September Mon-Key Volume 1 Issue 1 2024-2025

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THE BUSINESS LEAD

Volume 1 Issue 1

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Table of contents & editors letter 02 Governor’s Project 03 Dues 04 Important dates 05 Executive board introductions 06 LTG Introductions 10 District summer work spotlights 14 ICON 2024 22 Resources 24 24 -25 E H T M O R F R E LETT Contacts 27 MT EDITOR re is the first e H ! a n a t n o M Hello n-Key, your o M e h t f o n io edit cation. In this li b u p e iv t a rm o inf e new board, h t t e e m l il w u issue yo he governor’s t n o n io t a rm o get inf of your clubs e m o s e e s , t c proje ore. Enjoy! m h c u m d n a spotlighted Yours in service,

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2024-2025 Governor’s Project created by Aika Lanes

PROTECTING ANIMALS AND THEIR HABITATS DISTRICT GOAL

75% of ALL clubs in the Montana District contributing at least 50 service hours to the Governor’s Project.

More info on the Montana Key Club website 5

MANDATORY DUES Key Club International dues were recently raised by US$3 making dues US$16.50 for every member.

How to pay When you pay your dues you dues? are avoiding suspension and Click on the bell gaining access to events, below scholarships, and more.

November 1 – Early Bird Dues deadline December 1 – Regular Dues deadline 3

IMPORTANT DATES Montana District Youth Conference Nov 10-12 2024 @Great Falls Holiday Inn Montana District Convention “DCON” Mar 23-25 2025 @Billings Hotel International Convention “ICON” Jul 2-6 2025 in Orlando, Fl 4 3

GOVERNOR AIKA LANES

“Hey Mighty Montana Key Clubbers! My name is Aika Lanes, and I am a senior at Bozeman “To increase your club membership, a great way to do High School, where we do service projects such as our that is to recruit incoming freshmen through orientation, annual food drive, duck grams, and writing cards to seniors. I club fairs, announcements, joined Key Club to participate in word of mouth, and social media. Be sure to be welcoming community service, but I stayed and tell them about your own because of the amazing friends, experiences and activities to memories, and impacts I have been able to make through this help inspire them to join!” organization. I am a huge believer that everyone has the power to make a difference and change the world, one community at a time.

Things that I like to do include playing trombone, hiking, napping with my dog, messing around with crafts, and hanging out with Key 6 Clubbers!”

SECRETARY

ORION WALKER

“Hello Montana Key Clubbers! I'm Orion Walker, a junior at Bozeman High school. I have been participating in Key Club for three years now and it's been a great way to get involved with and give back to my community. Outside of Key Club, I enjoy playing saxophone in the marching band, practicing martial arts, and participating in my local club. I look forward to working with all of you to make this a great service year!”

“A good way to retain your club's membership is to keep them involved. When possible, try to schedule a service project at least once a month and offer engaging activities at each of your club's meetings.

This will help remind members why they enjoy participating in Key Club.”

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Webmaster Haylee Nay

“Hi Key Clubbers! My name is Haylee Nay and I am your Tech Master for the 24-25 term! I am a senior at East Helena High school and have been a part of Key Club all 4 years. I was inspired to join Key Club after hearing an upperclassmen talk about it during my freshman orientation and it felt amazing to take part in helping build our Key Club from the ground up and I'm really glad for all the people I've gotten to meet through the club as well as helping my community!

Some of my personal hobbies include crafting, painting, playing various instruments, exploring, and thrifting.”

Haylee’s back to school tip

“My biggest tip for anyone is to join clubs and take part in activities at their school. It may seem lame but it will make the high school experience 10x better, even if you don't like it just trying something out gives you an experience.”

Bulletin Editor

Raya Lucas

“Hello Montana Key Club members, my name is Raya Lucas and I am serving as the Montana District Bulletin Editor this 2024-2025 service year. I am beyond excited to make sure all Montana Key Clubbers are informed and included in these publications. However I wouldn’t have gotten here if it weren’t for my experiences with key club. This year I’m determined to make something that you all will enjoy

reading and will do so by taking suggestions from you guys as well as working with my fellow board members. In my free time I enjoy playing badminton, and writing.

Raya’s back to school tip

“Attempt to go to all of your Key Club meetings because you don’t want to miss out on volunteer opportunities!”

