March Newsletter

MARCH 2023 | ISSUE 10

North Country Newsletter

NYDKC DIVISION 24

The 2022-2023 term is coming to an end

Happy March!

Unfortunently the 2022 through 2023 term is coming to an end. Let’s end our year together with a bang! Let’s increase our service hours and fundraising and get ALL our paperwork in.

Some up coming reminders is the deadline for LTC registration is on March 17th, pricing for all attendees has increased $25! The delegates form needs to filled out by March 14th and if attending LTC the delegates need to be the same for both LTC and the online caucus. February MRF is due on March 10th, if your club has any missing paperwork check the paperwork chart found later in this newsletter.

Lastly I want to thank all our clubs, officers, and members for the amazing work you have all done over the past year. It has been an amazing opportunity to work as your Lieutenant Governor, I know my successor Alex VanMeter will do a fabulous job!

In Your Service,

Kyle Earle

International Updates

District Goals Fundraiser Goal

Service Hour Goal

137%

126%

Goal: $225,000

Goal: 175,000 Hours

Thus Far: $253,263.11

Thus Far: 219,653.26 Hours

Division goals Fundraiser Goal

Service Hour Goal

223%

552%

Goal: $2,750

Goal: 2,000 hours

Thus Far: $9,060

Thus Far: 11,055.25 Hours

March Hello

Goodbye February

Service Spotlight On February 8th Ogdensburg Free Academy held a hockey game, titled “Hockey v.

Cancer”, to help raise funds for the Richard Winter Cancer Treatment Center at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, in honor of two of our faculty members: cancer fighters English teacher Lonnie Shipper and bus driver Pete Amo and successfully raised $3,250 for the center. Funds were raised in many ways, including a 50/50 raffle, Chuck-A-Puck, a T-shirt sale coordinated by QT Laser, and other private donations. The two special guests were also awarded the “Player of the Game”, following the team's tradition of presenting the winner with a hard hat and chain necklace. The game, which ended in a 6-2 win for OFA, had a meaningful impact on everyone involved and was considered a great success.

Two days before the event, OFA Key Club traveled to our local elementary school, John F. Kennedy Elementary, to help the kiwanis affiliated K-Kids design and decorate posters for the game. After school, on the day of the game, members helped decorate the Golden Dome with streamers and the posters they had made two days before. We had a great amount of volunteers, Key Club and otherwise. It was great seeing the community and student body come together to make the event special, and the OFA Key Club was honored to be a part of it!

by Merin Curatolo, Ogdensburg Free Academy Key Club

SOLES4SOULS Soles4Souls turns unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunities, by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use - providing relief, creating jobs, and empowering people to break the cycle of poverty!

Pencils of Promise Pencils of Promise ensures that every child has access to quality education by building classrooms to give students safe and healthy places to learn. They provides teachers with training and innovative resource, and it provides children with access to clean water, private bathrooms, and good hygiene practices.

Paperwork Chart

MRF - Month Report Form The February MRF was due on March 10th, if you have any paperwork that has not been turn in please turn those in ASAP

ERF - Election Report Form Now is the time to hosting your clubs elections, new officers will take office on April 1st.

FRF - Fundraiser Report Form Any time your club donates money to an charity or organization, fill out this form so NYDKC can track the amount we fundraised this year.

THIS IS A WEEKEND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS Award Ceremony Clubs will receive awards and recognition for the amazing things they have accomplished over the past service year!

NYDKC hands out thousands of awards to our terrific clubs, come see if your club will win any!

Workshops Officers will get trained for their new position, well members get to learn more about Key Club International and build upon their leadership skills!

Keynote Speaker This years speaker Samantha RamirezHerrera, came to America many years ago as a undocumented immigrant. She has over come the difficult challenges to fulfill her dreams to now become a entrepreneur, mother, activist, speaker, actress, and storyteller. She has spoken to audiences at Emory University, Atlantic Association of Independent Schools, and has appeared on Forbes, Mundo, Hispanico, and much more!

Meeting New People During LTC We get together one night for Playfair, where members play games and get to know one another. You have the chance to begin new friendships with key clubbers all over New York, sharing ideas, coming together to help our community, and much more!

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Thank you everyou for such a wonderful year!

Executive Board

Gabriella Slootsky

Laura Fan

Ava Stamatakis

District Governor governor@nydkc.org

District Secretary scretary@nydkc.org

International Trustee ava.stamatakis@keyclub.org

Janice Cao

Sophia Segal

Jena Kim

District Treasurer treasurer@nydkc.org

District External Executive Assistant sophiasegal.ea@nydkc.org

Cindy Zou

District Editor editor@nydkc.org

District Internal Executive Assistant jenakim.ea@nydkc.org

David Chen

District Webmaster webmaster@nydkc.org

Contact

Division 24 LTG: Kyle Earle (division24@nydkc.org) KCR: Patti Dean (pdean@nncsk.org) Circle K LTG: Alanna Vassar (alanna.vassar@nycirclek.org) Governor: Gabriella Slootsky (governor@nydkc.org) Secretary: Laura Fan (nydkcsecretary@gmail.com) Treasurer: Janice Cao (nydkctreasurer@gmail.com) External EA: Sophia Segal (sophiasegalegal.ea@nydkc.org) Internal EA: Jena Kim (jenakim.ea@nydkc.org) Bulletin Editor: Cindy Zou (editor@nydkc.org) Webmaster: David Chen (webmaster@nydkc.org) District Administrator: John Goldstein (nydkca@frontier.com) Assistant Administrator: Michael Berthel (mjberthel@gmail.com) Assistant Administrator: Jason Steiner (ianjs@aol.com)

This year has been spectacular and with our all your hard work and dedication, NYDKC would have been able to reach new heights and complete all our goals for the year! our time together unfortunately is coming to end, but our division will be in great hands of my successor Alex VanMeter.

With her guideance and work ethic the division will grow and prosper tremendously!

Let’s head out with bang at LTC, can’t wait to see some of you there!

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