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New York District Key Club Division 18
Greetings From Your Lt. Governor
By: Lieutenant Governor Sarah Brady
I’ll start with my favorite quote. “Hey everyone!” I hope everyone is having a wonderful time with finals and regents! Just kidding, I know everyone is stressed out due to these annoying, yet mandatory tests. While studying though take breaks, and during those breaks, BRAINSTORM! We need new, fresh ideas for this service year. This year is a new administration and a new Division; don’t get me wrong Emily was a great Lt. Governor I just want to try some new things. I want to start fresh and try projects we have never done before. (I know it’s hard to believe if you see the upcoming events to your right but I promise new projects to come!) I HIGHLY suggest you come to the divisional on June 21st (see Upcoming Events to the right) at the divisional I will be tell you all about the District Projects and International Projects. Since our division is relatively small I want us to focus on just a few of these projects. We will vote there, I’m sure everyone wants their say, so make your opinion known and vote count! I really would like for everyone reading this (yes, you too) to log onto Facebook, go to the search box and type in NYDKC Division 18. Join the group. Also please visit the division website, made by our amazing webmaster Jerry Cimo! (http://nyd18.weebly.com/) I am looking forward to getting to know and working with all of you this service year and hopefully years to come! Let’s have a fun, long, service-filled summer!
Key Club
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Upcoming Events
Divisional……June 21st at
Rensselaer High School
6:30 pm
Dunk Booth for
Summerfest….July 2nd
and 3rd from 12-4
Hudson-Mohawk
Humane Society Bottle
Sorting… TBA
Division
18
May 14th and 15th Special thanks to everyone who attended Kamp Kiwanis!
Jillian Dolder Matt Mullin Rowan Goca Ian Stewart Emily Gicewicz Mrs. Fioravanti and Mr. Brady
A Message From Your Governor By: Governor Domenick Pesce
leadership
inclusiveness
caring
character
building
Children’s Miracle
Network Telethon
2 "It's better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not."
-Unknown
Hey New York District Key Club!
For those of you that don't know me,
my name is Domenick Pesce your
District Governor. I'm extremely
excited to be working with all of you this 2011-2012 service year. I will
see to it this year that we reach new heights as the Mighty New York District Key Clubbers we are!
So, can you believe it's already June? School is coming to a swift
close, and the summer is rolling in
fast. With this great summer
atmosphere, comes some great time
to participate in some exceptional
Key Club events. Please, stay in good contact with your Lieutenant
Governor! Remember that Key Club
is a year round organization; be sure
to stay active during these warm
and sunny months.
Touching quickly on the subject of
District Board news, the Board and I
have been hard at work getting
ready for the summer as well as the
new school year. Now that Executive Board members like our EA, District
Editor, and
District Webmaster have been appointed, it's time to kick things
into speed for the summer.
In this first June addition of your
Lieutenant Governors monthly Newsletter you're in store for some
really interesting things. Be ready to
be informed of things such as Club
Spotlight Submissions into the
Empire Key, Project ELIMINATE, our
2011-2012 District Projects and much more. Take the time to peruse
and leaf through, you might find out
some things you didn’t know before.
Finally, please stay in contact with the District! If you are not
subscribed to the New York District
website (www.nydkc.org), as well as
the Official NYDKC Facebook Group
(on.fb.me/meTPeC), what are you
waiting for? Go to the homepage and subscribe! Encourage your Key Club
friends to subscribe as well.
I'm looking forward to our year as
NYDKC's so much! We're due for some change, and the gears are
already in serious motion. (Also feel
free to add me on Facebook if you'd
like!) Stay connected and you'll be
hearing from me soon!
District Treasurer Emily Gicewicz Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying the last few days of school (if that is possible).
FRF are vital to fill out if your club wants to get credit for any fundraiser you have
done and you definitely deserve the credit. Now some of you may be thinking to
yourselves “what does this crazy person mean when they say FRF?” Well, an FRF is an
abbreviation for Fundraising Report Form. I know all of you know where the FRFs are,
but here is the link just in case it had slipped your
mind, http://nydkc.org/index.php?option=com_jforms&view=form&id=3. The form is
very easy to fill out and once it is completed, all you need to do is mail or email me a
proof of the fundraising activity (it can be a check, letter from charity, etc.) and a copy of
the form. When I receive it I will update it on the FRF spreadsheet which can be given
upon request by emailing me or by joining the Treasurer Google Group, which I hope you
had joined already.
