2013-2014 new jersey district handbook
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Written by the district board and compiled by District Secretary Kelly Tran, the 2013-2014 District Handbook is the official source for everything about the New Jersey District of Key Club International! Inside, you will find information about the district board, committees, Kiwanis Family, upcoming events, and more. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly at [email protected]TRANSCRIPT
Handbook District
District Handbook
The District Handbook is an official publication of the New Jersey District compiled and distributed by the District Secretary every year. It contains articles written by members of the New Jersey District Board of Trustees about everything from goals, hierarchy, maps, the district song, and more! The main components of the district handbook include messages from the district executive board and Interna-tional Trustees, general information about Key Club and the New Jersey District, upcoming events, committee explanations and goals, and contact information.
The district board works together every year to ensure that the information in the District Handbook is accurate and up-to-date. Events, contact information, and even processes such as paying dues can change as the service years change. Luckily, there’s no change in the dues process this year, but if you were still unsure on how to proceed, there’s a page for that in the handbook and contact information for additional help. Think of the District Handbook as a guide to understanding everything there is to know about the district.
In past years, the District Handbook included an extensive club directory with the contact information of each officer and advisor from every club in the New Jersey District. The importance of the handbook lies in that it is a source of information. The club directory allows clubs to contact each other, share ideas, and form bonds that keeps the mighty New Jersey District thriving. The District Handbook and the club directory cater to different purposes and uses and so this year, there is a separate document solely dedicated to the club directory.
If the answers to your questions don’t lie within these pages, it is likely that someone in this handbook does—whether it is the author of an article, committee chairperson, or me, we are more than happy to answer any questions. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] should anything arise.
Yours in caring and service, Kelly Tran District Secretary
My name is Ryan Clarkin, and I have the honor of serving as the New Jersey District Governor of Key Club International for the 2013-2014 service year. I would like to tell you all a little something about myself as well as what I plan to do over the next year. I joined Key Club my freshmen year after being offered a piece of pizza, and I have never looked back. After only five months in Key Club, I decided to run for Lieutenant Governor, simply because I thought that I could touch more lives with my passion and the inspiration I received from others. My time in Key Club is something that has
molded the very character of who I am, and has affected everything from how I meet people, to what sort of mu-sic I listen to. I am a true “clubber”, and I would not have it any other way. Over the next service year I have the honor of serving as the NJ District of Key Club International’s Governor. Over the next service year, I hope to inspire my Board of Trustees to break down the barriers of this organiza-tion, and never allow them to accept that what was once done is good enough. This year will be a year that peo-ple cite when they wish to accurately describe what Key Club passion and excitement can really do. We will make this year exactly what we call it; we will make it the year of service. Without a theme or gimmick, we will couple our philosophical initiative of service with a ground breaking fundraising campaign for the Eliminate Project. To speak less in concept, and instead in tangible material, I would like to introduce the Governor’s Project for this year. K- Family Service has been and will be the Governor’s Project for this service year, encouraging all key clubbers to not only build their home, schools, and communities, but do it with other members of the K-Family. On top of this service initiative, the New Jersey Board of Trustees has pledged over $100,000 as a Eliminate Do-nation. As you can see, our plans for this year are ambitious, yes, but they are real. I believe I speak for everyone on the New Jersey District Board of Trustees when I say that we will work our hardest to make sure this is a year for the history books. While I have many ideas in store for this service year, I plan on devoting my full time and dedica-tion into being Governor this service year and ensuring the success of this district. I am honored to be serving as this year's District Governor, and I am always open to comments, questions, and any suggestions you may have!
Yours in Caring and Service,
Ryan Clarkin
Governor s Welcome
Executive s Goals
Salutations, New Jersey District! I am ebullient and humbled to be serving as your 2013-2014 District Secretary. Beginning my Key Club journey, I had very little knowledge of how Key Club International functions and this made approaching the district board a bit intimidating. Serving as a lieutenant governor, I came to realize that the gaps be-tween every rung on the hierarchical needed to be abolished. Every member of this or-ganization works together to ensure its success and to create a meaningful impact on the world. To this end, my goals are to build upon the legacies of past district secretaries in that I hope to secure a seamless flow of information between club and district.
Create/maintain a public Google calendar with dates for all scheduled district/international events that members can readily refer to
Create/maintain a Facebook group for all club secretaries to create a casual environment to exchange information and encourage frequent communication
Reformat report forms and provide resources to aid the process of filling out report forms Promote information and already-made resources that members can utilize to strengthen their clubs Be open-minded to new ideas and suggestions for improving the mighty New Jersey District and imple-
ment necessary changes
Hello everyone! It is my humble pleasure to be serving as your District Treasurer for the 2013-2014 service year. As the new school year quickly approaches, I have derived steps and plans to allow clubs to thrive in future. Below is a list of goals I plan to achieve to help the New Jersey District to better achieve its unlimited potentials.
Create a video tutorial on how to complete dues process & manage the Mem-bership Update Center
Also, create an article of the tutorial for clubs to include in their newsletters Carefully manage the district budget to ascertain that the money is going back to
benefit the members Being available to all members of the district through email, phone, and social networking Offer advice and insight on all dues collection issues Help clubs to achieve Early Bird Awards through constant communications with Lieutenant Governors Assist delinquent and suspended clubs to become back on track with financial resources Work tirelessly with the district board and rest of the K-Family to achieve these goals!
As District Editor of the New Jersey District, it is my executive responsibility to publish district publications and distribute them throughout the District of New Jersey. Each year, the District Editor makes three district publications. The New Jersey District’s pub-lication, the Jersey Key, features news from international to district to division to clubs level, a plethora of information ranging from updates on the ongoing fight against ma-ternal/neonatal tetanus, and news about notable events that clubs from each division are doing to impact their communities. Other than just publishing district publications, a district editor is also responsible for using effective modes of communications to no-tify members throughout the district. The district editor has the duty to raise awareness of events and news through the media outlets. All in all, the position of district editor is to fulfill the role of basi-cally being the district communicator and seeing that the district gets the information it needs in order to func-tion and thrive. As the 2013-2014 New Jersey District Editor, I also wish to complete various other tasks beyond my mandatory duties. This year I plan to:
Install many new modes of communication by expanding different media outlets the New Jersey Dis-trict uses to more modern outlets such as Instagram and Pinterest while at the same time continue using the old outlets
Expand on the variety newsletter templates available to allow for more freedom in terms of having more choices to pick from as well as more design options when it comes to making the newsletter
Executive s Goals (continued)
Key Club is a student-led, club that aims to bring service to high schoolers all across the world. Key Club is part of the K-Family consisting of the college version Circle-K, the middle school version Builders Club, the elemen-tary school version K-Kids, the version for disabled adults Aktion Club and the version for adults Kiwanis. All wings of the family focus on providing service opportunities to their respective audiences to help develop servant leaders from all walks of life. Born out of the adult version of the club, Kiwanis, in 1925 in Sacremento High School in California,
Key Club has since truly become international having in over 5,000 clubs in 30 different
countries.
