Shinterest Volume 1 Issue 3

S hinterest VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3

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Important Contacts

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Follow the PR!

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KCI & CMNH

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Graduation

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Painting School Spirit

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Spring RTC Recap

Part 2

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sumMer fuN projecT

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Salutations!

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Meet Division 17

Salutations Hey, Hey, Hey from your LTG Jae!!

It would seem that Mother Nature decided to skip spring entirely and jump straight into summer. Despite the heat, I hope that you are all staying cool and fresh like Tito the Tomato, our district mascot! The school year may have ended, but that doesn’t mean the service year has! A Key Club service year begins and ends at District Conven-tion in the beginning of April. Don’t worry, I’m not expecting all of you to work your butts off in order to serve your community. It’s summer, and that means summer fun in the sun! I’m pretty sure a lot of you have vacation plans, but why not throw in a summer project while you’re at it? It doesn’t have to be a service project, it can be a social event! Grab a bunch of your Key Clubbers and head over to the beach for some ocean splash and to get that summer tan. You can record these kinds of events on a CMRF! I will still be collecting them throughout the summer, so why not fill the project of activities

box with something? North Bergen Key Club is deciding to go for the gold by holding a summer service project! Find out more in the newsletter! Of course, with summer, comes graduation. Don’t forget to sneak a peek at the graduation page as well! Some of our beloved seniors will be-stow upon us some words of wisdom. The New Jersey District Board remains busy to find out ways to raise more money for the ELIMI-NATE project and to better our communities. Check out the monthly updates from our Board committees! They are full of information, updates, and some laughs as well!

Stay in touch over the summer and have a good one!

Yours in Caring and Service,

For those of you who are wondering or are unaware, the New Jersey District has a

mascot! Since we are the garden state, our mascot is Tito the tomato! Unfortu-

nately, Google is unaware of that, so I was unable to find any images of our be-

loved Tito the Tomato. That’s your mini lesson for the month! Stay fresh Division 17!

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Meet Division 17!

Meet the D17 Family!

By: Jae Shin

The first Divisional Council Meeting was only a few days ago, and it was the first time most of you gathered as a divi-sion! Since some were unable to attend, I figured it would be best for all of you to know who is part our divisional fam-ily. There are 7 clubs within our division and you will notice that two faces are missing from the picture above. One of our clubs is in a school for specialized students; ECLC Ho-Ho-Kus. They are not required to hand in any CMRFs nor are they required to be in contact. I remain in contact with the adviser, Ms. Johnson. The next mystery face represents Fort Lee. A normal high school, but a specialized club. The school will not allow me to be in contact with their student officers unless the student officers themselves are willing to be in contact with me. I explained the situation in the DCM recap document I emailed to all of you.

Now, for the introduction of the friendly faces! Caitlin Degelmann: President of Emerson Key Club Sally Elias: President of High Tech Key Club Priya Ravi: President of North Bergen Key Club Claudia Pan: President of Secaucus Key Club Mabel Zhang: President of Tenafly Key Club

Take a good look at the faces, because these are the people you will be working with for the service year! By the end of the service year, I hope to add one more club into our family! If you have friends from other schools who are interested in building a Key Club, please patch them to me!

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Graduation

Marisa Wong

IP Co-President of Tenafly KC "Key Club brings you to meet the peo-ple you'll be close friends with, places that you never imagined you'd go, and experiences you never thought would occur."

Hayley Austin

IP Co-President of Tenafly KC "Do it because you love the service, the people, and the journey. That way, if you love it, the journey won't have to end."

Ammad Quraishi

IP President of Fort Lee KC

"If you think about it, the world isn't that great of a place, but then there's Key Club - a club where stu-dents who care about their commu-nity, their world, come to act to improve it.”

As we say goodbye, the seniors will be saying hello to college! Parting is such a sweet sorrow, especially when we need to part from our fellow Key Clubbers. The seniors have done a fantastic job, having served many hours and having raised a lot of money for the ELIMINATE Project. Perhaps it may be out of line for me to say that I am proud of them, seeing that I am year younger, but I’m glad they were a part of Key Club, and a part of this division.

Their Key Club experience doesn’t have to end at graduation! Our organization has what is known as a K-family. There is a branch for elementary, middle school, high school, college, and adults. The collegiate branch is known as Cir-cle K. Like how not all high schools have a Key Club, not all colleges have a Cir-cle K, but our now alumni are more than welcome to start one!

