Key to the Southwest Vol 61 Issue 1

Key To the Southwest

Volume 61, Issue 1

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Hello Southwest!

My name is Christy Ho and I am your newly elected Bulletin Editor. I am an incoming Senior and previous Catalina Lt. Governor Coming back from DCON I am reminded of why I ran for this position in the first place. Fulfilling is an understatement! DCON was a true end goal for all of us as we saw all of our hard work summed up into one weekend I am extremely excited to be back on the board and especially as a Bulletin Editor. Through Key Club, let's all grow together!

My Checklist

Summerboard

Heyo Southwest!

I am Michaela Williams, your governor, and let me catch you up on what fun I have been having! Before I even talk about work, I’d just like to say that I am so happy to see all of your work and dedication to Key Club. I know at times I don’t say it enough, but I see all of the cool things each of you do and thank you for keeping Southwest Southbest. As we enter the school year, I am planning my Governor’s Project, doing club visits, and unfortunately applying to college. If you are applying too, you know the struggle. Please contact me if you need anything!

With L.U.V

Michaela Williams

Gov Project

This service year Michaela has been working hard to think of the perfect partnership for her Governor’s Project. The Governo’s Project is where our governor, Michaela Williams, chooses a Key Club partner or program to help support and the members of the district assist her with whatever goal is set.

Amazingly, Michaela chose Erica’s Lighthouse! Stay tuned for more which will be posted on Instagram, the website, Remind.

Here is the reminder code! Send a text to 81010, Text this message

International Trustee Statement Ian Opel

What’s up Southwest District!

If you didn’t already know, my name is Ian Opel and I have the honor and pleasure to be your International Trustee for the 2023-2024 service year. I call the Michigan District home, but I am originally from Phoenix, Arizona so it is very exciting to be able to come back to Phoenix for your DCON. I just attended one of your District Board meetings and was able to meet the fantastic leadership who are passionate and excited to lead this District. Much like them, I too am excited to serve the Southwest. Along with providing updates like these, I will be assisting your Governor with anything and everything that she needs. I am also open and available to talk with any club member who has questions about the International Board or the work that we are doing. I am here to serve you all so if there is anything I can do to help you or your club get more involved with international please let me know. My contact information is at the bottom of this article so please feel free to reach out however you want! I am also available for one on one meetings outside of my office hours. Schedule one with me at www.calendly.com/ianopel

I am going to use this column to talk about the things that I am doing outside of Key Club so that you all can get to know me a little better!

Outside of Key Club, I am: an avid tennis and soccer player, Drum Major of my high school marching band, general sports fan (Phoenix Suns, Chelsea FC, Detroit Lions), a gamer when I can be (League of Legends, Brawhalla, Apex Legends, etc), a music enthusiast, and much more I just won my first match of our high school tennis season where I play #2 singles I will update you all with my progress throughout the season Aside from Key Club work, if you want to talk about any of the things that I have listed feel free to reach out!

Thank you Southwest District for letting me serve you this year I have no doubt that we will accomplish great things together!

Yours in community and service, Intl

Trustee Ian Opel Michigan District

ian opel@keyclub org

+1 (517)-582-3294

While our term has only a couple of updates fro Board that I would like to share with you. First things first, the Membership Update Center is closed until September 6th. You have two options: send in your dues when it reopens or email memberservices@kiwanis.org and ask them how to email your payments in.

Second, during this term we will be shifting our focus from Sistricts to DistrictPairings as we want to focus more on individual districts and their needs. Third, taskforce applications will be out soon (early October/late September) so if you want to have your voice heard and serve directly with international, keep an eye out for those applications in your Governor’s newsletter. This month, join Key Club in changing the conversation about mental health. Participate in Suicide Prevention Week in partnership with Erikas Lighthouse, September 11-15. We'll post challenges and ways to get your school involved in the mental health and suicide prevention conversation through the Give Voice campaign Lastly, as school years begin and new people flock into your schools, recruit people to join Key Club! Using the resources found at www keyclub org/homecoming-programresources/ , show people just how fun and life changing being a member of Key Club can be! More information for all of these topics can be found in either my Newsletter or on the Key Club International website Again, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me I’d be happy to answer any that you may have

