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Hey Division 8! Happy Holidays! This edition of The Queens Beaver includes articles about dues and Monthly Report Forms, an update about the District Projects, Advocacy, New Club Building and Reactivation committees. There are also articles about Kamp Kiwanis and the Distinguished Key Clubber Award! Hand in missing paperwork! Check the paperwork status found at the last page of this
Upcoming Dates
Dec 15
In this issue!
Greetings from LTG ….………..1
Gov’s Greetings………………..2
Monthly Report Forms…………2
Dues Reminder………………... 2
District Projects...……………….3
New Club Building and
Reactivation……..………..4
Advocacy...……………………..4
Distinguished Key Clubber
Award……..………………..4
Kamp Kiwanis…………………..5
Club Spotlight………….…...…..5
Paperwork Status……….…...…6
Contact Info…………….……....6
K E Y C L U B
newsletter. I would really like to see our clubs win many awards this April at the Leadership Training Conference, and in order to be qualified for these many awards, your club must be on good standing! I would like to emphasize the importance of paperwork since it is essential in keeping track of how hard our mighty New York District is working. I will try my best to visit as many clubs before my term is ending. I am also seeking prospective Lt. Governors for our fabulous Division 8. If you are interested in running, please let me know and I will give you more information about it. Feel free to email me for any questions or concerns! Also, as my term is ending, I would like to incorporate as many more divisional events so please look forward to the many events that I have planned. Just to name a few, I am planning to have an ice skating event in January, a Valentine’s Day themed dance in February, and a bowling event for March. Stay tuned for more updates by subscribing to the Facebook event!
Yours in caring, friendship, and service, Christina An
Lt. Governor of Division 8 New York District Key Club Upcoming Divisional Event
December 15 – December Divisional @ Forest Hills Public Library RSVP for these events on Facebook!
Official Newsletter of New District Key Club Division 8 Volume 1 Issue 7
Greetings from your Lt. Governor By Lt. Governor Christina An
The Queens Beaver December 2010 Newsletter
to the venues previously used. By registering soon, you can make sure you have a spot for an amazing weekend. The Leadership Training Conference website is now available (www.conference.nydkc.org) with helpful resources along with the registration form.
Remain in constant contact with your Lieutenant Governor. There is plenty of important information about running for higher offices and awards coming your way. If you are interested in running for higher office (Lt. Governor, District Executive Board or International position), contact your Lieutenant Governor as soon as possible. He/she will let you know what to do to. Do not forget to subscribe to the New York District Mailing List. Go to www.nydkc.org and on the right column you can subscribe. If you are having trouble, email Webmaster Emily ([email protected]) or your Lieutenant Governor.
I wish you all happy holidays and a happy New Year!
and your members will not be permitted to run for Lieutenant Governors. You definitely don’t want to lose these privileges, so get those dues in!
If you’re having trouble with the dues submission process, don’t hesitate to contact me. All treasurers should be in the Google group (http://groups.google.com/group/nydkc-treasurers) which I have been using to send out updates. To view my spreadsheet with the paid dues report, go to http://bit.ly/nydues, or view Kiwanis International’s list at www.kiwanisone.org/slpreports. Keep in mind that the Kiwanis International office is busy at this time of the year and make take up to a few weeks to process your dues. So don’t procrastinate sending them in!
Again, if you have any questions, reach me at [email protected]. Good luck!
Can you believe it is December already? The weather is getting colder but don’t forget to continue serving! There are tons of indoor volunteer opportunities. Outdoor events can be done with extra layers of clothing.
Though the Leadership Training Conference is a few months away, register early! The hotel, The Holiday Inn, is attractive in appearance but smaller in size
The deadline for dues has passed! If your club did not submit dues before December 1st, your club is now delinquent. However, you can change your club status by simply paying dues for at least fifteen members by January 30th. If you do not take action, on February 1st, your club will be suspended, you will lose rights to attend the upcoming Leadership Training Conference,
Division 8 The Queens Beaver
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Governor’s Greeting By Governor Nadyli Nunez
If You Haven’t Paid Your Dues By District Treasurer Safanah Siddiqui
Monthly Report Forms By District Secretary Grace Na
The time I spent so far as an officer on the district board as a Key Club member has been amazing. As District Secretary I calculate the district totals and hours to see how we are improving. A lot of secretaries have been handing in their past Monthly Report Form which helped move the district towards our goal of district and Governor Projects. Some of the executive board officers have made efforts in calling club officers to encourage them to submit past and current Monthly Report Forms. It is very important for clubs to continually submit their Monthly Report Forms so the district can acknowledge your achievements.
