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Division 4 -
November Newsletter
Division 4 of
The New York District of Key Club International
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Table of Contents
I. Upcoming Events 2
II. Message from Lieutenant Governor 3
III. Message from Executive Assistant 4
IV. Message from International Trustee 5
V. International and District Projects 6-7
VI. Service Spotlight 8-10
VII. Leadership Training Conference and ICON 11
VIII. Major Emphasis Program—ELIMINATE 12
IX. Paperwork Status 13
Upcoming Events
December 16: Divisional at New Hyde Park
Memorial
March 27-29: Leadership Training Conference
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Lt. Governor’s Message
Hello Division 4,
If you may not know already from those
many updates I have been sending, my
name is Rohit Mathew and I am proud
to serve as your new Lieutenant
Governor for Division 4!
Along with me, we also have a new
Executive Assistant for Division 4,
Amanda Mandenberg!
In this newsletter, some charities will be
discussed and even activities that some
clubs in our division have been doing. Hopefully, this will help spark some ideas
for your club’s success!
Also, we will be discussing about our upcoming Leadership Training
Conference in March and update all clubs on the current status’s of
paperwork received.
As the Key Club Year progresses, I hope to receive more information about
each club, especially its events and meeting dates, so that I may be able to
attend them.
All in all, continue the great work and remember to fill out the formed needed,
as it is a given responsibility for all clubs! Feel free to
contact me anytime at [email protected]
with any questions, comments, or concerns!
Yours in Service,
Rohit Mathew
New York District of Key Club International
2014-2015 Lt. Governor of Division 4
2014 Immediate Past Executive Assistant for Division 4
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Greetings from our New Executive
Assistant of Division 4
Hi Division 4! My name is Amanda Madenberg
and I am your new Executive Assistant for the
remainder of the Key Club year.
I am a junior attending Great Neck South High
School. I have been very involved in Key Club
since the beginning of freshman year. As a
sophomore I was my club’s Event
Coordinator, and this year I am the Vice
President.
I am very happy to serve as your Executive Assistant. I will be helping
the Lieutenant Governor and I hope to meet many of you in the next
few months. My priority for this year is to involve all clubs in our division.
I would love to organize one or two events that allow all the key clubs
in our division to participate and contribute. Please let me know if you
have any suggestions for these events; I was thinking about a car wash
or a blood drive. It is also very important to attend the Divisional
meetings that our Lieutenant Governor will host. I hope to see at least
one person from every club in attendance at each meeting.
Additionally, it is very important to me to be in contact with all clubs in
our division. If you have not already done so, please send us your
President’s information.
I am very approachable—please don’t hesitate to offer ideas or ask
any questions! My email is [email protected].
Fun Facts about Amanda’s Family’s Involvement in Key Club!
Her Dad was a Past International President of Key Club
Her Mom was a Past Lieutenant Governor of New York District Key
Club (Her Division was Long Island North, now called Division 4)
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A Message from our International Trustee, Shane Meyers
Hello, Division 4 Key Clubbers,
I’m Shane Meyers and I’m ecstatic to serve as your International Trustee this Key
Club year! I can’t wait to work alongside all of you in order to improve your homes,
schools, and communities.
Don’t let my officer title intimidate you. I’m just like any other high school
student in Key Club: I love naps, binge watching Netflix, and serving my community.
I currently attend Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida where I
major in communications.
The job of an International Trustee is ultimately to link the districts to Key Club
International, but during my term, I’d like to go one step further and work alongside
all of my assigned districts in order to facilitate as much community service as
possible. When it really comes down to it, our organization revolves around service
and if I’m not encouraging this service in some way, shape, or form, then I don’t
deserve the position of International Trustee. For this reason, I’m completely open to
communicating with anyone in Key Club. If you ever need to talk to someone about
anything Key Club, don’t hesitate to send me an email, a Facebook message, or
even a text. By reaching out to me, you allow me to aid your district to the best of
my ability!
Although I’d like to help facilitate as much service as possible, people like Rohit
actually have the most influence over the amount of service that members of Key
Club complete each year. When all the levels of Key Club International work
together, something beautiful happens. When International creates initiatives like
the Eliminate Project, District Governor Jacob guides the district effectively, and your
Lieutenant Governor cares as much as all the New York Lieutenant Governors do,
you have the opportunity to make that ‘something
beautiful’ happen. You have the perfect storm for
an effective year of service in your division; you, the
club member, have the power to inspire more
service than ever before. Harness this power and
let it guide you in a year full of service.
Even though I won’t get to meet a lot of you
in person this year, you should know that the
difference you make in your communities inspires
me every day. Thank you for all you do! Here’s to a
productive, service-filled year!
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International and District Projects
Each year, the New York district board endorses a set amount of charities and
organizations that they believe are important and represent our values. All district
projects make up the fundraising component of our district’s set of projects for
the service year.