Key club was founded upon the motto to represent that service goes beyond a
simple act rather that it is more of a lifestyle. Key Clubbers try live by the club’s core values of leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
Hello New Jersey Key Clubbers! I am Madison Kemker from the Indiana District and will be serving as your trustee for the 2013-2014 year. I am looking very forward to working with you to make the upcoming year a “key-tastic” success! To start, I want you to get to know me. I live in Jasper, a city in Southern Indiana. I have three younger brothers and a black lab. I don’t have a favorite food, or ice cream flavor – because choosing just ONE would be entirely too difficult! I do, however, favor Thin Mints over all other types of Girl Scout cookies. My taste in music ranges from Ed Sheeran to Jay-Z. I absolutely love going to concerts and have seen Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, Drake, Matt Nathanson, Train and Imagine Dragons live. Finally, my iPhone is
my life, so feel free to contact me at any time! Key Club is a huge part of me. It is where I have met some of my closest and best friends. It is where I go when I need a break from life or a pick me up. It is where my passion lies. Which is precisely why I want to stress this next point – I AM HERE TO SERVE YOU. I am your resource. Whether it is to bounce ideas off me or ask for information regarding the Eliminate Project, please do not hesitate to shoot me an email at any time. It is what you should be doing! New Jersey, Wisconsin – Upper Michigan, and Nebraska – Iowa are Sister Districts this year. (Don’t forget to have your governor add you to the Facebook page!) It is my goal to get some sort of video chat started where members from each district can chat, but that’s still a work in progress. I also want to be an advocate for growth, although the term growth is defined differently in each district. I am so excited to be a part of your Key Club life for the next year and cannot wait to see what the 2013-2014 year holds!
A Message From Your International Trustee
The founders chose the colors to represent unwavering character, purity, and
service respectively to represent key club and wrote a key club pledge to highlight the objectives of the club. The Key Club pledge resonated in all Key Club meetings and is used to start the meeting. If you ever hear…
...that’s the Key Club pledge, and you are among Key Clubbers! The New Jersey District of Key Club is one the most well populated districts of Key Club currently featuring twenty three districts splitting the approximately 140 clubs in New Jersey with some school’s having more than 300 members.
Division 1A Atlantic City Cape May County Technical Lower Cape May Regional Middle Township Ocean City Division 1B Absegami ACIT Atlantic Christian Cedar Creek Egg Harbor Township Pleasantville Division 2 Cumberland Regional Hammonton Millville Senior Vineland Winslow Woodstown Division 3A Clearview G.C.I.T. Paulsboro Pitman West Deptford Woodbury Division 3B B.C.I.T. Burlington Cherry Hill Eastern Rancocas Triton Division 4 Ewing Hamilton Hopewell Valley Monroe Division 5 Central Regional
Division 5 (Cont.) Manchester Southern Regional Toms River East Toms River North Division 6 Brick Memorial Brick Township Jackson Liberty Jackson Memorial Point Pleasant Beach Point Pleasant Borough Division 7 Manasquan Monmouth Regional Ocean Township Wall Township Division 8 Henry Hudson High Technology M.A.S.T. Middletown North Middletown South Red Bank Regional Rumson-Fair Haven Division 9 Holmdel Keyport Marlboro Matawan Regional St. John Vianney Division 10 East Brunswick Edison J.P. Stevens New Brunswick North Brunswick Old Bridge Perth Amboy
Division 11 Bernards Bridgewater-Raritan Franklin Manville Middlesex Piscataway Ridge Somerville Division 12 Delaware Valley Regional Hunterdon Central North Hunterdon Phillipsburg Voorhees Warren County Vo. Tech Warren Hills Regional Division 13 Arthur L. Johnson Elizabeth JFK Woodbridge Rahway Westfield Division 14 Chatham Columbia E.C.L.C. of New Jersey Jonathan Dayton Madison Millburn Summit Union Division 15 A. Harry Moore County Prep McNair Academic Dickinson Union City Division 16 E.C.L.C. of Ho-Ho-Kus Emerson Fort Lee
Division 16 (Cont.) Hasbrouck Heights North Bergen Secaucus Tenafly Division 17 Becton Regional Belleville Bloomfield Clifton Nutley St. Mary’s Division 18 Glen Ridge James Caldwell Livingston Mt. St. Dominique Academy West Essex Division 19 Montville Morristown Mountain Lakes Parsippany Parsippany Hills Division 20 Morris Catholic Morris County County Vo. Tech Morris Hills Morris Knolls Randolph Roxbury Division 21 Hackettstown High Point Regional Mt. Olive Pope John Sparta Sussex County Vo. Tech Vernon Township
(To the tune of Hymn of the Republic) New Jersey is the District where the Key Clubs are the best. New Jersey is the District we’re the best of all the rest. We’ll take you to the caucuses and when the night is done... You’ll know who’s number one! Glory, glory to New Jersey! Glory, glory to New Jersey! Glory, glory to New Jersey! You’ll know who’s number one!
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Kiwanis Committee and NJDB
Duties of the
serve as liasons between Kiwanis International and the NJDB oversee assigned divisions and Lieutenant Governors remain updated on the status of their assigned divisions serve as mediators between Lieutenant Governors and club advisors if necessary be available to assist LTGs and answer any questions they may have ensure LTGs are executing their jobs in compliance with Key Club values and
bylaws
create and enforce the district budget oversee all financial circulation within the district and between international be available to assist board members advise the District Treasurer
be available to assist the district administrator as necessary
oversee the operations of the NJDB as a whole answer questions members of the NJDB pertaining to their responsibilities lead in the planning of District functions ensure the NJDB is operating smoothly and in accordance with Key Club bylaws
and values
prepare and distribute information to the NJDB and maintain contact through-
out their term create tentative dated agenda for each board meeting conducts board meetings and leads other events, such as DCON promote K Family Relations maintain contact with the District Administrator to plan meetings and other even develop a training program for district officers provide written directives and assist district committees in their operation oversee and evaluate the NJDB members in their positions and provide assistance
if necessary
One thing we know for sure is that the mighty New Jersey District would not function without the District Board and the support of the Kiwanis Committee but what, exactly, does the Kiwanis Committee and District Board do?
Kiwanis Committee and NJDB Duties of the
serve as a liaison between the club and district levels of Key Club International train all club officers in their individual positions and answer any questions they may have visit each club at least once to assess the meetings and continue contact with the clubs throughout their term publish monthly newsletters to convey information to their divisional members plan and hold divisional events and meetings to unify their division in service collect club monthly report forms and rosters of officers submit monthly reports about the status of each club in their division
prepare and distribute information to club webmasters and the NJDB maintain and update the district website with new information publish a monthly newsletter for all club webmasters and the NJDB provide technical assistance during board events ensure divisional websites and the district website are appropriate representations of KCI and follow brand guide
publish the Jersey Key Magazine three times during their term, with once being in print publish monthly newsletters for all club editors and the NJDB be available to answer any questions the NJDB or any club officers may have about newsletters educate others on how to properly utilitze Key Club International Brand Guide
work with the New Jersey District Financial Advisor to plan the budget for the NJDB prepare and distribute recent monthly financial reports distribute information to club treasurers and the NJDB send notice about delinquent dues status to Key Club presidents, school principals, presidents of sponsoring Ki-
wanis clubs and faculty advisors at appropriate times present a treasurer's report at all board meetings maintain contact with LTGs and ensure all clubs pay dues in a timely fashion
prepare and distribute information to club secretaries and the NJDB distribute copies of all district board minutes to district board officers and the Kiwanis International Office collect officer rosters and create an officer directory publish a monthly newsletter for club secretaries and the district board collect Club Monthly Report Forms from all LTGs communicate with the district board and ensure all paperwork in the district is being filed correctly
The Key Club year is a fun and exciting one, packed full of events that allows you connect with tons of different people who all share the same interests. While your home club and division may host their own events, the New Jersey District hosts events for all of the Key Clubbers of New Jersey. What are these events? And where? And when? Look below for a list of all the fun-filled events that you and your club can attend.
September 15: Fall South Regional Training Conference-Burlington Township High School September 21: Fall Central Regional Training Conference- Marine Academy of Science and Technology September 22: Fall North Regional Training Conference- Livingston High School Regional Training Conferences are held by the New Jersey District Board to educated, inform, and have fun with the New Jersey District! It is a way for the district to relay news and talk to Key Clubbers face-to-face. Come out this year and together, we’ll “Experiment With Service”!