If you are a club treasurer it would be a great idea to take advantage of the social
network opportunities I set up. I know all of you have emails so please join our NYDKC-
Treasurer Google group, http://groups.google.com/group/nydkc-treasurers. This group
will keep you updated on important dates and paperwork. There is also a Facebook group
called New York District Key Club Treasurers, please join it for important updates
made easy. You can email me any questions but if you would like you can also post it
on http://nydkctreasurers.wordpress.com/. I set this up to help all of you, so take
advantage of it!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at
[email protected], this email is where FRF’s should be sent. My mailing
address to mail printed out proofs is 33 Helen Lane, West Sand Lake, NY 12196.
Division 18’s own District
Treaurer Emily Gicewicz
SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
DIVISION 18’S KEY POINTS
3 “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~William James
District Secretary’s Letter – Daniel Ivan Lin
Hello, New York District! My name is Daniel Ivan Lin, your newly elected District Secretary for the 2011-2012 service year. It is my pleasure to be working with you this year. I mentioned before that as District Secretary, I want to be someone that you can look to for help, advice, and questions. I hope that through increased communication, we will be able to reach greater heights in our mission to serve.
As finals and regents week starts to arrive, many of you will be busy studying. However, please remember to keep up with your responsibilities. The monthly report form is due on the seventh of each month and is the key for relaying your club’s activities, progress, and problems to the district. It is essential that you fill it out with the utmost care and thought. Please note that you are still expected to fill out a monthly report form even if your club has not had service projects in the past month. The election report form is a form containing the contact information of your club's officers and faculty advisor and it is essential that that it is filled out to ensure easy communication throughout the district. Please submit the election report form as soon as possible. Feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Please be sure to subscribe to the New York District Secretaries Google Group (http://groups.google.com/group/new-york-district-key-club-secretaries) and the official Secretaries Group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191839670863138&ap=1).
I hope that you will not let me down as I have
promised not to let you down. It is our work together that will truly bring forth changes and innovation to this great organization. Let’s make this a great year. Enjoy your summer!
Hey New York District Key Clubbers,
My name is Yasmin Soliman, and I am the new District Executive Assistant for the 2011-2012 service year. As Executive Assistant, I will be helping Governor Domenick Pesce by serving as a liaison between the upstate and downstate regions of the New York District. Therefore, I will assist the Governor in any requested help or paperwork and review all proposed amendments thoroughly in conjunction with my duties as the laws and regulations committee chair.
I was Lieutenant Governor of Division 10 last year, so I have experience as a member of the District Board. If you cannot reach Governor Domenick and have any questions, you may contact me at (646) 270-3895 or e-mail me at [email protected] I am very excited to work again on the District Board, and I look forward to working with you all of you this year!
Yasmin Soliman
Executive Assistant (646) 270-3895 [email protected]
necessary to shape the future, realized in
the colleges and universities of today.
Circle K International is the world’s
premier collegiate service organization. A
member of the Kiwanis family, Circle K
International boasts a membership of more
than 12,000 members on more than 525
campuses around the globe. Circle K International is comprised of college and university students who are responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to community
Executive Assistant Yasmin Soliman
K E Y C L U B
also provided an up- to-date
description for our District Projects. Please, feel free to take
a look at the updates and changes at www.nydkc.org.
I would like to ask all
Key Club Webmasters to join
the Official New York District
Key Club Webmasters group at
http://www.facebook.com/hom
e.php?sk=group_17687847570
3658&ap=1. I have many goals
for the upcoming year and I
Hey New York District Key Club!
This is your newly elected
Webmaster of the New York
District, Oscar Tan for the 2011-2012 service year!
Being the Webmaster has
given me a great opportunity to
further enhance the
communication between the District and the clubs. As District
Webmaster, I have already begun
with editing the District website.
Recently, I’ve updated the website
with all the District Board’s and LTG’s contact information. I have
look forward to working with the
board to provide success and
service.
With all this happening so
far, I hope to make Key Club
updates and news more
accessible. Feel free to provide me with suggestions and I will
definitely look into answering all
your questions. My email can we
found on the District website or it
is listed below.
