convention. This year the Key Club International Convention was held at the beautiful JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, AZ. During this wonderful convention over 1,200 Key Clubbers gathered together for awards for clubs who excelled in projects, Kiwanis family relations, and publicity. This was also a chance for district officers who went above and beyond the call of duty to be recognized. During one of the three general sessions, Key Clubbers from each district were able to show their talents and they absolutely set the crowd on fire. This year, the mighty New England District was able to send two outstanding acts to this talent show. First, Daniel Dietz of the Northampton High School Key Club did an incredible Yo-Yo act choreographed to a variety of music. Next, Immediate Past Governor Paolo Mauricio played his violin to “Let’s Get It Started” by The Black Eyed Peas and received a standing ovation for his performance. Key Clubbers were also able to attend numerous workshops, and they ranged from one on Robert’s Rules of Order (led by our very own Immediate Past District Governor Paolo Mauricio) to an active one on Yoga. All of the Key Clubbers definitely were able to take loads of information home with them. Key
Clubbers were also able to share their local service projects with different clubs, different districts and different club members. During this convention Key Clubbers were also able to choose the International Board for the 2011-12 year during the House of Delegates. During this session, Annie Lewandowski of the Pacific Northwest District was elected International President, and Catt Lovins of the Southwest District was elected International Vice President. This year the Mighty New England District was very lucky to have Lucy McDermott of the Foxcroft Academy Key Club be elected to the International Board as International Trustee. (Congratulations, Lucy!) Also during this convention Key Clubbers walked to raise money for The Eliminate Project. During this walk Key Clubbers raised $15,000 to help fight Maternal Neonatal Tetanus. This convention was not just business, as two dances were held and Key Clubbers were able to dance the night away at the Surfs Up and Cowboy dances! Next year, the 2012 Key Club International Convention will held on July 4th -July 8th, and it will be located in the Hilton Orlando Lake Bueno Vista Hotel in the beautiful Walt Disney World Resort. Not only will this be in the famous Walt Disney World Resort, but you’ll also be near the amusement park SeaWorld The home of Shamu! I hope you’ll be able to make it because I’m sure it’ll be a blast and a trip of a lifetime! Page 7
The District Board
Hello New England District of Key Clubs, My name is Ngobitak Ndiwane, and I was recently elected as your District Secretary at this year’s district convention. I have many goals which I hope to achieve this year. Specifically, I want to improve the District’s secretary report system. I hope to promote the online submission of secretary report forms, instead of postal submissions. This way, forms can be sent in a timelier manner with less chance of getting lost or misplaced. Also, since we have clubs in Bermuda, it would be much easier and more practical for them to email their secretary reports instead of mailing them overseas. I will devote much of my time as District Secretary promoting this online system to make it easier for club secretaries to submit their forms. Currently, I am trying to work with our newly elected District Webmaster, Kayla Mei, on how to get started with this project. For now, the best way to submit your secretary report would either be through snail mail or email. Please keep in mind that the first secretary’s report for this Key Club year is due on OCTOBER 10, 2011. This report should cover all club activities for the months of AprilSeptember. Reports for the following months will be due postmarked on the tenth of each month as well. When I receive the reports, I will email to each club secretary a score card which will contain the grade received on the report, as well as my comments and suggestions. I really look forward to working with all the secretaries this year. Also, club secretaries should try to get in all their contact information to their Lieutenant Governors if this has not already been done. This will greatly improve our communication system. My email is ngobitak.ndiwane@yahoo.com. I am always happy to answer any questions that may come up. I know this will be an amazing year, and I can’t wait to start communicating with all your clubs! Ngobitak Ndiwane . District Secretary .