October 13: Fall Rally- Six Flags: Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ Don’t forget to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF!
November 1: Early Bird Dues Award November 1-3: Kiwanis Family Conference- Black Mountain, North Carolina November 2-4: Key Club Week November 22-24: Key Leader- Cross Roads Camp, Port Murray, NJ
December 1: All dues must be paid by this date
March 28-30: NJ District Convention- Long Branch, NJ
July 2-6: International Convention 2014 in Anaheim, California Learn more about these events on the following pages!
2013-2014 | The Year Ahead (Tentative)
Regional Training Conferences (RTCs)
1. a free event lasting from 9AM to 1PM on all
scheduled days 2. an event organized by the New Jersey District Board and Kiwanians to meet, interact, and train Key Club members 3. an event required of all club officers to attend
in order to be distinguished 4. free breakfast, lunch, and raffle prizes 5. general sessions to relay district news and an ice breaker to bond with other Key Club members from throughout the district 6. an event to get new ideas to better serve your homes, schools, and communities
Contests Major Emphasis & Partners of
Service District Project: ELIMINATE Key Events and How to Get
There Breaking the Ice and Moving
Your Meetings KEYping It Classy How to Move Up/What’s a
District Board? How to Recruit and Keep
Members Key Club 411 Club Public Relations Brand Guide Service Project Ideas FUNdraising Public Speaking Advocacy Kiwanis Family Relations
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s New Jersey Key Club! For years, Key Clubbers from all over New Jersey have gathered their spirit and joined together for the biggest event of the year: Fall Rally! Key Clubbers come from the north, south, and everywhere in between to meet at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey for an afternoon to get pumped for the service year ahead! On Sunday October 13, 2013 join the New Jersey District of Key Club as we all become Superheroes of Service! Celebrate with us as we all become Superheroes fighting against the evils of the Eliminate Project. During the short but fun information session you will not only see the District Board members dress up as your favorite super-hero characters but you will also fight with all of your powers to claim the spirit stick for your division! What club will be the most spirited this year? Come to fall rally in a flash and find out! After competing for the spirit stick you can stroll around the park and ride your favorite superhero themed rides! Your club will also have the opportunity to stay for Fright Fest! What better way to discover your inner super-hero than attending the greatest park with a group of 3,000 Key Club superheroes! Bring your cape and sidekicks and come show New Jersey Key Club what your power is! It seems like light years away, but begin to plan for Fall Rally now because it will be here in a flash! Talk with your club advisor, club officers, school administration, and members to save the day! Make sure to discuss the amount of students you will be bringing (the more the merrier) and how to get there (flying capes may be a viable option). This year we anticipate an attendance total of 3,000 people and we want you to be a part of that number! Make sure to also bring some school supplies to donate to Tools for Schools which provides school supplies to those who need it the most! Every little bit counts! If you have any question, ask your Lieutenant Governor or any District Board member and they will happily assist you! How to Attend Fall Rally
Start planning now! Send out a poll/survey to get an estimate of how many people will attend Advertise at first meeting in September if not earlier Talk to advisor and administration about busing options and permission slips Publicize the event – at meetings, social media, etc. SPREAD THE WORD!
Fall Rally 2013
Key Leader; seemingly, it’s just two words. But, it’s so much more.
Imagine spending a whole week-
end on the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere in a cabin with oth-ers. Imagine strangers driving to this mountain from all over the state of New Jersey and New York regions, gathering together in the frigid cold weather. However, also imagine people that you’d never imagine meeting in your lifetime, if it not for Key Leader, becoming some of your best friends. Imagine finding out more about yourself and others and becoming a servant leader. Imagine forming bonds with newly made friends that share the same passions you have.
Key Leader weekend is a leadership opportunity that allows attendees to separate themselves from the outside world for the weekend. It’s a getaway to develop one’s leadership skills through team building activities and challenges. It’s a weekend to discover one’s core values and prioritize which values matter most and which can take a backseat. It’s a time for finding more about oneself and about others. Key Leader is an experience of a lifetime to develop not only as a leader, but also as a person.
Key Leader 2013
Every year in Key Club International, the year is concluded with a huge gathering of Key Clubbers from all over New Jersey. At the Convention, each club’s successes and victories are celebrated as well as individual members. Supreme club leaderships are rewarded as well as excellent adviser performance. An increase in mem-bership is recognized, praised, and rewarded. At DCON, everyone from general members to officers celebrate not only personal victories but other clubs’ victories as well. Why? In NJ, all Key Clubbers have one common similarity and that is our undying, relentless passion to help others and to make a positive change in the world. The air when one walks into District Convention absolutely overwhelming. You’re in the presence of such great-ness, such as clubs like MAST or Montville or all the members of the district board that worked their butts off for the past year to make sure the service year was the best that it possibly could have been. District Convention 2013 was an absolutely amazing experience, for me anyways. I met so many unique people and formed friendships with people that I am still in contact with today, even though they live in places that are hours and hours from me. I learned about a variety of service activities and ideas in the Service Fair as well as sharing some of the ones that my club partook in. I learned bunch loads of useful information in the workshops, whether it was for Key Club and or just my everyday life, such as time management and the impor-tance of organization. But DCON wasn’t all workshops and sitting through ceremonies, we all had the opportu-nity to dress like we were from the 1920’s in flapper dresses and such. And the subsequent night we all put on our semi-formal clothes for the Governor’s Ball. We rejoiced with the winner of the talent show, after hearing many acts during the awards ceremony. Superb Lieutenant Governors were recognized with the Robert F. Lucas Award for Outstanding Lieutenant Governors, while the executive board was also recognized for their hard work. Not to mention throughout the entire convention, the thrill of campaigning was going on as we, the Key Clubbers of NJ, got to decide who we wanted to serve on our Executive Board for the 2013-2014 Service Year. All in all, District Convention last year was an absolute blast with everything that happened and went on, but next year’s District Convention is going to even be better than last year’s.
District Convention 2013 District Convention 2014
The 2013 Key Club International Convention took place on July 3-7th in Washington DC, at the Wash-ington Hilton. This year the Capital District was the host district for this year’s convention and they greeted all of the Key Clubbers with great smiles and crab motions. International Convention is always a great event to at-tend as there are a multitude of activities that occur during this time. From electing the International Board for the new service year, receiving awards and being recognized for outstanding achievement, and meeting Key Club-bers from all around the world! At the EliMiNaTe dinner we found out that the New Jersey District had raised the second most amount of money out of all the districts and we had the highest amount of money raised per member.
In the days preceding International Convention, the New Jersey District went to a myriad of museums from the Holocaust Museum to the National Spy Museum to the Newseum, visited the Washington Monument, packaged meals to send to families oversees with the “Kids Against Hunger” program, and more much. There’s no telling what the district tour and convention will bring every year, so be on the look out for more news as it becomes available.
International Convention will be in Anaheim, California next year in 2014—it’s bound to be magical!
Why should you attend DCON 2014? Well, for starters, your district board is going to ensure its total perfection and fluency. District Convention enlightens you regarding all of your knowledge of Key Club and really makes you so excited for the new Service Year. Even if you are a graduating senior, DCON is probably the most amazing way to end your Key Club experience. Because, let’s be honest, at the end of March, you are most likely finished with figuring out which college fits you best (or most people are anyways). You are making the fin-ishing touches on your high school career and that one weekend away with one of the most inspirational organi-zations is much needed. If you are a freshman, it’s a great way to see what your options are regarding officer posi-tions on the club, district, and executive level. District Convention 2014 is an amazing opportunity that every key clubber in NJ should take advantage of. The main concern for many people is, well, the money. Attending such a beautiful hotel such as the Ocean Place Resort for 2 nights and three days can be a bit on the pricier side, details to be finalized soon. But, if you know that you are interested in attending and money is the only problem, talk to your club president, advisor, and Lieutenant Governor! We want you to attend so you can experience all that it has to offer so we will help with financials. There are so many ways to raise money, such as Gertrude Hawk Chocolate Sales, bake sales, and dinner nights. District Convention 2013 was phenomenal, but District Convention 2014 is going to be even better!
