November NEWSLETTER Division 8-A
November Newsletter New York District Key Club Division 8-A
Hello there husky/beaver mutants! Hope everyone had a great and grateful filled Thanksgiving! Thank you for taking the time to read this months Divisional Newsletter. This month you can find more articles from your fellow key clubbers, detailed information on the 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Lieutenant Governors Greeting II.Divisional Cabinet Greetings VI. District Board Contact Information VII. 2015 LTC Information XII. District Charities VIII.Spotlight Articles IXX.KEY club? XXI. Paperwork Standings/ Upcoming events XXII. Contact info/ Social Media
Lieutenant Governors Greeting
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GREETING Hello Division 8-A Thank you all for your service thus far. It is a pleasure to be working with all of you. With that being said I hope to see service at an all time high despite the nearing of the end of the service year. There will be a decrease in city events now that winter is slowly approaching, but the divisional cabinet will be working hard to organize a variety of fun events throughout the next few months. Make sure to send any ideas to myself or any of the members of the cabinet. Although each day we come closer to the end of the service year, and the day I’ll be a has been, we still have plenty of time to accomplish goals and go beyond what we planned. I look forward to seeing all the work y’all do in the next few months. Yours in service and Key Club Pride Lieutenant Governor Division 8-A Maspeth High School Cindy Pietrakowski
Divisional Cabinet Members
Executive Assistant : Eldin Klapija
Hey Everyone,
My name is Eldin Klapija and I am your 2014-2015 Division 8-A Executive Assistant. I am 15 years old and am a sophomore at Garden School, which is also where I serve as Vice-President of Garden School Key Club. I became really interested in Key Club, so just after one great year of being a member of Key Club, I became VicePresident. I am a really easy person to talk to, so feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you might have! My job is to communicate with all of the clubs in our division, and to make sure that everything is running smoothly. Let’s make this year really stand out and do great things! I hope to see you at future divisionals and events! Yours in service and Key Club Pride Executive Assistant Garden School Vice-President Eldin Klapija
Divisional Cabinet Members
Secretary: Diana Piktel
Hello! My name is Diana Piktel and I am your new 2014-2015 Division 8-A Secretary! I am also my schools, Maspeth High School, Key Club vice president. I am only a sophomore, but Key Club so far has been making my High School experience amazing. After being a member of the club for several months, I knew I wanted to help out with the club as much as I can, and now look where I am! I will always be there to talk to anyone who has any questions, so contact me whenever! I'm a very laid back person and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you and having an amazing year with you all! Division Secretary Maspeth High School Vice-President Diana Piktel
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Divisional Cabinet Members
Webmaster: Orlando Bispo
Hey key clubbers! My name is Orlando Bispo and I am From William Cullen Bryant high school. This year I have the opportunity to serve as Division 8-a's web master. Ive been in key club for a little over year now and have fallen in love with the community and the people that have helped to make it and make it better place. Key club has helped show me the joys of giving to the community, by planting daffodils in IS10 park to make it more inviting, or by recycling at the peers, we can make the difference for a better tomorrow.
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District Executive Board Contact Information
District Governor: Jacob Spencer Jacobspencer.gov@nydkc.org District secretary: Heather Farley Heatherfarley.sec@nydkc.org
District Executive Assistants: Kiera Solomon and Theresa Lin Theresalin.ea@nydkc.org Kierasolomon.ea@nydkc.org
District Treasurer: Anusha Syed Anushasyed.treas@nydkc.org
District Editor : Sharon Lin Sharonlin.editor@nydkc.org
District Webmaster: Danny Qiu
Dannyqiu.tech@nydkc.org
2015 NYDKC Leadership Training Conference This year's Leadership Training Conference will be a blast! We will be bringing back many events that you have requested last year such as Play Fair! In addition, there will be amazing presentations from wonderful organizations such as the Thirst Project and others. March 27-29!! Students- $280 Adult- $300 Extra for bus up with Division, price TBA All information, registrations, and forms can be found at http://nydkc.org/events/ leadership-training-conference/ Conference StaffApplications are NOW out on the website. The Conference Staff help run LTC with security, workshops, setting up, along with other things. If you are chosen to be conference staff you will come a day early with the District Board to prepare for the weekend and your LTC expenses will be decreased, however not fully covered! AwardsWith some of the great work being done by our clubs I hope all of you look through the awards booklet which I have attached to all the updates, ran through at the October Divisional, and posted on the Facebook page. There are awards for individuals and the club as a whole, along with some artistic contests. Please let me know if you have any questions about the application process! Also I expect AT LEAST 5 people from each club to apply for the DKC award! President’s please promote this application to your members. I suggest spending time at a meeting to sit and fill out the paper application. Online submissions can be done at: http://nydkc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/14-15-Distinguished-KeyClubber-Application.pdf
2015 NYDKC Leadership Training Conference
RegistrationAll the details about registering for LTC can be found on the website, and keep in mind the price for the convention may discourage many members from attending, so NOW is the time to make sure you’re constantly in contact with your sponsoring Kiwanis and planning fundraisers to raise money for LTC. ElectionsLTC is also the time that we will vote for our District Governor, District Secretary, and District Treasurer for the 2015-2016 service year, as well as endorse any candidates we have for International Trustee, International Vice President, and International President. You DO NOT need to be serving on the District Board currently to run for any of these positions. The Elections packet can be found on the LTC website, and you can see me for any questions about elections. If you choose to run the agreement forms MUST be sent to District Administration John Goldstein no later than February 1st!
