NYDKC D11 July 2024 Newsletter by Stacy Qu

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Lieutenant's Lieutenant's Greeting Greeting

HeyAll!!

Ihopethesummerhasn’tbeenburningyouguysasyouattend variouseventsandfundraisers!Iamexcitedtopresentourlatest newsletterforJuly.

Eventhoughsummeroftenmeansvacationsandtimeaway,it's inspiringtoseeKeyClubbersintegratingserviceintotheirholiday plans.Whetherit'sparticipatinginlocalprojectswhiletraveling orfindinguniquewaystogivebackduringyourbreak,your commitmenttoserviceshinesbrightly.

Lookingahead,wehavesomanyexcitingthingsplannedfor Augustandtheupcomingschoolyear.Frommynextinperson divisionaltoengagingevents,there'smuchtolookforwardtoas wecontinueourjourneyofmakingapositiveimpact.

RemembertocontinuefillingoutthoseERFS,MRFS,andFRFS!

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While being a few months into the service year, the NY District has surpassed 50% of their Fundraising goal

HappyJuly!

Hope you all are enjoying your summers off! The New York District is working hard to prepare the clubs for the 2024- 2025 school season. With our amazing committees and extensive preparation, the New York District will be one top! NYDKC has earned priority seating at the recognition session at the International convention and an opportunity to meet Past Key Club International President William Sims thanks to our high percentage of members completing Global Leadership Certificate courses! As a small reminder, Key Club does run throughout the summer; our service year is from March 2024- March 2025. Take this time to plan out future key club events for the school year.

AsmanyKeyClubSeniorsarecommittingtoColleges, considercontinuingyourK-familyrelationshipwithCircleK! Stayconnectedby fillingoutthe graduatingKeyClub form!ScantheQR! Goodluckinthe upcomingmonthKey Clubbers!

IInternational nternational TTrustee’s rustee’s Greeting Greeting

Hey NYDKC!

I hope you ’ re all doing well and having a great start to the service year. My name is Allan An, and I have the honor of serving as your International Trustee! The other Districts I serve are the California-Nevada-Hawaii District and Eastern Canada District.

My job as your Trustee is to spread awareness of Key Club’s global presence, connect members to resources, and support you as a friend. If you would like me to, I would be more than happy to speak virtually at any of your events or record a video. Feel free to just let me know.

My platform and goals for this service year are centered around focusing on our past, present, and future. We're at a crucial point in our histor : Ke Club just turned 99 years old! And as we approach our 100th an important to learn from our history so we can maximize o shape a dynamic future for Key Club International.

I'm beyond excited to be working with all of you. Please re any questions or just want to chat!

Yours in Service, Leadership, and Friendship, Allan An International Trustee allan.an@keyclub.org

IIcon con Recap Recap

Hi everyone,

My name is Katy Gottlieb your District Executive Assistant and this July I had the pleasure of attending ICON. ICON stands for International Convention and was held this year in Atlanta, Georgia. ICON was such an amazing experience. I met people from all over the world, pin traded with them and made friendships and connections that will last a lifetime. On the NY District Tour we attended the World of Coca Cola where I tried literally every flavor, we visited the National Center for Civil and Human Rights which was an eye opening experience and visited the Georgia Aquarium where we watched a sea lion and dolphin show. We also attended the Opening Session, heard music from the Savannah College of Art and Design, won free t-shirts, played games, sang Karaoke, did Just Dance, heard from incredible Guest Speakers including Olympic Gymnast Laurie Hernandez, Paralympic swimmer, Evan Austin, and Founder and CEO of The LiTEArary Society Rania Zuri. We also had a meet and greet with past Key Club International President and new country singer W.B. Sims due to highest percentage of GLC courses completed and he even performed a concert for all of ICON. NY also won awards at the Recognition Session, specifically my home club won Distinguished Diamond Club Level Award. Finally, we ended the convention with the closing session and a dance on the last night. Overall, the experience was incredible and it was so great to meet key clubbers from all around the world and to see the sights of Atlanta. I look forward to attending ICON 2025 in Orlando, Florida Katy G.

IIcon con Recap Recap

Updates Updates President

David Robaina

Vice President

Carissa Andorf

MeetYour2024-2025InternationalBoard

International Trustees:

Ethan Schmidt

Sunny Sandhu

Ariana Lee

Armin Sedghi

Aspen Hess

Nicole Bunag

Chikanma Okoisor

Mohammed Ali Al-Sabeh

Lina Mousa

Kevin Hidalgo

Nidhi Rao

Updates Updates

AMENDMENTS

Amendment #1

ARTICLE VI. CLUB OPERATIONS

Section 3. The directors of the club shall be elected from and by the classes they represent at the first meeting of the club following the opening of school in the fall and shall serve for one year or until their successors are duly elected.

