Governor’s Address Greetings, Georgia Key Clubbers!
As school begins once again, I would like to welcome you all to a new year that will surely be filled with service to our homes, schools and communities. It is my distinct pleasure to be able to serve this year with excellent servant leaders such as yourselves. I know that you have the potential to bring, not only Key Club, but more importantly, the world, to new heights. As Key Clubbers, we are not only capable of making a difference, but we are already doing just that. The challenge for this year is to step it up. When planning the year ahead, remember all of Key Club’s Preferred Charities and especially the District Project, Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes. Whether you choose to fundraise for the Children’s Miracle Network, ELIMINATE, the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes, March of Dimes or a charity of your choice, make sure to put your all into it. Each and every one of you is changing lives. Make it count. I cannot stress enough the importance of keeping a Key Club calendar with different service projects and district events planned from the start of the school year. Plan your events for the year early and don’t put off working on them until the last minute; one of the most important priorities for Key Club is being organized. Also, remember to emphasize the fun in Key Club. Yes, we are all making a difference in our world, but it is also important to make friends with your fellow Key clubbers! I hope to see you all at the Georgia Leadership Training Conference (GLTC) at Six Flags over Georgia on August 25th! I cannot stress enough how essential this training is to the success of the district and the individual club leadership. Being an officer is confusing at times, but GLTC will clear up any questions that you have about being a Key Club Officer and will also tell you how to be the best officers and members that your club has ever seen. On top of the officer training, remember that November is Kiwanis Family Month! I challenge each club to reach out and perform at least one joint service project with as many branches of Kiwanis as possible! It can be anything from picking up trash on the side of the road or fundraising for ELIMINATE. Show how appreciative you are for everything Kiwanis does for Key Club as an organization! Reach out to your local Kiwanis, Builder’s Club, K-Kids, Circle K and Aktion clubs. It will be an experience you will never forget. Our K-Family is such an invaluable resource to us, and we shouldn’t let it go to waste. Again, I am ecstatic about this year and the possibilities that are ahead of us. We can change the world for the better, and it is totally within our power to do just that. Thank you for everything you are doing as a part of Key Club and as a part of everything else you do as a leader. I look forward to the rest of the year; as I said before, we will change the world. Yours in service, Gabe Newbern District Governor of the Georgia District of Key Club International