MON-Key
LETTER FROM THE 24 -25
MT EDITOR
Hello Montana! Here is the final and seventh edition of the Mon-Key, your Key Club district informative publication. As DCON fast approaches, I hope that you and your club were able to navigate this service year smoothly with the help of Key Club resources, including this one. It has been a joy getting to work with the other board members and our District Administrator g we are exceptionally p ait to celebrate it at DCO ll find out more informa on upcoming Key Club events, see some of your clubs spotlighted and much more. E j y! i i
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House of Delegates Rules & Procedures
1. ALL CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT OFFICE WHO ARE EITHER OFFICIAL CANDIDATES WHO CAUCUSED, OR WHO HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR CANDIDACY DURING THE INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATES WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
2. EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES AND PRESENT THEIR PLATFORM. EACH CANDIDATE THEN WILL BE ALLOWED 1 MINUTE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE DELEGATION.
3. DELEGATES ARE ALLOWED TO ASK CANDIDATES ONLY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CANDIDATE’S PLATFORM.
4. IF A CANDIDATE IS ALSO A DELEGATE, THAT CANDIDATE MUST LEAVE THE HOUSE WHILE A COMPETING CANDIDATE IS ADDRESSING THE HOUSE. THAT CANDIDATE WILL BE ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER THE HOUSE WHEN THE COMPETING CANDIDATE IS FINISHED.
KEYCLUB SENIORNIGHT
The webinar is on Wednesday, April 9 at 6 PM
MDT
It’s a chance for Key Club seniors to reflect on their Key Club journey
Connect with other senior Key Clubbers and CKI members
Learn about CKI opportunities that await them
Speakers include: CKI President Taylor DiCicco, and CKI Vice President Madison Burt
Frenchtown, Missoula Sentinel, Missoula Hellgate, Missoula Big Sky, Loyola-Sacred Heart, Florence, & Stevensville
on March 1, Florence helped with the annual 'Mother Son Games' that the local FCPO put on.
Members helped set up games, played with kids, and made sure the whole thing went smoothly. These members sported around six hours of community service each, and did such a great job that FCPO gave them personalized gift bags!
Butte High, Butte Central, Anaconda, & Dillon
The Anaconda Key Club made a big impact by stocking up the Copperhead Closet with a generous donation from the Anaconda Kiwanis. The Copperhead Closet is an incredible resource that provides students with essentials like deodorant, body wash, snacks, hygiene products, clothes, and food. The Butte Central Key Club took on a creative project by painting the auditorium stage, helping to refresh an important space for the school community. Meanwhile, the Butte High Key Club helped film a commercial for the 2025 Color Run on St. Patrick’s Day in collaboration with Butte Cares.
Billings Senior, Billings Skyview, Billings West, Columbus, Shepherd
Skyview made more sandwiches for the Salvation Army on February 24th, with around twenty members showing up. They enjoyed talking about their previous projects and cracking some dad jokes.
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)
Miles City, Glendive, Terry, Sidney
On February 22, four members from the Sidney Key Club helped with the Ducks Unlimited event. They helped serve food, distribute raffle tickets, and ran the auction. They had five members go plus their advisors.
On February 3, six members from the Terry Key Club got together and made dog blankets and dog toys.They had tons of fun making cute toys that they are going to donate to they're Furry Friends.
Bozeman, Gallatin, Belgrade, Lewistown, Harlowton
For Valentine's Day, the Harlowton Key Club decorated cookies, cards, and other crafts for their nursing home, and did face painting. The event was about 3 hours long, and about 15 Key Clubbers attended.
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)
Havre, Malta, Glasgow, Shelby
Havre Key Club help put on a Dr. Suess themed Literacy Carnival for children in the community on March 8. The carnival was centered around encouraging youth to enjoy literature. Some of the activities were face painting, arts & crafts, bowling, story time, photo booth and more.
Malta Key Club surprised their high school by decorating and putting paper hearts on all the high school students’ lockers before Valentines Day. All eleven members helped make the hearts and one put them on the lockers.
Polson & Eureka
Recently, in Division 8, the Lincoln County Key club has been working hard to form teams for a June Relay for Life. It is to help raise funds for cancer research and to honor those who have survived and those we have lost. The entirety of Division 8 is working hard to get members to DCON and we are so excited to see them all there!