This year’s theme:
ESPIONAGE
NYDKC LTC Throughout the Years
NYDKC LTC Throughout the Years
2014-2015 District Charities • Kamp Kiwanis • Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease • Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center • ELIMINATE
• Make-a-Wish Foundation • ST. Jude’s Children's research hospital
The Governor’s Proj
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INSPIRATION SPOTLIGHT RICHMOND HILL TAKING OR GIVING Usually these letters are about awesome events and what happens over here on our little island of Richmond Hill High School Key Club but this time, we decided to just take a step back and look at the big picture and what we do for the community. We dedicate our time to the community which has given us so much so in return we are doing the same. We are not just taking we are also giving back to the community. Yeah we get community service hours and have a great reference point but what we do and the reason for doing it is way more than that. Its almost selfish to expect something in return of doing something good for the community but we are building our self better in a way that you can't expect anything
THOUGHTS ON KEY CLUB SUNNYSIDE I want Key Club to inspire others to help the community and thus volunteer within their society. Key Club teaches you to be selfless, open, life skills such as public speaking and how to give back. Key Club changes your perspective of life. We meet as a group every week on Wednesday, we come up with new ideas and brainstorm on what events we can volunteer and or design. Currently as a club we have been working on and finishing our fundraiser for Trick or Treat for Unicef which collects money in order to treat mothers with neo-nasal tetanus. As a result of such disease many families are suffering and we as Key Club hope to with the help of Project Eliminate bring an end to such disease. -
Nicole, Sunnyside Key Club member
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT RICHMOND HILL ANIMAL SHELTER So with the end of Breast Cancer awareness month comes the beginning of an awesome event-filled November. To start this month off with a bark, we decided to take a trip to the animal shelter ( Get it, bark?) And honestly, it was amazing! Although the joy of seeing those cute little soft slobbering faces came with the responsibility of cleaning and crouching in cages and picking up some really unmentionable stuff it was totally worth it. Even the members were completely head over heals for the little guys. At the end of the day we all left happy and sort of bummed since we couldn’t take the animals home but mostly happy. Now that my fellow key clubbers, was just the beginning of this fine month of November. What do you guys have in store for the rest of the month?
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT FOREST HILLS ST. JUDES WALK Walk to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In a single day we were able to come together to help St. Jude change the world’s understanding and treatment of childhood cancer. As volunteers we helped in setting up for the event, participating in the walk by marshalling and cheering for walkers and supporters on the Brooklyn Bridge. We received posters and used those to cheer on the walkers. Afterwards, we cleaned up. This was a great event to help out the community and to spread support for patients with cancer.
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT FOREST HILLS BT5K WALK We joined the American Brain Tumor Association at the BT5K New York City Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K Run & Walk. The funds raised will be used to support vital brain tumor research and help those who are living with a brain tumor diagnosis. As volunteers we helped out with activities, set up stands, cheered for those who participated in the walk, gave out refreshments, and more!
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: ACADEMY OF A. S KEY CLUB DUES Key club member can sell candy bags as an alliterative way to pay the club. It is another way to meet new people when selling candy. Most importantly selling candy bags pays their dues while the extra money goes to the Eliminate Project. We were able to get more than ten people to use this method to pay their fee. They would go to our Coordinator of Student Affair to get their bag of candy. In total has fifty candies $1 each, so they sell the entire bag then collect the money. They hand in the money and receive $15 profit. - Academy of American Studies Bulletin Editors:Jamie Nicolo, Anna Syska, Jasmine Xiao
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: ACADEMY OF A. S DIVISION 11 TOURNAMENT Sports have made us give respect to each other based on our performance. At the Division 11 Key Club Sports Tournament me and my partner/long time friend Geren Wijaya along with our handball crew competed in the handball tournament We been playing handball together along with our other long time friends for about two and a half years. There weren’t that many Division 8A competitors at the event. We only knew a decent amount of people in the event. We competed against a team that started a while ago, and we beat them in a fair game. Even though winning feels good but it feels good enough to play against new people. We gave them respect for their effort into playing handball, we end in a handshake of respect. We only last for two rounds of the tournament, but we had so much fun in the event. The team that beat us I got to admit they are good. We gave respect to their efforts and impact they made into the game. We had an awesome fair game in the second round even though I lost. At the end of the tournaments our friends won the whole tournament we cheered for both teams for that game. We celebrated their victory at a local restaurant. We made new friends, competed in awesome games, and celebrated our friend’s victory. -Academy of American Studies Vice President Alan Garcia
When people ask if we make keys
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PAPERWORK STANDINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS Divisional Holiday Party & Divisional Ice skating Details to Come June 25-28, 2015.
Contact Information Lieutenant Governor Cindy Pietrakowski: Cindypietrakowski.ltg@nydkc.org 1-646-703-1445
Divisional Executive Assistant Eldin Klapija: eklapija15@gmail.com
Divisional Secretary Diana Piktel Dianapiktel@gmail.com
Kiwanis Committee Representatives:
Rebecca Ovadia woodsidekiwanis@gmail.com
Jason Steiner ianjs@aol.com
Social Media Accounts Facebook Page: New York Key Club Division 8-A
Website:
HUMANS OF KEY CLUB Facebook Group: https:// www.facebook.com/ Humansofkeyclub Tumblr: http:// humansofkeyclub.tumblr.com/
http://division8a.wix.com/ keyclub
Instagram: http:// instagram.com/humansofkeyclub