Division 27 December 2013 Newsletter

TOUCAN TIMES

DECEMBER

newsletter PNW Division 27 Official Newsletter Volume 3 Issue 9

Greetings Hello Division 27!

December is finally upon us! It seems like everyone is a little bit more cheerful during the holiday season! I hope everyone is in the spirit of giving because the winter time is a fantastic season to get involved in your community! Many schools throughout the district have been holding canned food or winter wear drives!

Coming up are many exciting Key Club events including the Let it Eliminate benefit showcase on December 14th! It’ll take place in Renton’s Harambee. Take this opportunity to see what’s going on around the district! Many other Key Clubbers will be there to support.

In addition, Lieutenant Governor Elections are fast approaching! I strongly encourage all of you to consider running. The experiences you have and people you meet are extremely special. Being a part of the district board is a way to build leadership and increase your involvement in the organization. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you have. Elections will be on January 11th.

With love & service,

Ashley Yoo

In this Issue…

Greetings……………………….2 November DCM Recap……..3 LtG Elections………………..…4 Hopelink……………………...…6 ICS’s Food Drive…………..…..7 ELIMINATE Project………….…8 Featured Service Project…..10 Stay KEYnneced……………..11 Divisional Happenings……...12 DCON 2014…………………...14 Mark Your Calendars……….16 Let it ELIMINATE………………17 Kiwanis Information…………18 December DCM…………….19 Contact Information………..20

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November DCM Recap

At our last DCM, many members from the division took part in Hopelink’s Turkey Trot. This year, they had a record number of participants with over 1,000 people either running/walking! Thank you to everyone who participated.

This meeting we spent a lot of time going over how each school was planning on contributing to the Eliminate Project by sharing fundraising ideas as well as recapping a few fundraisers that schools in our division put together, including Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. A huge congratulations to Juanita High School which earned around $3,000 for Trick or Treat! With the doubling program through Kirkland Kiwanis and again by Kiwanis International, they are contributing near $12,000 to the Eliminate Project! Some ideas included holding miracle minutes, bake sales, balloongrams, carnivals, garage sales, and many others! Also consider speaking with your local Kiwanis! They are often more than willing to help!

In addition, we went over some important upcoming events including Lieutenant Governor Elections! Please be sure to read over the next few pages for details!

Lt.G Elections When: January 11, 2013 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Redmond Library Meeting Room 2

Officers’ attendance is required and each school must be present at the elections. Each club will have 2 voting delegates and quorum must be met in order to approve official business. Please save the date and make sure that you will be able to attend!

For those interested in running for Lieutenant Governor: I see so much potential in the group of leaders that have grown this past year, and now it’s time to hand off the responsibility to one of you. Serving on the district board this past year has been one of the most rewarding experiences to date. The friendships, the accomplishments, and the difference I’ve witnessed through this leadership position have revealed how special the Key Club community truly is. I strongly encourage each of you to consider running for LtG. Don’t let trivial deterrents come in the way of this opportunity. I believe in each of you, and I can’t wait to see the future of Division 27 unravel.

Election packets have been e-mailed with the December Updates e-mailed to Key Club officers. Either contact your club officers or Ashley at pnwdivision27@gmail.com if you have not yet received the election packet.

Hopelink is a local non-profit organization based in Bellevue, which serves the homeless and low income families as well as people with disabilities.

Their mission is to “promote self-sufficiency for all members of our community” and make a lasting change. They also have service centers in Kirkland/ Northshore, Redmond, Shoreline, and Sno-Valley.

FEATURED STORY With your help, the families we serve won't have to choose between paying rent, having a family holiday meal or presenting their child with a gift.

Get Involved!  Fundraise & Donate  Food Drive  Toy Drive

When Katrina's son, Tyler, was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, preschool staff said they wouldn't be able to care for him until they underwent additional training. Although Katrina was working, she had exhausted all of her paid time off and looking after her son meant she would be unable to meet basic expenses. Hopelink helped Katrina receive Consolidated Homeless Grant funds that enabled the young family to stay in their home until Katrina could return to work.

Contact: hopelink@hope-link.org

Hopelink in Division 27

ICS’s Food Drive This past November, the ICS Key Club put together a food drive for Hopelink. We contacted jkitson@hopelink.org to organize the food drive and gave her some tentative dates we were hoping to hold the drive. Then we drove to hopelink and picked up crates and sleeves for each grade as we wanted to make the food drive a school competition to raise some excitement. We determined we had enough funds to host a pizza party for the grade that raised the most nonperishable food items.

Then we advertised, advertised, advertised!

We even planned "food ambushes" where grades brought in a TON of food on the last few days. We gathered 1,413 food items totaling 1240 lbs! Though a small school with little over 400 students, we were able to make a big difference this Thanksgiving.

- Rachel Roberts (ICS Key Club President)

The ELIMINATE Project is a joint effort between Kiwanis and UNICEF to end Maternal/Neo-Natal Tetanus throughout the globe.

26 remaining countries with MNT

Every 9 minutes, 1 baby dies of MNT

$1.80 = Enough to save 1 baby

HOW ARE YOU GETTING INVOLVED?

PRICING T Shirts: $15.00 Lanyards: $5.00

District Goal: Where Are We?

