Tornadoes, cancellations, layovers: Central! You missed it! At international, we experienced a lot of...let's just say technical difficulties. But with all the opportunities, we learned a great deal and changed the future. As delegates we chose Kyle Lecroy as the 2003-2004 Key Club Inbternatinal Presidentent, and Sudeep Pal as his vice. Contgratulations to them and the new trustees!
I'll be continuing to tell you stories about the tornadoes and other exciting infromation, but for now; enjoy your summer, and see you soon
Tanya Hedrick
If you want a spotlight,
for a member I'ld highlight,
then you must get your erf's in(Election Report Forms).
Seniors and You: Senior Citizens and Improving the Quality of their Golden Years
By Lt. Governor Stephanie Hill- Governor's Project Committee
Are you remembering to spend time with Senior Citizens???? You should be! Remember the Governor’s Project CAN be continued throughout the summer! The Senior Citizens love having us around, so don’t leave them alone all summer. If you AREN’T spending time with them, you should start something up! Go and visit them at nursing homes, plan a funny skit to perform for them, or even send them a thinking of you card. Nobody appreciates a caring friend more then them. So get out there and plan activities you can do with Senior Citizens, and I guarantee that both of you will get something out of it!!
As the summer approaches us, it becomes harder to publicize events and meetings within your club since you don't see everyone over the summer. Because of this, the Public Relations Committee is encouraging everyone to call 1-800-KIWANIS or go to www.keyclub.org and order a free Public Relations Kit. It offers a lot of fun ideas for you all to use and will help improve Public Relations within your club! In addition to the International Public Relations (PR) Kit, there will be a PR Kit exclusively for the NY District coming out after International Convention. (bug your lieutenant governor for it).
Also, remember to add anything you do to your monthly report forms that is public relations. This ranges from e-mail updates to PA announcements, or even minutes and agendas from club meetings! Don't be afraid to contact your club members over the summer!
I hope to meet some of you who are attending International Convention, and if I don't meet you then, don't be afraid to contact me, or any of the other PR Committee members with questions you have!
Yours in Caring and Service,
Public Relations Committee Chair
Lieutenant Governor Nicolle Kaufmann
By Chair Lt. Governor Dave Johnson
The New Club Building and Reactivation Committee is the group assigned to building new Key Clubs and maintaining those that have fallen in disrepair. This year’s committee goal is 15 new clubs around the New York District.
So far the committee is well on its way to completing its goal by already chartering 4 new clubs. The four new clubs are: Amsterdam, Glen Cove, Brooklyn Tech., and Webb. These are great examples of how Key Club is expanding more and more in every corner of the Mighty New York District.
In order to keep on growing, the committee needs your help. If you could give your division’s Lt. Governor a short list of any schools in your area that do not already have a Key Club as far as you know, you would be helping out the committee greatly.
The other part of the committee’s work is reactivation. This is essential to our Mighty New York District, because if we do not maintain our current clubs there is no point in building new ones. Reactivation is done by contacting and interacting with clubs that have lost charters, become suspended, or have become severely inactive.
Good luck with all your future service projects and thank you for support of the New Club Building and Reactivation Committee!
Yours in Caring and Service,
Chair Lt. Governor Dave Johnson
So you are asking yourself what exactly is YOF? Well, the YOF provides money for Key Clubs and members to develop volunteer community-service projects. Project applications are submitted to Key Club International's Youth Fund and will be reviewed and selected by representatives of the Key Club International Board. The Board which reviews the applications look for many things, such as:
1. that the projects are planned, developed and implemented by a Key Club or member(s) of a Key Club with adults serving as advisors and/or facilators.
2. allow the Key Club to identify a need, which can be either local or global in scope.
3. creatively use members' skills and energy to design a project around that need.
4. provide a variety of roles and responsibilities for Key Club members to perform.
5. target an area that has the most critical need, both programmatically and geographically.
Guidelines
Grants by the Key Club International Board from the Youth Opportunities Fund must conform to the Objects of Key Club International. The Youth Opportunities Funds are granted only to Key Clubs and/or club members.
1) Service Projects which relate to the objects and programs of Key Club International will be accorded top priority by the Key Club International Board of Trustees.
2) Commitments are made for one year only. Funds will not be granted to the same club or individual for more than three (3) consecutive years.
3) Deadlines for receipt of grant requests for the two funding cycles are:
Spring Funding Cycle - Applications must be postmarked by Dec 10.
Fall Funding Cycle - Applications must be postmarked by May 15.
4) Key Club International Board of Trustees Grant Review Committee will be appointed by the Key Club International President. This committee will review policies and procedures related to the Youth Opportunities Fund.
5) Notification of the Key Club International Board's decisions will be mailed no later than:
Spring Funding Cycle - Notification mailed no later than March 15.
Fall Funding Cycle - Notification mailed no later than August 15.
6) The Youth Opportunities Fund Grant Review Committee will not consider applications for grants for less than $500.00 or more than $5000.00.
7) The recipient club or individual of an approved grant may spend up to and including the specified amount for the sole purpose of the project for which the amount was approved, and will receive up to the approved amount after the approval of the application.
8) Grant recipients must submit to the Manager of Youth Funds at Kiwanis International a final report on the project.
9) Grant applications that are not approved will not be reconsidered during the same funding cycle. All grant approvals will be made by the Key Club International Board of Trustees.
The officer training conference, will be held during the month of August. The date, time, and place are still undecided. As soon as this information is determined you will recieve an invitation. The theme for this year's OTC is food. It will incorporate pies, eggs, and many other tasty items, we hope to see you there!
Tanya Hedrick
