February 2011 NYDKC Division 2 Issue IX Volume I
Division 2 Family:
Amityville Patchogue Medford Bellport Copiague Sayville
Lindenhurst William Floyd
Lt. Governor’s Greeting:
Hello everyone! With Spring
just around the corner - now is the
perfect time to begin organizing
events for the upcoming season!
With everyone eager to get
outside and enjoy the weather you
have to take advantage of it!
As you know, with spring
comes our annual Leadership
Training Conference. I hope that
you have all been busily fundraising to bring the total
price of attending down. I can not begin to share my
excitement with all of you. The conference will be a great
learning experience as well as a great opportunity to
make new friends!
During the Leadership training conference I will be
retired and the newly elected Lt. Governor Annie will begin
her term. Therefore, this is officially my last month as LTG!
We have one more fundraiser (pg 11) and divisional
(pg 13) coming up! Let’s finish the 2010-2011 Key Club year
off strong!
Make an effort to continue serving and leading your
communities!
Governor’s Greeting -2
Lt. Governor Elect -2
DKC Award -3
K Family -4
Booklet of Merits -4
Service Spotlight -5
Club Building & Reac, -5
Public Relations -6
Secretaries -6
Divisional Memories -7
Divisional Memories -8
Divisional Memories -9
Memorable Projects -10
Mini Golf for KPTC -11
MRF / Dues -12
Divisional Invitation -13
Contact Info. -14
Less than a Month Until the Leadership Training Conference. Date: 4/8-4/10
Place: Holiday Inn,
Albany
Cost: $250 per person
Start Fundraising!
Governor’s Greeting- Nadyli Nunez
April 10th is the mark of the new service year so we have
a little over a month left. Take this time to push in as many
service projects as possible. Let’s end the year strong! Sign some
advocacy letters, plan a fundraiser or volunteer at an event. If
you are stuck on what to volunteer for, contact the clubs in
your Division and see what they are doing.
The Leadership Training Conference is coming up and
there are many downloadable documents for it. Visit
www.nydkc.conference.org to find out how to register. If your
club has already filled the registration out, be sure to have a
say in the future leaders of Key Club. Download the Delegate
Registration Form and have two members represent your club
and cast their vote for the best candidate for the 2011-2012
District Governor, Secretary and Treasurer.
The annual Service Fair at the Leadership Training
Conference is your club's chance to show of an amazing
service project it did. Sign up now to show off your most
inventive and most successful service project to the entire New
York District! Participating in the Service Fair is easy; bring a tri-
fold display board, brochures, souvenirs, a scrapbook, or a
photo montage. Just remember, space is limited, so sign up
now. Ask your Lieutenant Governor for an application or
download one from the New York District Website.
For any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at
Lt. Governor Elect- Annie Porfidio Our last divisional, February 9th, Elections were held. I’m proud to
say that I’m the elected Lieutenant Governor for the upcoming
year. At Sayville high school, before making pillows, we had
elections. I’m excited to get started, and also to become an
awesome Lieutenant Governor. This upcoming year will be
filled with fundraisers and exciting divisionals. Brainstorming
ideas for activities and service opportunities is on my mind.
My goals include lengthening the current lieutenant
governor’s goals. This year I want to continue to improve the
communication between clubs. Unifying is a priority. Another
goal of my own is to make divisionals more entertaining. From
finding fun activities to do to making divisionals feel more like an
occasion. If I can accomplish that, then hopefully the
attendance at divisionals will continue to increase. But
remember, communication is key! If we do not communicate,
these goals can’t be met.
I’m so excited to help you help your communities. We
can help so many people with just a few hours of service. A
little service can go a long way. Once again, I’m eager to start
my journey as lieutenant governor.
DKC Award – Submitting Digitally – By Lieutenant Governor Katie Toomey The Distinguished Key Clubber Application was released October 9, 2010. If you haven’t already seen it, you can access the application on the district website, www.nydkc.org. You’ll notice that this year, we have the option of submitting your applications for the award digitally. If you are considering submitting your application digitally, let me first give you my thanks. Here are the following steps you must take: (Please make sure all text files you create are .doc, .txt, or .pdf files.)