With experience, comes much wisdom. Some of the seniors within our division was willing to impart some of advice to us, the future Key Clubbers of Division 17. Seniors, if you’re reading this, I would like to thank you for all your hard work and dedication to this organization and division. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have been able to impact our communities as much as we did. Stay strong, stay beautiful, and stay the caring Key Clubbers you are! Best of luck in college!

Erik Lim

IP LTG of Division 17 “Each Key Club is unique and is a different colour from all the others yet all these mixed colours come together in a beautiful pattern once we realize the similarities of the willing-ness to be kind, the high idealism and the Key Club spirit."

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Summer Project: North Bergen

Hello there! My name is Vasim Patel, and I’m the North Bergen High School Key Club Vice President. Our Key Club has been working very hard on a special project. This is our summer project. When we decided to do a sum-mer project all the way back in April we needed to see what was feasible for our club. After the school our Club Mod-erator, Ms. Maxwell, and the executive board met in order to brainstorm and we came up with an idea. That idea was to paint something for our school. We now had an idea of what we wanted to do, but where could we do it, what would we paint, and do we have the resources to do so? Our Key Club President, Priya Ravi, and I needed to answer these questions. We decided to run a fundraiser selling t shirts, towels and more in order to fund the summer project as well as our other future projects. Now we had the resources for the project, but the two biggest questions still re-mained. Where would we do it, and what would we paint? We decided to paint something that promotes school spirit, and to paint it somewhere where every student would pass by regularly.

There was only one place we would be allowed to paint that every student would pass by regularly. The Cafete-rias. We had two, but chose Cafe A because athletes meet there often. It was the perfect place for us to paint, and we ultimately chose to paint one wall. Now to promote school spirit, whatever was going to be painted had to be related to the school. The school logo was an option, but we felt it was too bland. We knew we would paint using school colors, so in addition to that, we decided to paint our mascot, which is the Bruin bear. By mid June our plan was ready. All we needed was a sketch and a proposal written up in order to send it to the board for final approval. So we approached students outside of the Key Club who could draw up a sketch. The first student we spoke to was Vidhi Parekh, a very talented student. She gave us a rough sketch that we passed to the Board of Education after our principal approved the project and to the Art Department. I spoke to a teacher there who told me he would pass it along to a student of his. This student was Celeste Izquierdo, an incredibly talented artist. She used the initial sketch as a base for her drawing and from there created a magnificent final sketch in color that would be perfect for our project. While we are still wait-ing for final approval from the Board of Education, our principal has approved of it, so we will likely be working on this soon Thanks to the help of many students our project in done with the planning phase. Over the summer we plan on get-ting supplies for painting. After summer school, we hope to begin our project sometime in August. This will be a col-laborative effort between Key Club Students and students who are experienced with painting.

Painting School Spirit

By: Vasim Patel I Vice President of North Bergen Key Club

Spring RTC Recap Part 2

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This year’s Spring Regional Training Conferences were a success. The hard work of the host clubs and the New Jersey District Board members who helped choreograph the events paid off as Key Clubbers from all over New Jersey successfully learned the ins and outs of everything Key Club. The Spring Regional Training Conferences were held in Roxbury for the Northern session on May 4, 2014, and in Cedar Creek (co-hosted by the Cedar Creek and Absegami Key Clubs) for the Southern session on May 10, 2014. Both ran from 9 am to 1 pm, with every minute full of learning and laughter. The RTC theme this service year is Greek/Roman mythology, as the New Jersey District is trying to climb Mount Service! The host clubs did a spectacular job in decorating their school to fit the theme. Their hard work with decorations helped provide Key Clubbers the ultimate experience at the conferences.

Along with theme-related decorations, Key Clubbers attended creative workshops, such as Bringing in the Drach-

mas: Fundraising and Speaking like Roman Emperor: Public Speaking. The workshops were all split up into three sessions, each one also named to correspond with the theme. The first session, Session Alpha, referred to the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Session Mu, the second session, was named after the twelfth and middle letter of the Greek alphabet. The last session, Session Omega, referred to the last letter of the Greek alphabet. A wide variety of workshops were given during each session, from workshops that taught club officers about their positions to ones that explained how general members can get involved to workshops that addressed the district projects for this service year.

Many people attended the spring conferences, and each person had their own great and unique experience. Ken-neth Ye, President of Egg Harbor Township Key Club in Division 2, said, “The Spring RTC’s were invigorating and eye-opening with the variety of workshops and events for officers and fellow Key Club members! It was truly amazing experi-ence that allowed me to gain further knowledge and skills to help me with my position in Key Club, and it was great to meet everyone around our area.”

