August Newsletter

While I’m not excited about getting back into the nightly routine of piles of homework, a lack of sleep, and way too slow of mornings, I can’t wait to get back to school and visit each of our six Kiwanis Clubs! Speaking of Kiwanis Clubs, I’ll be visiting each of the 5 Kiwanis Clubs in Kiwanis Division 44, Key Club Division 45! Later, you can read when I’ll be visiting each of the clubs, and each of the officers can expect an email from me soon asking them to join me in a visit to their Kiwanis. This is something that you should be doing routinely, and if you’re not, you should start! They love to see Key Clubbers at their meetings and enjoy your company! See you all soon! In caring and service,

Alex Switzer Lt. Governor of Division 44

44 for You!

3636 WOODVIEW TRACE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46268 USA 1-800-KIWANIS FAX 1-317-879-0204

ISSUE 5

Official Newsletter of Key Club Division 44 of the Pacific Northwest District

Enjoy the sun!

Hello my fabulous division! It’s been hot. Really hot. Thank goodness for air condition, ice cream, and pools! It’s been an amazing summer with lots happening. Thank you all for keeping up with your dedication to service and leadership both in Key Club and your other commitments. Keeping yourself active in service and things that you enjoy make summer a whole lot more exciting, and give your mind the break it needs from all of your school work. But as the summer comes to an end, we all need to start looking forward to the new year of Key Club starts. The key to a successful start is catching the freshmen! As they have their orientations on how high school works, make sure to be there with a booth explaining Key Club. Later in this newsletter, there will be more information about it. :)

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In this issue!

Hot hot hot! ....................... 1

DCM News ........................ 2

Meet the Intl. Board ........ 3

Upcoming Events............. 4

News from International . 5

Calendar ........................... 6

Back to School To-Do ..... 7

Back to School To-Do ..... 8

Meet your Kiwanis ........... 9

We’re a family :) .............. 9

K E Y C L U B

Alex Switzer

[email protected] 360 609 3936 1604 SE 187th Pl.

Vancouver WA 98683

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DCM? What’s a DCM? It’s a Divisional Council Meeting, Silly! Representatives from each of the six clubs all meet together at this meeting to discuss items for all of the division. These are also times to ask questions and get to know your fellow officers at the other schools. Not to mention eat delicious frozen yogurt at Menchies!

Every DCM we have get better and better! Being able to have each of the clubs together at one meeting is great! We’re yet to have a DCM in which we have 100% club attendance, however… Let’s change that for the month of August! With our last DCM before school gets back into session, let’s get all six of our terrific clubs together for an amazing meeting! This month, we’ll be focusing on how to get a club started back up for a new year, how to use membership drives to increase participation and keep it all year long, and any problems or concerns that we see in the upcoming year! Doing this will allow us to foresee any problems that we may have, and plan accordingly! I hope to see you all at the next DCM, Thursday August 23rd, from 11-1pm at Menchie’s! Make sure to show up so that the Spirit Ball that Heritage won can be passed off to your club!

Our Next DCM!

District Council Meeting Thursday, August 23rd from 11-1pm

Menchie’s

19171 SE

Mill Plain

Blvd,

Vancouver,

WA 98683

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Our Intl. Board!

Rebecca Riley

Key Club International President

Alabama District

This year, as International President, Rebecca has some

amazing goals! First, she wants to have either the President or

Vice-President of the United States as a guest speaker at the

International Convention in Washington DC. She also wants to

make Keyclub.org more worthwhile and valuable to each and

every Key Clubber. She’d also like to secure at least $100,000

in corporate sponsorship for the ICON 2013. As an Imm. Past

International Trustee, and now International President, she has amazingly high goals, but will know how to complete them.

Caitlin Stroup

Key Club International Vice-President

Minnesota-Dakota’s District

During Caitlin’s term as Intl. VP, she plans to have much more

communication. Communication is the key to her year! She

wants to have more communication with the District Governors,

and having more input from them on issues concerning the

International Board. She also wants to have more

communication between the Circle K and Kiwanis International

Boards. To better the flow of the I-Board, she wants to enhance

committees. She’d also like to provide aid to Districts-in-

Formation and newly chartered and charting clubs, as well as

promote social media. As an Imm. Past Governor for Min-Dak,

she’ll do a terrific job as International Vice- President.

Calvin Leung

Pacific Northwest District (Div. 66 Clackamas HS)

“Knowing I'm the ONLY trustee to get my home

district was BREATHTAKING. It is an absolute privilege I

have this opportunity to work my HEART OUT for my

2nd family!”

We are so lucky to have Calvin, who is the Immediate Past Lt.

Governor for PNW District Division 66, as our Intl. Trustee! He’ll

do a fantastic job! To learn more about Calvin, his love of Key

Club, his goals, or just stalk him, follow him on tumblr at

http://trusteecalvin.tumblr.com/

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Up and comings!

Camp Wa-Ri-Ki Applebee’s Fundraiser

Enjoy a SHORT STACK for a TALL CAUSE You’re Invited to an Applebee’s ®

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser to support Kiwanis Camp Wa-Ri-Ki

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for Kiwanis Camp Wa-Ri-Ki!

When: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8am - 10am Where: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar

12717 SE 2nd Circle, Vancouver, WA Contact Adam Wishard - [email protected]

Looking for volunteers and patrons! Families are welcomed and

encouraged!

Cascade Park Kiwanis Garage Sale!

While primarily for the three Cascade Park Kiwanis

sponsored clubs, Union, Camas, and Mountain View, any and all Key Clubbers are welcome to help out. At their

annual garage sale event as much help is needed to make the event go smoothly.

Can’t stay for the whole event? Need some knick-knacks? Stop by the event! The garage sale is at the Fourth Plain

Nazarene Church.

