Key News Issue 2

KEY NEWS

7/25/21 ISSUE 02

INDIANA DISTRICT

UPDATES From the executive board and committee chairs

SLC A recap and introduction of the new board

UPCOMING EVENTS Key Leader and Key Clubbers Got Talent announcements

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AA QUICK QUICK EDITOR'S EDITOR'S NOTE NOTE CARYSSA ROARK

WHAT'S INSIDE PARTNERSHIPS REMINDERS HIGHLIGHTS YOF UPDATES SLC RECAP INT. BOARD KEY LEADER KCGT

Hey Indiana Key Clubbers - welcome to my second issue of Key News! I had a lot of fun making this magazine, no matter how much I stressed out about it. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did creating it!

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PARTNERS & CHARITIES Visit keyclub.org to learn more!

MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH REMINDERS REMINDERS

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CLUB HIGHLIGHT South Spencer High School Lincoln Division 2021-2022 Officers

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YOUTH YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES FUND FUND The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is an endowed fund for Key Club International held within the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. YOF grants can help you take action.

Look around and identify service that needs to be done in your school, community or the world.

Then apply for a grant.

Grant Grant Basics: Basics: YOF grants are only given to Key Clubs. Grants are not given to divisions or districts.

Grant amounts between $250 to US$2,000 may be requested.

Applications must be submitted online by October 15 at 11:59 PM, EST. Applications are reviewed by the Key Club board at the November meeting.

Grant applicants are emailed of outcomes the first week of January.

A list of grant recipients is posted online the third week of January.

The previous year’s dues must be paid before YOF grant checks can be issued.

A YOF Final Grant Report is due at the end of the grant cycle (January 1).

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YOUTH YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES FUND FUND GET GET READY READY TO TO APPLY APPLY IN IN SEPTEMBER! SEPTEMBER! To begin an application in Foundant, our new online grant-making system, you must first create a club account on Foundant.

This can be done from the Logon Page by clicking “Create New Account”. Once your account is created, you can log in, then click on “Apply” and choose your preferred application language from the available selection. You will need to know your Key Club name, ID number, and District to begin the application. This information can be found on the Membership Update Center.

Once your club already has a Foundant account, you will use the existing login credentials. Please do not create another account if your club has previously applied via Foundant.

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GOVERNOR GOVERNOR UPDATE UPDATE ELIJAH PUENTE Hi Indiana! I hope all is well and everyone is enjoying their Summer! Lately I have been working on a number of things, and I am excited for all of the new opportunities and additions coming to our already outstanding district! I've spent a lot of my time this past quarter supporting our District Committees so they can achieve all that they are capable of. Also, I attended SLC with the Executive Board where I cast my vote in the International Board election, and Leadcon where I received additional training for my position. I am beyond excited to soon introduce you all to our District's new International Trustee. Currently, I am working on my Governor's Project so that I can share it all with you, and hopefully, you will be inclined to share it with many others, so be on the lookout for that! I want to take a moment to express my gratitude for our INDB. The INDB is made up of a wonderful, caring group of servant leaders that work constantly to uphold our district in the best way possible. If you have not reached out to your division's Lieutenant Governor, I highly encourage you to. You may learn about some outstanding opportunities or make a new friend. As always, thank you for your continued dedication to our organization, everything you do is appreciated and you matter.

ELIJAH'S CONTACT INFORMATION: INGOVERNOR.KCI@GMAIL.COM

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EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE BOARD BOARD UPDATES UPDATES SHENYI GONG - SEC/TREAS Hello Indiana! I hope you have all been doing fantastically amazing! As your secretary/treasurer, I have been making monthly reports for both the Lt. G's and you to fill out. The purpose of these reports is to let the district know if there are any problems and to remind you of any important information, so please fill them out!

I have also been working on our budget for this year, which is really exciting!

As for the future, I am really looking forward to Key Clubbers Got Talent (which you should definitely help by sending in a video of you and your amazing talents) and meeting all of you at the annual Fall Rally. Let's keep up the hard work and continue in making this a great service year Key Clubbers!!

SHENYI'S CONTACT INFORMATION: INSECRETARYTREASURER.KCI@GMAIL.COM

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EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE BOARD BOARD UPDATES UPDATES CARYSSA ROARK - EDITOR Hi (again)! I am enjoying the summer so far, and I hope you are too. Between soccer practice, Key Club work, and vacations, it has been pretty busy. With Key Club, I have been working on this magazine (obviously), reviewing newsletters created by our Lieutenant Governors, and helping out with social media. I also got the privilege of flying out to Orlando, FL to attend ICON! It was an unforgettable experience and I am so thankful that I was able to go. Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading the rest of this and have a great start to the school year!