International Convention
District Convention 2014
2013- 2014
Lt. Governor Kyra Adams (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Joelle Feshuk (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Nicole Lema Lt. Governor Shivani Talwar Lt. Governor Lindsey O’Brien Lt. Governor Tyler Katz
District Editor Pak Chau (Co-Chairperson) District Webmaster Yuya Ong (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Erik Lim Lt. Governor Richa Deshpande Lt. Governor Jeet Patel Lt. Governor Michelle Desjardins
Lt. Governor Adam Rubin (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Sarah McGuire (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Kevin Huang Lt. Governor Anna Tresvalles Lt. Governor Elina Hsueh Lt. Governor Elizabeth Wallace Lt. Goernor Klesa Achaibar
Lt. Governor Cynthia Thurairajah (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Sam Levisay (Co-Chairperson) District Treasurer Penny Xu Lt. Governor Hannah Hickman Lt. Governor Eric Zhu Lt. Governor Hamiyyet Bilgi Lt. Governor Michaela Patoilo
District Secretary Kelly Tran (Co-Chairperson) Lt. Governor Anna Tresvalles (Co-Chairperson) District Webmaster Yuya Ong Lt. Governor Cynthia Thurairajah Lt. Governor Eric Zhu Lt. Governor Sam Levisay Lt. Governor Michelle Desjardins Lt. Governor Erik Lim Lt. Governor Michaela Patoilo
District Treasurer Penny Xu (Chairperson) Lt. Governor Joelle Feshuk Lt. Governor Nicole Lema Lt. Governor Kevin Huang Lt. Governor Lindsey O’Brien Lt. Governor Adam Rubin Lt. Governor Elizabeth Wallace Lt. Governor Tyler Katz Lt. Governor Sarah McGuire
Lt. Governor Hamiyyet Bilgi (Chairperson) District Editor Pak Chau Lt. Governor Kyra Adams Lt. Governor Shivani Talwar Lt. Governor Hannah Hickman Lt. Governor Richa Deshpande Lt. Governor Jeet Patel Lt. Governor Klesa Achaibar
NJDB Committees
The ELIMINATE Project NJ District Project:
The New Jersey District Project for the 2013-2014 service year is once again The Eliminate Project. What this means is that our fundraising efforts will focus on aiding the effort to eradicate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus from the
face of the Earth. Our District goal this year is to raise by District Convention. This number represents:
The one baby killed every nine minutes by MNT
The series of three vaccinations required to immunize a mother and her future children
The $1.80 that it costs to receive the series of vaccinations
the 61 million mothers that will ultimately be impacted by the Eliminate Project.
Kiwanis International, as well as the other branches of the K-Family, has teamed up with UNICEF to completely eliminate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus by the year 2015. This means that a total of $110 million dollars must be raised in order to pay for the costs of the vaccinations.
MNT is a disease that is contracted through unhealthy birthing practices. Tetanus spores are found within soil and are spread when they come in contact with open cuts during birth. The effects of the disease are excruciating. Newborns become extremely sensitive to light and touch, which makes it impossible for a mother to hold her child. The child also suffers from extremely painful, repeated convulsions. There is a very slim chance of survival, and MNT ultimately kills one child every nine minutes.
Although this disease is so deadly, it is 100% preventable. For only $1.80, a mother can receive a series of 3 vaccinations that will protect not only her, but also her future children. These mothers will also receive health education that will help them to stay healthy for the rest of their lives.
Through the efforts of dedicated Kiwanis, Key Club, Builder’s Club, K-Kids, and Aktion Club members, the project has been extremely successful. When the project began back in 1999, there were 59 countries suffering from the fatal effects of MNT. Kiwanis International joined the efforts in 2010, and with their support, 31 countries have eradicated MNT, leaving only 28 countries still suffer-ing from this terrible disease.
Since the beginning of the campaign, has been raised to
help mothers in need. Of that total, has been raised by Kiwanis Student Leadership Programs,
with of that being donated by Key Club International. The numbers don’t lie; Key Club mem-bers make a difference every day. With the help of the entire K-Family, MNT will be eliminated by 2015.
The Public Relations Committee is one of the four standing committee within the New Jersey District Board. It is composed of two co-chairs and its members. The main purpose of the committee is to expand upon the district’s public relations through a variety of ways. The committee carries this out through three steps: publi-cize, inform, build.
The Public Relations Committee’s first duty is to . Publicizing things like fall rally, district con-vention, or district fundraisers are part of the committee’s job. The committee achieves this objective in two ways - usually combining them together for maximum effectiveness. One way is through social media and the internet. By publishing advertisements such as cover photos and promotional videos onto the world wide web, Key Club-bers can grow aware of upcoming events within the district while scrolling through their newsfeeds and wall posts. Another way the Public Relations Committee publicizes event is by old fashion word of mouth and flyers. By sending out solid flyers, throughout the district, the event could be publicized beyond the digital medium. It also gets people more hyped up about events when they seem vibrant colored flyers all around their homes, schools, and communities.
The Public Relations Committee’s second duty is to . Informing includes all different types of information - from the ELIMINATE Project updates and progress to projects going on at the club level on the other side of the world to just more basic information regarding Key Club, the Public Relations Committee ex-ists to alert Key Clubber all about the organization. Like publicizing events, informing key clubbers comes in two ways. One way is using the Key Club website which is managed by the District Webmaster. On the website are a multitude of links and pages created by the committee to better inform Key Clubbers interested in finding more about Key Club. The Pinterest archive of articles and pictures are yet another way that the committee is able to inform members about activities going on throughout the district as well as internationally. Apart from just elec-tronically, the Public Relations Committee also creates and distributes brochures and handouts with facts about topics like Key Club in general or the ELIMINATE Project so that Key Clubbers from all over the district can achieve a higher level of understand of things like why Key Club is an student-led international organization that thrives on service and leadership.
The third and final duty of the Public Relations Committee is to . Build what? Build clubs of course! The committee’s last focus is to spread the word of Key Club so that the service organization can con-tinue to expand throughout the nation as well as throughout the world. The Public Relations Committee pro-motes the service and leadership opportunities that Key Club offers through variety of different ways - basically any way that a Key Clubber can show their Key Club pride - newsletters, clothing, chants, cheers, etc. All in all, the Public Relations Committee is the mouth of the district. It’s the committee that tells every-one about everything, anything, anytime and anywhere!
Public Relations Committee
District Editor Pak Chau [email protected]
District Webmaster Yuya Ong [email protected]
Club public relations has two parts: external and internal. This includes contacting the local media (press, radio, TV) to get your club featured and also creating flyers and other promotional mediums. When reaching out to other people, it is important to remember that you are representing your club and Key Club In-ternational. It is essential to be polite and professional at all times to ensure successful and respectful relations. What can you do to improve your club public relations?
It might be a good idea to keep a list of prospective contacts that you can hand down to your successor. Continual contact throughout the years helps build a good reputation for your club.
Having a club t-shirt tells the world that your club is playing on the same team. When going to events and projects, wearing the same shirt promotes your club’s team-work and unity.
