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Back to School Edition!

Lieutenant Governor’s Letter

Division

22/24

Red Panda Royale Official Newsletter of the Division 22/24

Key Club Pacific Northwest District

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Welcome back to school, Key Clubbers!

September

2013|Issue 5

Contents Lieutenant Governor’s

Letter…..…………………………. 2 Divisional Council

Meeting……………..…….……... 3 School Visits……………………. 4 Vision…………………………….. 5 The Eliminate Project………..6 Trick or Treat for UNICEF..7 The Bottom Page………………8

Ballard

Ingraham

Roosevelt

Shorecrest

and…

Nathan Hale!

John Redfield

[email protected] 206-696-6812 519 N 64th St

Seattle, WA 98103

Regards!

John Redfield Lt. Governor of Division 22/24

It is with great honor that I am announcing the beginning of the Key Club school year! Summer may have left us brain-dead and lazy, but now is the time to act and get involved in our communities! The beginning of the school year is also a great time to gather more members for Key Club, so that we can all grow big and strong as the leading volunteer organization for high schoolers in North Seattle. This month, watch out for upcoming news about division-wide fundraisers to promote stability and success for each club. The money raised will go either to the Eliminate Project or to help schools with DCON expenses. This year’s DCON is going to be in Seattle, so it is imperative that each school can send members to represent our entire student body. The more, the merrier! Also, please prepare for Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. It is highly recommended that every club participates!

I will start club visits next week, and I am so excited to be seeing all of you. You represent the future of service, the future of selfless passion to make this world a better place. Together, we can impact not only our local communities, but the world around us. Let us not be held back by those who judge us because we are young, but let us show that our generation is a loving, hardworking, and passionate one that will be a light to lead the way in the future!

September Divisional Council Meeting

Date and Time: Saturday, September 28th; 3:00pm

Location: To Be Determined

For our next Divisional Council Meeting, we will be focusing on

officer and committee chair training. This won’t be intensive, but

it will be imperative that every officer from each school attend so

that they have a clear idea of their duties throughout the school

year.

Also, we will be discussing preparing for Trick or Treat for UNICEF

and Key Club Week. Key Club Week this year is November 4th thru

the 8th. I will discuss more about Key Club Week when I visit your

school and I will share more about it through the October

Newsletter.

When I visit your schools this month, I will take a rough estimate of

how many boxes I will need to order for Trick or Treat for UNICEF.

Please try going in groups of no more than five, because you will

cover more ground that way and be far more successful than if

you were to travel as one huge mass.

We will also be discussing to prepare for our 5k service projects

(Green Lake Gobble Run, Jingle Bell Run, etc.) and service

projects with Mary’s Place for women and children in downtown

Seattle.

I hope to see you all come out for the DCM! It’ll be a great time,

and even greater if we have a lot of people!

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Summer Service Project at Mary’s Place

Key Club 5k

School Visits

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Here is what the September schedule looks like for school

visits. I hope you are all excited for your first meetings, as I am

excited to see you and to get to know all of you! For those

who are new, welcome to Key Club! It’s going to be a great

year!

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Welcome back from Summer! Let’s

get back into action and remember

this year’s

Vision

1) More active involvement

2) More joint opportunities

3) More spirit!

What do I mean by more active involvement? This year I hope to work with the presidents,

vice presidents, and bulletin editors of each school to ensure that the awareness level of

Key Club remains at an all time high. We need to show the world that we’re the biggest

and the best service club ever!! If you have any suggestions how to better the active

membership of Key Clubs in schools, or need any help raising membership levels, please

keep in close contact with me!

I want each of our schools to foster the belief that our clubs are part of one great family:

Division 22/24. There may be some rivalry between schools, but rivalry cannot be

condoned between our clubs! This year, I hope to provide as many joint volunteer

opportunities as possible. In doing so, I want to bridge the progressively growing gap

between our schools so that we can realize that we’re all working together. Let’s put our

differences behind us and make a great foundation for years to come!

