november newsletter - lieutenant governor james florakis
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The November Edition of our Division 12 newsletter "The Olympian"!TRANSCRIPT
November is
Kiwanis Family
Month, March
of Dimes’ Pre-
maturity Aware-
ness Month,
Diabetes Aware-
ness Month, as
well as Alz-
heimer’s Aware-
ness Month!
Although we are halfway through November,
there is still time to partake in events for these
causes and/or hold a meeting/event with a
Kiwanis Family branch for Kiwanis Family
Month. Walks and other fundraisers are great
ideas and feel free to have a local food drive
since Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
In the past month, we have accomplished a lot
as a division. In October, we had our UNI-
CEF Fundraiser and Competition. Wood-
lands High School won the competition and
we have raised over $1,500 as a division with
funds still coming in. Congrats to everyone
who participated!
This month, we have had Key Club Week, the
Fall Rally with Division 13 for training and
educating Key Clubbers about various service
projects, and Tri-K to hold a general meeting
with the Bronx-Westchester South Kiwanis
Division and Circle K. Each event was a blast
and the Fall Rally went really well!
In addition to these past events, Lieutenant
Governor elections are arriving soon! The
next Lieutenant Governor will be elected in
January to allow for a training period before
he/she is inducted at the Leadership Training
Conference in April. Please let me know per-
sonally by December 28th if you would like to
run. No late decisions to run will be accepted.
Elections will be held at the divisional meeting
on January 7th at Ramapo High School. Being
a Lieutenant Governor is very fun and reward-
ing but is also a huge responsibility, especially
for a renewed division such as ours. Please feel
free to contact me if you would like to discuss
the position and the duties of a Lieutenant
Governor.
Hope to see you all at the next divisional meet-
ing/division project at Mount Vernon! The
date will be announced shortly and Mount
Vernon President Diamond and I are planning
the division project so stay tuned for details.
Until then, have a great rest of November and
an amazing Thanksgiving!
Greetings from your Lieutenant Governor!
THE OLYMPIAN
Important Dates!
• December Divisional/Division
Project at Mount Vernon TBA
• Parkchester Kiwanis Christmas
Dinner on Dec 21
• LTG Candidates In by Dec 28
• Jan Divisional RSVP by Jan
3rd
• Jan Divisional/LTG Elections
at Ramapo High School on Jan
7th from 6 to 9 pm (Jan 14
Snow Date)
Contents
A Message from the
Governor
2
Articles from the
Exec District Board
2
Committee and Dis-
trict Articles
3-6
DKC Award 6
Club Spotlight! 7
Paperwork 8
Contact Info 9
Issue 5 November
K E Y C L U B
Lieutenant Governor James Florakis Division 12 N e w Y o r k D i s t r i c t K e y C l u b
By Lt. Governor James Florakis
The Olympian Page 2
Dues!
By Treasurer Safanah Siddiqui
Greetings from your Governor!
By Governor Nadyli Nuñez
November is one of my favor-
ite months. The weather is
cold but the warmth of
Thanksgiving Holiday keeps
things just right.
I want to thank all Confer-
ence Committee applicants
for their submission. It will
be a tough choice but you guys are all awesome for applying. The
committee members will be announced soon.
This month is full of giving opportunities. See if you can a busi-
ness to donate turkeys and deliver them to homes that can’t
afford one. Many families are unable to celebrate the holidays
with all the meals we sometimes take for granted. Host a can
drive and donate it to a local food bank. Be sure to read the
guidelines. Some types of food are not accepted in certain cen-
ters. You can even make it into a competition at school! Which-
ever grade that donates the most approved canned food wins a
prize. Chicken tastes good.
Don’t forget about your sponsoring Kiwanis club and other K-
Family clubs. Contact them to participate in projects together
and attend some of your club’s meetings. It is all about serving
together and learning more about each other.
Whenever you complete a project, make sure your club is includ-
ing it in the Monthly Report Form and under the proper cate-
gory. We want the club’s work to be counted for. You deserve it!
Hope you have a great November full of service!
