December Mon-Key Volume 1 Issue 4 2024-2025

MON-Key

THE BUSINESS LEAD

Volume 1 Issue 4

Table of C

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Table of Contents & Editor’s Letter 02 DCON Ladder Points & Registration Information 03 Running for a District Board Position 04 ICON 05 December Centennial Challenge 06 Winter Spotlights 07 FAQ form & Key Club Spirit Animal 15 Holiday Service Project Ideas 16 14 days of the Governor’s Project 18 Resources 20 the fourth is re e H ! a n a t n Contacts 22 Hello Mo , your Key

LETTER FROM THE 24 -25

MT EDITOR

on-Key M e h t f o n io it d e ublication. p e iv t a rm o f in Club district at winter re g a e v a h ll a I hope you and cozy. In y f m o c y a t s d season an out more d in f l il w u o y e this issu ON, see IC d n a N O C D information on spotlights, get b lu c r u o y f o some pirations, s in e ic rv e s y a some holid . Enjoy! and much more Yours in service,

@mtkeyclubbulletineditor@gmail.com

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Annual Achievement Report Registration

DCON

Pre - DCON Checklist Dues paid Annual Achievement report filled out and sent to Michelle Preston

SAVE THE DATE! DCON is March 23-25 2025

Billings Hotel and Convention Center

Registration filled out for members attending

Annual Achievement report

Due Dates Annual Achievement report due by March 19 2025

Registration due date is to be determined Candidate bio forms for anyone running for a board position are due in February

Required for all Key Clubs per Key Club International Board Policies

Calculates your clubs achievements

Keeps track of your clubs’ 2024-2025 service year

If your club hasn’t already started filling it out, start ASAP (Can be hard to remember what

your club has done if you fill it out last minute)

Link to report

DCON information link

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RUNNING FOR A DISTRICT BOARD POSITION Contested positions Governor Secretary Tech Master Bulletin Editor Lieutenant Governor - Guide

Candidate & Election Procedure Pack Gives you more information on how to run and what the typical election cycle will look like

If you are at all interested in running to be a member on the board, you must fill out this candidate bio form by February, it gives you more time to campaign at DCON!

Candidate Bio Form 4

The Centennial Year ICONic Convention

In Orlando, Fl

July 2-6 2025 At Key Club International’s Convention Participate in engaging workshops and hear from inspiring speakers.

Forge lifelong friendships.

Showcase your club and district projects.

Help elect 2025-26 Key Club leaders and vote on amendments.

Join in honoring 100 years of service — a century of dedication and excellence!

Interested in attending?

Start fundraising Secure Sponsorships To get started utilize Internationals Sponsorship Toolkit

More information including registration will soon be out on the Montana Key Club website!

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1. 10% increase in DCON attendance 2. 10% increase in ICON attendance Equals two steps closer to winning the Centennial Challenge 6

Frenchtown, Missoula Sentinel, Missoula Hellgate, Missoula Big Sky, Loyola-Sacred Heart, Florence, & Stevensville The Florence Key Club put on their annual Mr. Falcon Pageant, which hosted a huge competition where senior and junior boys battled for the title of Mr. Falcon. When the dust settled, Junior Mattix Chase rose to victory with his lip syncing and magic tricks, and won the big prize. Key Clubbers contributed with set-up, take-down, and worked during the show.

Each member received around 6 hours of service. The club raised $350 for the Wattson's Children Center. The Florence Key Club moves their sights toward a busy holiday season, including delivering presents for teachers, a raffle for a signed Griz football and basketball, and their Winter Ball dance.

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Butte High, Butte Central, Anaconda, & Dillon

This month the Anaconda Key Club is working on making a giant care package to send a student with cancer who is currently receiving treatment. Each member plans on writing her a special message filled with Copperhead pride.

Want your club to be spotlighted? Reach out to your LTG. Their contact info can be found on the contact page. (Make sure to include photos and details)

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Billings Senior, Billings Skyview, Billings West, Columbus, Shepherd After about 6-7 hours of making preparations for their school dance, 23 members of the Billings Skyview Key Club threw an extravagant Twerp on November 22nd. They also made wreaths for their local assisted living homes.

Want your club to be spotlighted? Reach out to your LTG. Their contact info can be found on the contact page. (Make sure to include photos and details)

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Miles City, Glendive, Terry, Sidney Several members from the DCHS Key Club helped out at a Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit. Members served many types of soup to community members who participated at the benefit. Five Key Clubbers helped in total.

This month the Sidney Key Club is doing a winter wellness drive. They have boxes put up in their main hallway and in their library so that people can drop off coats, hats, gloves, and non-perishable food.

Their goal is to acquire 300 items in total. They are currently at 46. At the end of December Sidney will donate the clothes to the Boys and Girls Club or Salvation Army and the food will 10 go to the food bank.

Bozeman, Gallatin, Belgrade, Lewistown, Harlowton In Bozeman the Bozeman High School Key Club made reindeer hot chocolate bags for Family Promise and also donated 1200 pounds of food to their local food banks.

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Havre, Malta, Glasgow, Shelby

Havre Key Club has already started their annual free will donation Christmas Wrap. There will be 2 more following Sundays for more wrapping.

Glasgow Key Club brought in everything needed for a turkey dinner for 3 families in need. The club paid for the turkeys and the butter.

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Polson & Eureka

In November, the Polson Key Club’s main service project was to partner with Elk’s Club to prepare their Annual Thanksgiving Feast from the 25th through the 27th. They helped with preparation for over 1,300 free meals for pick-up or delivery, set up, move boxes, and cleaning up.

Seven members volunteered, and they accumulated over 12 hours of service!

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East Helena High, Helena High, Helena Capital, Great Falls High, & CMR High

Key Clubbers at CMR and Great Falls got together and made dog treats that they sold to raise money for the Maclean-Cameron Animal Center.

CMR students also participated in a yearly tradition of writing letters to Veterans for Veterans Day.

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Discover your Key Club Spirit Animal Quiz Use this form to ask any questions you have about Key Club that you would like answered in the MonKey 15

Holiday Servic

Host a toy drive Winter coat/gloves/ hat drive Throw a holiday party with a local after school program for kids in the community

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ce Projects Holiday pet photoshoot

olunteer for Salvation Army bellringing

Winter care packages for residents at assisted living homes

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Reso New Member Handbook click here MT district bylaws click here Key Club international guidebook click here Club president guide click here Club VP guide click here 20

urces Club secretary guide click here Club treasurer guide click here Club adviser guide click here Secretary report form click here GLC click here 21

Contact the board

Montana Key Club

mtkeyclub406@gmail.com Governor Aika Lanes mtkeyclubgov@gmail.com Secretary Orion Walker mtkeyclubdistrictsecretary@gmail.com Webmaster Haylee Nay mtkeyclubtechmaster@gmail.com Bulletin Editor Raya Lucas mtkeyclubbulletineditor@gmail.com LTG 1 Lane Wicks mtkeyclubltg1@gmail.com LTG 3 Ian Bray mtkeyclubltg03@gmail.com LTG 4 Elora Swan mtkeyclubltg04@gmail.com LTG 5 Olivia Sverdrup mtkeyclubltg5@gmail.com LTG 6 Connor Whitmer mtkeyclubltg06@gmail.com LTG 7 Cadence Kallenberger mtkeyclubltg7@gmail.com LTG 8 Houston Hayes mtkeyclubltg8@gmail.com LTG 9 Copen Earley mtkeyclubltg9@gmail.com

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Tis’ the Key Club season

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@montanakeyclub

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