• Create a folder anywhere on your desktop named “[division number] [first name] [last name]”. My folder would be named “11 Katie Toomey”.
• Fill out the application and save it as “DKC App” in the folder. • Create a folder named “Advocacy” in the main folder, and save all relevant advocacy materials in
there. • Create a file named “P Statement” and save it in the main folder. • If you choose to attach a statement answering the “Offices/Positions held within Key Club
International” prompt, name the file “Offices & Positions” and save it in the main folder. • If you have submitted articles to any publications, create a folder named “Articles” in the main
folder, and save up to two articles there. Under each article, write the publication you submitted it to and the date you submitted it.
• If you choose to attach a list of other service and fundraising activities participated in, name the file “Other” and save it in the main folder.
• Ask someone to write you a letter of recommendation. If they agree, tell them to e-mail it to [email protected]. Make the subject of the e-mail “LoR [division number] [applicant’s first name] [applicant’s last name]”. In the body of the e-mail, ask them to list their name and office, and who they are writing the letter of recommendation for.
• Once you’ve completed all that, you will need to e-mail the folder to [email protected]. To e-mail the folder, you will need to convert it to a ZIP file.
o If you are running Windows XP or Vista, right-click the file and go to Send To -> Compressed (zipped) Folder. If you are prompted asking to set “Compressed (zipped) Folder” as the default application for handling zipped folders, click “No.” You will now have a ZIP File which you can attach to an e-mail.
o If you are running a Mac, right-click the file and go to “Create Archive of “[folder name]”. You will now have a ZIP File which you can attach to an e-mail.
o For other operating systems, try googling “convert folders to zip.” If you need assistance, feel free to contact me.
o PLEASE NOTE: If the ZIP File is too large for one e-mail, send the application in multiple e-mails.
• Ask your club president and faculty/Kiwanis advisor to confirm, either via e-mail or phone, that your entire application is valid. They may do this in one of two ways:
o Single verification: Send an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject “Verification [division number] [first name] [last name]”, and the body stating they are verifying all the information in the application is true. You may also call me at (917) 860-3973 with the same information.
o Multiple verifications: Send an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject “Verification [division number] [school name]”, and the body listing all the names of the applicants whose applications they are verifying. You may also call me at (518) 744-2409 with the same information.
Please note – ALL documents (including the verification and letter of recommendation) must be received by 11:59 PM EST on March 14, 2011. Stay on top of your club presidents, advisors, and whoever is writing your letter of recommendation to make sure it is all sent by that time!
If you need any more help regarding digital submission, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected]
Kiwanis Family Relations- Dylan Gross
Calling all Key Clubbers! Calling all Key Clubbers! The
Kiwanis Family Relations Committee is in need of your help!
By the end of the Leadership Training Conference, the
committee is looking to send out a
resource with service spotlight articles of projects from all
over the district that Key Clubbers, such as yourselves have
done with your corresponding Kiwanis Family clubs
(including KKids, Builders, Circle
K, Aktion and Kiwanis.) All articles and a few pictures should
be sent to me at [email protected]. As always,
your articles should also be sent to your Lieutenant
Governor for the divisional newsletter, District Editor Jensen
for the service spotlight resource that is planned for the end
of the year, and District Webmaster Emily Lew to be put on
the district website. This is the perfect opportunity to have
your club's projects out there so that other clubs can
attempt it! When writing your articles, please keep in mind
the guidelines for writing for a newsletter. If you have any
questions, ask me!