There are no excuses for not submitting your Monthly Report Form because there are three different methods in submission: mail, email attachment, and online submission. If you need help submitting or filling out the MRF please email or call me. Online, in the resource section there is “How to Fill Out an MRF” paper that gives you a step by step direction that will help you fill out your Monthly Report Form.
Also, if club secretaries are not part of the Google group, please join immediately. There will be information posted on distinguished secretary award, newsletters, and totals.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me at [email protected]!
though! We have officially chartered/reactivated 8 new K-Family clubs throughout the district this year yet our goal is to start 27 clubs, or one new K-Family club per division. We are about 40% to our goal since some new clubs are currently having their paperwork processed by Kiwanis International. So, we need your help! If you would like to start a Key Club at a nearby school, please visit http://www.nydkc.org/new-club-building-and-reactivation for more information and feel free to speak to any New Club Building and Reactivation Committee member, including myself. Also if you and/or your Key Club is interested in starting a K-Kids (the elementary school Kiwanis sponsored club) or a Builder's Club (the middle school Kiwanis sponsored club), please speak with your sponsoring Kiwanis Club so you can co-sponsor one. With your help, we can achieve our goal 100%! Happy Holidays and Happy Building!
fundraising goals as the total is now $146,985 of $175,000 or 84%. In order for us to reach and surpass this goal, hundreds of dollars in fundraising must become a reality this month. Seize the opportunity presented to us with the coming of the Holidays and capitalize! Fundraising will make both you as a Key Clubber and the giver happy – to know that in some way, someone somewhere is being helped is always pleasing. So, Key Clubbers of the Mighty New York District pick a charity, even a local one and fundraise, fundraise, fundraise! We can all ultimately be successful, just think of your favorite Holiday movie (it always happens!) Together, as one I know that by time the Leadership Training Conference rolls around in April we will have surpassed our goal. However, this requires each and every one of us Key Clubbers to FUNDRAISE!
Can you feel that Holiday Spirit Key Clubbers? Well, here at the District Projects Committee we sure can, especially in our fundraising efforts. Throughout the month of December if you and your club can find time to fundraise, fundraise! The magic of the Holidays make people in our communities across New York much more willing to give. We are making great progress in our
The year 2010 is almost gone and so is the current Key Club year! We have surpassed the mid-way point of the service year, which starts and ends with the Leadership Training Conference in April. The New Club Building and Reactivation Committee still has a while to reach its goal
November 2010 Issue 6
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District Projects By Lt. Governor Rhea Singh
New Club Building and Reactivation By Lt. Governor James Florakis
Did you know that over fifty trucks transport trash from New York City to upstate every single day? Think of all the fossil fuel being burned and all the greenhouse gases and environmental toxins being produced! It would be much more practical and efficient to transport waste by a rail system. To speak out against this issue, the advocacy committee has decided to direct our next letter at political officials. We will demand a more eco-friendly way for transporting and disposing trash. This letter is coming soon and will be found in the next issue of the Empire Key. Check out issues we have advocated for in the past on our committee page at www.nydkc.org and please be on the lookout for other injustices in your own community to advocate for. If you need help getting started, contact anyone on the committee.
Advocacy By Lt. Governor Katie Cieplicki
New York District Key Club Issue 6
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that went. So I called up the camp director Mrs. Lopez and planned to go out during closing weekend. Seven other Key clubbers along with me and the Kiwanis chaperones packed into two cars and drove two and a half hours to Kamp Kiwanis, which is located in Taberg, NY. When we arrived, we got a chance to unpack in the cabins we were staying in and got a chance to see some of the camp. Just from my first impression of the camp, I could already see that it was a pretty great camp especially for a child or adult that never has had a camp experience. My division and I were put to work making sure the cabins were all set for winter and painting cabin. We learned a very important lesson from painting: don’t back in to walls with wet paint on them and when painting keep a window or door open so the paint can dry faster. However, we learned a more important lesson from the whole weekend: a few hours of work can go along way when helping a child have the week of their life at Kamp Kiwanis.