Have you paid your $11.50? If not, you should probably hand it in soon! Club dues are due on November
30th. This means that your club has to have a minimum of 15 paid members, received and processed by
Kiwanis International, on November 30th. Your officers may ask for more than the mandatory $11.50 to
add to your club’s funds, so make sure you contact them soon about paying your dues.
Treasurers, congratulations to those of you who paid early! To the others, this is not the time to procrasti-
nate. Your school may take awhile to send out your check, and you never know when you’ll stumble upon
technical difficulties, so generate your invoice and send in at least those 15 membership dues as soon as
you can! The responsibility is yours to make sure your club doesn’t become delinquent. If your advisor still
has not received your club account name and password in the mail, have him/her contact District Admin-
istrator Mr. Lowenberg at [email protected]. For detailed instructions on generating an in-
voice, join http://googlegroups.com/group/nydkc-treasurers or contact me at Safanahsid-
[email protected]. Once you submit your dues, you can see if Kiwanis International has received your
payment by checking online at http://kiwanisone.org/slpreports. Stay tuned for more dues updates! You’ll
be hearing from me again soon!
Page 3 November
This November is the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Month. March of Dimes is one of our
international service partners. They devote their time, research, and funds to saving babies from diseases,
prematurity, and other life threatening illnesses.
Every year, more than 460,000 babies are born prematurely. When babies are born prematurely, that
means they are not able to fully develop, become well-nourished, or grow strong enough to live outside
the womb. These babies have to fight just to survive, and often struggle with health problems that persist
throughout their whole lifetime.
The causes of prematurity are unknown and therefore unpreventable. It can happen to anyone. The research March of Dimes does
makes an effort to change that. March of Dimes has already made so much progress regarding the availability of resources and informa-
tion about prematurity in their efforts to prevent it.
The more we raise awareness and fund-raise, the more March of Dimes will be able to do for babies worldwide. To help, you can:
Raise awareness by:
Creating March of Dimes t-shirts, bracelets, or posters to raise awareness in key club and out.
Writing articles and using social networking websites to spread the word.
Incorporating Prematurity Awareness Month into your general service projects.
Utilizing any resources or events you have to get the word out about March of Dimes and their efforts to rid the world of
the negative effects of prematurity.
Think of creative ideas to fundraise. Some innovative ideas are:
Having a bake sale or dance hosted in honor of Prematurity Awareness Month.
Host a contest or sporting events and donate the money made to March of Dimes.
Starting fundraising for the March of Dimes Walk which occurs later in the service year. It is never too early to start sav-
ing lives!
You may even combine your efforts to publicize Key Club Week with Prematurity Awareness Month to have an even greater impact!
Prematurity Awareness Month By Lt. Governor Susanna Novick
Kiwanis Family Month is a month aimed just towards learning more about and working
with the other branches of the Kiwanis Family which include K-Kids, Builders Club,
Circle K, Aktion Club and Kiwanis. This month, the Kiwanis-Family relations commit-
tee is strongly encouraging you to reach out to your corresponding Kiwanis club to get
the contact information for your other local Kiwanis Family branch clubs (if you do not
already have them) and to start planning some sort of project with each other. This pro-
ject can be anything from fundraising, to doing arts and crafts to donate to a senior cen-
ter to something big, like cleaning up one of your town’s parks.
Kiwanis is big on working with their sponsored youth, so make sure that you get in touch with them and
let them know that you would like to start a project. They will be thrilled! Invite the Kiwanian in charge of the
project to one of your meetings to plan a bit, and in turn, the Kiwanis club might just invite you to one of their
meetings to speak to the entire club about this project that you are planning. Make sure to also invite the advi-
sors or officers from your K-Kids, Builders Club, Circle K and Aktion Club so that you can all do a bit of the
planning. Part of the beauty of planning with a large group of planning is that not all of the work lands on one
person. Have an outstanding Kiwanis Family Month!