The Booklet of Merits- Katie Toomey
Each year the Distinguished Key Clubber Committee helps
to create the New York District Book of Merits as a way to
give members of the New York District a chance to be
recognized for their hard work as Key Clubbers. The Book of
Merits contains valid information on applying for awards
such as the Distinguished Key Clubber Award and many
other prestigious achievements clubs and members can
obtain. This year we have added a few new contests to the
Book of Merits such as the Club T-shirt Contest, the District
LTC T-shirt Contest and a few others. We hope you enjoy
these awards and take the time to apply for them. There are
over 20 different awards to apply for throughout the Booklet
so I am encouraging each and every one of you to give it a
shot. Remember postmark dates vary depending on which
award you are applying for, so head over to www.nydkc.org
and click on the resources and paperwork tab at the top to
check it out! If you have any questions at all please feel free
to contact me at [email protected]. Thank you
Service Spotlight- Emily Lew
I hope since it's near of the Key Club term you all have
done some exciting new things for this organization! Service
Spotlight is the place for you to show off all the great things
you and your clubs have done in the past year, don't be
afraid to submit an article about it so other clubs can use
you ideas and make even more. Only one club per month is
chosen to be the 'spotlight' but definitely more than one
deserves the spot, so if you keep checking out the Service
Spotlight full page, your service project might just be there
already! For the final 3 months, it will be 3 chosen per
month. In order for yours to get picked, not only must you
provide a photo, but your article must be well written as
well. I do not edit your articles at all, so please proofread
them yourselves. All Service Spotlight submissions will now
get a response when received due to confusion, so if yours
is rejected, no worries! Try again! I hope you all have had a
fun and excited Key Club term so far!
New Club Building and Reactivation-James Florakis
We have less than two months left till the 2010-2011 Key
Club year ends! So let's end it with a bang! The New Club
Building and Reactivation Committee, along with the New
York District Board, set the goal to have 27 new Kiwanis
Family clubs by the end of the year. We are about halfway
to our goal. Therefore, we need your help to create more
Kiwanis Family clubs. With the year closing, co-sponsoring K-
Kids and Builders Clubs with your sponsoring Kiwanis is a
great idea! It's easier than starting a Key Club and can
help us achieve our goal. And if you're in the process of
starting a club or you have started a new K-Family club,
please let the New Club Building and Reactivation
Committee know so we can double check that your club is
listed. Lastly, feel free to contact us for new club resources!
We will be uploading a new document to our committee
page on the district site shortly. Thanks and keep up the
good work! Let's reach our goal!
Secretaries - Grace Na Secretaries should be filling out Monthly Report Forms
regularly and on time. Monthly Report Forms are due every
10th of a month if emailed or submitted online, if submitting
by mail it should be postmarked by the 7th of every month. If
you need help filling out your Monthly Report Form there is a
guide on the New York District Key Club website under
resources that will assist you. If you have further questions it is
best to contact me.
If you have trouble filling out the Monthly Report Form on
time please make sure to inform me. I know that many
occasions come unexpectedly, and so please let me know if
you will be handing in your Monthly Report Form late. For
those who have not submitted past Monthly Report Form you
still have time to resubmit them! If the reason you have not
submitted a Monthly Report Forms for certain month is
because there were no events held, it is still important to
submit them.
When submitting a Monthly Report Form please make sure to
send a copy to your Lt. Governor as well as saving a copy for
yourself. It is important to keep a record of all your events
and hours that your club has done over the year.
Public Relations: Zachary Baum The Public Relations Committee realizes the importance of
social networking sites like Facebook in spreading
information such as upcoming events, and urgent updates.
We have begun working with the chairs of the various
committees to provide timely and important frequent
updates on the Facebook Page. We hope that we can
make a difference in providing a much more efficient flow
of information from the District Board to your Club officer
board to the members of the New York District Key Club. We
are also seeking your input in how we can make
communication flow directly to you more efficiently.
Currently the plans are to maintain but improve the current
methods of communication. However, we are open to new
ideas and will be working to find innovative technologies
that can help the clubs promote good public relations. One
such technology is sending mass scheduled texts. Some
devices such as the Verizon Smartphones, and the Apple
Iphone have applications that enable this feature. This is just
one example of a way in which your club can get more
people to come to your upcoming service project. Want
more ideas? If yes, email my or a member of the Public
Relations Committee by going on this website:
http://nydkc.org/board/contacts.