East Helena High, Helena High, Helena Capital, Great Falls High, & CMR High
The Great Falls Key Club raised $1230.55 during Bellringing for the Salvation Army!
The Capital High Key Club worked to help out with the Helena Food Share.
AIKA
Melvin has been our best friend throughout the District Board experience. This year, we have put various miscellaneous objects into his gaping mouth. He has been holding on to a stale piece of bubble gum (wrapped by the way) since November. We like to toss Melvin around to each other, hanging on to him as we volunteer, take him around event centers, and so much more. Ensuring that every Key Clubber understands what and who he is has been a challenging mission. He is the not-so-hidden but very misunderstood figure who symbolizes Montana Key Club: bravery, unity, commitment, and boldness. You should go check out our promotional video featuring the kidnapping of Melvin on our social media platforms!
ORION
During my term, I have focused on refining the Secretary Reports and assisting the other members of the board with the planning of events
such as our Youth Conference and the District Convention. The bulk of my work on the Secretary Reports consisted of recording the submissions from clubs and reorganizing the ladder points document to be more intuitively read and filled out. In regards to planning events, I have prepared presentations to give and helped the governor to plan and review the materials used at the events.
HAYLEE
My favorite memory from my time on the board was doing the color run during our first board trainer and attacking each other with the chalk at the end of the run!
RAYA
My favorite board memory was when we played among us during the holiday hangout. i am really good at reading facial expressions so whenever we started a new round i would look at everyone’s zoom screen to sus out the impostors. Unfortunately i was too good at it, so we had to then play without our cameras on.
LANE
Throughout my time on the board, I have transformed the biggest Division of Montana Key Club into a productive communicating machine. From 1 club out of
eight (my club) I have gotten 5 clubs consistently doing what they need to do, and on time. With my time on the Board I have learned how to work with people, get stuff done, and have fun while doing it. I'm very happy that I spent time on the board, and hopefully my successor (or me again) can get Division one to finally get those last 3 elusive clubs. Hopefully the clubs that I have enlightened will make more and more virtuous citizen leaders, and enjoy Key Club for a long time. :)
IAN
Looking back on my time on the board, one of my favorite memories was our first board meeting in the summer. It was such a great experience getting to know everyone, and I feel like we all became really close throughout the year. I also think I might have adopted Val’s Red Bull addiction along the way!
ELORA
Ian, Olivia, and I created a dance mom's skit during the Winter board. We recreated the pyramid meme, ranked different Key Club behaviors, and promoted DCON on one of the tears. We had a great laugh while creating a core Key Club memory.
OLIVIA
For dinner the whole board went to Olive Garden, where everyone ordered specific things to stay under the budget and we got so full on just salad and breadsticks. It was a good night and a fun memory with my amazing board members.
CONNOR
not from this year last year's boardBoard Trainer, I w the car of anothe member, leaving th alley in Great Fa our group activity. The person driving the car forgot to put the car in reverse to back out of the parking lot, and
accidentally drove their car over a parking divider and got it stuck! Everyone in the car had to work together to push it back onto the ground, and it was a really funny moment to end a fun day.
CADENCE
Throughout the year, I had the opportunity to travel across the state for board retreats. These weekends weren’t just about serious discussions and planning; they were also a chance to build friendships. After spending the days brainstorming
ideas to support our districts and the state, we’d unwind with games, help with a color run, have photo sessions and let's not forget the yummy food. It has been incredible to connect on a deeper level with kids from all corners of Montana who shared the same drive to make a difference.
HOUSTON
My favorite story is a completely random one. Late one night after our summer board meeting we settled down and decided to play a game, after some debate we decided to have Copen teach us how to play poker. I have no idea how we settled on it but we did. We didn’t have chips and could find any at the Dollar Store or Walmart so we used different colored sugar packets. To any one who wants to know Conner won. It’s now a core memory for me
COPEN
A lot of work gets done the board meetings, but a of fun happens as well, along with some scares. During Winter Board specifically, instead of sleeping, several of the board members opted to play
One Night Ultimate Werewolf. We had been playing for a long time in the dark, and everyone had their guard down. This became an issue during the middle of a later round when a loud crash emanated somewhere in the room nearby. The sudden change from silence to a loud noise combined with the dark to be the cause of several heart attacks. It, unbeknownst until later, turned out to simply be some things on the nearby table falling over. It ended up being an adrenaline inducing though fun memory.