Page 4 November
Kiwanis Family Month
By Lt. Governor Dylan Gross
Page 5 November
Key Clubbers, the month is November and the District projects committee would
like to thank you! We have reached a total of about $110,969, or 64% of our
$175,000 goal! Good job! We have approximately five months left to fundraise for
the 10 worthy District Projects, which means we have to raise about $64,031 in 5
months. I know that we can live up to our name The Mighty New York District and
reach, then possibly surpass our goal.
To ensure our success in fundraising, the District Projects Committee will imple-
ment a few tools to secure our goal. We will soon be updating our committee page
on a regular basis. This committee will be posting quick fundraising ideas for that month which coincide with a
specific charity and that month’s theme. For example: September was National Childhood Cancer Awareness
Month so, we would encourage your club to fundraise for the American Cancer Society, St.Jude’s and Make-A-
Wish. We might also include a possible fundraiser along with this information.
In November, we encourage fundraising for the American Cancer Society. The Great American Smokeout is a
day that the American Cancer Society holds in which it advocates the effects of smoking and tobacco use. Stay
tuned for more updates by checking the New York District Website often! FUNDRAISE!
District Projects
By Lt. Governor Rhea Singh
Page 6 November
The Distinguished Key Clubber Application was released October 9, 2010. If you haven’t al-
ready seen it, you can access the application on the district website, www.nydkc.org.
You’ll notice that this year, we have the option of submitting your applications for the award digitally. If
you are considering submitting your application digitally, let me first give you my thanks. Here are the
following steps you must take:
(Please make sure all text files you create are .doc, .txt, or .pdf files.)
Create a folder anywhere on your desktop named “[division number] [first name] [last name]”. My
folder would be named “11 Sharif Mahfouz”.
Fill out the application and save it as “DKC App” in the folder.
Create a folder named “Advocacy” in the main folder, and save all relevant advocacy materials in there.
Create a file named “P Statement” and save it in the main folder.
If you choose to attach a statement answering the “Offices/Positions held within Key Club International” prompt, name the file
“Offices & Positions” and save it in the main folder.
If you have submitted articles to any publications, create a folder named “Articles” in the main folder, and save up to two articles
there. Under each article, write the publication you submitted it to and the date you submitted it.
If you choose to attach a list of other service and fundraising activities participated in, name the file “Other” and save it in the
main folder.
Ask someone to write you a letter of recommendation. If they agree, tell them to e-mail it to [email protected]. Make the
subject of the e-mail “LoR [division number] [applicant’s first name] [applicant’s last name]”. In the body of the e-mail, ask
them to list their name and office, and who they are writing the letter of recommendation for.
Once you’ve completed all that, you will need to e-mail the folder to [email protected]. To e-mail the folder, you will
need to convert it to a ZIP file.
o If you are running Windows XP or Vista, right-click the file and go to Send To -> Compressed (zipped) Folder. If you
are prompted asking to set “Compressed (zipped) Folder” as the default application for handling zipped folders, click
“No.” You will now have a ZIP File which you can attach to an e-mail.
o If you are running a Mac, right-click the file and go to “Create Archive of “[folder name]”. You will now have a ZIP
File which you can attach to an e-mail.
o For other operating systems, try googling “convert folders to zip.” If you need assistance, feel free to contact me.
o PLEASE NOTE: If the ZIP File is too large for one e-mail, send the application in multiple e-mails.
Ask your club president and faculty/Kiwanis advisor to confirm, either via e-mail or phone, that your entire application is valid.
They may do this in one of two ways:
o Single verification: Send an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject “Verification [division number] [first
name] [last name]”, and the body stating they are verifying all the information in the application is true. You may also
call me at (917) 860-3973 with the same information.
o Multiple verifications: Send an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject “Verification [division number]
[school name]”, and the body listing all the names of the applicants whose applications they are verifying. You may
also call me at (917) 860-3973 with the same information.
Please note – ALL documents (including the verification and letter of recommendation) must be received by 11:59 PM EST on March
14, 2011. Stay on top of your club presidents, advisors, and whoever is writing your letter of recommendation to make sure it is all sent
by that time!
