Division 8a May Newsletter

THE BUNNY BULLETIN

Created By Jocelyn Rafter

Lieutenant Governor's Greeting

Hello Division 8A!

I can’t believe it is already time for my second edition of the Bunny Bulletin! May has been such a great month for Division 8a and I can’t wait for you all to read this newsletter!

This month I had the opportunity to finish visiting almost every single one of your clubs and meet you and your members in person! Getting to speak with your clubs and hear all about the amazing service projects you have been doing was such a highlight for me. I can tell you are all passionate about your clubs and I know we are going to have a great year.

This month we have exciting new updates from the District, impressive Service Spotlights, upcoming events for our division, and so much more! I am so excited to see what comes next, but for now I hope you enjoy reading the May Edition of the Bunny Bulletin!

Yours In Service,

Jocelyn Rafter Division 8A Lieutenant Governor

Messagefrom InternationalTrustee

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 fro

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

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.

District Project

Your votes are in! NYDKC has voted St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as our District Project!

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

Kamp Kiwanis

Kamp Kiwanis is aimed at providing fun, physical exercise and adventure. It strives to afford opportunities to participate in a creative outdoor group experience in a democratic setting and develop characteristics of leadership and fair play.

The program at Kamp Kiwanis is designed to mainstream all children, including up to 20 each session with special needs. It is non-competitive with emphasis on group and team building. No activity is forced, but all are encouraged.

DistrictGoals

Service Hour Goal: 225,000 Hours

Fundraising Goal: $225,000

InternalServiceSpotlight

D8A Bard High School Early College Queens

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mlo support,andguidance youhavegivenme throughoutmylife.

BHSECQ Key Club partnered with our school's Amnesty International chapter for an incredibly successful anti-gun violence petition signing event! Many Key Club members volunteered to run the petition table and share information and details about the issue. We ended up with several hundred signatures on both digital and physical letters to government representatives and were thrilled by the support from the entire student body!

This was one of the events with the biggest turnout all year, and it was amazing to be able to partner with another club to work toward such a great cause. It was so nice to see everyone in the school go out of their way to sign these forms, and a great experience for our volunteers!

Yours In Service,

Anwen Paul

Bard High School Early College Queens President

ExternalServiceSpotlight

Division 2 PatchogueMedford High School

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forallthelove, support,andguidance youhavegivenme throughoutmylife.

The Key Club of Patchogue-Medford partnered with a local soup kitchen to provide over 280 breakfasts and lunches to those in need around the community! Waking up bright and early in the morning to come in at 6:30 A.M on a Saturday, the commitment members showed in helping those around them was simply incredible. Some members helped out in bagging the lunches, while others were outside giving them out. Personally handing out the lunches was an amazing experience! Seeing the gratitude people showed for the work we were doing was enough to justify the early wake up. Not only that, we were able to see the effect we were making on our community first hand! It was also a bonding moment of sorts, as there were different volunteers from different clubs in PatchogueMedford. But at the end of the day we all worked together and made new friends in pursuit of our common goal, making the world a better place. Yours In Service,

Kevin Hidalgo

Division 2 Lieutenant Governor

DivisionUpdates

Last Sunday we had our first Presidential Council Meeting of the service year! It was great to get to speak with the Presidents & Vice Presidents and hear all about your amazing clubs!

In June we are going to have our first Divisional of the service year! You are all invited so stay tuned for when the date and sign up form are released!

So far our Division has 259.5 hours recorded, so start submitting your May MRFs so that we can have an updated count on all your amazing work!

Important Dates

SocialMedia

International Sistrict District Division

Instagram @keyclubint & @kci2021 @newcaribama @nydkc @nydkcd8a

Website keyclub.org nydkc.org

Twitter @keyclub @nykeyclub

Facebook @keyclubintnl @nydkc

Youtube Key Club International nydkc

PaperworkTracker

ERF is due September 30th

April MRF was due May 10th

May MRF is due June 10th

Thank you for readin the second edition o the Bunny Bulletin!