March 2009

Key Club Official Newsletter of Key Club Capital District Division 22

Bitter Sweet Memories As my time as Division 22’s Lieutenant Governor dwindles, I find myself looking back on the year. For me, it was a year of growing. I found out what I am capable of doing as a leader. I met so many amazing people from all around the Capital District who share the same passion for Key Club as I do. As you look back at the past year, do you see improvements ments in your club? What do you think other members in your club would think about the past year? Let’s keep the club improvements going past the end of my term, and past your term.

March 2009

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

Iff you have questions, please do not hesitate to call or email me. 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 thei 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 latest. **Don’t hesitate to call or email me with any questions you might have. **

Standings Calvert-15 Great Mills- 15 Huntingtown5 Lackey-13 LaPlata-21 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.

**Announcements** • Division 22 has a group on Facebook. Just search Division 22 Key Club. • DCON registration has been sent out. If you have not received this, please send me an email and I will forward you an email version. • If you wish to see just how big Key Club International is, think about attending ICON. I will have more information at the PCM on Saturday! Hope to see you there! • DCON is a little over a month away! Chances to earn Derby Points will be over on Friday April 17th, 2009. • Please send me your club officer information for next year. I also need your faculty advisor and Kiwanis advisor’s information as well. This includes: o Position o Name of Person filling that position o Home Address(Mailing address as well if they are different) o Email address (if more than one, the one you wish to receive Key Club related emails on) o Home Phone Number o Cell Phone Number o School’s Address

PCM Did you know we elected a new Lt. G? Well, we did. Do you want to meet your new Lieutenant Governor? If so, come to the PCM on March 14th at 2 PM at La Plata High School. This PCM will be a chance for all of you to meet Chelsea, as well as for Chelsea to see how to run a PCM. It should be tons of fun, and I hope to see you all there.

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