After such a great spring session, the NJ District Board has high expectations for an even better fall session! The Fall Northern RTCs will be on September 20, 2014; Central RTCs will be on September 14, 2014; and Southern will be on September 13, 2014. While club officers are required to attend a Regional Training Conference in order to be distin-guished, all Key Clubbers are encouraged to attend a Fall RTC¾even if they already attended one in the spring! There will be exciting icebreakers, updated information, and new workshops like “You, Your Ltg., and Your Division” and “Get that Olympic Gold: Contests and DCON,” all of which promise a day of useful information and many smiles.

Spring RTC Recap Part Dos: Through the eyes of the NJDB

By: RTC Committee of the New Jersey District Board

District Project Steering

Salutations, New Jersey District!

Summer is rapidly approaching! The warmer weather offers time to relax, hang out with friends, and enjoy the beach! Summer, though, is also a great time to host some fundraising projects! The District Project Steering Committee has compiled this list of easy projects to try this summer:

Rummage Sale—Team up with your sponsoring Kiwanis for this one! Find a local park or open space in your area. Make sure to make a reservation for that space if need be. Ask your members to donate anything they don’t want anymore, as long as the items are still in good condition. Ask members of your sponsoring Kiwanis to donate as well, and invite them to help sell. Make sure to ask around for tables-you can ask members of your club or your sponsoring Kiwanis, or even your school. Have the donations dropped off at the certain time, date, and location a week before the sale. On the day of, sell everything for a reasonable price. If it’s a hot day, it might be a good idea to pick up some drinks and sell those for a profit too!

Lemonade Stand—This might sound cliché, but it is certainly worth a try! Grab some friends, squeeze some lem-ons, and set up a stand in your neighborhood-you’re sure to get some funds! You can even set up a stall at a local carnival or Fourth-of-July Festival!

Book Drive Fundraiser—Have club members donate used books, still in good condition. Set up a time and loca-tion for the drop-off. Then, have an outdoor book fundraiser in your local park with members helping to sell. You should also team up with your sponsoring Kiwanis Club, if possible. Have some drinks on hand and sell those for a profit too, especially if it’s a hot day. Sell both for reasonable prices.

Bake Sales—You can never go wrong with baked goods! Have members bake some foods or invite a bunch of friends to your house and start baking! You can sell all the baked goods in your neighborhood, local carnival, or Fourth-of-July Festival!

We hope these tips keep your club active and involved this summer! Remember, with every fundraising project, we get closer to our goal of eliminating tetanus from the face of the earth!

Enjoy the summer, New Jersey District!

sumMer fuN projects By: LTG D20 Aleena Kazmi & LTG D12 Farwa Shakeel

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International Programs

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Hello New Jersey Key Clubbers! International Programs is the focus of Key Club on a global scale. It takes the core values and enthusiasm from Key Clubbers and extends it across the country. From teaching members at Key Leader and ICON to connecting with out-side organizations such as UNICEF, the International Programs Committee seeks to spread the message of Key Club to other communities. It combines the service of members with the assistance and dedication of partner organizations to better assist the entire world. The Children's Miracle Network is one of Key Club's three preferred charities. CMN is a non-profit organization that works around the world to raise funds for children's hospitals, medical research, and community awareness. They have given over $5 billion to over 170 hospitals. Key Club works to help these hospitals by volunteering to spend time with patients and raise money through various fundraisers. Currently, the New Jersey District focuses on Children's Specialized Hospital, that has locations in Toms River, Egg Harbor Township, Clifton, Fanwood, Hamilton, Mountainside, New Brunswick, and Roselle Park. Visit https://giveamiracle.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/ for more information. The International Programs Committee encourages you to visit Children’s Specialized Hospital at least once during the summer time. Not only will volunteering make the day of a patient, it will make yours as well! Yours in Caring and Service, Members of the International Programs Committee New Jersey District of Key Club International

KCI & CMNH

By: New Jersey District Board’s International Programs Committee

Note: As I have stated in previous issues of my newsletter, like how your Key Clubs have committee systems, so does the District Board! The International Programs committee focuses on Key Club on a global scale.

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Important Contacts

District Governor

Sam Levisay

[email protected]

District Webmaster

Srikar Gudipati

[email protected]

District Secretary

Jacqueline Dragon

[email protected]

District Editor

Patrick Quinn

[email protected]

District Treasurer

Daniel McCormack

[email protected]

Division 17 Lt. Governor

Jae Shin

[email protected]

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