Internal public relations refers to things you do to inform your club about what its plans are. External public relations refers to informing your school and community about your club—the same thing as inter-nal PR, but with a different audi-ence. Something else you can consider is sidewalk chalk: using sidewalk chalk, write announcements and re-
minders on the sidewalk outside of your school—a place where students frequently pass through and will get the memo. You can even pick up your camera and film a promotional video to show on your school’s news channel. In alliance with one of the objects of Key Club International, make sure to get the OK from your principal be-fore doing anything too radical. But remember, always have fun with public relations and don’t be afraid to think outside the box to grab attention!
In the K-Family, it is important to reach out to new clubs to spread awareness about the service that the K-Family does, which is why building new clubs is so crucial. In order to build any new club, you have to go through a series of processes; first you need to get a charter kit, and then find a sponsoring Kiwanis Club. You can ask your sponsoring Kiwanis Club to sponsor the new club or just any local Kiwanis Club. You then need to get approval from the school’s administration and also find an advisor. After you find an advisor, you need to make sure the club has at least fifteen members.
There are different K-Family clubs you can build. You can build a Builder’s Club, K-Kids, Key Club, Cir-cle K, Kiwanis Club, or Aktion Club. Depending on what club you want to build, there are different approaches you need to take when going through the building process. If you are building a Builder’s Club or a K-Kids Club, you have to guide the members a little more because they are younger. However, if you are building a Key Club or Circle K, the members and officers still need guidance but not as much as a Builder’s Club or a K-Kids mem-ber. Building a Kiwanis Club is a little tougher to build, but there are plenty of Kiwanians and other resources out there that can help you.
Throughout the entire K-Family building process it is important to be sure that you are polite, proper, and courteous. Remember that you do not have to build a Key Club; you can build any club part of the K-Family from K-Kids to Aktion Club to a Kiwanis Club. Also, it is so crucial to be sure to maintain good contact with your sponsoring Kiwanis Club because they are always there to help you build and even sponsor a new club.
Club Public Relations
K-Family Club Building
Membership Growth
Kiwanis Club Relations
In the K-Family there is K-Kids Club for elementary school students, Builders Club for middle school-ers, Key Club for High School, Circle K for College, and Kiwanis for those 18 years and older. Kiwanis is the parent organization to Key Club. Because we are a student-led organization, we are not capable of doing every-thing, and that is where the adults come in to help. Kiwanians support Key Clubbers by providing opportuni-ties in Service Leadership Programs. This supports our youth to become strong passionate leaders. For this rea-son every Key Club is sponsored by a Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis Club helps the Key Club with everything they need and introduces them to service projects. Running Key Clubs without Kiwanis help proves to be very difficult, and a Key Club should always keep in touch with their Kiwanis for various help with service, financial needs, and leadership opportunities. On the District level the Kiwanis Board oversees the District Board and gives us advice if we need it. They come to all board meetings and have designated divisions. This ensures that a Lieutenant Governor will always have someone to talk to in time of need.
One of the best ways to attract new members is during the beginning of the school year. Students are al-ways looking for new clubs to join! Setting up a booth at a service fair, club fair or even back to school night is a great way to explain what Key Club is and some of our goals. Have a poster or tri-fold in order to convey the im-portation more efficiently. Be sure to mention the Eliminate Project and other service activities your club may do. Also, do not be afraid to talk to parents! Parents want their children to be actively part of a club and Key Club is the perfect way for them to be involved in community service. Some problems a club may face is membership decline after Fall Rally or even throughout the year. Do not be discouraged about this! Here are some ways to keep members alert and interested:
Promote events over the loud speaker or PA system Hang up posters or flyers around school reminding students of
General Membership meetings and even bring some snacks for the members
Keep the activities new and interesting, some members do not want to do the same project more than once
Try reaching out to different groups of people, they might bring their friends
Keep members motivated by doing a “Member of the Month” award, it gives them something to work towards
One club even used chalk around the school campus to promote their first meeting. President Deanna Passaretti of Montville Township High School stated, “It was a great way to grab peoples attention. Everywhere you looked it screamed Key Club and it easily washed off in the rain.”
Club Reactivation
Many times, a Key Club may become inactive, but you can help by reactivating it again. Being a Key Club member means helping your community become stronger and even more united. Each Key Club makes this or-ganization larger and stronger. The process is a little tough, so never hesitate to ask for help from any Kiwanis family member. After you realize that a club in inactive, you should first contact the sponsoring Kiwanis club for help. If they agree to help, then the next step you should take is to contact the principal of the school. Afterwards, you should schedule an appointment to meet the principal. Be sure that the Kiwanis president, board members of the school, and the old or possible adviser are present at the meeting. Having these people at the meeting will increase the chance of re-activating the club. You may suffer some rejection from this process, but you should not give up and instead, keep persevering for your goal. After you have successfully gained approval, the rest of the steps are very simple. You have to fill out the Reactivation Petition Form which you can find at www.kiwanisone.org, located under the resources tab. After this form is filled out, all you need to do is send this form and a $100 check to Key Club International, but you must make sure the club must have at least 15 members with 5 elected officers. It may take some time, but don’t get discouraged. The satisfaction of adding another club to this large Key Club family will be worth it in the end.
K-Family Club Relations
If you’re in Key Club, you probably know about our parent organization, , but you might not
know about the other branches of the K-Family. In elementary schools across the globe, students are part of
. K-Kids is one of the only organizations that allow children to learn leadership skills as well as volunteer within their community. Students in Key Club can work with their local K-Kids to take part in bigger volunteer projects that elementary students cannot take part in alone. The next level of the K-family is specific for middle
schoolers known as . Students in Builder’s Club are more independent than those in K-Kids since they are older and able to contact organizations for volunteering without the help of advisors and Key Clubbers. Builder’s Clubs do not rely on other branches of the K-family as much, but they can still work with other branches to improve their service ideas and turnout at events. After students become Key Club Alumni,
they are able to join in college. Circle-K has basically the same structure as Key Club with club offi-cers, district level positions, and international positions. There are two K-family clubs that adults can join, Ki-
wanis or . Aktion club provides opportunities to adults with special abilities through churches, libraries or other community services. All of these branches include the same 4 core values that Key Club has: leadership, character building, inclusiveness, and caring. Regardless of age or special needs, everyone is able to join one of the branches and help those around them.
Members of the New Jersey District Board serve on a variety of committees as part of their responsibilities as Lieutenant Governors and Executive Board Officers. The District Programs Committee has two main focuses for the service year: Advocacy and District Service. Advocacy is essentially speaking on behalf of others who cannot speak for themselves, and each year the District Board chooses a differ-ent advocacy focus. The New Jersey District of Key Club International is a group of 26,000 ambitious and proactive individuals all united by a common passion for service. This committee utilizes that large audi-ence through our connections between club and district level. The committee broadcasts a deserving cause and urge your support. In addition, the committee establishes a District-wide Service Project. All Key Club members are encouraged to participate in this event. It is the committee’s responsibility to plan and advertise for the service project.
The committee also creates a Service Directory for clubs. This directory describes different service projects, and organizations to con-tact. It is a guidebook to how to get more involved in the community! Members of the District Programs Committee are also responsi-ble for writing articles for the various New Jersey District publications. This committee is dedicated to promoting awareness for the chosen advocacy focus and raising awareness throughout New Jersey Key Clubs.
Lieutenant Governor Adam Rubin [email protected]
Lieutenant Governor Sarah McGuire [email protected]
District Programs Committee
For the past several years, the New Jersey District has picked a focus for the District to advocate for. In previous years the advocacy focus has been very specific, such as Autism New Jersey, and more recently Suicide and Self Image. This year, the District has decided that a broader focus would be chosen, so that clubs could pick their own. The focus is on mental and chronic illnesses. This focus is much broader in previous years, but still very prominent in most people’s lives. With a broad focus such as this one, clubs are able to pick a disease that their club as a whole feels most strongly about, and then they can reach the most amount of people their club can. A service directory is being released with information on several diseases and places clubs can do ser-
vice for or advocate for, although clubs are not limited to just these diseases.