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Hello New England, As some of you know, several New England Key Club members recently got back from International Convention in Phoenix, AZ. I came back from this event with so much useful information about what it takes to be a District Treasurer, and I am so excited to share this with all of you. There are a few things that I would like to remind you all about now because they will quickly become important. International does not begin accepting dues until October 1, but Early Bird Dues must be received by November 1 to be recognized. This only leaves one month to get your club’s dues mailed in-- that is if you wait until October to collect them. It is my recommendation that you begin collecting dues in September. By doing this you will already have dues collected by the time they need to be sent in. Hopefully this will increase the amount of dues sent in and even the number of Early Bird Dues that are sent in. Remember, you can continue to send in dues after November 1, but to get Early Bird recognition, you need to send in the majority of dues no later than November 1. I would also like to include a reminder of the dates that dues must be sent in by. As I stated earlier, Early Bird dues must be sent in by November 1. This means that they must already be in by November 1, not sent out by that date. The absolute last date that dues must be received by is December 1. Once again this means dues must be received by this date, not sent out on this date. Please keep these dates in mind when your club begins to meet regularly once again. Finally, I would just like to urge you all once again to send your dues in early and try to obtain Early Bird status. It makes things much simpler in the long run, and you will even get recognized at the District Educational Conference. Thank you for your time and consideration. Keep up all of your good work. Rebecca Suzanne Marchesseault District Treasurer
The District Board GOVERNOR’S Message Hello New England Key Clubbers! Wow, does it really seem real to be back in school? I know I have a hard time believing it, but I am looking forward to a great school year of service! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the New England District of Key Club International for this opportunity to serve you this year. These past few months have truly been amazing, and it has been the opportunity of a lifetime to work with the GREATEST District in ALL of Key Club International! I would also like to take this opportunity to update the New England Key Clubbers as to the events that have already happened since our District Convention. In April, District Administrator, Mr. George Whitney and I attended Governors and Administrator Training (GATC) in Orlando, Florida. While there, Mr. Whitney and I gained training with the Governors of all of the 33 Districts in Key Club International in how to lead each District to the highest potential. As well as receiving training during GATC, the Governors and Administrators had the chance to tour the 2012 International Convention site. In July, I had the pleasure to travel with more than 50 New England Key Clubbers to the Hot Spot of Phoenix, Arizona for the 2011 Key Club International Convention! With over 1,000 other Key Clubbers from all over the world, this year’s convention was definitely memorable. While in Phoenix, Key Clubbers elected the new International Board, consisting of: International President, Annie Lewandowski from the Pacific Northwest District, International Vice President Catt Lovins from the Southwest District, and 11 International Trustees. As well as electing a new International board, attendees took part in a large charity walk which raised over $15,000 to benefit the Worldwide Service Project, the Eliminate Project. The Eliminate Project’s goal is to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. In order to do this we must raise US$110 million, so keep this in mind when holding fundraisers this year! Once the new International Board was elected, all Governors and the newly elected Board
gathered in Indianapolis, Indiana (Home of Kiwanis International) where we built communication and leadership skills as the International Council. Also each Governor had the opportunity to meet their District’s appointed Trustee. This year’s Trustee is no stranger to the New England District. Serving as the New England District’s International Trustee for the 2011-12 year is New England’s very own Lucy McDermott! As well as the New England District Lucy will be working with our sister Districts, the Mighty Alabama District and the Minnesota-Dakotas District. I would like to welcome Lucy as our Trustee and look forward to a very successful year! In closing, I would like to make all New England Key Clubbers aware of the 2012 District Convention dates as April 13-15 to be held as always in Springfield, MA. I look forward to meeting many of you this fall at Regional Trainers (dates can be obtained through your Lieutenant Governor) as well as some of your meetings and service projects! I look forward to working with each and every one of you this year. Cody Hopkins District Governor