As a Lt. Governor I was curious about what Kamp Kiwanis was. After my division and I were raising money for the place, I always knew it was a camp for impoverished children as well as people with disabilities. I never knew what is like for the children
Kamp Kiwanis Experience By Lt. Governor Emily Gicewicz
Distinguished Key Clubber Award By Lt. Governor Sharif Mahfouz
around December and ends in mid-March. The Award Season is the New York District Key Club’s way of thanking all of you for the time and effort you put into your charitable work. We put effort to recognize all those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty of an average Key Clubber. The Distinguished Key Clubber Award is the first award available to you. We suggest all Key Clubbers to apply – all winners will receive a pin and certificate. The application is currently available on the district website (www.nydkc.org). Keep your eyes open for the Booklet of Merits ’10, scheduled to be released in mid-December!
As December comes, we become immersed into the holiday season – a season of giving and family. But in Key Club, it is holiday season every day: we give all year round and experience the world with our Kiwanis Family. So get yourself ready for the Award Season! The Award Season starts
CLUB SPOTLIGHT!
By Rajaa Elidrissi
FRANCIS LEWIS, BAYSIDE, & CARDOZO KEY CLUBS
Juvenile Diabetes Walk
The St. Judes Walk was on November 20th and it took place inside the Time Warner Center. Participants walked laps throughout each floor. Many members enjoyed this event, especially since they were hidden from the cold weather. Our club was able to raise over $100 for this cause. After the event, we received free ice skating passes to Wollman Rink. We all had an exceptional time and we had the opportunity to ice skate with other key clubs in our division.
As a sophomore in the multi-culturally prominent Benjamin N. Cardozo, the vast number of clubs varies greatly. However, unlike the others, Key Club is the top internationally linking high schools all over the U.S. It has events that aren't just interesting and uniting, but has a bigger picture for a greater cause such as raising awareness for diseases and much more. Starting off the year with a bang, i attended my first event for two specific reasons. Key Club has hosted an even on an early morning, Saturday November 20th for a private screening of the significantly epic Harry Potter and tht Deathly Hallows Part one. It grabbed my attention as well as it did of my peers because of the fact that I've been watching and reading Harry Potter ever since i was six years old, also the money I'd spend would go to charity. I brought along my friends form other schools, (also super Harry Potter fans) to Movie World at Douglaston Plaza and waited excitedly on the verysmall line to get our tickets. A postive was instead of paying more than $10 for a drink and popcorn along with the the ticket, it'd came with the ticket for much less. As we sat and felt like V.I.P.'s, the movie was just a little more better to watch knowing that this would benefit someone else greatly.
Harry Potter 7 By Anika Chowdury
Division 8 Issue 6
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New York District Executive Board
Governor Nadyli Nuñez
Secretary Grace Na
Treasurer Safanah Siddiqui
Editor Jensen Cheong
Webmaster Emily Lew
Executive Assistant Jillian Harmon
Division #
Division 8
Lt. Governor Christina An
58-42 196th Place
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
(347)-753-4122
Division Secretary Kelly Tsang
(646)-468-7933
Division Executive Assistant Antonio Xu Liu
(347)-546-6873
Kiwanis Committee Member Mrs. Rebecca Ovadia [email protected] (516)-698-2863
PAPERWORK STATUS
ERF Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
August Martin
Aviation
X?
Bayside X X X X X X X X X
Cardozo X X X X X X X X X
Christ the King
Forest Hills X X X X
Francis Lewis X X X X X X X X X
Garden X X X X
Grover Cleveland X X X X X X
John Adams X X X X X X X X X?
Martin Luther
Martin Van Buren X
Newtown
Queens HS for
Science X X X X X X
Richmond Hill X X X X X X X?
Robert F. Kennedy
X
St. Francis Prep X
Townsend Harris X X X? X?
William C. Bryant X X X X X X X X X
x – Sent to both LTG and District Sec
x – Need to send it to District Sec
x? – Need to send it to LTG
CONTACT INFORMATION
Join the Facebook group – NYD Division 8 Key Club
Check our website – http://www.nydkcdivision8.webs.com 7