CARYSSA'S CONTACT INFORMATION: INBULLETINEDITOR.KCI@GMAIL.COM

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EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE BOARD BOARD UPDATES UPDATES ANGELINA DALLOUL - WEBMASTER Hi Indiana! I hope your summers have treated you all extremely well and you have been able to enjoy it while continuing to serve others! Personally, I have been hard at work ensuring the website is updated and maintained. You can visit the website (inkeyonline.org) to learn more about our Adult Administrators, view the meeting minutes from the Indiana District Board gatherings, and much more.

In addition to the website, I have been posting regularly on our social media accounts, highlighting June Workday, SLC, and various other events. Next, I have been working alongside the Service Committee in an effort to help create a service project directory. When this is completed, members and advisors will be able to travel to our website and browse through countless service projects which they can then implement in their clubs. I also had the opportunity to attend SLC in person and it was well worth it. There was just something about being in a room full of other people who share the same passion for serving as you: it was truly inspiring. From the informational workshops to the inspirational keynote speakers, my entire SLC experience was one to remember. Alas, I should bid you all adieu and wish you all a successful start to your school years!

ANGELINA'S CONTACT INFORMATION: INWEBMASTER.KCI@GMAIL.COM

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Service Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR DANICA DUNN Hey Key Club! My name is Danica Dunn and I am a senior at Rivet High School in Vincennes, Indiana. This year will be my third year in Key Club, with my home club being Knox County Key Club. I am proud to be the 2021-2022 Buffalo Trace Lieutenant Governor and also your Indiana Service Committee Chair. This is my first year in both of these positions, and I’ve been so excited to learn all that there is to know about Key Club through these roles. I plan to help guide my committee in creating amazing service opportunities for all Indiana Key Clubbers! For me, being the 2021-2022 Indiana Service Committee Chair has created a new mindset within me, a mindset of others above self.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Committee Chair: Danica Dunn Service Project Directory: Kenjie DeCastro Indiana E-Club: Kayley Gertz, Esther Cer Key Clubbers Got Talent: Gianna Rodriguez, Alyssa Toscani, Olivia Aichner, Shanena Knight

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES WHAT IS THE SERVICE COMMITTEE?

Service Committee

The Indiana Service Committee is broken up into three amazing subcommittees: Service Project Directory, Indiana E-Club, and Key Clubbers Got Talent! The goal of the Service Project Directory and Indiana E-Club subcommittees is to ensure that service projects ideas are easily accessible to and reach all Indiana Key Clubbers through online platforms. The mission of Key Clubbers Got Talent is to give every child a chance by hosting an annual telethon raising money for Riley Children’s Hospital. The entire Service Committee strives to create and market safe, effective service projects for Indiana Key Clubbers to utilize.

WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN UP TO? The Service Committee members have been hard at work in their assigned subcommittees. Service Project Directory members have been collecting service project ideas from Key Clubbers from all over the state and organizing information about them to eventually be posted to the directory webpage. Indiana E-Club members have been gathering information and advice from other districts that have started an E-Club (an entirely online-based Key Club). The members will now be working on advertising our own E-Club to high schools in Indiana without Key Clubs. Key Clubbers Got Talent members have been busier than ever preparing for the KCGT Talent Show Telethon taking place on October 9, 2021! Some members have been active on social media advertising the event, while some have been working to pursue sponsorships, create a t-shirt design, collaborate with Riley to create a website, and much more.

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Marketing Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR IVY YODER Hello All! My name is Ivy Yoder and I am the Marketing Committee Chair. I am from Bloomington, Indiana and I am an incoming junior. Last year I served as the Hoosier Division LTG. This year, I am excited to serve as the Scenic Hills LTG and the Marketing Committee chair!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Committee Chair: Ivy Yoder Inclusivity Awareness: Vancer Mang, Ishna Kesti Videography: Karli LoDuca, Chloe LaVelle Posting: Sophia Ramlo, Hayden Hughes

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Marketing Committee

WHAT IS THE MARKETING COMMITTEE?

WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN UP TO?

The Marketing Committee's main goal is to successfully promote, manage, update, and maintain Indiana’s website and social media platforms while working alongside the other committees to publish useful information for all clubs and members.

