May / June Newsletter

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Division 20 May / June 2012Volume 1: Issue 2

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A Message from Your Lieutenant Governor

International Convention

Hello Division 20,

I hope you have been enjoying your summer so far! Iknow I have been! I am really looking forward to thenext few months. I will be having more Officer Train-ing Conferences, President Council Meetings, andattending other Key Club related events. I will let allof you know the details of these plans once theyhave been determined. My trip to International Con-vention is rapidly approaching and I can’t evenbegin to explain how excited I am. If you follow theNew Jersey District of Key Club International onFaceBook and Twitter, you will get updates on differ-ent things that take place during the trip as they areactually happening.

Sincerely,

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The 69th annual International Convention is quicklyapproaching. Key Club members from all aroundthe New Jersey District will be leaving on July 1st tofly down to Florida for ICON, where we will bemeeting Key Clubbers from all over the world. Thiswill be my first time attending and I am incrediblyexcited. During the trip, I will be keeping everyoneupdated via Facebook and Twitter. Afterwards, Iwill write about the trip in a future newsletter.

Official May Key Club Division 20 Newsletter

In This Issue:

A Message from Me . . . 1

ICON 2012 . . . . . . . . . 1

RTC Recap . . . . . . . . . . 2

Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Committee Chairs . . . . 4

Contact Information . . 5

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Regional Training Conference Recap

Pictures above taken by Angela Arcinas

Photo of me with the officers from

Roxbury High School at the North Spring RTC

By Christina Xiao

LTG Div 16

On May 20th, Montville High

School hosted Spring Regional

Training Conferences. At RTCs,

officers and general members

learned about their positions, the

district, and International, as well

as many other facets of Key Club.

Couldn’t make it to Montville?

Not to worry, there will be another

Regional Training Conference in

the fall! Remember, attendance at

one RTC is mandatory for each of-

ficer. General members are en-

couraged to attend if they are

looking to learn more about Key

Club or interested in running for a

position next year.

North Fall Regional Training ConferenceRoxbury High School

September 23

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Advocacy

Why?

30% of teenagers have an eating disorder

and 58% have tried to change their body.

90% of kids have been bullied and in 85%

of these cases no one intervened. Bullying

includes physical, cyber and verbal attacks

and social alienation.

Over one million teens die of suicide a year;

that’s one person every 40 seconds. 20% of

teens have considered suicide while 14%

have planned a suicide. Suicide is the third

leading cause of death.

Advocacy by Eric Smuda LTG Div 21

Advocacy is speaking on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.

This year’s advocacy focus will focus on the areas of self-image, anti-bullying and suicide pre-

vention in order to make a difference in these areas.

How are we going to change this?

SAILSupport. Awareness. Inspire. Lead.

Together, through two advocacy seasons we

are going to help end these problems. The

first step is to support those who you see

suffering and be there for them. Secondly,

raise awareness by educating your school

and community about these problems and

statistics through assemblies and days of si-

lence. Inspire others through your actions

and the stories of those who have been bul-

lied, suffered from eating disorders or al-

most lost their life to suicide. Lead the way

and take the initiative to help save lives and

make a difference.

The Two Advocacy Seasons

Season one started in May will end at Fall

Rally. Focus on self/body image.

Season two starts at Fall Rally ends at

DCON. Focus on anti-bullying and suicide

prevention.

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Committee Chairs

The New Jersey District Board splits into separate committees, with each spe-cializing in a certain area. There are standing committees, which last year-

round, and special committees, created for a sole event. The following lists thecontact information for the chairperson/chairpeople for each committee.

Standing Committees

Special Committees

Public Relations Committee

Zachariah DeGiulio

District Editor

[email protected]

Lucas Dos Santos

District Webmaster

[email protected]

District Project Steering Committee

Christopher Addonizio

LTG Division 1A

[email protected]

Tracy Vollbrecht

LTG Division [email protected]

District Programs Committee

Eric Smuda

LTG Division 21

[email protected]

Sarah Thomas

LTG Division 4

[email protected]

International Programs Committee

Zack Waldorf

LTG Division 12

[email protected]

Leslie Castillo

LTG Division 7

[email protected]

Regional Training

Conferences Committee

Celina Baquiran

District Secretary

[email protected]

Fall Rally Programs Committee

Mohammed Haji

LTG Division 9

[email protected]

Fall Rally Registration Committee

Joseph Toumanios

District Treasurer

[email protected]

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Contact Information

District Governor Nicole [email protected]

District Secretary Celina Baquiran

[email protected]

District Treasurer Joseph [email protected]

District Editor Zachariah [email protected]

District Webmaster Lucas Dos Santos [email protected]

LTG of Div 20 Rocky Trifari [email protected]