Oscar Tan
look very forward to working
with all of you and rushing everyone to hand in their
newsletters. I’m sure that it will
be an awesome year!
To keep closer contact, I
have created a Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/hom
e.php?sk=group_115609408526712&ap=1. I would like all
Editors to join. Creative ideas
and suggestions can be shared.
It will also be a great place to
gain a stronger connection
since internet will be one of our
Editor’s Welcome By Amber Lee
Hey, New York State District Key
Club!
A lot of you do not know me
yet and even more of you have not formally met me yet. With this, I
am your newly elected District Key
Club Editor, Amber Lee.
As Editor, I have many
thoughts and ideas for the Empire
Key, a very essential part of my
duty. The Empire Key would not be a state newsletter without the
incorporation of all LTG’s and Key
Clubs around New York State. I
Webmaster Oscar Tan
4 "A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints." -Anonymous
main communication uses. Updates will also be
provided weekly or as much
as possible. If you have any
questions, feel email me at
[email protected] or contact me at
(347)6533656. I will be sure
to reply. Have a great
summer! (Work is still in
session during the summer)
Amber Lee [email protected]
Hello Fellow Key Clubbers!
As the kickoff to the service
year has already happened, it is now
time to FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE,
FUNDRAISE! My name is Sean
O’Connor, and I am the Lieutenant
Governor of Division 19. I am also the committee chair for my favorite
District Project, Project Eliminate!
For those of you who do not
know, Eliminate is the newly
acquired Kiwanis project, which will be kicked off this summer.
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus,
also known as MNT, is a disease
that is claiming the lives of
60,000 innocent children and
30,000 mothers each and every single year. MNT’s effects on the
youth of the world are sickening.
Tiny newborns suffer repeated,
painful convulsions and extreme
sensitivity to light and touch. This disease can and will be
cured.
Key Clubbers around the world can help cure this
disease by 2015 by only
fundraising $110 million! By
curing this disease, we can
help save over 360,000 lives!
With committee members Lieutenant Governor
Marcus Mosely, Lieutenant
Governor Gresa Shala, and
Lieutenant Governor Bryan
Comanici, and Governor Domenick Pesce, I plan to
make Project: Eliminate
become THE strongest District
Project in the history of the
mighty New York District!
Eliminate
By: Sean
O’Conner
CLUB SPOTLIGHT!
By Alyssa Bonesteel
Tamarac Key Club
This month, as the end of the year
approached. Our main project was
to hold an assembly for the eighth
grade to show them all the clubs
they could be in next year and
what each club did. We had
representatives from each high
school club talk to the
eighth graders. We held our
monthly meeting and invited people
5 "Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together." -Woodrow Wilson
monthly meeting and invited
people interested in joining
for next year to come. We had
ice cream donated to us by a
local Stewarts shop. Our
service project for the meeting
was assembling care packages to
send to the armed forces. We
collected donations and were
able to send out the packages
to relatives of students.
Unfortunately, I know that a lot of clubs
tend to die down toward the end of the year as
we begin to put halt on the number of events
that we do. But, it should be expected that
everyone come up with at least one solid idea
during our break for the summer or upcoming
school year. This can include a service project or
fundraiser for one or more of the International
Projects and Programs.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with
the International partners of Key Club, they are
the Children’s Miracle Network, March of Dimes,
and UNICEF. The Children’s Miracle Network is
a nonprofit organization that raises money and
brings awareness to benefit hospitalized
children. Money raised goes to purchasing up-
to-date equipment, train staff, conduct research,
start outreach programs and provide health care
for those whose parents cannot afford it. March
of Dimes is an organization that tries to
improve the health of infants by
preventing premature. UNICEF is an
organization that assists children
through their community. They focus
on improving health care, basic
education, water, and sanitation in
more than 150 developing countries. I’m
sure many of you have heard of Trick-
or-Treat for UNIFEC. These three
programs are great and need your help!
So just remember over the summer that
you should brainstorm with your club
or even just friends, and try to come up
with an idea for this service year on how
to benefit one or more of these
organizations. You will hear shortly of
the goals set forth by your International
Projects and Programs Committee. Let’s
make sure we surpass these goals!