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International News Hello New England Key Clubbers! My name is Catt Lovins and I am your 2011-12 International Vice President! I am so excited to serve you all this year and can’t wait to see what we can accomplish together! Best of luck to all of you as you prepare to serve your homes, schools, and communities. It is your passion for service and your ability to make a difference that keeps the name of Key Club well-known and much loved. I encourage each of you to participate in the new ELIMINATE project for UNICEF as well as projects for Children’s Miracle Network and March of Dimes. More importantly, I encourage you all to participate in service projects that are dear to your heart and the hearts of others. Be sure to stay updated on what’s happening in Key Club by following my blog at www.keyclubcatt.tumblr. com and the Key Club Facebook page. I know your district board will work hard to increase membership, communication, and add more resources to your district website as you work to achieve incredible success for this organization and your communities. Thank you all for your passion, time, and dedication. Make Ned the lobster proud! Yours in service, Catt Lovins
2011-2012 International Council Results:
International President: Annie Lewandowski International Vice President: Catt Lovins International Trustees:
Nick DePorzio (Districts: New York, New Jersey, Ohio), Jared Greene (Districts: Jamaica, Carolinas, Florida), Somya Gupta (Districts: Indiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin-Upper Michigan), Yoo Eun Kim (Districts: California-Nevada-Hawaii, Utah-Idaho, Michigan), Kayla Lash (Districts: Montana, Capital, Eastern Canada), Lucy McDermott (Districts: MinnesotaDakotas, Alabama, New England), Randolph McKinnie (Districts: Caribbean-Atlantic, Missouri-Arkansas, Pennsylvania), Rebecca Riley (Districts: Kansas, Texas-Oklahoma, Georgia), Alan Wang (Districts: Kentucky-Tennessee, Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee, Bahamas), Austin Wu (Districts: Rocky Mountain, Illinois-Eastern Iowa, Nebraska-Iowa), Josiah Zitterkob (Districts: Pacific Northwest, Southwest, KIWIN’S) Page 10
International News Hello New England Key Clubbers, My name is Lucy McDermott and I am your Key Club International trustee for the upcoming year! I am so excited to return to my home district to act as a liaison between you and the International Board. This year I serve on the leadership committee, and we have five directives that we are going to accomplish this year. The first two directives we are working on are defining what makes a “good” Key Club, and what makes a “good” Key Club advisor. I would love to hear your opinion on the subject, so please let me know what you think. Another directive that we are working on is creating a timeline for newly chartered clubs to help guide them through a successful first year as a Key Club, with online resources and annual events such as ICON, DECON, Trick or Treat for UNICEF, March for Babies, and Children’s Miracle Network balloon sales. Some goals that I would like to see accomplished this year: • Increase communication within all levels of Key Club International. I want to bring the club level to international level; this will help club officers feel more involved with the international level. I want to do this by using conference calls, e-mails, and social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.). • With webinars we can make membership experience better because if members know how to do their job well, they will have a better year as a club/district officer. These webinars will help guide Key Clubbers throughout their year as a leader, and the webinars don’t all have to be about leading a club. They can be about service projects, ICON, DECON, Kiwanis family life, and Key Leader. • I want to use survey websites to get feedback from what is done well and what needs improvement. To get the word out about these surveys, we would post them on Key Club’s website, Youtube page, Facebook page, and Twitter so we can get the word out to as many people that we can in order to get the most input back. • I want to increase awareness about the new Key Club Alumni Program. Key Clubbers always have fun in Key Club, and they should know that there is a group out there that is for Key Club alumni to share their memories, and even have alumni events! I hope I get the chance to meet all of you at New England’s District Educational Conference, April 13-15, 2012! In caring and service, Lucy McDermott Key Club International Trustee lem.trustee@gmail.com
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The Yankey KEY CLUB TERMS TO KNOW caring Key Club character building Key Leader weekend community leadership DECON
NED home school ICON service inclusiveness
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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Hey New England! I hope all of you are “Falling into Service” this September! School and autumn are in the air. Remember this is the time of the year to start (and hopefully finish) your fundraising for this year’s District Convention to be held April 13 - April 15, 2011 in Springfield, MA. I am now accepting articles for the January Edition of the YanKey! If you want to have your service project featured in the “Looking Local” section, email me an article! The only thing I ask Page 12
is that your article be about one page long, single spaced. My email is stephenrobertsjr@gmail. com. CLUB EDITORS: If you have any questions on graphic standards or how to structure your bulletins please contact me. I am always willing to offer advice on programs. Yours in caring,
Steve Roberts Jr
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