January 2008

Key Club Official Newsletter of Key Club Capital District Division 22

January 2009

Key Club Resolution Haven’t made your resolution? Well make your club’s. There are still people who could use a blanket for warmth. There are still people in third world countries that need food. There are still high school girls in America who are on the verge of not going to prom because of all of the expenses. Service opportunities are out there. Get involved. DC DCON registration will be coming to you soon. Don’t forget to sign--up. The sooner you sign up. We want Division 22 to show its true colors, and size! As always, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to call or email me.

In This Issue Lieutenant Governor’s Greeting……………………..1 Projects………………………2 Major Emphasis Program……………………...3 Program……………………. Reminders…………………...3 Division Derby………………4 Derby……………… International onal Trustee Information………………….5 Information………………… Announcement…………….5 PCM Information…………………6 Information… District Board Contact Information………………….8 Information…………………

Always Yours in Service,

Caitlin Zibreg

Congratulations to Chelsea Stahl for being elected the new Lt.G!

Projects Division Project This project is chosen by the Lieutenant Governor every year. This year, as Lieutenant Governor, I have chosen to continue with Amber’s Closet as the Division Project. For this project clubs should collect prom or homecoming style dress that people do not need anymore. These dresses will then go to a “closet” where girls who are dealing with money issues can select a dress to help them defray the cost of going to prom or homecoming.

District Project This is a project chosen by all of the Lieutenant Governors in the Capital District. All of the Lieutenant Governor’s decided that “Green is KEY” should be this year’s project. For this project, clubs should be environmentally friendly in any ways possible. For example, if your meeting agenda is normally two pages long, instead of printing on only one side of the paper, print double sided. This will lower the amount of paper waste your club makes. There are many other ways to show that Green is KEY, so if you have any ideas, please share them with me.

Governor’s Project This project is chosen by our District Governor each year. This year Heifer International was chosen. This project encourages clubs to raise money to buy animals for people in third world countries. All of the animals are shared in a community. Say we raise enough money to buy a female cow, if that cow has a baby, that baby is given to another family. Governor Christina has asked each division to raise $600 for this cause, and I believe this is attainable!

Live2Learn Key Club’s Newest Major Emphasis Program At International Convention, the new Major Emphasis Program Live2Learn was announced. This program revolves around helping younger student in three different areas. These areas being: Improving Grades, Giving Back, and Growing Together. Improving grades is just that. Helping kids improve their grades in many ways, such as tutoring, or reading to them. Giving back refers to introducing younger kids to service for others at an earlier age. Growing together encourages kids to expand their creativity and imagination in ways other than academics.

Reminders Secretaries: Monthly reports are due by the 3rd of each month for Derby points. If you do not turn them in by the 3rd, then they are due by the 5th at the latest. **Don’t hesitate to call or email me with any questions you might have. **

Standings Calvert-12 Great Mills- 12 Huntingtown5 Lackey-6 LaPlata-18 McDonough0

Division Derby Rules: For every item on the list that you or your club does from now until DCON in April, your club will receive the designated number of points. At DCON, I will recognize the winning club at some point and give them a small reward. The things you can do to earn points are as follows: 1)

2)

Northern-12 3)

North Point-10 Patuxent-0 Ryken-20 Thomas Stone-0

4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

Send me a picture of your club at a meeting, or completing a service project (1 point per photo) Have at least two officers attend a PCM (2 points per PCM) Have a general member attend a PCM (2 points per general member) Have early bird dues (10 points per club) Have monthly reports in by the 3rd of each month (3 points per month) Send in a story for the Capital Key(has to be sent to me, and I will forward it) (5 points) Send me your meeting minutes (4 points) Call or email me with any Key Club related questions (2 points)

*Switched the values of number 5 and 8.

Trustee Information At International Convention in Denver, the Lieutenant Governors had a chance to elect the 15 new international trustees. Then our governor made a request for which trustee she would like to have as the Capital District trustee. Governor Christina chose three that she thought would benefit Capital the best. Then International chose how to divide the new trustees. Our new International Trustee is Anyssa Black from the Carolinas District. At ICON, Anyssa used a very clever platform called ROCK IT. Each letter stood for a word or phrase that she thought Key Club was all about or should have something to do with.

Restoring Optimal Communication Kiwanis Family Interactions Initiative Together

**Announcement** Division 22 has a group on Facebook. Just search Division 22 Key Club. Please join if you have a Facebook, and encourage your members to join as well. I haven’t been posting anything on here recently but will begin to again now.

PCM I like to send a big thank you to everyone who attended the PCM on January 10th. We elected the new Lieutenant Governor. I know that Chelsea Stahl will do a fantastic job as Lieutenant Governor. Chelsea is currently a junior at La Plata High School. Chelsea has revived La Plata’s key club over the past year. Her enthusiasm will be great for Division 22!

District Board Contact Information Lieutenant Governor Caitlin Zibreg

District Editor Linnea Musselman

9145 Megatha Lane

43345 Wayside Circle

Owings, MD 20736

Ashburn, VA 20147

(410)286-3841 (h)

(703)729-2406 (h)

(410)610-9592 (c)

(703)727-1864 (c)

[email protected]

[email protected]

District Governor Christina Horton

District Administrator Joe Stankus

1305 Barclay Hill

1229 Bellevue Avenue

Charlottesville, VA 22901

Richmond, VA 23237

(434)975-3144 (h)

(804)262-7916 (h)

(434)962-6441 (c)

(804)564-5668 (c)

[email protected]

(804)262-5666 (w)

District Secretary Carolyn Macaulay

[email protected]

3641 Weems Road Weems, VA 22576

Asst. District Administrator/ Division 22 Zone Administrator Bill Hand

(804)438-5765 (h)

396 Old Line Avenue

(804)436-2775 (c)

Laurel, MD 20724

[email protected]

(301)725-5641 (h/fax)

District Treasurer Stephen Spaseff

(301)706-4053 (c)

20645 Camptown Court

[email protected]

Ashburn, VA 20147

Service Leadership Program Chair (Waldorf Kiwanis Club) Millie Kriemelmeyer

(703)729-5026 (h) (703)220-2460 (c) [email protected]

(301)372-8766