International Projects and Programs
PAPERWORK STATUS
DIVISION 18 ERF April May June Averill Park
Catholic Central Columbia Hoosick Falls
x Maple Hill
Rensselaer x Tamarac x Troy
If you have sent in something that is not recorded on here let me know and I
will check with the District Secretary.
Hello Key Clubbers! This past year has flown by and before we knew it, it has almost come to an
end. But even though the year ended in a blink of an eye, New York District Key Clubs were able to raise an
unprecedented $200,000 for the District’s Charities with an extra $50,000 to surpass the goal.
This year, with new charities, a new committee staff and a new fundraising goal, we eagerly embark
on a new year of service to make a difference in our schools and communities.
Our ten District Charities are very diversified ranging from eliminating maternal and neonatal
tetanus to ending human trafficking and slave labor trade. This year, the New York District Key Club aims
to raise $200,000 for the ten charities including Kamp Kiwanis, Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation, Local
Causes, Project Eliminate, Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center, Not For Sale, Make-A-Wish, AIDS Healthcare
Foundation, the Christian Appalachian Project, and Architecture for Humanity.
However, raising money is only a part of the puzzle. What’s the other piece? The other piece, which
is sometimes forgotten but just as important, is awareness. In order to get people outside your Key Club
Homes to donate at your fundraisers, they need to be educated on all the beneficial things that these
charities do. Why would someone donate to a cause they do not have knowledge of?
Lieutenant Governors Stephanie Penna, Kelsey Habla, Josh Hill, and Alexandra Marrone along with
your Committee Chair Nick Viviano are here to answer any questions you may have about any of the
charities along with ideas about how to spread awareness and fundraise. We wish you all a successful year
of service!
District Projects by: Lt. Governor Nicholas Viviano
Hello New York District Key Clubbers! I hope your school year is winding down nicely. As summer
is approaching and school is ending, remember that it is not the end of Key Club. Every club should still
be doing service projects over the summer and continuing to be active. There are many ways that your clubs can remain active throughout the summer that are both fun and exciting.
As many of you know, Alex’s Lemonade Stand was chosen to be one of the district projects for the
2011-2012 key club service year. To help support this foundation, key clubbers from your neighborhoods
can work together to create a lemonade stand and sell different cool beverages during the upcoming, hot
summer months. There is nothing better than a cool drink on a stifling day. Another idea is to host a car
wash in the school parking lot or another open space nearby. Walks to raise money are also always a great idea when you have the area to do them in. You can also combine a barbeque after and gather
crowds that are willing to participate.
Fundraisers held indoors at bowling alleys or an indoor area is a nice break from the heat and
allows time for fun away from the sun.
Are you looking for a chance to just hang back and chill and have a break from the fundraising? Throw a picnic or a pool party and invite key clubbers where members and officers can discuss ideas for
next school year... Get to know more people and be ready when September comes. As the different division
key clubs differ in size and location, some of these ideas will work better for some clubs than others. The
varying clubs can alter the projects to fit their unique needs. Remember, Key Club doesn’t end just
because the school year ended. Finally, good luck on all of your final exams/ regents and enjoy the
summer!
Summer Projects by: Lt. Governor Katie Coley
6 "Always do more than is required of you." -George S. Patton
CONTACT INFORMATION
New York District Executive Board
Governor Domenick Pesce
Secretary Daniel Ivan Lin
Treasurer Emily Gicewicz
Editor Amber Lee
Webmaster Oscar Tan
Executive Assistant Yasmin Soliman
Division #
Lieutenant Governor ________
(Email address)
(Phone Number)
(Mailing address)
Division Secretary
(Email)
Division Executive Assistant
(Email)
Kiwanis Committee Member
_______________
(Email Address)
(Phone Number)
Division 18
Lieutenant Governor Sarah Brady [email protected]
Cell: (518) 779-1912 (TEXT!)
59 Elm Street,
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Division Secretary Alyssa Bonesteel
Division Webmaster Jerry Cimo
Division Historian Jillian Dolder
Kiwanis Committee Member Mr. Hall
(518) 674-3384
Division 18
REMINDERS!
→ Visit the New York District Key Club website at www.nydkc.org
→ Visit the Division Website at www.nyd18.weebly.com
→ Join the Facebook group
→Come to the Divisional (June 21, Rensselaer High School, 6:30-8pm)
→ Pass on this newsletter to all your friends
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel." -Unknown