According to Key Club International, Advocacy is “speaking on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves”. To advocate for a cause is different than if a group were to fundraise or do service for a cause. When you do service or fundraising, that’s it you do it and you’re done. Yes people benefited, but directly from your actions. For example, if you were to build a playground for an or-phanage, or for your town, the people benefit, but no one outside of your club learns about the organization you’re helping. When you advocate, you raise awareness. You try and get as many people as you can aware of the
organization or problem or whatever it is. You can do this in a variety of ways. You can do it through flyers, presentations, the little colored ribbons, guest speakers at a club meeting, or even through awareness raising service projects. The point of advocacy, in the eyes of Key Club, is to just get the word out there! Make sure that with whatever
you are doing, spread the message to as many people as possible.
Advocacy/ Advocacy Focus
The New Jersey District of Key Club International divides the district board into committees. The In-ternational Programs Committee partners with other service organizations and properly calls them service part-ners. These service partners include March of Dimes, Children’s Miracle Network, Unicef, and ,new this year, Rustic Pathways. All of these partners help to fundraise for the Major Emphasis: Children: Their future, our focus, as well as ELIMINATE. The committee uses the previous year’s work in order to create goals for the upcoming service year.
March of Dimes is an organization that works to research prenatal care as well as fund for children that are born premature. 1 in every 8 babies is born premature, therefore the district goal for March of Dimes is to raise $1,800. The money that is raised goes towards programs to educate mothers as well as research into causes and treatments for underdeveloped babies. November is Prematurity Awareness Month, clubs can work on educating their members about the problems that arise from preterm birth as well as participate in local walks for March of Dimes. This year if a club gets 18% of its members to attend a March of Dimes event, that club receives an award at District Convention
Children’s Miracle Network was a past Major Emphasis Project. For this reason Key Club has a strong relationship with the non-profit organization. The program take donations and funds and helps children that are in hospitals and cannot afford to pay the bills, pays for up to date equipment, trains the employees, and helps to brighten every child’s day in the hospital . All funds raised will be given to local hospitals in your area that support the Children’s Miracle Network. There are 170 hospitals that are affiliated with Children’s Mira-cle Network. These hospitals hope to raise $4 billion to go towards research and to make sure that no child is turned away from the help they need. There are Children’s Miracle Hospitals throughout New Jersey and they could always use volunteers to brighten up a child’s day. Our goal for the district is to do at least 1,704 hours of service with the hospitals in our area.
March of Dimes and Children’s Miracle Network are only two of the amazing service partners we have. UNICEF and Kiwanis have come together to raise money to the Eliminate Project to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the face of the earth. Other organizations that the New Jersey district has worked with include the American Cancer Society, Save the Rain, and Rustic Pathways. Relay for Life is an overnight stay at a track where clubs stay up all night to symbolize that the fight for cancer never sleeps. With Save the Rain, clubs can raise money to get clean water to those who don’t have any. Every dollar raised is then matched six fold making every dollar worth seven. Rustic Pathways is a new partner to Key Club. Students can explore and volunteer around the globe with Key Clubbers in their area. Clubs are encouraged to take part in service events and fundraisers for these wonderful organizations to benefit their home, school, and community.
As a committee we help to advertise our service partners. With use of flyers, pictures, and various other resources the International Programs Committee is able to spread the word about different organizations. Join us in raising money to better our world and improve our homes, schools, and communities.
Lieutenant Governor Cynthia Thurairajah [email protected]
Lieutenant Governor Samantha Levisay [email protected]
Int l Programs Committee
Across the vast globe, in our mighty state, and in the small communities Key Clubbers are working hard to help those in need, especially the younger ones who are unaided. Major Emphasis is an initiative in which Key Club International challenges all Key Clubs to focus their energies on. Key Club makes an interna-tional impact through the Major Emphasis, “Children: Their Future, Our Focus”. This emphasis on youth is carried out through the use of our service partners and service projects. For the past few years members have really focused on the ELIMINATE Project, which has been our hands-on service project. Members have also met the major emphasis’s goal by fundraising for our partner or-ganizations Children’s Miracle Network, March of Dimes and UNICEF. New Jersey’s board has once again chosen to spotlight the ELIMINATE Project and this is our way of helping our youth.
Do you have a project that needs to get done in your home, school, or community? Need help to take action? Apply for a Youth Opportunities Fund! The Youth Opportunities Fund is a grant awarded to Key
Clubs for use in Service projects. Clubs can request assistance anywhere from in order to take action and bring change to their homes, schools, and communities.. You can use the grant for service projects such as purchasing basic necessities, toys, and school supplies to send to orphanages in Mexico like Whitney High School (Florida District) had. You could do something local such as purchasing books to be read to first grade students who in turn would read it to residents at the nearby nursing home just as Jordan-Matthews High School (Carolinas District) did. These are not the only ex-amples of successful events through the help of the grant; a myriad of clubs apply and host a variety successful events.
Every year, Key Club International accepts applications for the fund until . Decisions on each application are made no later than January 15th of the following year. The selection committee typically funds clubs who intend to pay for a portion of the total project cost itself or are working closely with another organization to complete the project. Despite this, there is actually no template for a service project to qualify for this grant; the possibilities for service projects are endless. So take a look around your community, find things that you want to implement, and apply for the grant!
Major Emphasis
Youth Opportunities Fund
Key Club works with a variety of charities, known as service partners, in order to bring attention to differ-ent causes existing in modern day society. These charities include Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, March of Dimes, and UNICEF. These groups focus on different prioritizes, they work with Key Club toward a common goal, that is to improve the lives of those throughout the world.
Children’s Miracle Network hospitals (CMN Hospitals) is a nonprofit organization that raises money to benefit hospitalized kids while increasing awareness of its member hospitals. All CMN Hospitals contributions directly benefit hospitals, helping to purchase up-to-date equipment, train staff, conduct life-saving research, im-plement outreach programs and provide health care for children whose parents can’t afford to pay. More than 170 children's hospitals are affiliated with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
How Key Club Helps In 2009-10 Key Club and the Kiwanis family raised almost $1.8 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. For more than a decade, Key Club International has been supporting CMN Hospitals by sponsoring fundraisers and participating in service pro-jects involving CMN Hospitals.
The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, prema-ture birth, and infant mortality. March of Dimes was founded by our 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the fight against polio. After the discovery of the polio vaccine, March of Dimes focused their efforts to improve the health of babies and has been successful with the help and enthusiasm of many grassroots volunteers.
How Key Club Helps Since 1978, Key Clubs have hosted fundraising and awareness programs to support the March of Dimes, raising over $116,000 through fundraisers in 2011 alone! Key Club members, like you, can support the March of Dimes each semester: in the fall, raise awareness by hosting programs throughout November for Prematurity Awareness Month and in the spring, raise funds by participating in March for Babies, the March of Dimes larg-est annual fundraiser.
Partners of Service
UNICEF, the only organization of the United Nations dedicated exclusively to children, works with other United Nations bodies, governments and non-governmental organizations to assist in children’s needs through community-based services in primary health care, basic education, and safe water and sanitation in more than 150 developing countries. UNICEF shares the Kiwanis family’s global commitment to children and has provided its extensive re-sources and leadership to assist in the Worldwide Service Project to virtually eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disor-der (IDD) from the globe.