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MT INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE

ARIANA LEE

My name is Ariana Lee, your 2024–25 international trustee, and I am beyond excited to work closely with you all this year! My role can be described in one word: support. I am here to support you throughout your Key Club journey—whether that be alee@keyclub.org advice on increasing meeting attendance or even chartering clubs in your area. Like many Key Club members, I have always appreciated Montana’s clear passion for aiding its community—your district’s traditions and YC events have done wonders in showcasing your devotion! To commemorate the 100th year, a major goal the I-Board intends to promote is increasing membership by 10%—an objective the executive committee is working tirelessly to accomplish. To incentivize this achievement, the I-Board intends to implement an award for districts that achieve 10% growth.

Although specifics on this award will be given at a later time, I would like you all to carry this goal with you throughout your term. Remember, the more members we have, the greater our impact extends! As represented by recent statistics, although mighty, Montana is one of the smaller districts. Thus, with club rush season approaching, clubs must be equipped with valuable resources and skills to increase their respective membership numbers. Incentivized by the prospect of witnessing Key Club grow exponentially, take advantage of freshmen’s curiosity, create recruitment posters, and compile testimonials that exhibit the opportunities Key Club provides its members.

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LTG 1

Lane Wicks

“Hello everyone! My name is Lane Wicks, and I am a Junior at Florence Carlton High School. At Florence, we put on amazing projects like the Mr. Falcon Pageant, the annual Halloween Haunted House, food drives, and pretty much every dance. The projects are awesome but the real reason I joined Key Club was because it looks great for college, but I stayed active because I truly love helping the community and doing good things. Making a positive impact is my biggest motivation. Outside of Key Club I like to play chess, lacrosse, guitar, and enjoy Montana's great outdoors!”

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Ian Bray

“I am currently a Sophomore at Butte Central Catholic High School. For fun, I like to go tubing, skiing, and watch TikTok. I plan to attend college in North Dakota or Arizona to study dermatology, and then see where life takes me after that. I joined Key Club my freshman year because I wanted to make a connection in bettering my school and community. I have enjoyed not only making friends and memories but also building a lifelong focus on leadership and being prompt at making a difference.”

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LTG 4

Elora Swan “Hello, Montana Key Clubbers. I am Elora Swan, a senior at Billings Skyview High School, where we do all sorts of projects, from building and decorating our school's twirp to making sandwiches for our local homeless shelters. Last year was my first year of ket club, where I met all my friends who taught me the joys of helping our community through a high school club, and I continue to be a part of this because of the wonderful difference we make in our school and community. My core belief is, "All you have to do is do it." I said this for the first time my

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sophomore year to help someone get through their nerves for an orchestra audition, but it has also got me through all of the events in my life.”

Olivia Sverdrup great opportunities to do service projects such as going and playing bingo with the senior citizens at the lodge Or when we participate in the out of darkness walk. Last but certainly not least is helping kiwanis pie social. I joined Key Club because I've always looked up to my dad who is part of Kiwanis. He inspired me to always help people out and do your part. So I strive to provide my service to all. With that I've “Hey Montana key clubbers! My name met so many amazing people in this great is Olivia Sverdrup and I am a senior at organization. Some of my hobbies are playing golf and spending time with my animals.”

Sidney High School. We get the

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LTG 6

Connor Whitmer “Hey Montana Key Clubbers! My name is Connor Whitmer and I am the LTG atlarge for Division 6! I am going into my senior year at Glasgow High School, where I joined Key Club as a freshman. I joined Key Club because all of my friends were in it, but I stayed because I found out how much I could help people through the club. Outside of Key Club, I love to travel, play my instruments, read, hike, and bake. I am super excited to see you all throughout the year!”

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Cadence Kallenberger “Hello, my name is Cadence Kallenberger and I am a Senior at Havre High School. Some of my favorite things in life include family, friends, kayaking, traveling, listening to music, painting and cooking new recipes. My passion for Key Club has been fueled by my belief in the importance of giving back. Seeing a smile on another person’s face makes my heart dance. My favorite Key Club activity is the annual Kiwanis pancake breakfast during Festival Days, as I get to experience firsthand the joy of seeing people come together.”

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LTG 8

Houston Hayes

“Howdy Montana Key Clubbers!!