The Eliminate Project: Kiwanis and Key
Club have partnered up with UNICEF to
ELIMINATE maternal and neonatal
tetanus. This disease takes up the lives
of nearly 60,000 babies and mothers
EVERY YEAR. By 2015, Kiwanis and Key
Club hopes to raise $110 Million for the
ELMINATE Project. All for one and one
for all, we can fight this disease and wipe it away from this earth!
Make-A-Wish Foundation: This
foundation gives those children,
who are diagnosed with life-
threatening illnesses, a wish come
true. This organization helps in
changing the lives of children all
over the globe.
Kamp Kiwanis: Kamp Kiwanis is aimed at
providing fun, physical exercise and
adventure. It strives to afford opportunities
to participate in a creative outdoor group
experience in a democratic setting and
develop characteristics of leadership and
fair play.
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Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center: The Kiwanis
Pediatric Trauma Center is intended to help treat
youngsters. It is a Kiwanis-Hospital affiliation that was
made to give the funds and staff important to make
an injury focus with broad medicinal aid and
security. Kiwanis serves to give treatment and helps
to meet the needs of families with children suffering
from injury and/or trauma.
Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation:
Lyme Disease is caused by bacteria usually transmitted by
the deer tick. It is a scary possibility to consider for New York
State residents who enjoy spending time outside during the
summer months. Lyme Disease may affect the brain in many
ways. The most common is a disturbance in thinking. Other
symptoms that occur frequently include headache, mood
swings, irritability, depression and marked fatigue. This
foundation helps to pay for medical treatment for children
with this disease.
St. Jude Children’s Hospital: The mission of St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures,
and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic
diseases through research and treatment.
Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny
Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on
race, religion or a family's ability to pay. St. Jude is
unlike any other pediatric treatment and research
facility. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats
children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. With research and patient
care under one roof, St. Jude is where some of today's most gifted researchers
are able to do science more quickly.
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North Shore High School
Pumpkin Picking
The North Shore key Club is always on hand to assist the
United Methodist Church in Sea Cliff with an annual
fundraiser for Navaho Indians. The event takes place in
October with a truck full of pumpkins arriving in the parking
lot. Key Clubbers and numerous community groups assist with
unloading over 3000 pumpkins to be sold and the profits
donated to Navaho Indians. Pictured are the Key Clubbers
with smiles galore as they assist with this event.
Breast Cancer Walk
On October 19th, the annual Breast Cancer
Awareness Walk was held at Jones Beach. Many key
clubbers attended this walk adorned in every shade
of pink possible. It was hard to stay together after
arriving at the walk because hundreds of other
attendees were walking with us simultaneously. From
pink face paint to pink sweatshirts to pink bagels,
walkers created an unparalleled sea of pink for this
event. The enthusiasm was palpable as all people
walked as a united force in their quest to combat
and eliminate the danger of breast cancer. Breast
cancer had impacted every attendee at that walk,
whether directly or indirectly. Many teams walked in memoriam of a lost loved one, in support
of a current fighter, or in celebration of a survivor. Regardless of the specific reason, every
person walked to achieve the same goal: raising money to stimulate breast cancer research
and move us closer to finding a cure. All walkers were overwhelmed by a sense of solidarity
and strength as they made strides against breast cancer.
The K Family Joins Hands At The Sea Cliff Mini Mart
The Sea Cliff Mini Mart is sponsored by the North Shore
Kiwanis Club and the North Shore Key Club is always on
hand for this event to sell their famous Otis Spunkmeyer
cookies made to order. The day was beautiful, the
enthusiasm was high and the key Clubbers sold 1440
cookies in 4 hours. Pictured are the key club bakers
very proud of their accomplishment!!!
Service Spotlights
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Sewanhaka High School
Lupus Walk
Sewanhaka Key Clubbers gathered at Eisenhower Park on October 19th for the annual lupus
walk. We raised $150 to donate to this amazing effort. The students who attended the walk
received a pin to wear proudly. Overall, the turnout was great and this was a very successful
event.
Make A Wish and Parent Teacher Conference
During the Parent Teacher Conference on November 3rd, Sewanhaka’s Key Club hosted a
bake sale, the proceeds of which were be donated to the Make A Wish Foundation to help
grant wishes to children with cancer. The total amount of money raised was approximately
$260. Besides helping out with the bake sale and bringing food in, students were escorts for
parents who needed assistance during the conference. Overall, the bake sale was a great
success!
UNICEF Trick or Treat
The orange Halloween themed boxes that Sewanhaka students sported throughout October
and early November were for UNICEF. The total amount of money that the Sewanhaka Key
Club raised for this worthy cause is approximately $250. The money raised will help provide
basic necessities to children who need more than candy. Malnourished children in
underdeveloped countries are provided with safe drinking water, food, and vaccinations for
diseases such as malaria.
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Great Neck South High School
Great Neck South Key Club is dedicated to helping out the
community. We started off the school year with our
Homecoming Dance and Carnival. Our members did an
unbelievable job setting up decorations, manning the game
booths, and raising over 2000 dollars for charity!