If you need any more help regarding digital submission, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected].
By Lt. Governor Sharif Mahfouz
Distinguished Key Clubber Award
Submitting Digitally
Page 7 November
Club Spotlight!
Submitted by Ramapo President Dauminique Smallings
Both the Ramapo and Ursuline Key Clubs participated in the Light the Night Walk for The Leuke-
mia & Lymphoma Society, which was featured in other newsletter editions. Ramapo raised $1,250 and Ursu-
line raised over $5,000. Ursuline held the walk in memory of a deceased and former Key Club member,
Sonia Dubey, and had a fundraiser at their school for her. Below is a letter that was sent to the Ramapo Key
Club regarding the walk. A huge congrats to both clubs!
Dear Dauminique,
On behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, I would like to thank you for the time and effort you put
into volunteering at our Light The Night Walk at Nyack Memorial Park on Sunday, October 24th. The Ramapo
High School Key Club was an excellent group of volunteers, specifically with manning our walk path and cheer-
ing on our participants and they walked the route.
With your help, Light The Night was a great success and a very meaningful event for many of our Walk partici-
pants, as they celebrated and commemorated the lives of their loved ones. Proceeds from Light The Night sup-
port the LLS mission: To cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of
life of patients and their families.
Again, thank you for your time and support. It has been such a pleasure working with you.
Sincerely,
Jillian Egenberg
Campaign Coordinator
Ramapo and Ursuline Key Clubs: Light the Night Walk
The Olympian Page 8
Great job to Ardsley, Spring Valley, Ursuline, & Yorktown Heights on MRFs! Be sure to forward the receipts
to me. Keep up the great work! Remember that each MRF is due the 7th of every month. Some forms are
months late so get these in before November ends! We’re doing better though! We want all X’s next month!
Paperwork Status
ERF and MRF Chart ERF April May June July August Sept Oct Nov
Alexander
Hamilton
Ardsley X X X X X X
Mount
Vernon X
New Ro-
chelle X X X
North
Rockland
Ramapo X
Rye Neck X X
Saunders
Spring Val-
ley X X X X X X
Ursuline X X X X X X X
Woodlands X X
Yonkers
Yorktown
Heights X X X X X X
Page 9 November
New York District Executive Board
• Governor Nadyli Nuñez
• Secretary Grace Na
• Treasurer Safanah Siddiqui
• Editor Jensen Cheong
• Webmaster Emily Lew
• Executive Assistant Jillian Harmon
New York District Division 12 [email protected] - Please use for RSVPs
• Lieutenant Governor James Florakis
(914) 523-2837
329 Stuart Drive
New Rochelle, NY 10804
• Division Secretary Caylin Acosta
(845) 709-7809
• Division Executive Assistant Samantha Suarez
(914) 882-5428
• Kiwanis Committee Member Mr. Ed Sexton
(914) 523-6126
For contact information of the entire New York District Board, please visit: www.nydkc.org/board/contacts
Contact Information
New York District Committee Chairs
• Governor’s Project - Lt. Governor Nicole Murray
• District Projects - Lt. Governor Rhea Singh
• International Projects and Programs - Lt. Governor
Susanna Novick
• New Club Building and Reactivation - Lt. Governor
James Florakis
• Advocacy - Lt. Governor Katie Cieplicki
• Distinguished Key Clubber - Lt. Governor Sharif Mahfouz
• Kiwanis-Family Relations - Lt. Governor Dylan Gross
• Public Relations - Editor Jensen Cheong
• Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center - Lt. Governor Yasmin
Soliman
• Laws and Regulations - Executive Assistant Jillian
Harmon
Reminders!
• Visit the New York District Key Club website at www.nydkc.org
• Submit articles and pictures of exciting projects from your club to:
District Editor Jensen Cheong ([email protected])
District Webmaster Emily Lew ([email protected])
• Pass on this newsletter to all your friends
• Attend divisional meetings
• Continue serving your home, school, and community!
Fun Fact!
The New York District Key Club is the third largest district of Key Club
International!