Lindenhurst High School Key Club President Sarah Frohn There are many wonderful advantages that come with being a
part of your high school’s Key Club. One of the best parts about
it is being able to participate in activities and events with other
Key Clubs within our Division. Lindenhurst Key Club is proud to be
part of Division 2. Our Division is truly amazing. Over the years we
have certainly improved in many different areas. One of the
major accomplishments I think we have achieved is being able
to communicate well with each other. Our Lt. Governor,
Stephanie Salinas, has done a great job contacting everyone
within our Division and making sure we all know about upcoming
events. When we meet up for Divisional meetings and projects,
we work well together by introducing ourselves to those we
haven’t met and helping each other out. It’s great being able to
meet other Key Clubs from around the area and hearing about
what their club is doing. It helps give each other new ideas
about what we can do in our own Key Club. Our Division is also
getting better at attending all of these necessary meetings and
events. Even though it’s sometimes hard being able to attend
some that may be far away from our town, our Division does a
great job of having a good amount of members from each
different town at every meeting. If we continue to stress the
importance of these meetings and encourage as many
members as possible to attend, then I’m sure we will have even
more people showing up and having fun. Overall, this year our
Division has definitely made an enormous improvement and I
hope it stays this way for the years to come.
Divisional Family: What we loved and what we’ve learned
William Floyd High School Key Club
President Lauren Miranda
This has been such a successful year for all of us as division two.
Each club individually has been able to grow stronger and more
together because of how unified we’ve become. For William
Floyd in particular, we had the complete support of our division
to help reconstruct our club. Without the help and all the ideas,
we wouldn’t have been able to do succeed. In prior years we
have all built onto what the past officers have established,
starting fresh was a great learning experience for my club.
Leadership and communication was what helped us create the
club we’ve become. We only succeeded because of the
resources given to us by our local Kiwanis and the support of our
division.
Divisional Family: What we loved and what we’ve learned
Patchogue Medford High School Key Club President Christina Heifferon Over the past year our division has grown a lot.
We began the year as a division with little
communication, unity, or events. I am proud to notice
the changes that have occurred through the year. We
have become a strong division with unity,
communication, and strong leaders.
I have come to believe that one of our
greatest improvements has been the increase in
divisional projects. Thought the year we have made
cards, coloring books, and pillow. We have also raised
money for Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center. Each of
these projects joins the members of our division
together and the effects of these projects are endless.
We have formed acquaintances, been introduced to
projects that can be completed at club meetings,
and challenged the leaders within us.
Key Club is all about giving back to our
community, state, country, and world. Through the
completion of divisional projects we are upholding the
objects of Key Club International. We have influenced
the lives of many around the world with our
completed projects and in my opinion this is one of
the greatest accomplishments of our division.
I believe that division 2 has come a long way
since last spring and it is something that we should be
proud of. In my opinion, a division is as strong as its
Lieutenant Governor and division 2 is fortunate
enough to have a great LTG.
Working together with other clubs to make something
as simple as a pillow or a card is a great improvement
for our division. It is nice to be able to join together
with others to complete a service project. Over the
past year our division has gained a strong sense of
unity and that is amazing.
Sayville High School Key Club President Kelly Salloum This has been such a great year for Division II Key
Club! We have grown closer and more connected as a
division, which is not an easy task. We have also grown
stronger as individual clubs and have been able to d o
more to help our communities than ever before.
Communication. This is the key to success, especially
when trying to keep an entire division connected.
Compared to previous years, this year achieved its goal of
bringing the division closer together. This was of course due
to the tireless effort of our Lt. Governor, Stephanie Salinas.
Facebook, text messages, emails, phone calls were
all mediums used by Stephanie to stay in touch with us. This
strategy worked very well and the evidence is in the
attendance at divisionals and the amount of support we
had for group projects. This degree of communication is a
huge achievement for our division and we should be very
proud of ourselves and honored to have such a dedicated
Lt. Governor as Stephanie Salinas.
