THE BUNNY BULLETIN
April 2023-2024
Lieutenant Governor's Greeting
Hello Division 8A!
I am so excited to be publishing my first edition of the Bunny Bulletin and I thank you all for taking the time to read it.
My name Jocelyn Rafter and I am your Lieutenant Governor for the 2023 - 2024 service year! I am currently a junior at Bard High School Early College Queens, and I served as the president of my school’s Key Club this past year. It has been so nice to meet many of you in person these past few weeks, and I am looking forward to continuing to meet you all in person!
You have all done amazing work in April and it has been a fantastic way to start off the service year! I am looking forward to our division's continued growth and seeing what we can all accomplish in the months to come. Enjoy the April Newsletter!
Yours In Service,
Jocelyn Rafter Division 8A Lieutenant Governor
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Hi NYDKC!
My name is Ava Stamatakis, and I have the honor of serving as your Key Club International Trustee! The other districts I serve are the Alabama District and the Caribbean-Atlantic District. Together, our “sister” districts make up the NewCariBama Sistrict!
My job as International Trustee is to spread awareness of Key Club’s global presence, to connect members to resources, and to support district leadership in whatever ways I can In this regard, you will see me holding monthly office hours, hosting quarterly sistrict events, sending monthly newsletters, posting on Instagram frequently (follow @newaribama), and much more. The majority of my job, however, is dedicated to committee work at the international level, which I will update you on throughout the year.
Our adventure together starts now. In fact, I have a few resources for you so that we can stay in touch:
Follow @newcaribama on Instagram
Attend my monthly office hours (next one is May 23rd 8pm-9pm EST on Instagram Live)
Access our Linktree (www.linktree.com/newcaribama) for all relevant links!
NYDKC, I am here to support, guide, and serve you. I cannot wait for all the future has in store for you, for us, and for our sistrict. I know this is going to be an incredible year, so let’s continue to serve our homes, schools, and communities.
Please do not hesitate to reach out. I would love to hear from you!
Yours in Friendship and Service, Ava Stamatakis
Key Club International Trustee 2022-2023
ava.stamatakis@keyclub.org
@ava.stamatakis | @newcaribama
443-561-8892
Governor's Project
Our District Governor Amy Wu has chosen Room To Read as this year's Governor's Project! Room To Read is global non-profit organization that works to improve literacy and gender equality in education!
Room to Read works to ensure that primary school students can become independent readers and can develop literacy skills in low income areas. Their main goal is to have structured libraries with books in the local language, as well as teachers and librarians who have been trained in the best practices of reading and writing instruction to ensure that children grow up learning how to read and write to make sure they can succeed later in life. Room to Read also supports girls in completing secondary school. They are present in 10 countries across Asia and Africa. Room to Read was founded on the belief that "World Change Starts With Educated Children" They have distributed over 26 million books, and have trained 15,000 teachers.
Schoolhouse
Key Club has partnered with Schoolhouse, an online tutoring platform, to bring free tutoring to thousands of learners across the world. You can all sign up to get tutored, or to be a tutor! I urge you all to sign up to become a learner or tutor with schoolhouse.world, and host or attend as many sessions as you can.
This is an amazing opportunity to boost your own studying and your resume, while also bringing free education to learners around the world!
DistrictGoals
We have decided on our new District Goals for the 2023 - 2024 service year! As a state we will work to achieve these goals together!
Service Hour Goal Fundraising Goal
225,000 Hours
$225,000
InternationalConvention
Now showing: Lights, Camera and Service at the Key Club International Convention in Anaheim, California, July 5-9, 2023.
This is your moment! Join Key Club members worldwide for an unforgettable experience. You will benefit from inspiring workshops and speaker sessions, you’ll support your district’s leaders, and you’ll go home with new service projects and ideas that will help you become better leaders. Show off your club’s and district’s award-winning projects, and shine internationally in Key Club contests. Don’t miss the premiere of the Signature Project contest!
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Division 8A Forest Hills High School
17 volunteers attended this service event at Forest Park Barking Lot. Members cleaned up the park by picking up trash, filling holes that were creating issues for the park, and even played with dogs after cleaning up. It was a very successful event!
We haven’t seen many clubs do an event like this. It was a unique and fun experience where members got to have fun with animals, while also helping the community. Some members said they were afraid of dogs prior to this, but this event helped them get over that fear which was great!
Yours In Service,
Deanna Cao Forest Hills Hgh School Key Club PresidentExternalServiceSpotlight Division 24 Ogdensburg Free Academy
Over the third weekend of April OFA Key Club participated in two events. On April 22nd, Earth Day, our club, along with our school’s esteemed Earth Club, hosted a cleanup along the Maple City Trail, which stretches from the edge of the river throughout the city and ends along the Oswegatchie River. Officers from both clubs were present with many members attending. Though multi-club collaborations are usually far and few in between, our board would like to continue these collaborations in the future.
Meanwhile, on April 23rd a second group of Key Club volunteers participated in the St. Lawrence County’s 3rd annual Trash Dash This yearly event was over the span of two days and had cleanups in five towns/cities: Gouvernor, Rensselaer Falls, Potsdam, Massena, and finally, the one we attended, Ogdensburg. Key Club members and other volunteers picked up trash along County Route 28A while wearing fluorescent yellow vests. This is the second year our club has participated and we are planning to continue doing so for as long as possible.
A big thank you to all of our club members who volunteered this Earth Day weekend to help save our planet, one cleanup at a time.
Yours In Service,
Alex VanMeter
Division 24 Lieutenant Governor
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Election Report Form April Monthly Report Form ERF is due September 30th April MRF was due May 10th
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