$12,000+/$24,000 November 16, 2013:

$42.1 Million Goal:

$110 Million

Featured Service Projects

Volunteers from Redmond High School helped to package s'mores kits two weeks ago, and during the Redmond Lights event, they sold about 250 with their Kiwanis club. Redmond Lights is an annual event celebrating the holiday season, releasing the newly decorated streets of Redmond to the public. If you’d like more information on how to contribute in the future, visit www.redmondlights.com Did your club do a special service project this past month? Send photos and details about the event to pnwdivision27@gmail.com and you might be featured!

Stay KEYnnected!

Document your latest service project and hashtag “#PNWKeyClub” and you could be featured on the district level!

Pacific Northwest Key Club www.facebook.com/pnwkeyclub

PNWKeyClub @PNWKeyClub www.PNWKeyClub.Weebly.com

Kirkland Kiwanis Christmas Tree Sales These next few weeks, Lake Washington, International, and Juanita Key Clubs will be participating in selling Christmas Trees with the Kirkland Kiwanis as a Key Club fundraiser for Kiwanis’s contribution to our club and DCON funds.

Key Clubs visit Northshore Kiwanis Bothell, Woodinville, and Inglemoor Key Clubs took a visit to their sponsoring Kiwanis. They love interacting with Key Clubbers!

Inglemoor High’s Santa Breakfast On December 14th, Inglemoor will be arranging a “Santa Breakfast” where they will provide activities and a meal for low income families in the Norrthshore area complete with a Santa to take pictures with!

Lake Washington’s Turkey Grams LW sold Turkey Grams to the school during the Thanksgiving season in order to raise money for school supplies, clothing, and books for high school girls in Uganda.

Divisional Happenings Woodinville Wonderland Woodinville High School will be participating in running the Woodinville Wonderland Christmas light show. Because it’s in a residential area, WHS will be directing traffic to make sure that the thousands of visitors each night can navigate safely.

Juanita High School Dance for Eliminate Juanita is in the process of planning a dance for this January to fundraise for Eliminate as well as spreading awareness of the club within the school.

ICS’s Harvest Festival ICS Key Club partnered with their National Honor Society to put together a festival with a bouncy house, photo booth, cotton candy, and more. With Kiwanis’s help, they raised over $2,400!

Redmond High School’s Road Clean Up Redmond High School worked with the Redmond Kiwanis this past month on a road clean-up. The event was a great success and they plan to continue these Adopt-ARoad clean-ups throughout the year.

DCON 2014

Special Guest:

JOSEPH VINCENT

Washington State Convention Center & Sheraton Hotel

Friday, April 4thSunday, April 6th 2014

Registration Packets found HERE

Mark Your Calendars Let it ELIMINATE Benefit Concert: Dec14, 2013 Harambee 6:00-8:00 PM December DCM:

Dec 21, 2013 Location TBD 12:00-3:00 PM

Election Rally:

Jan 11, 2013 Redmond Library 12:30-2:30 PM

DCON 2014:

April 4-6th, 2013 Seattle Convention Center

CLICK HERE for the Facebook Event Page and details

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets:

$10 Pre-order $12 At the door

Kiwanis Information Kiwanis Information

Northshore Bothell Kiwanis High schools: Bothell HS Inglemoor HS, and Woodinville HS When: Wednesday, 7AM Where: Alexa’s Cafe 10115 Main St. Bothell, WA

Redmond Kiwanis High schools: Redmond HS When: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Where: Watercress Bistro 16505 Redmond Way #B-A Redmond, WA Kirkland Kiwanis High schools: International Community School and Lake Washington HS, Juanita HS When: Wednesday, 12PM Where: Hector’s Restaurant Lake St. Kirkland, WA

Sammamish Kiwanis High schools: Eastlake HS When: Wednesday, 7AM Where: Sammamish Lutheran Church 22818 SE 8th St Redmond, WA

December Joint DCM Where: Forgotten Children’s Fund: 20231 72nd Ave South Building 18-236 Kent, WA 98032

Exact DCM Location TBD Time: 12:00-2:00 Service Project 2:00-3:00 DCM/Gift Exchange What: Joint DCM with Div. 32 Forgotten Children’s Fund & Gift Exchange (Bring a gift worth around $5 in order to play White Elephant) This month, we’ll be joining with Division 32 for our DCM. It’s a great way to get to know other members from the district! In the spirit of the service, we will be going to wrap presents for homeless families in Seattle at the Forgotten Children’s Fund warehouse in Kent, WA. The distance is far, but a few people are willing to carpool.

More information will be disseminated closer to the date. To learn more about the cause, visit: http:// forgottenchildrensfund.org/

Contact Information Contact Information Contact Information District Board Governor: Trang Tran Pnwgov.trang@gmail.com Secretary: Hakikat Bains Bains.hakikat@gmail.com Treasurer: Eric Grewal ericgrewal1@gmail.com Bulletin Editor: Sara Thomas slthomas01@gmail.com

Convention Chair: Denny Lim dwhanlim@gmail.com International Trustee: Roshni Chandwani

Roshni.chandwani.kc@gmail.com

District Administrator: John Jay jmjay@comcast.net Assistant District Administrator: Tom Saunders pnwtoms@gmail.com

Division 27 Lieutenant Governor: Ashley Yoo pnwdivision27@gmail.com (425)233-7460 Pinterest, Key Club International, Wisconsin Key Club, Hopelink, Seattle Convention Center, Sheraton Hotel, Dave McMillan,