Verdict: PASSED

Amendment #2

Article XXI. Revenue

DUES ARE NOW A COLLECTIVE $17

Section 1. Each Key Club shall pay to Key Club International or its designated fiscal agent annual dues of seven dollars (US$7) ten dollars (US$10), being membership dues and subscription to the Key Club International publication for every member, but not including honorary members.

Verdict: PASSED

Article XXI. Revenue

Section 4. Beginning October 1, 2029, and every four (4) years thereafter, an automatic inflation adjustment (hereafter referred to as “adjustment”) shall be made to the Key Club International dues. The adjustment shall be based on the inflation rate for the prior fouryear period and will follow the guidelines stated in the Key Club International Bylaws and Policies.

Verdict: PASSED

Amendment #3 Amendment #4

ARTICLE VII. DISCIPLINE OF CLUBS

Section 1. Any member club more than 60 days in arrears for any indebtedness shall be considered not in good standing and may have its charter and membership herein suspended or revoked by action of the Key Club International Board, provided that notice of said indebtedness shall have been duly sent by mail by the Key Club International director to the official club address and the sponsoring organization. The Key Club International Board may restore such club to membership in Key Club International upon payment of its indebtedness.

Verdict: PASSED

Amendment #5

Article X – Officers

Section 9: Any Key Club International Board Member who is removed from office shall not be eligible to hold or be a candidate for any future Key Club international office. Any Key Club International Board Member who resigns from office may be declared by the Kiwanis Youth Program Board to be ineligible to hold or be a candidate for any future Key Club International office.

Verdict: PASSED

Amendment #6

ARTICLE XX. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION (1/15)

Section 1. The Kiwanis Youth Programs Board of Directors shall have full control of all questions of policy of the official publication. (1/15)

Section 2. The Key Club International director shall serve as the editor of the official publication. (1/15)

Section 3. Each club shall collect from each of its members the subscription price of the official publication as part of the regular membership dues.

Section 4. The official publication shall be published at least two times a year.

Eliminate above sections

Verdict: PASSED

Service Hours Goal

We’re at 48,543!!

215,000 215,000 Fundraising Goal

$$200,000 200,000

We’re at $117,417!!

Through ThroughFundraising Goal Fundraising Goal

Continue to hold these meaningful fundraisers and engaging events!

nearly 60 million adults and hundreds of thousands of children. Over 100 types of arthritis and related conditions damage the joints and often other organs.

On May 6, 1948, the Arthritis Foundation was founded with a goal to attack the challenges of arthritis through a national program to fund medical research and provide better medical services for patients.

DISTRICT PROJECT

DOCTOR’S WITHOUT BORDER

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) offers medical humanitarian assistance to people based solely on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation. Our teams of doctors, nurses, logisticians, and other frontline workers are often among the first on the scene when peoples’ lives are upended by conflict, disease outbreaks, or natural or human-made disasters

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We’retheBronxandWe’retheBronxand ManhattanofNewYork! ManhattanofNewYork!

Winlly Huang

OnJune28th,CardozohostedaFieldDayFundraiserin collaborationwith6otherschools:Bayside,QHSS, Townsend,FrancisLewisBrooklynTech,andus, Millennium!IttookplaceattheAlleyPondParkinQueens andwedidmanyfunactivitiessuchasthree-leggedrace, tugofwar,waterballoonfights,bracelet-making, temporarytattoosandface-painting,andthehighlightof theevent:PAY2PIE!Pay2Pieiswhereyoupaytopie peopleonalltheschool’sboardsandthisistraditionally themostfunandbestfundraiserforourcause.Wewere abletoraiseover$1500fortheArthritisFoundation,the

Governor’sProject.

It was Millennium’s first time participating in such a big Key Club collaboration and it’s a huge milestone for us as we ’ re becoming more well-known in the community, despite being a small school. Cardozo, the main organizers of the event, reached out to us to be part of the fundraiser. We were ecstatic to be considered, even though I had concerns about our ability to provide attendees. As we predicted, not many people from our school were able to come due to the far location from our school, but our school provided the tug of war rope and bracelet-making materials. My board and I had so much fun pieing and throwing water balloons at each other; it was a great bonding experience. I hope Millennium is part of the event again next year and hopefully we ’ ve convinced more Millennium and D11 Key Clubbers to join! It was truly worth it.

Millenium High School

Follow @millenniumkeyclub on Instagram to see our pieing video xD

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IslandofNewYork! IslandofNewYork!

Annelise Broccolo

North Shore High School

We had Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches galore in our North Shore High School Cafeteria Kitchen on Friday for the Nassau Bicycle Challenge. This bike race is hosted by the Kiwanis Club of North Shore and a great event for fun and active community involvement! Even faced with a sticky situation, our Key Club members made 150 sandwiches in one hour so bikers can refuel at three different rest stops during their race. The bike race has been an event for Kiwanis for thirty years and us as Key Clubbers could not be happier to have been involved in it. It was so great to know that we were helping others in a great journey to start off the summer. Our small gesture can put smiles on so many faces and we are excited to continue this tradition with even more members for many more years!