D25 March Newsletter

New York District Key Club | Division 25

Monthly Newsletter March 2021

WHAT'S INSIDE:

LTG Update | 2

LTG Welcome | 3

House of Delegates |

Awards Booklet | 5

Governor's Bulletin | 6

Service Spotlight | 7

Sponsored

Service Goal Updates &

Projects | 8-11

Fundraising Ideas | 12

New York Minute | 15

Paperwork Tracker & Social

District Executive

Divisional Contact

Board | 13

Info | 14

Media | 16

DIVISION 25 NEWSLETTER | MARCH 2021

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LTG UPDATE Hello wonderful people!

This year has gone by so quickly, and I'm so proud of everything we've been able to achieve as a division. From our CharityMiles fundraisers to divisionals to all of the wonderful service projects I saw each of your clubs participating in, we certainly made an impact on our communities, and I am so grateful for this opportunity to have gotten to know so many of you.

While the service year is coming to a close, we still have a few major events to look forward to! The annual leadership training conference is coming up, so keep an eye out for updates regarding that over the next few weeks. Also, club secretaries need to be sure to fill out their Annual Achievement Report, which can be found here. Finally, we have a House of Delegates meeting coming up on the 20th of this month, so read on to find out houw to sign up for that.

Thank you all for a wonderful year, and as always be sure to reach out to me with any questions you might have!

Yours in service, Kasia Kalinski

LTC 2021 Empire State of Mind May 13th-14th $25 per attendee

(non-refundable)

click here to learn more!

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DIVISION 25 NEWSLETTER | MARCH 2021

WELCOME TO OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT,

Ava Linder!

Ava is currently a junior at Holland High School, and has been an active member of Key Club for all three years - serving as both Vice President & President in the past two years. Her interests include track, soccer, and basketball, and she loves spending time with family and friends. We're so excited to welcome her to the district board!

"I am very excited to be your LTG this coming year and look forward to meeting and working with everyone!"

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House of Delegates registration

We need two members from each club to register to attend the House of Delegates meeting on March 20th at 11:00 am. We will be voting on a new District Board for the 2021-2022 school year, and it's super important that you attend to represent your club!

Register using the form below by Tuesday, March 16th at 5:00 pm.

Registration Form

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AWARDS BOOKLET

LTC 2021 is coming up soon, and you know what that means - lots of opportunities to get your club, members, and faculty recognized during awards! Look through this year's Awards Booklet by clicking the icon below, and see which you may be eligible to apply for!

awards booklet

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SERVICE SPOTLIGHT East

Aurora East

High

Aurora,

School NY

This past month our Key Club at East Aurora was lucky enough to be able to partner with Vanessa Frost, owner of Musejar, to create cards for the local nursing home, Absolut Care. Residents at this and many other nursing homes have had to stay in quarantine, without seeing any family members since almost the start of the pandemic for obvious health related reasons, making it a very difficult past few months for them. With this in mind, as a club, we wanted to find a way to safely put a smile on the faces of the nursing home residents and bring some joy into their lives. Similar to the hearts being put up around East Aurora which spread the message of unity and strength, we decided on making heart cards with special and uplighting sayings written on each of them. We had about 20 of our members come and create these cards, eventually allowing us to end up with over 230 cards for every single resident at the nursing home. It truly was a special event that all of our members enjoyed participating in, and we hope as a club that these cards do bring joy and happiness into the lives of the nursing home residents.

Bridget Zagrobelny Vice President, East Aurora Key Club

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INTERNATIONAL Key

Club

Partner

Up with People is a charity unlike any you've heard of.

This traveling music performance group tours the globe with a mission of empowering youth to build a network of respectful, engaged, and understanding global citizens.

They perform international and contemporary music & dance in countless venues and bring with them a message of hope & unity. By giving to this charity, you provide performance education to youth and allow them to create a more universal impact, as they go on to realize their individual capacity to make change, long after their tour is over.

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INTERNATIONAL Key

Club

Partner

Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works with the support of young people to END the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water. By providing a community with safe drinking water, disease rates can drop by up to 88% virtually overnight, and child mortality rates can drop up to 90%!

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GOVERNOR'S PROJECT Canines

for

Disabled

Kids

Each year, our District Governor selects a charity to consolidate our fundraising efforts as a district community. Canines for disabled kids provides scholarships for kids who need guide dogs, counseling for families who are considering a service dog, and education to schools and businesses worldwide. In doing so, CDK gives children and their families a sense of independence, and advocates for individuals with service animals.

DISTRICT PROJECT Project

Hope

Project HOPE strives to provide medical training in order to build a strong and resilient global community of health care workers. Its volunteers work to create long-term solutions rather than quick fixes in the areas of natural disasters, infectious diseases, maternal & child health, and health policy.

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DISTRICT ENDORSED PROJECT Kiwanis Trauma

Pediatric Center

The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center is a clinic located in Long Island, New York that is dedicated to serving unique care for children in extreme situations (e.g. trauma injuries). It also serves a number of other functions, such as outreach to parents and educational programs.

You can support this charity by raising $1,000 for a Trauma Kit, a child-sized ambulance equipment kit which is compiled to meet most on-scene emergency needs of children. The kits are donated to fire departments and ambulance services under the auspices of the local Kiwanis clubs in each community.

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SERVICE GOALS 2020-2021

FUNDRAISING 97%

of

$120,000

SERVICE HOURS 82%

of

90,000

service ideas HOST A LIVESTREAMED TRIVIA OR BINGO FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE GOVERNOR'S OR DISTRICT PROJECT! BECOME A VOLUNTEER ON BOOKSHARE, A SITE THAT LETS YOU SCAN OR EDIT BOOKS FOR PEOPLE WITH READING DISABILITIES DOWNLOAD BE MY EYES - THIS APP CONNECTS SIGHTED VOLUNTEERS WITH BLIND INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLETE EVERYDAY TASKS THAT REQUIRE VISION ANSWER TRIVIA QUESTIONS ON BEANBEANBEAN TO DONATE MONEY TO FOOD BANKS WRITE CARDS TO FIRST RESPONDERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND TEACHERS TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE AND INTEGRITY DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS!

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EXECUTIVE BOARD Governor Mariam Makar governor@nydkc.org

Secretary Jason Xiong secretary@nydkc.org

Treasurer Winnie Huang treasurer@nydkc.org

Bulletin Editor Rachel Joh editor@nydkc.org

External Executive Assistant Anthony Lim anthonylim.ea@nydkc.org

Internal Executive Assistant Tatiana Solodova tatianasolodova.ea@nydkc.org

Webmaster Kristen Lew webmaster@nydkc.org

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DIVISIONAL contact

information

Division 25 Lieutenant Governor: Kasia Kalinski | division25@nydkc.org

Kiwanis Committee Representative: Kevin Love | klove.wsk@gmail.com

District Administrator: John Goldstein | nydkca@frontier.com

Assistant Administrator: Michael Berthel | mjberthel@gmail.com

Assistant Administrator: Jason Steiner | ianjs@aol.com

Circle K LTG: Lilian Zheng | Lilian.zheng@nycirclek.org

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A new issue of the New York Minute is out on the NYDKC website!!

Check out the Fall edition of the Empire Key!

Submit your publications for the Empire Key here!

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