This year we are especially working hard to make Key Club a more inclusive and educated club. We plan to utilize the Indiana Key Club social media accounts to educate and spread the word on how to be inclusive.

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

K-Fam Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR JACOB LEE Hello! My name is Jacob Lee and I am the committee chair of the Kiwanis Family & Connections Committee as well as the Sycamore South Lieutenant Governor for the 2021-2022 year. This is my second year as an Indiana District Board member and I am so excited to continue working with the district! I am also very excited to make new friends from all over the state of Indiana who shares one of my biggest interests: service.

The plan that I hope to accomplish with my committee is to maintain strong ties and often communicate with the Kiwanis Family and all of Key Club's partnerships and preferred charities.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Committee Chair: Jacob Lee Kiwanis Family: Maya Narayan, Srilekha Davuluri Riley's Hospital: Evan Pound Partners: Marco Sustaita, Ayaan Abbasi

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES WHAT IS THE K-FAM COMMITTEE?

K-Fam Committee

The Kiwanis Family & Connections Committee has the goal to reach out to every Key Club partnership, form strong connections with the Kiwanis Family, and work with Riley's Hospital for Children. The Kiwanis Family & Connections Committee also works with the other district committees to help spread the word of all of Key Club's associations.

WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN UP TO? The Kiwanis Family & Connections Committee has been working mostly on introducing the committee and district to all of Key Club's partnerships. We also have been getting in touch with the Indiana District Key Club's Circle K and Kiwanis counterparts and offered any help they needed. The Riley's Hospital for Children subcommittee has been contacting Amber regularly as well as working with the Key Clubber Got Talent subcommittee from the Service Committee. Overall, we are working very hard and I cannot be any more proud of my committee!

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Events & Planning Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR MEGHAN HORN Hello Everyone! My name is Meghan Horn, I am a senior at Hobart High School, and this is my third year as a member of Key Club! I am currently serving as the Events and Planning Committee Chair, and I couldn’t be more excited about this year’s district events! I am also serving as the Calumet Division Lieutenant Governor! Last year, I served on the Events and Planning Committee as a member of the Themes Subcommittee! This sparked my drive to become more involved in the Key Club family, and now I’m a member of the Indiana District Board!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Committee Chair: Meghan Horn Themes: Talia Mahmoud Promotions: Louis Gallegos, Miya Walda, Olivia Klinge Programming: Mary Higdon, Brooke Blanchard, Lorna Ding, Kendall Lemon, Abigail Thomas

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Events & Planning Committee

WHAT IS THE EVENTS & PLANNING COMMITTEE?

The Events and Planning Committee has many responsibilities such as planning all district events, setting the agendas, and making sure that all attendees have an amazing experience. Being a part of this committee is hard work, but it all pays off!

Our committee members get to spend their time decorating for district events, planning out icebreakers, and planning out fun activities!

WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN UP TO? Recently, our committee has been working on Fall Rally 2021!

We have been in contact with venues and working on planning out the day! Between working with the Marketing Committee and the Officer Training & Tips committee, our committee members have had their hands full! I can’t wait for Fall Rally 2021!

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Member Development Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR SKYLAR YOUNG Hello all! My name is Skylar Young and I am the committee chair of the Member Development Committee. I am a rising senior and am from the South Spencer Key Club. Outside of Key Club, I am a member of the cheer, swim, and tennis teams at my school. I also am in my school's top choir, the Rebel Singers. We will have the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall next summer! I am incredibly excited! In Key Club, I serve as the Lincoln Division Lieutenant Governor. I am honored to have been selected as the Member Development Committee chair. This year, our main goal is to assist clubs in reactivation due to COVID. I am incredibly proud of the work our committee has done thus far and can not wait for it to be shared!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Committee Chair: Skylar Young Officer Training and Tips: Samaira Lee, Par Tha Chin Sung, and Hailey St. Louis Member Recruitment and Retention; Ayla Torres, Lauren Grant, and Alexandra Hill

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COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UPDATES UPDATES

Member Development Committee

WHAT IS THE MEMBER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE?

The Member Development committee's main goal is to increase membership in the district by creating, promoting, and distributing various resources to Lt. Gs and clubs. It is made of three subcommittees: Officer Training and Tips, Member Recruitment and Retention, and Club Chartering and Reactivation.

WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN UP TO? The Officer Training and Tips subcommittee is diligently working to create flyers to emphasize the importance of holding elections, submitting contact information, and recommendations for summer planning. They are also making a resource for Officer training.