We’d love to see you there! All of the proceeds go towards their projects such as Key Clubs, Eliminate, and the

Kiwanis Governor’s Project, KCCP. We’d love to see you there!

August 17th and 18th 16807 Northeast Fourth Plain Road

Vancouver, WA 98682.

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News from International

Do you have a passion to go above and

beyond the call of duty for the eliMiNaTe

Project? If so, the SLP (Student Leadership Projects) Subcommittee is looking for representatives. For those of you that do not know what the SLP subcommittee is, the subcommittee advises Eliminate Project coordinators on SLP-related fundraising initiatives. It contains representatives from all of Kiwanis's SLPs, including Aktion Club, K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Club, and Circle K. The Key Club International Board has the responsibility of recommending several potential Key Club representatives for the committee to Chairwoman Sue Petrisin, who then interviews our nominees and makes a final selection. Applicants have the option to submit one supplemental (optional) letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor or district adult to [email protected]. The application form can be found HERE and is due on or before 11:59 EST/EDT Monday, August 20, 2012. If you have any questions, please contact me!

Key Leader

Key Leader is a weekend experiential leadership program for today's young leaders. This life-changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership-development experience. A Key Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.

Participants begin by attending a Key Leader conference, which is a weekend retreat. Large and small group workshops, discussions and team-building activities take place over the course of the weekend. Students have opportunities to learn leadership skills that will help them to change their schools, communities, and world for the better. While exploring leadership in a whole new way, participants will make amazing new friends and have experiences they will never forget. Positive, ongoing interaction with other Key Leader graduates offers continuing reinforcement, encouragement and growth of leadership skills.

When: Oct. 5th – 7th Where: Mount Hood Kiwanis Camp, Rhodedendron, OR How much: $175, which is $25 less, since you’re in Key Club! Where to register: http://www.key-leader.org/Find-Key-Leader-Events/Register-Now.aspx

You’ll meet some of the most amazing Key Clubbers you’ll ever meet from all over the PNW at Key Leader, and find your leadership skills within you that you may never knew you dad!

Trustee Update It was brought up to the International Board that the newly elected Trustee, Joel Nomdarkham of the

Jamacia District, was unable to attend the Lead-

ership conference for the Trustee’s and Governors due to a visa issue. After a long discussion amongst the International Board, it was decided that, in the

best interest of the districts of Key Club International, Joel be

removed from the office of Trustee. He has been

replaced by Zach Dameron of the Cali-Nev-Ha District.

This was effective as of July 21, 2012.

Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Summer

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District

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Board Mtg

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Seattle

Rally

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Cascade

Kiwanis

Sale

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Park

Garage

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SHARE

House

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Visiting

Boulevard

Kiwanis

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Visiting Ft.

Vancouver

Kiwanis

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Menchies!

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26 27 28 29

Visiting

Salmon

Creek

Kiwanis

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2 3 4 5 First Day of

School :((((

SECRETARY

REPORTS DUE

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September

Newsletter!

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Camp WaRiKi

Applebees Fundraiser

Divisional Webmaster, Briana Chui, Evergreen Secretary, Jennilee Hill and I all

at Dairy Queen supporting Children’s Miracle Network with our Blizzard’s!

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Back to School To-Do’s!

Back to School To-Do’s!

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Thank you Linsie Michaels for this awesome guide :)

The competitors at London are all there to win medals, but at the end of the day, the make lifelong friendships with their competitors and team mates, much as anyone in Key Club becomes part of a family. As our Trustee Calvin Leung said, “We all pay our dues to be a part of Key Club, but I pay mine to be part of a family.” Everyone in Key Club is an inspiring family, and I’m so proud to be part of such an amazing organization and family. Every Key Clubber is so inspiring and amazing. Thank you for all that you do!

Alex Switzer [email protected] 360 609 3936

Seriously, add me on facebook and oovoo, and get me in your phone’s contact list!

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Need to know your Kiwanis?

Camas, Mountain View, Union

Cascade Park Kiwanis

IHOP on 164th Ave.

7:30 am Thurs. Mornings

Heritage

Boulevard Kiwanis

Elmer’s – 7105 NE 40th St.

7:00 am Tues. Mornings

Ft. Vancouver and Evergreen

Ft. Vancouver Kiwanis

Bill’s Chicken and Steak House

220 St. Johns Blvd

11:30 am Wed. Mornings

Get to know them! They’re good people!

How does Key Club break down?

Important Contacts Giovanni McKenzie PNW District Governor

[email protected]

Kelsie Hoppes PNW District Secretary

[email protected] Kenneth Lam PNW District Treasurer

[email protected]

Bassel Hamieh PNW District Bulletin Editor

[email protected] John Jay District Administrator

[email protected]

Suzanne Endrody Asst. District Administrator

[email protected]

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Alex Switzer Lieutenant Governor of Division 44

[email protected]

Briana Chui Divisional Webmaster

[email protected]

Patty Downey Area Administrator

[email protected]

have a question?

need an answer? As the Olympics continue in London, and we’re cheering on Team USA as well as all the other amazing athletes, we know that they’re doing something that they love and care for. Being in Key Club allows for the same mentality. Doing something you love to inspire someone. While the athletes in London may be able to inspire an entire country, or the whole world, don’t think that your feats have gone unnoticed. You may be that one person who someone needed to show them the way. Seeing a group of teenagers giving up time to help someone out is very inspiring to many.

• International President ,Vice President, and 11 Trustees

elected at ICON

• Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, and Lt. Governors

Lt. Governor, Area Admin, and Divisional Webmaster

o President, VP, Secretary, Editor, Treasurer,

Class Directors, Faculty and Kiwanis Advisor

Remember, we’re part of the PNW

Proud N’ Willing to serve!