Congratulations on a great year Division II! It’s not
over yet, but I have no doubt we will finish the 2010-2011
year off strong. I also have every confidence next year’s
Key Club leaders will continue the trend of success this
year’s group exhibited and more.
Divisional Family: What we loved and what we learned
Amityville High School Key Club President Celina Bonilla
I think that Amityville key-club greatest achievement this
year has been (and is) be able to organize our self. Each
officer member knows what to do and how to do it. Last
year, we "suffer" a little bit because there really was not
much organization but this year is different.
Because of this, we are now able to accomplish more task
efficiently and rapidly. The club also has more members
who are also organized and work together as a whole to
perform a better job. The club, as it self, has definitive
achieved many task but all this was all possible thanks to
the organization of all the officers (who I thank).
Bellport High School Key Club Vice President Kristen Hooper
I feel that as a division we have become more
unified. We share our ideas and give each other
new ones. We rely on each other for support. Like,
at our divisionals we are given the chance to meet
new people and learn from what there club is
doing. I feel that we have also become a more
active division. We had a wonderful lieutenant
governor to push us to make ourselves better and
look where we are today..
Divisional Family:
What we loved and what we learned:
Copiague High School Key Club Vice President Jordan Taveras
This year has been a very successful year for the Key
Club in many different aspects. One of our biggest
achievements was our Thanksgiving Food Drive. This
year was our most successful Food Drive thanks to all
of the wonderful people from Walter G. O'connell
High School. What we did in order to encourage
individuals to donate food was that we placed a
box in every home room class and set up a contest,
the homeroom with the most food would win a pizza
party. Some teachers even offered other incentives
for any student that donated food. I found this to be
such a benevolent act. It really touched my heart to
see so many people unified for such a great cause. I
am extremely proud of each and every member of
the Copiague Key Club and the supportive students
and administration, especially with the progress
we've made this year.
When: March 28th 2011
Where: Sunshine Shopping Center
700-47 Patchogue Yaphank Rd,
Medford NY 11763
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Donation: $8.oo per person
The service year is coming to an end and we have one last chance to
show how much our division has improved! I want to invite you to attend our “Monster Mini Golf” fundraiser. Monster Mini Golf has just opened up in
Medford (5 minutes from Pat-Med High School). Anyone who comes with a
Key Clubber is welcome. The center will be closed to the public- it will be a
Key Club Event! All profits will be donated to Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma
Center. Let’s make this a success!
Monster Mini Golf is an all new
state of the art indoor mini
gold course and arcade!
When you walk in, you will find
yourself in a whole different
world! Everything is glow in the
dark and super cool!
Monthly Report Forms
Congratulations : William Floyd Key Club
Patchogue Medford Key Club
Lindenhurst Key Club Copiague Key Club
For perfect paperwork status! Keep it up!
Dues:
Congratulations : We have all paid dues!
The time has come and as sad as it is to say, my term is coming
to an end. I would like to invite everyone to my March
Divisional at Bellport High School. This will be a gathering more
than a meeting. We will spend time doing a big service project
and reflecting on the long way we have come as Key Club
members, leaders and as individuals.
March Divisional
Service Project: We will be making 38 Butterflies for the
assisted living home in Patchogue - McPeak’s. We will
decorate them and put each home’s members name
on it.
Date: March 23rd Place: Bellport High School
205 Beaver Dam Road,
Brookhaven NY 11719 Time: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Materials: Stickers, paint, glitter!
Governor Nadyli Nuñez
Secretary Grace Na [email protected]
Treasurer Safanah Siddiqui [email protected]
Executive Assistant Jillian Harmon [email protected]
District Editor Jensen Cheong [email protected]
Webmaster Emily Lew [email protected]
NYDKC Administrator
Andy Lowenberg
Kiwanis Representative Div. 2
Mr. Farrell [email protected]
Lt. Governor Div2
Stephanie Salinas 111 Green Ave.
Patchogue, New York11772
(631) 875-7351 [email protected]
Division Secretary
Annie Vincenti
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New York District Key Club Division 2
Caring, our way of life.
Peace, love, & service.
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