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Red Panda Royale
1
Lieutenant Governor’s Letter
Division
22/24
Red Panda Royale Official Newsletter of the Division 22/24
Key Club Pacific Northwest District
3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268 USA|1-800-KIWANIS|FAX 1-317-879-0204
Hello Key Clubbers!! I can’t believe it’s already May! Wow, the year has surely flown by. We have finally hit the busy month of the year. Seniors are anticipating graduation; juniors are grueling through SATs and AP/IB tests; underclassmen are continuing to work hard to keep their GPAs up. This is it guys: May is the major ordeal for most high school students, regardless of grade. It is important to remember that although test preparation can take up much of our time and energy, we must also focus on actively serving throughout our communities! In the following newsletter, I will stress the importance of service project. There are many opportunities to help build solid, firm foundations for our neighborhoods and our schools; let’s not waste these chances as they quickly fly by!
May 2013|Issue 2
Contents Lieutenant Governor’s
Letter…..…………………………. 2 Divisional Council
Meeting……………..…….……... 3 TSI…………………………………. 4 Vision…………………………….. 5 Upcoming Events ……………..6 The Eliminate Project………..7 The Bottom Page………………8
Ballard Ingraham
Roosevelt Shorecrest
John Redfield
[email protected] 206-696-6812 519 N 64th St
Seattle, WA 98103
Summer is just around the corner! As you take a break from school, please remember to continue service projects this summer! Keep the zeal and passion for Key Club throughout the summer, because you don’t end your heart of service at the dismissal of your last day. This summer break there will be many interdivisional volunteer opportunities, so bonds can be built across the borders of our different (and sometimes competitive) schools. Keep calm and Key Club on! Best wishes!
John Redfield Lt. Governor of Division 22/24
Divisional Council Meeting Our next DCM will be held at
Magnuson Park, near Kite Hill! It will be on
the fourth week of May (Friday the 24th),
from 4:30pm to around 8:00pm. If you
wish to stay longer, you can. This DCM
extends over a greater period so that Key
Clubbers across the division can enjoy
spending time with one another. After all,
we are all part of one K-family!
Assignments for the meeting are as
follows:
Roosevelt students will provide a
main dish
Shorecrest students will provide a
side dish
Ballard students will provide dessert
Ingraham students will provide
entertainment and food utensils
During this DCM, I will highlight Relay
for Life and summer service projects! As
always, Presidents and VPs are required
to attend the DCM. If you can’t make it,
please call in advance.
Feel free to invite your friends,
even if they are not involved with
Key Club!
Kite Hill
Official Newsletter of PNW Division 22/24 3
Finding opportunities to serve in the community isn’t
always the easiest thing to do. Here is a list of twenty
simple service ideas that should help you get up on
your feet to start volunteering!
Twenty Service Ideas
Official Newsletter of PNW Division 22/24 4
12. With some friends, buy gifts for families living in shelters
13. Sing for nursing home
residents (this one is a great one for large groups, try old Christian hymns!)
14. Keep an eye out for the
upcoming 5k events around Seattle, and sign up a group for it
15. Volunteer at a local youth
center
16. Volunteer at a community center, or any other Seattle Parks and Recreation Facility
17. Go busking! Give all
proceeds to one of Key Club’s preferred charities
18. Make quilts for low income
families
19. Keep an eye out for service fairs, including One World Now, and volunteer!
20. Visit SERVEnet.org to find volunteer opportunities in your area
1. Clean up a vacant park or lot with friends
2. Organize a canned foods drive
3. Volunteer at your local
animal shelter
4. Make care packages for elderly neighbors
5. Make care packages for
homeless people
6. Donate toys or fairly new clothes to foster children
7. Hand out food at a local food
bank
8. Serve food at a local soup kitchen
9. Offer to tutor a student in
any of your strong subjects
10. Donate toys to children in the cancer ward of a hospital
11. Adopt a road
Official Newsletter of PNW Division 22/24 5
Yo! Robert the Red Panda here, just
to remind you of this year’s
Vision
1) More active involvement
2) More joint opportunities
3) More spirit!
What do I mean by more active involvement? This year I hope to work with the presidents,
vice presidents, and bulletin editors of each school to ensure that the awareness level of
Key Club remains at an all time high. We need to show the world that we’re the biggest
and the best service club ever!! If you have any suggestions how to better the active
membership of Key Clubs in schools, or need any help raising membership levels, please
keep in close contact with me!