This year we won the spirit stick. It was a great honor, and a great privilege. The spirit stick

was a reminder of our boundless passion that we have for our Key Clubs. However, we

must move further and show that we will have as much spirit in the upcoming year as we

did in the last. To start this “Spirit Campaign”, I will be designing several clothing items for

our division, and based on interests levels you guys can help me to decide what to order.

We will also have a joint gathering to decorate our spirit stick. Keep an eye out for

updates as this process unfolds!

What is the Eliminate Project?

What is Maternal/Neo-natal Tetanus (MNT)?

Whose lives are at stake?

The Eliminate Project is a joint project with Kiwanis and UNICEF to terminate MNT

on an international basis

In 30 countries around the world, maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) can

quickly turn the joy of childbirth into tragedy. MNT kills one baby every nine

minutes. Its effects are excruciating– tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful

convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. There is little hope of

survival. And tetanus kills mothers too.

MNT is caused when tetanus spores, found in soil, come into contact with open

cuts during childbirth. The disease strikes the poorest of the poor, the

geographically hard to reach and those without health care.

What can we do to help? Through annual events such as Eliminate Week and simpler events such as

bake sales or car washes, we can fundraise to help eradicate and eliminate

MNT. A measly amount of $1.80 is enough to save the life of a mother and her

newborn child. Don’t hesitate! Let’s start fundraising today!!

Presidents, if you have money for the Eliminate Project, please send it in

person so that I can give it to the District Governor! Thank you!

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On the topic of the Eliminate Project…

One of the best ways you can help out right now is to gather your friends and

fellow Key Club members to take part in this year’s Trick or Treat for UNICEF!

You can check out the website, www.trickortreatforunicef.org, and see how you

can get involved! I will be ordering the boxes, but if you need more you can

email [email protected] or call (317) 217-6213.

All proceeds

will go to the

Eliminate

Project! This is

an easy and

fun way to help

eradicate

maternal and

neonatal

tetanus!

Impact your

community,

impact your

world!

The Bottom Page

Wait, what in the world is a Lieutenant Governor?

How does this whole system work?

Club Key Clubs are established in high schools.

Members include Club President, Vice

President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor

Division The division is the coalition of schools in a

certain region of a greater district. Each division

has a Lieutenant Governor, a student leader

who carries out the policies of the district and

aids the clubs

District A district may be defined by state or nation and

tends to be similar to its respective Kiwanis

district. Each district is chaired by a District

Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor

International Key Club International encompasses all clubs

within the group’s 33 organized districts and in

foreign countries do not have any specific

district. Key Club International is led by its

international board, which includes an

International President, Vice President and 11

trustees. These are all students and active Key

Club members

Get to know your Kiwanis!!

They can really help you out!

Roosevelt University Kiwanis

High School

University Kiwanis meets at Vios Café (6504

20th Ave NE, Seattle) on the first Tuesday of

every month at noon

Ballard High Ballard Kiwanis

School

Ballard Kiwanis meets at Louie’s Cuisine of

China (5100 15th Ave NW) on Thursdays at

noon

Ingraham North Central Kiwanis

&

Shorecrest

High School

North Central Kiwanis meets at Provail (12550

Aurora Avenue North) on Thursdays at noon

Important Contact Information

Trang Tran

District Governor

[email protected]

Eric Grewal

District Treasurer

[email protected]

Denny Lim

District Convention Chair

[email protected]

Suzanne Endroedy

Assistant Administrator

[email protected]

Hakikat Bains

District Secretary

[email protected]

Sara Thomas

District Editor

[email protected]

John Jay

District Administrator

[email protected]

Bo Jordan

Area Administrator

[email protected]

Any additional questions? Please contact

me!!

John Redfield

[email protected] 206-696-6812 519 N 64th St

Seattle, WA 98103