NJ K E Y C L U B Biotechnology | Brick Memorial | Brick Township | Jackson Liberty Jackson Memorial | Point Pleasant Beach | Point Pleasant Borough Volume 1, Issue 3 July/August Issue The Official Newsletter of Division 6 of the New Jersey District of Key Club International Chris’ Chronicle In this issue! Introduction…..………………1 Kiwanis Worldwide Service Project….................................2 International Programs……..3 Advocacy Announcement..4 Key Leader 2010……………..5 Reminders and Contacts…..6 IMPORTANT DATES August 10 th Monthly Report Forms due September 19 th Southern RTC Salutations Division 6! I hope you’re all enjoying your summers so far! I know I have been, from attending Key Club International Conven- tion to the Kiwanis Family Picnic, my summer has been stuffed full of Key Club events! Seeing as how I skipped publishing a July issue of my newsletter, Chris’ Chronicle, due mostly to sheer busyness, I have decided to combine issues and publish a July/August issue instead. While reading this issue you may notice that there is nothing written about International Convention, nor are there any pictures; this is because, to make up for my lack of a stand-alone July newsletter, I have decided to cre- ate a very special Key Club International Convention edi- tion that will recap every moment of the New Jersey Dis- trict’s tour leading up to ICON itself. Hopefully it will inspire you to attend ICON in the years to come! So, enjoy my newsletter and the rest of your sum- mers! We’ll talk soon about our summer PCM to be held towards the end of the vacation. Then we’re back to school and back to Key Club! Hey There Division 6! Yours in Caring and Service, Chris Godshall
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
NJ K E Y C L U B
Biotechnology | Brick Memorial | Brick Township | Jackson Liberty
Jackson Memorial | Point Pleasant Beach | Point Pleasant Borough
Volume 1, Issue 3 July/August Issue
The Official Newsletter of Division 6 of the New Jersey District of Key Club International
Chris’ Chronicle
In this issue!
Introduction…..………………1
Kiwanis Worldwide Service
Project….................................2
International Programs……..3
Advocacy Announcement..4
Key Leader 2010……………..5
Reminders and Contacts…..6
IMPORTANT DATES
August
10th Monthly Report Forms due
September
19th Southern RTC
Salutations Division 6!
I hope you’re all enjoying your summers so far! I know I
have been, from attending Key Club International Conven-
tion to the Kiwanis Family Picnic, my summer has been
stuffed full of Key Club events!
Seeing as how I skipped publishing a July issue of my
newsletter, Chris’ Chronicle, due mostly to sheer busyness, I
have decided to combine issues and publish a July/August
issue instead. While reading this issue you may notice that
there is nothing written about International Convention, nor
are there any pictures; this is because, to make up for my
lack of a stand-alone July newsletter, I have decided to cre-
ate a very special Key Club International Convention edi-
tion that will recap every moment of the New Jersey Dis-
trict’s tour leading up to ICON itself. Hopefully it will inspire
you to attend ICON in the years to come!
So, enjoy my newsletter and the rest of your sum-
mers! We’ll talk soon about our summer PCM
to be held towards the end of the vacation.
Then we’re back to school and back to Key
Club!
Hey There Division 6!
Yours in Caring and Service,
Chris Godshall
Kiwanis worldwide
service project
On June 24th, at the Kiwanis International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Kiwanis In-
ternational Board unveiled their Worldwide Service Project for the 2010-2011 Kiwanis Service Year:
The Eliminate Project. This project is in conjunction with UNICEF, and is an effort to defeat mater-
nal and neonatal tetanus.
Maternal and neonatal tetanus are forms of tetanus that occur either during pregnancy or
shortly after birth, and claims the lives of 60,000 babies and 30,000 mothers from 40 different
countries annually. Fortunately, it is also easily curable. Merely three doses of an immunization can
rid a person of this disease. At 60 cents per immunization, it costs only $1.80 to save a life. Kiwanis
International has set a worldwide goal of $110 million to help fight this terrible disease. That
amount could save 61,111 lives.
However, just because The Eliminate Project is the Kiwanis Worldwide Service Project, it is-
n’t exclusive only to Kiwanis clubs. As Key Clubbers, we should help our parent organization reach
this goal, and work towards ridding this world of one more tragic disease.
For more information on this project, including videos, downloads, and more, visit the two
Over 738,900 people in New Jersey live at or below the poverty level.
27% of children in New Jersey live in low-income households.
1 out of 5 families in New Jersey do not earn enough to afford basic necessi-
ties such as food and housing.
These are all serious problems that are occurring in our own state, and they are rapidly increasing. However, we
have the power to change them. That is why we are so excited to announce that the focus for the District Programs
Committee for the 2010-2011 Service Year is Poverty.
(All facts can be found on the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition Website: http://njahc.org/hunger-in-nj.html.)
This year, the committee will be dedicated to giving each club an opportunity to choose how they would like to go about advocating and serving while guiding them along the way. We chose to run the committee this way be-
cause each community is hit with poverty in different ways.
Some examples of ways to advocate are to advertise as much as possible (such as posters and videos), and
to contact your local government representative and attend press events. An easy way to get support would be to
not ask for money, but instead trying to provide supplies, food, and service. Clubs could provide a “service
tip of the month” and statistics to give the members easy pieces of information to follow and spread.
Clubs and divisions could also participate in service activities such as:
- Collecting school supplies at Fall Rally
- Collecting food at your school and community throughout the year (not just holidays)
- A “Fill the Bus with Food” fundraiser (line up and pass the food to the bus)
- Volunteering at shelters/food kitchens
- Shop rite/Cost Co will give gift cards
- Gathering food left over at sporting venues
- Donating to Good Will
- Helping with Jennifer’s Closet
- Collecting prescription glasses or other necessities
- Asking local businesses to donate
- Seven Eleven gives leftover food to charity
- Organizing a Giving Tree activity
- Donating to Toys for Tots
More information about the District Programs Committee will be available on the New Jersey Dis-
trict Website and in the back-to-school District Mailings. So, get ready to defeat poverty together, New Jersey! If
you have any questions, feel free to contact the Co-Chairs of the committee, District Secretary Kevin Sun Division 5