The Member Recruitment and Retention subcommittee is devoted to creating nine different recruitment resources, a directory of icebreakers and activities, and working alongside the Videography subcommittee to create a Key Club recruitment video. The Club Chartering and Reactivation subcommittee is working on the rebuilding since COVID and chartering new Key Clubs!

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SUMMER SUMMER LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE CONFERENCE RECAP RECAP INTERNATIONAL BOARD The second Summer Leadership Conference was a smashing success!

The three-day hybrid event consisted of informational yet exciting workshop sessions, inspirational keynote speakers, and guests from all over the world. Our speakers educated us on topics ranging from the value of promises made and kept to the dangers of multitasking through its correlation to lowered efficiency. We were also introduced to our new

"CARING... OUR WAY OF LIFE."

International partnerErika’s Lighthouse- an organization devoted to mental health awareness, teen depression prevention, and suicide prevention. The Indiana District cannot wait to work closely with Erika’s Lighthouse to ensure that their reach and resources are spread to each club in Indiana. We hope to see you at next year's conference in Washington D.C.!

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SUMMER SUMMER LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE CONFERENCE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

CARYSSA ROARK Words cannot describe the way I felt at SLC. Being in a room full of people from around the nation who share the same passion as me after such a long year was truly amazing. Although I was not directly involved in the voting process, it was still cool to see how everything went down. I learned a lot about communication and my future through the workshops I attended.

Cool enough, two of the workshop speakers were from Indiana!

"ALL OUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE IF WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSUE THEM." -WALT DISNEY

Before and after the conference times, we were able to walk across the street to Disney Springs. Outside of the conference, the weekend was full of delicious food, shopping, and taking Instagram pictures! On Sunday (after SLC was already over with), our district and the Kansas district went to Disney's Animal Kingdom! I loved that the first time I went to Disney World was with Key Club!

2021-2022 INTERNATIONAL BOARD

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SALMA ELDEEB

MELANIE KIM

2021-2022 INTERNATIONAL BOARD

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INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEES

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KEY KEY LEADER LEADER 2021 2021 Key Leader is coming up soon! This event is a personal growth opportunity and is open to ALL high school students, Key Club or not. It starts Friday afternoon, November 5th, and ends on Sunday, November 7th, at noon. The Key Leader program includes large and small group discussions, personal reflection time, a ”challenge course,” and video-based activities. Participants make new friends in their “Neighborhood” and beyond, develop servant leadership skills, set goals, and HAVE FUN! For more information go to inkeyonline.org and click on EVENTS or visit Key Leader Indiana District on Facebook. To Register, visit this link: https://indianakeyleader.regfox.com/indianakey-leader-2021. Watch this video to see some of the fantastic times at Key Leader 2019: https://youtu.be/hTHpiGC7hAs

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Key Clubbers Got Talent is a studentled organization where Key Club members of the Indiana District come together to host an online telethon, hoping to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children. Every year, the hospital treats over 300,000 pediatric patients. Unfortunately, some families are not able to afford the cost of their child’s care. Because of this, we have decided to continue the legacy of the talent show telethon, hoping that we can give each child the chance they deserve. This year, we have created a goal of $15,000 in donations. All proceeds will be donated directly to Riley Hospital for Children helping families save their children. Although we have only been established since the beginning of 2020, our goal is to carry down Key Clubbers Got Talent for decades to come. Every donation, video submission, and sponsorship aids in giving children around the country a chance to live a happy and healthy life.

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How can you help? The Key Clubbers Got Talent committee will begin to accept talent submissions starting August 1st, so begin brainstorming!

Keep in mind that your video submission can be recent or you can choose to send us a video from the past. Additionally, we ask that all Key Clubbers pay a minimum donation of $5 which will go directly towards Riley Hospital for Children. As some of you may know, your LTG is also helping us out with sponsorships and donations, so be sure to remind your clubs! We deeply appreciate your contributions and support. <3

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CONCLUSION CONCLUSION Thank you so much for reading this far! If you're still here, email me your favorite summer 2021 memory. I'm currently on vacation in Michigan, and then I'm leaving for Florida next week! I hope you all are enjoying your summer as much as I am, whether that includes vacation or getting ready for school.

If you need anything, don't hesitate to reach out to me via email or text (219-276-9560). I want to be here as a resource for you all in both Key Club and life in general.

Until next time!

With love,

Caryssa

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