February Mon-Key Volume 1 Issue 6 2024-2025

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Volume 1 Issue 6

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Table of Contents & Editors Letter 02 State of the District 3 DCON Awards & Contests 4 Important Dates & DCON Registration 5 DCON Sneak Peek 6 January-February spotlights 8 February Service Projects 16 Resources 17 FROM THE R E T T E L Contacts 19 24 -25 MT EDITOR

the sixth is re e H ! a n a t n Hello Mo ey, your Key K n o M e h t f o edition ublication. p e iv t a rm o f in Club district ost at it’s lm a is r a e y e ic As the serv ed reading y jo n e e ’v u o y d end I hope as I liked h c u m s a y e K the Mon u will find o y e u s is is h t creating it. In tate of the s e h t f o w ie rv an ove rmation, and o f in N O C D , t c distri joy! much more. En Yours in service,

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2024-25 The District is closer to it’s goal of 1,000 members with officially 921 members.

In total, the clubs in the MT Key Club District have contributed over 114 hours to the Governor’s Project.

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Awards + Contests DCON 2025 Contests 1) Key Club Quiz Bowl Test your Key Club knowledge head to head against other Key Clubbers 2) Oratory Contest Write a speech responding to a prompt given ahead of time 3) Essay Contest Respond to a Key Club related prompt in an allotted time frame 4) Key Club Promotional Video Contest 5) Year in Review: Traditional & NonTraditional Scrapbook Contests 6) Member Recruitment Poster Contest

Caucus Themes Division 1,3, & 7: Arctic Division 5: Ocean Division 4 & 6; Savannah/Desert Division 8 & 9:Rainforest

Award & contests packet link with detailed descriptions and applications

Application Awards Distinguished Club Sgt. at Arms AIDSpirit USA Award Distinguished Club President Kiwanis Family Relations Award Distinguished Club Secretary Project Life Distinguished Club Treasurer Sandy Nininger Award Distinguished Club Vice President Stanaway Award Distinguished Members Wohler Award Major emphasis Project Faculty & Kiwanis Adviser of the Year Single Service Project Leland Key of Honor Governor’s Project: CLUB Governor’s Project: INDIVIDUAL Ronald McDonald House

Banner Patch Awards Replace +5 100% Reporting Ladder Awards Key Club Service Hour Percentage Key Club Man Mile Award Key Club Service Hours Best Club Spirit Key Club of the Year Best Caucus Division of the Year Convention Attendance Annual Achievement Report Percentage Convention Attendance Distinguished Clubs

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DCON 2025 Registration details 1) CLUB Registration CLICK HERE 2) MEMBER Registration CLICK HERE 3) ADULT Registration CLICK HERE

Bring your club banners to hang in the main ballroom Stay tuned for more information on this year's service project!

Bring your Annual Achievement Report (if you have not already turned it in)

Important Deadlines Registration Due: February 15 Annual Achievement Report Due: March 23 Candidate Bios Due: March 1 TALENT SHOW: If you would like to showcase your talent, there will be a talent contest at MT District Convention this March. Please plan to attend a short meeting upon arrival at DCON. Please come prepared with a brief performance ready talent to entertain your fellow members. Can't wait to see your creativity shine through!

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Sneak Peak

Tentative Agenda

Talent show Governor’s Ball/ Celebration of Key Club’s International Birthday

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into DCON Nature themed workshops Special guest speakers and more on an ICON package deal

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Frenchtown, Missoula Sentinel, Missoula Hellgate, Missoula Big Sky, Loyola-Sacred Heart, Florence, & Stevensville Florence Key Club put on their first ever "Silver Ball" dance. The Dance raised 450 dollars for charity, and took place January 17. Members of the Club averaged 10 hours of community service, and all took part in setup and takedown. Some members took care of dealing with drinks during the dance (like lotus on the rocks). Florence also hosted a silent auction with a Griz signed football and basketball. The silent auction raised 800 dollars and was supplied by our local Kiwanis Club.

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Butte High, Butte Central, Anaconda, & Dillon

As February progresses, project submissions remain pending from Dillon, Butte Central, and Anaconda Key Club. The division looks forward to seeing the incredible service initiatives they will undertake as they continue to grow and make a difference through the last month Ian bray is their LTG. 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

In January, the Skyview High School Key Club made a bunch of animal treats and fed them to their local puppies and kitties at Yellowstone Animal Shelter.

They also made stickers for finals and put them on lollie pops that were handed the day before the first round of finals, with around 20 kids showing up.

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Miles City, Glendive, Terry, Sidney The Sidney Key Club worked with the KKids at the local Boys and Girls Club to make penguins because of all the snow they’ve been getting.

The Glendive Key Club hosted a drive for the Ronald McDonald House foundation which has since ended.They collected around 17 lb of tabs to donate.

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Bozeman, Gallatin, Belgrade, Lewistown, Harlowton The Bozeman High School Key Club worked this January to make birdhouses for the Governor’s Project! Around twenty members attended this event, which lasted for around an hour.

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Havre, Malta, Glasgow, Shelby

Havre Key Club started their annual Crush Pop Sales that can be sent to any of the public schools in Havre.

The money raised will be donated to a local place of their choosing.

Malta Key Club volunteer at their local Head Start once a month. Head Start has a meeting for the parents once a month. Key Club members come and watch the kids during the meeting which is approximately one hour. The Head Start students are given dinner and then play with the Key Club members. In January, they had 3 members attend.

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Polson & Eureka

On February 8, the Polson Key Club held a blanket and towel drive for their local animal shelter at their high school basketball game. Members contributed to making signs and spreading the word via soical media.

Along with the blankets and towels they will donate $250 to the animal shelter. They also helped with the Polson Kiwanis Burgerfest event. Members helped with set up on Febraury 10 and served food on the 11.

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East Helena High, Helena High, Helena Capital, Great Falls High, & CMR High The Great Falls High Key Club spent time making sandwiches during their meeting for the homeless community.

Blankets were made for Florence Crittenton, a family service home, by the East Helena High Key Club.

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February Service Ideas Is your club doing a fundraiser for valentines day, or some sort of thing to spread cheer?

Sell lollipops to pass around on Valnetine’s Day Park Cleanup or any last minute Governor’s Project related servce projects If your division hasn’t done an interclub event reach out to your LTG Shovel snow for your community Volunteer to help out with spring sport concessions 16

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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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 17

urces Club secretary guide click here Club treasurer guide click here Club adviser guide click here Secretary report form click here global leadership courses click here

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Melvin can’t wait until March 23!

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