How Key Club helps Since 1994, Key Club has been Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF and over the years has raised nearly US$5 million for iodine deficiency programs worldwide and HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya and Swazi-land. Now it’s helping The Eliminate Project. The Kiwanis family, in partnership with UNICEF, is working to eliminate maternal and neonatal teta-nus through The Eliminate Project. How? By raising US$110 million by 2015. Find out how you and your club can help save or protect millions of women and babies. Learn how to take part in fundraising and advocacy efforts. Keep up with the elimina-tion of MNT and get inspiration from oth-ers. Go to www.TheEliminateProject.org.
Partners of Service (continued)
Dues are an essential part of the smooth and well functioning of Key Club on all levels. Many times, members ask why do they have to pay in order to join the oldest and largest student-led organization. In fact, the money goes back to the general members in all shapes and forms. Ranging from scholarships, leadership handbooks, membership cards, pins, to funding for events such as DCON and Fall Rally, the money trickles back down to the Key Club foundation. Below are a few things to keep in mind about dues. Key Club International charges $6.50 per member, the New Jersey District charges $5.50, and each club can charge up to $5.00 in addition to the required amount ($12). In other words, a club can charge no less than $12 and no more than $17.
The Early Bird Award deadline is November 1 (received NOT postmarked). Regular deadline is December 1 (received NOT postmarked). After that, clubs will be marked as delinquent status.
In effort to allow more resources and opportunities for our Key Clubbers, the dues process must be fulfilled. The following steps will help to complete it.
1. Go to www.keyclub.org/MUC 2. Use your advisor’s email address and password that your advisor set up to login (see below for password
set-up instructions). 3. After you’re logged in, fill in the information or edit the information for all members (for example, delete
graduated seniors). 4. Once your club membership is completely updated, print the invoice and either 1) mail it with the dues
check or 2) submit credit card information directly after generating invoice.
1. The first time you use the system, do not fill in your email or attempt to put in a password. Instead, click Register/Reset Password the first time you attempt to use the Member Update Center.
2. Enter the faculty advisor’s email address on record and a hyperlink will be sent that email to set up your password.
3. Check your email and your spam folder for the email. Note that the response is not necessarily immedi-ate.
4. If an advisor or club secretary is having problems accessing the information, send an email to member services with the problem AND include all of their contact information for updating (club’s full name, your name, email, phone). This information must be emailed.
Clubs can now begin entering members (go to Five Easy Steps to Pay Dues above).
District and International Dues
At District Convention (DCON) and International Convention (ICON) every year there are a slew of awards and contests clubs and individuals may apply for or enter. These awards showcase clubs’ hard work, the creativity of members, and the various talents Key Clubbers possess. Listed below are the contests at both the District and International Levels.
Major Emphasis Award - This award is given to the clubs that have done an outstanding job at doing multi-ple projects centered around one focus.
Single Service Award - Single Service is awarded to a club for one project from the year that went above and beyond in either fundraising or service.
Kiwanis Family Relations - This award is given to clubs that have demonstrated a large involvement with other members of the Kiwanis Family.
Club Achievement - Clubs receive this award in recognition of their outstanding overall achievement throughout the year.
Essay - During DCON, participants are given a fixed amount of time to complete an essay based on a Key Club related topic.
Club Bulletin - Traditionally awarded to editors, this honor recognizes the most outstanding newsletters produced by clubs.
Oratorical Contest - Held at both DCON and ICON, participants are given five minutes to make a speech about a Key Club related topic.
Talent Show - Participants audition their talent for a panel of judges and then the winners perform during the recognition sessions at DCON and ICON.
*Video Contest - Awards are given to the clubs who have made the best videos promoting Key Club.
*Scrapbook Contest - Scrapbooks are an excellent way to chronicle a club’s year. Entries are entered in as either traditional or non-traditional.
*Poster - Hand-drawn or painted posters are entered into the non-digital competition, while computer generated posters are entered into the digital competition.
**DCON winners go on to be entered at ICON.
Diamond Level Distinguished Club - Based upon the Annual Achieve-ment Form, this is the highest recognition a club can receive.
District and International Contents
District and International Scholarships
As a member of this prestigious service and leadership organization, you obtain a great deal of experi-ence throughout your journey as a Key Club member. Not only this, being a Key Clubber makes you eligible for several scholarships! The scholarships are awarded to members who have demonstrated an outstanding aca-demic performance, embodied the Key Club International core values, and upheld the objects of Key Club In-ternational throughout high school. The scholarships available are:
The New Jersey Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship - $2000 New Jersey District Scholarships (2) $1000 (each) The Dr. George McCrossan Memorial Scholarship - $2000 The Dr. Andrew Batsis Scholarship - $1000 The John Johnson Memorial Scholarship - $1000
◑ This is only given to NJ District Board Members. ▶$500 from the Jackson Kiwanis ▶$500 matching sum from the New Jersey District of Key Club
Robert J. Mascenik Memorial Scholarship - $1000 ▶$500 from the New Jersey District Foundation Fund ▶$500 from the New Jersey District of Key Club
The Dominico Gatti Memorial Scholarship - $1000 The Ted Hordichuk Memorial Scholarship - $1000
◑ This is only given to NJ District Board Members. ▶$500 from the Jackson Kiwanis ▶$500 matching sum from the New Jersey District of Key Club
The Fred Briggs Memorial Scholarship - $1500 ▶$750 from the Kiwanis Club of Livingston ▶$750 from the New Jersey District of Key Club
The Dr. Gene Napolello Leadership Scholarship - $1000 ▶$500 from the Napolello Foundation ▶$500 from the New Jersey District of Key Club
The Kiwanis International Foundation Leadership Scholarship (5) $1000 (each) ▶Matching Scholarships with $500 from Kiwanis International ▶$500 from the New Jersey District of Key Club
◑ Winners of these scholarships will be announced at District Convention, but the monies will not be mailed out until International Convention.
The New Jersey District Service Based Scholarship - $1000 ◑ This scholarship is based completely on the applicant’s service record
The Celeste and Barrie Werfel Scholarship - $1000 ▶$500 from an anonymous donor ▶$500 from the New Jersey District of Key Club
As you might know, Key Club is not only just in the state of New Jersey—it’s actually worldwide and represented in over 30 countries. Just as the New Jersey District of Key Club International has its own execu-tive board, Key Club International has one too. The International Board of Key Club is led by the President with the help of the Vice-President. The rest of the board is made up of trustees that are assigned to three dif-ferent districts and serve as the liaisons between the international level and district level. The International Board is voted on at International Convention every year.
President: Raeford Penny, from the Capital District Vice-President: Rachel Benoit, from the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Trustees: Alberto Berrizbeitia, Roshni Chandwani, Renisha Daley, Avery Hitchcock, Kelsie Hoppes, Madison Kemker, Casey O'Neill, Maria Palazzolo, Michelle Petersen, Zachary Waldorf, Eric Yoon
The International Board might be the highest level in Key Club, but there are two other levels that are just as important. The level under International is District. A district board usually consists of a governor, sec-retary, treasurer, editor, webmaster, and many lieutenant governors who each have their own division to guide. The level after district would then be club level. This is where the officers and general members do most of the things that make Key Club so important such as fundraising, and dedicating themselves to making the world a better place. Each level of Key Club has their own sets of responsibilities and tasks to help serve their home, schools, and communities.