October began with our Fall Blood Drive in partnership with
the Red Cross. Members not only volunteered during their
free periods to help donors, but also donated blood
themselves. Our members also did a great job with
fundraising for "Trick or Treat for UNICEF" boxes. We raised
over 400 dollars.
November was dedicated to the K.C school supply drive in
partnership with St. Mary's Children Hospital. Our goal was to
raise more than 200 items of supplies and we exceeded that.
These supplies will be going to children who cannot afford
school supplies. In past years they have been so thankful for
our help.
This December our members are volunteering as bell ringers
for The Salvation Army in front of the local Macy's. Along with
that we will be making cards for Addie Fausett, a 6 year old
who will most likely be celebrating her last Christmas this year
due to a rare atrophy of her brain. Her parents came out and
mentioned how much she loves receiving cards so we will be
writing out cards for her at this weeks meeting.
We are very excited to continue on with our Key Club duties
and make the community a better place for all.
MORE SCHOOLS SHOULD WRITE A SERVICE SPOTLIGHT AS IT IS A
GREAT WAY FOR RECOGNITION AND TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT
OTHER KEY CLUBS HAVE BEEN DOING!!!
To those who do not know what a service spotlight is, it is just a
brief article about an event or project written by any member of
the club.
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Leadership Training Conference and International Convention
Our 67th Annual Leadership Training Conference will be taking place at our usual
venue, The Desmond Hotel. This year, the New York District Key Club has planned
many fun service projects and activities to do! There will be activities such as
Make a Fit, Networking, and much
more!!! In addition to all the fun
activities, we will also be bringing back
Play Fair! This year’s LTC will be held from
March 27-29, so I hope to see all schools
attend this awesome conference! This
conference won’t be a success without
you!!!
In addition to out LTC, Key Club
international will be hosting it’s
annual International Convention
(ICON) from June 25-28, 2015!
This year, ICON will be held in
the Key Club International
Headquarters' city, Indianapolis.
Indiana. Now why go to the
convention??? For one, it’s the
biggest event of the Key Club
year! Imagine celebrating the
amazing things Key Club does
with more than 1,600 Key Clubbers from all across the
United States, Canada and the Caribbean! That’s
some diversity! In addition, we will also be celebrating
100 years of Kiwanis! Indeed we have gone a long
way, so it’s now time for a bit more fun! If your schools
is interested, visit www.keyclub.org/events/convention
for more information or just contact Rohit at
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Divisional We need host schools for some of our upcoming divisionals! We are looking
for hosts for the month of January and February! If interested in hosting a
divisional, please contact Rohit at [email protected]. Also as a
note, our first divisional is on Tuesday, December 16th at New Hyde Park
Memorial at 6:45 PM.
Major Emphasis Program
What is ELIMINATE?
The ELIMINATE Projects is a aimed to wipe out a very dangerous
known as maternal or neonatal tetanus. Kiwanis, as well as Key Club,
are working together with UNICEF to combat this disease throughout
the world, but predominantly in Central Africa and South Asia.
What is being done?
Currently there are UNICEF workers
around the globe continuing to fight
this. Currently, we have ELIMINATED
MNT from nearly 15 countries and
there are another 24 to go.
How can you help?
Well, there are many things you can do. For one, the Trick or Treat
project, which I hope many schools have participated in, will help
this cause. Other things that you can do is host fundraisers such as a
bake sale, hot chocolate sale, or even a movie night!
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Paperwork Status
School ERF October MRF
Carle Place Not Submitted Submitted
Floral Park Not Submitted Not Submitted
Glen Cove Not Submitted Not Submitted
Great Neck N. Not Submitted Not Submitted
Great Neck S. Not Submitted Submitted
Herricks Not Submitted Not Submitted
Hicksville Not Submitted Not Submitted
Manhasset Not Submitted Not Submitted
Mineola Not Submitted Not Submitted
New Hyde Park Submitted Submitted
North Shore Submitted Submitted
Schreiber Not Submitted Not Submitted
Sewanhaka Submitted Not Submitted
St. Dominic Submitted Not Submitted
Wheatley Not Submitted Not Submitted
Westbury Not Submitted Not Submitted
Social Media Information
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/185330131516905/
Division 4 Board
Lieutenant Governor: Rohit Mathew
Executive Assistant: Amanda Mandenberg (Pinkus)
New York District Executive Board
Kiwanis Committee Representative Michael Berthel [email protected]
District Administrator John Goldstein [email protected]
District Governor Jacob Spencer [email protected]
District Secretary Heather Farley [email protected]
District Treasurer Anusha Syed [email protected]
Executive Assistant Kiera Solomon [email protected]
Executive Assistant Theresa Lin [email protected]
District Bulletin Editor Sharon Lin [email protected]
District Webmaster Danny Qiu [email protected]
nydkcdivision4.weebly.com /
nydkc.org /
keyclub.org