My name is Houston Hayes, I am seventeen, and a senior at Lincoln County High School. I enjoy participating in an absurd amount of sports and clubs at school and through other organizations. My short term goals for this year are to keep Division 8 at charter strength and to fully support my current clubs in whatever ways they need. The long term goals I hope to accomplish for Division 8 are to create clubs for Whitefish and Kalispell as well as have two representatives from each club at DCON!”

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Copen Earley Hi there Key Club! I'm Copen Earley, and I'm a senior at East Helena High School. I joined Key Club so I could do more for my community and to meet and build connections with new people. Other than Key Club, I enjoy participating in a lot of other clubs, including Debate, SkillsUSA, Student Council, Science Olympiad, and BPA. Outside of extracurriculars I enjoy hiking the trails of Montana, participating in citizen science projects, and browsing antique and second hand bookstores for old and rare books.

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Frenchtown, Missoula Sentinel, Missoula Hellgate, Missoula Big Sky, Loyola-Sacred Heart, Florence, & Stevensville

Five members of the Florence Carlton Key Club held concessions at a baseball tournament this summer and made drinks such as lotuses and italian sodas. Collectively, the crew acquired thirty-two hours of community service.

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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Butte High, Butte Central, Anaconda, & Dillon

In order to better their school, six members of the Butte Central Key Club picked weeds, and planted seeds to grow flowers and grass to start a vegetable garden.

They also painted their cafeteria. Overall they accomplished twenty hours of community service.

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 Throughout the year members of the Billing Skyview Key Club made sandwiches for homeless shelters.

To celebrate the end of the service year, six members from the BIllings Skyview Key Club and Kiwanians held a bowling party in July.

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Miles City, Glendive, Terry, Sidney

On June first, the Glendive Key Club put on the out of darkness walk, a fundraiser for suicide awareness and prevention. At the walk they had pie in the face fundraisers where Tommy Duede, their principal, Mrs. Ree, their vice principal, and teachers Mr. Larson, and Mrs.Tuma were pied. They also had several games, a bead ceremony, free food, donations, information stations, and also a local food truck.

The Sidney Key Club helped local Kiwanis with their annual pie social on July 12th at the middle school. In this picture on the left is Kylie Schoepp and on the right is Ave Norby. The members helped Kiwanis set up, cut pie, put them in a container, and label them.

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Bozeman, Gallatin, Belgrade, Lewistown, Harlowton At the HDRC boar run fundraiser in Bozeman, the Bozeman and Gallatin High Schools teamed up to help at stations with obstacles that they had to guide the runners through. All proceeds went towards HDRC programs which help run homeless shelters, the food bank, ETC.

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Havre, Malta, Glasgow, Shelby Glasgow Key Club went and helped out their community this summer.

Towards the end of July, they volunteered to help the crew putting on the play Cinderella! This took place at the Fort Peck Theatre where families, friends and more go to spend time together and make memories.

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Polson & Eureka This June the Polson Key Club held a chalk walk to help raise awareness for mental health during Mental Health Week. Many of the sketches were inspirational quotes to cheer on the students.

Throughout May and June the Lincoln County Key Club worked with the school’s Garden Club to restore the garden beds around the school and to plant local plants and plants that were necessary for our pollinators. This will be a project the Botany class, Garden Club, and Key Club work together to keep available to pollinators.

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

On April 22nd for Earth Day, the East Helena High Key Club spent some time cleaning up the school campus. Some key clubbers are shown filling up one of the many bags of garbage.

At Great Falls MSU, the Great Falls Key Club supported the Night out for Science. In which they worked to provide catering services and help with demonstrations.

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Go For ICON

Itinerary and work shops

Events Coca-Cola Museum Bingo Bonanza ICON concert Workshops Keeping up with international GLC Masterclass The KEY to college applications

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Gold!

2024

Service Project Making sleeping mats out of plastic yarn for people in need

Changes Dues increase Free rechartering for clubs

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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 24

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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Build your leadership skills Global Leadership Certificate Access to 40 courses including topics about building meaningful relationships, strategic vs. tactical leadership, self-awareness, inclusion and much more.

Helps you become a better leader and create more change, as well as stand out on college and job applications.

If you would like to access the course you may go to the GLC resource link on page 25, from there you will be able to start your journey on building your leadership skills. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to your LTG or executive board members.

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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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Have a good back to school year!

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