Key Club International Board and Hierarchy
Governor Ryan Clarkin
Vernon Township High School
862-397-9508 (Cell) [email protected]
Secretary Kelly Tran
Egg Harbor Township HS 609-432-9204 (Cell)
Treasurer Penny Xu
Parsippany Hills High School 973-462-3595 (Cell)
njtreasurer [email protected]
Editor Pak Chau
Egg Harbor Township HS 609-513-7313 (Cell)
Division 1A Kyra Adams
Lower Cape May Reg. HS 609-846-5015 (Cell)
Division 1B Cynthia Thurairajah
Egg Harbor Township HS 609-440-3366 (Cell)
Division 2 Joelle Feshuk
Mainland Regional High School
609-770-1938 (Cell) [email protected]
Division 3A Nicole Lema
Burlington Township High School
609-864-6164 (Cell) [email protected]
Division 3B Shivani Talwar
Eastern High School 856-745-4123 (Cell)
Division 4 Kevin Huang
North Brunswick High School 732-763-8603 (Cell)
Division 5 Anna Tresvalles
Toms River North High School
732-674-3767 (Cell) [email protected]
Division 6 Hannah Hickman
Brick Memorial High School 732-804-7518 (Cell)
Division 7 Lindsey O’Brien
Jackson Liberty High School 732-682-2145 (Cell)
Division 8 Adam Rubin
MAST 732-320-8036 (Cell)
Division 9 Elina Hsueh
Holmdel High School 732-241-4166 (Cell)
Division 10 Richa Deshpande
JP Stevens High School 732-476-7920 (Cell)
Division 11 Eric Zhu
Piscataway High School 732-570-6129 (Cell)
Division 12 Sam Levisay
Phillipsburg High School 908-319-9990 (Cell)
Division 13 Jeet Patel
John F. Kennedy Memorial HS 732-609-3604 (Cell)
Division 14 Michelle Desjardins Union High School 908-591-2133 (Cell)
Division 15 Hamiyyet Bilgi
HCST: County Prep 201-640-0155 (Cell)
Division 16 Erik Lim
Tenafly High School 201-660-3020 (Cell) [email protected]
Division 17 Elizabeth (Liz) Wallace
Bloomfield High School 973-934-7584 (Cell)
eliza [email protected]
Division 18 Tyler Katz
West Essex High School 201-396-3407 (Cell)
Division 19 Klesa Achaibar
Montville Twp High School 973-697-2629 (Cell)
Division 20 Michaela Patoilo
Roxbury High School 973-864-0723 (Cell)
Division 21 Sarah McGuire
Vernon Township HS 973-271-2701 (Cell)
Webmaster Yuya Jeremy Ong
Tenafly High School 201-367-8531 (Cell)
NJ Key Club District Board Roster
District Administrator Kaitlin McCann Kiwanis of Gloucester Township/Blackwood
Cell: 908-902-2452 [email protected]
Financial Advisor Peter Mollo Kiwanis of North Hunterdon-Clinton
Cell: 908-246-5270 [email protected]
Zone Administrator Matthew Guenther Divisions: 1A, 1B, 5
Kiwanis of Galloway Township Cell: 609-742-1408
Zone Administrator Rosemary “Ro” Parks Divisions: 2, 3A, 3B, 4 Kiwanis of Vineland Cell: 856-457-0761
Zone Administrator Robert Acerra Divisions: 6, 7, 8, 9 Kiwanis of Keyport Cell: 732-977-3521
Zone Administrator Helene Meissner Divisions: 10, 11, 13
Kiwanis of Phillipsburg Cell: 908-619-4336
Zone Administrator Stephen Gandley Divisions: 15, 16, 21
Kiwanis of Hackettstown Cell: 201-663-3593
Zone Administrator Jeanne Hagen Divisions: 12, 14, 20
Kiwanis of Phillipsburg Cell: 908-421-5317 [email protected]
Zone Administrator Ron Orthwein Divisions: 17, 18, 19
Kiwanis of Greater Parsippany Cell: 201-400-8756
Asst. District Administrator Ed Hutchinson Kiwanis of Cape May Cell: 609-408-2617
NJ Key Club Kiwanis Committee Roster
Governor Shivam Patel
Rutgers 848-228-9265
Secretary Dawn Kreder
TCNJ 732-597-1570
Treasurer Craig Goodwin
Stockton 908-433-8167
Editor Navita Persaud
Rider 516-884-8222
Metro Division LTG Victoria Dayton
Drew 609-501-0263
Seabreeze Division LTG Brooke Lichter
Monmouth 732-742-5076
Garden Division LTG Annabelle Fallarme
Stockton 551-655-5743
OTIC Chair Danielle Sammut
TCNJ 732-546-4613
Service Chair Nadiya Chuchvara
Rutgers 973-856-3045
Fundraising Chair Olivia Pereira
Stockton 856-316-8455
Con-Con Chair Janki Patel
Rutgers 973-473-5020
CB&R Chair Sean Matteo
Rutgers 856-340-3420
K-Family Chair Molly Olcese
Rowan 856-236-1860
MD&E Chair Karen Martinez
TCNJ 551-697-5754
LR&A Chair Melinda Graff
Stockton 908-692-8118
Technology Chair Max Hirsch
Stockton 609-781-2657
District Administrator Mickey Cohen 908-216-1639
Financial Counselor Bill Cater
717-299-1530 [email protected]
College & University Relations
Bruce Marich 732-246-4198
Asst. Admin. of Fundraising Rosemarie Gibardi
908-415-7363 [email protected]
Metro Division Zone Administrator Scott Berk
908-319-1847 [email protected]
Seabreeze Division Zone Administrator Joey G.
908-461-8331 [email protected]
Garden Division Zone Administrator Nancy Hart-Esposito
609-560-5280 [email protected]
Circle K District Board & Kiwanis CommitteeRoster
NJ Kiwanis District Board Roster
Governor John “Jack” Wilson
Kiwanis of Haddons (The) 856-858-1640 (Work) [email protected]
Governor-Elect Nancy Hart-Esposito
Kiwanis of Gloucester Twp/Blackwood
856-547-7733 (Work) [email protected]
Immediate Past Governor Joseph Teti
Kiwanis of Trenton 609-203-0200 (Cell) [email protected]
Treasurer Rufino “Rudy” Fernandez Jr.
Kiwanis of Livingston 973-533-0080 (Work)
Secretary Gwendoline M. Walding Kiwanis of Somerset Hills
908-500-2730 (Cell) [email protected]
Division 1 Lieutenant Governor William (Ed) Hutchinson
Kiwanis of Cape May 609-408-2617 (Cell)
Division 2 Lieutenant Governor Kaitlin McCann
Kiwanis of Gloucester Twp/Blacwood 908-902-2452 (Home) [email protected]
Division 3 Lieutenant Governor Joseph Schmeltz
Kiwanis of Ewing Township 609-230-6439 (Cell)
Division 4 Lieutenant Governor Barbara M. Kelly
Kiwanis of Brick Twp, Jackson 732-477-6080 (Home)
Division 5 Lieutenant Governor Rufino “Rudy” Fernandez Jr.
Kiwanis of Keyport 732-787-4850 (Cell)
Divison 6 Lieutenant Governor Anthony Affatati
Kiwanis of Marlboro 732-740-3098 (Cell)
Division 7 Lieutenant Governor Paul R. Olshen
Kiwanis of Livingston 201-661-2320 (Work)
Division 8 Lieutenant Governor John C. Gibardi
Kiwanis of Marlboro 732-690-1900 (Cell)
Division 9 Lieutenant Governor Gordon Meth
Kiwanis of Great Parsippany 973-946-5670 (Work) [email protected]
Division 10 Lieutenant Governor Jeanne Hagen
Kiwanis of Phillipsburg 908-421-5317 (Cell)
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New Jersey District Project For the 2013- 2014 Service Year:
GOAL: 93, 180.61
One baby killed every minutes by MNT
vaccinations required to immunize a mother and her future children
to receive the series of vaccinations million mothers that will ultimately be impacted by the ELIMINATE Project