I want each of our schools to foster the belief that our clubs are part of one great family:
Division 22/24. There may be some rivalry between schools, but rivalry cannot be
condoned between our clubs! This year, I hope to provide as many joint volunteer
opportunities as possible. In doing so, I want to bridge the progressively growing gap
between our schools so that we can realize that we’re all working together. Let’s put our
differences behind us and make a great foundation for years to come!
This year we won the spirit stick. It was a great honor, and a great privilege. The spirit stick
was a reminder of our boundless passion that we have for our Key Clubs. However, we
must move further and show that we will have as much spirit in the upcoming year as we
did in the last. To start this “Spirit Campaign”, I will be designing several clothing items for
our division, and based on interests levels you guys can help me to decide what to order.
We will also have a joint gathering to decorate our spirit stick. Keep an eye out for
updates as this process unfolds!
Official Newsletter of PNW Division 22/24 6
Upcoming Events
Each year, more than 4 million people from 20
countries partake in Relay for Life to raise the awareness of cancer and to fundraise in the
battle against it. These much-needed funds will be used to help save countless lives. In
Seattle, there have always been many different Relay for Life events. The one which
Roosevelt, Ingraham and Shorecrest usually participate in is the Shoreline Relay for Life at Kings High School. The Ballard Key Club usually
participates in the Relay for Life of Northwest Seattle, located at Whitman Middle School.
Relay for Life is a 24-hour event filled with awesome activities and amazing people. Sign
up as soon as you can! You won’t regret it!!
Our first joint-divisional event of the year is going to be next Sunday, May
12th, from 7:00am to 1:00 pm. Division 22/24 is planning to participate in
the Color Run! For this event we will be throwing dye on 5k runners, so
please bring something that you are comfortable with getting stained!
I’m expecting a pretty large turnout for this event. If you would still like to
go and haven’t registered yet, please do so! The URL is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formk
ey=dEpISUxzbHNpeWhoa244dGNNN3pYcGc6MQ See you there!!
What is the Eliminate Project?
What is Maternal/Neo-natal Tetanus (MNT)?
Whose lives are at stake?
The Eliminate Project is a joint project with Kiwanis and UNICEF to terminate MNT
on an international basis
In 30 countries around the world, maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) can
quickly turn the joy of childbirth into tragedy. MNT kills one baby every nine
minutes. Its effects are excruciating– tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful
convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. There is little hope of
survival. And tetanus kills mothers too.
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MNT is caused when tetanus spores, found in soil, come into contact with open
cuts during childbirth. The disease strikes the poorest of the poor, the
geographically hard to reach and those without health care.
What can we do to help? Through annual events such as Eliminate Week (this past week) and simpler
events such as bake sales or car washes, we can fundraise to help eradicate
and eliminate MNT. A seemingly measly amount of $1.80 is enough to save the
life of a mother and her newborn child. Don’t hesitate! Let’s start fundraising
today!!
The Bottom Page
Wait, what in the world is a Lieutenant Governor?
How does this whole system work?
Club Key Clubs are established in high schools.
Members include Club President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor
Division The division is the coalition of schools in a
certain region of a greater district. Each division has a Lieutenant Governor, a student leader
who carries out the policies of the district and
aids the clubs
District A district may be defined by state or nation and
tends to be similar to its respective Kiwanis
district. Each district is chaired by a District
Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor
International Key Club International encompasses all clubs within the group’s 33 organized districts and in
foreign countries do not have any specific district. Key Club International is led by its
international board, which includes an International President, Vice President and 11 trustees. These are all students and active Key
Club members
Get to know your Kiwanis!! They can really help you out!
Roosevelt University Kiwanis
High School University Kiwanis meets at Vios Café (6504
20th Ave NE, Seattle) on the first Tuesday of every month at noon
Ballard High Ballard Kiwanis
School Ballard Kiwanis meets at Louie’s Cuisine of
China (5100 15th Ave NW) on Thursdays at noon
Ingraham North Central Kiwanis &
Shorecrest High School
North Central Kiwanis meets at Provail (12550 Aurora Avenue North) on Thursdays at noon
Important Contact Information
Trang Tran
District Governor
Eric Grewal
District Treasurer
Denny Lim
District Convention Chair
Suzanne Endroedy
Assistant Administrator
Hakikat Bains
District Secretary
Sara Thomas
District Editor
John Jay
District Administrator
Bo Jordan
Area Administrator
Any additional questions? Please contact me!!
John Redfield
[email protected] 206-696-6812 519 N 64th St
Seattle, WA 98103
Keep serving freely, and have a great summer!!