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Iss. 2
PAGE 2 ... A BRIEF HELLO FROM YOUR INTL TRUSTEE PAGE 3,4,5 & 6 ... DISTRICT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
PAGE 7 & 8 ... THE ELIMINATE PROJECT
PAGE 9 & 10 ... TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF IDEAS AND TIMELINE
PAGE 11 ... KC PLEDGE & LINKS
PAGE 12 ... INTL SPOTLIGHT & PREFERRED CHARITIES
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THE CHURRO
NEW SCHOOL, NEW SERVICEWelcome to the Official Newsletter of the Terrific Trio, Illinois-Eastern Iowa, Kansas, and the Minnesota-Dakotas Districts.
Now that most of you have started
school, I have to say that I don’t really miss
it. Yes, I know that most of you don’t feel
the same way but I was lucky enough to
begin classes at my new school! I love it, and
the key Club is doing tremendous work
only two weeks in. Over the past month, I
VISITED I-I’S BOARD MEETING, got my
flight arrangements for the November
KANSAS BOARD MEETING, and am
working on getting to MinnDak in October.
Since the first issue, I have been asked
many times why I would name a newsletter
‘The Churro’ and how that even relates to
Key Club. When I lived in Arizona, every
time I would go and visit family back in
California we would have to go through this
town named Yuma. In Yuma, the only thing
good around was Del Taco, and most of the
time I asked to get a churro. The Churro
represents something good to me- whenever
I was in Yuma getting churros it was
because I had just come from somewhere
great, or that’s where I was heading. For me,
that is what Key Club stands for.
There is some great info on Trick or
Treat for UNICEF, District Strengths and
Weaknesses, International Spotlight, Links
to Social Media and so on. Enjoy!
The Official Newsletter of the Brother District Trio: I-I, Kansas
Here’s Part 2 of the Strengths and Weaknesses of the wonderful Brother District Trio!
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I did the YUDA Bands Project last year which
was successful and I hope that I can get my club
more excited to do projects and fundraisers for
Key Club.
YUDA is a project where you sell homemade
Guatemalan bracelets. They are leather bands
with coconut shapes carved with designs. They
help Guatemalan children to go to school because
most people can’t afford school; a small percentage
get to be educated past the 7th grade. From a small
school of 132, our Key
Club sold about 133
bracelets to help people
like Christian Ajbal
who aspired to be a
doctor. We raised about
$1,000.
From the Illinois Eastern Iowa District,
Lieutenant Governor of Division 15 and District
Convention Committee Chair, Jamila Johnson:
Hello! My name is Jamila Johnson, and I'm the
Lieutenant Governor of division 15 in the Illinois
and Eastern Iowa District. I also happen to be the
District Convention Committee Chair.
This upcoming school year, I'll need to watch
my clubs very closely. I recently had to create a
divisional rule to make the officers attend meetings!
Officers
coming to
meetings
should be a
no-brainer,
but it was an
issue that
really needed
to be
addressed. However, both of my clubs have
awesome presidents, and I honestly don't know
what I'd do without them. In a brighter light, this
year both clubs have more members and
many who want to be very active in Key
Club! We even have a foreign exchange
student (who really can't speak English too
well) who wants to volunteer in any way she
can! I'm really looking forward to working
with the new Key Clubbers this year.
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At the district level, I think
my biggest challenge will be
District Convention. We want
this to be an awesome convention
and we are working so fast and
hard toward our January board
meeting where we can finally
walk through the convention.
The challenge comes at
promotion. Since we have started
to early, we as a committee don't
want Key Clubbers to lose
interest as the date comes closer.
We want to see everyone even
more excited as February gets
nearer and nearer!
Personally, I think that to
perform well at the district and
club level, I will need to regulate
my schedule a bit more. I do lots
of activities besides Key Club
and I'll definitely need to make
sure that I do quality work in an
efficient manner. If I keep
working, that shouldn't be too
hard! Thank you all for reading,
and care like a monster!
From the Minnesota Dakotas
District, District Bulletin Editor,
Jessica Gotz:
There is no doubt that
Minn-Dak Key Club has some
serious service swag. Our clubs
spend long nights out in the
harsh winters for the homeless,
make weekend take-home packs
for children who don't have
anything to eat when they get
home, devote hours to tutoring
and childcare, and do so much
more. With almost 70 clubs in
the tri-state area, we get a lot done
and we're proud of it.
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Although Minn-Dak is not the
largest district, it can be difficult
to connect the Twin Cities with
South Dakota, let Rochester in
on what's happening in Fargo, et
cetera. Perfect DCON attendance
is hard when some clubs have a
10 hour drive to get there.
Regardless of our location,
however, we still all are able to
share the same passion for
service, which is epitomized in
this year's theme of 'The Service
Train.'
We're all aboard; are you?
Thank you Aubrianna, Jamila and
Jessica!
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Written by Sonal Patel, I-I
Lieutenant Governor of Division
14 and Eliminate Committee Chair
Have you heard of The Eliminate Project? The
Eliminate Project is a global campaign led by the united
forces of Kiwanis International and UNICEF to
eliminate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus from the
Earth. What is Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus, you may
ask? Well, it is a disease that kills mothers and their
babies. Neonatal Tetanus kills one baby every nine
minutes. The effects of this disease are painful for
children; they have extreme sensitivity to light and touch.
Their mothers aren't able to touch or care for them since
it's so painful. UNICEF and Kiwanis International have a
goal of $110 million by 2015 to eliminate this deadly
disease. This would cover the vaccines, syringes, skilled
staff, and much more for mothers and their future babies
of places in need. It only takes $1.80 to cover one mother
and her future babies. With such a small amount needed
to save multiple lives, wouldn't you want to help as much
as you can?
By September 30th all SLP programs are
striving to achieve US$2 million goal (US
$68,835 more needed as of August 28,
2013). Don't forget to remind your clubs to send in any collected
donations.
THE ELIMINATE PROJECT
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You can do all types of
fundraisers, one being Trick-or-Treat
for Unicef, in October. All proceeds
go to The Eliminate Project. If you
are in need of more fundraising ideas,
you can visit www.keyclub.org for
more information and ideas! For
more information on The
Eliminate Project, visit
www.TheEliminateProject.org. It costs
so little to save a mother and her
future babies; so how will you help?
Why focus on this issue?It is unacceptable that innocent newborns and their mothers suffer and die from MNT when it can be prevented so easily. This is also an amazing opportunity to reach the poorest, most neglected mothers and babies with lifesaving health care. Developing delivery systems for MNT vaccines will blaze a trail to provide additional desperately needed services to these marginalized families.
KEY CLUB PLEDGEI PLEDGE, ON MY HONOR, TO UPHOLD THE OBJECTS OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL; TO BUILD MY HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY; TO SERVE MY NATION AND GOD; AND TO COMBAT ALL FORCES WHICH TEND TO UNDERMINE THESE INSTITUTIONS