Meet the Board

AshaObsiye BlackCanyonLt.Governor

ZacharyMartinez CatalinaLt.Governor

MilagrosQuinlan CopperCavernsLt.Governor

NickThomas EstrellaLt.Governor

RileyMcClure McDowellLt.Governor

LukeGibson LookoutMountainLt.Governor

AguieraSergioAdrian ogollonRimLt.Governor

AngelRios PapagoLt.Governor

JapenPatel MohaveLt.Governor

KaydanceYazzie PetroglyphLt.Governor

CharlotteCrichlow SandiaMountainLt.Governor

SiennaZarate RioGrandeLt.Governor

AdriMcBride SanPedroLt.Governor

PraveenSwaminarayan SangreDeCristoLt.Governor

RowanHillegeist SangreDeCristoLt.Governor

District Events Committee

The District Events Committee is so excited to be serving all of you, the Southwest District, this year! We are responsible for planning and executing any and all district wide events including the big District Convention, or DCON at the end of the work year, as well as anything else we see fit for our district, or anything you would like to see. For any questions, suggestions, or just to talk, you can reach the Committee Chair, Brandon Strange, or the Assistant Chair, Rowan Hillegeist to help answer any questions and hear out your thoughts We're looking forward to serving you and seeing all of you throughout the year, thank you!

Embership and Service Committee

Goals

As a committee we plan to create a list of resources for clubs to use for promotion, such as through club rushes or engaging new members. We will further enhance and administer monthly service projects for key clubbers. The committee will host and promote K-Komp, a service competition for Key Clubs , and new for this year will be Membership Month, a month dedicated to member recruitment. We’re also planning competitions regarding member percentage growth, and highlighting the promotion of diversity in our membership. Our committee has a lot in store to help boost our Southwest District to be the best!

Our Committee is focused on improving the individual club membership growth throughout the Southwest District by providing proper resources and materials to support them through that process. We will also focus on keeping members engaged with clubs, as member retention has been a looming issue for years and we hope to solve that problem. And, as the name implies, our committee will share many different service opportunities that clubs can take advantage of and would be one of the many ways to keep members engaged within the club and within their communities. Our committee consists of Japen Patel as Committee Chair, Asha Obsiye as Assistant Chair, and the Committee Members: Luke Gibson, Esteban Hinojos, and Gianni Avendano. Something special about our committee is that we are accepting applications from regular Key Club members to join our committee, and will have the opportunity to work alongside us in improving our Southwest District. Applications for such will be available to all when school begins in August.

K Family International Partners and Programs (K-FIPP)

What K-Family and International Partners & Programs do is help the Lt. Governors introduce themselves to their Kiwanis counterparts and build relationships with them. We do presentations on our KCI Partners and Programs. We make webinars that are for the Key Clubbers to present to the Kiwanians. We develop the contests and awards for the GLC recipients and the projects that are focused on KCI partners or charities. Then we set up rotations to make sure that the Key Club Board is always represented at SWD. We also assist with finding a good governors project.

Youth opportunity Fund (YOF)

The Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) invests in youth-led community projects. The grants they give out are only to Key Clubs. Not to any division or district. You can request grants from $250USD to $2,000USD. There are two cycles where you can apply for a grant. The first cycle is on October 15 at 8:59 p.m.

PT/11:59 p.m. ET. The second one is March 1 at 8:59 p.m.

PT/11:59 p.m. ET.

Key Clubs cannot receive more than one grant per Key Club year. Your applications are reviewed by the Key Club International board committee. The grant applicants are emailed about the outcomes. A list of the grant recipients are also posted online four weeks after the application deadline. Which is in November and April.

Your previous year's due must’ve been paid in order to get a grant issued. To qualify for future funding the Final Grant R is due at the end of the grant cycle.

In order to qualify for a grant you have to have Key Club engagement. It has to fill a need within your community. Thi be determined by completing a community needs assessmen Have to support at least one Kiwanis Children’s Fund cause a Which are health, education, or youth leadership development. You also need to spend the money within 12 months of when the grant money is awarded.

Collegewise

Collegewise’s mission is to be the most trusted source of information for students to have access to the power of higher education. Their vision is to help improve the lives of students so they can improve the future. They were built on a belief that students can get admitted into their dream college. While having fun on their college admission adventure. It is ollege admission ation. rnational and a member ben s means you h counseling, SAT, SAT, AC ic tutoring. h college ess ith college Collegewise y Club member binars and ces.

The weekend before August I went to Kiwanis DCON. I spent 4 days setting up, working with fellow executives/ chairs. and planning the rest of the year. I even ran a workshop in front of Kiwanians. called " Kiwanis 101." I got to see my Kiwanis Club there as the host club and I was excited to see it all come together as I saw the behind the scenes in the past months. Although it was fun, I used this weekend as a workweek to organize everything I would be doing for the rest of the year. I had fun and felt very productive by the time it was over.

Club Crush

This Key to the Southwest Club Crush is Apollo High school. This is the club that has communicated to the Black Canyon Division the most!

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