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Lieutenant Governor’s Letter

Division

22/24

Red Panda Royale Official Newsletter of the Division 22/24

Key Club Pacific Northwest District

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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

john.redfield04@gmail.com 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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

tranglynntran@gmail.com

Eric Grewal

District Treasurer

ericgrewal1@gmail.com

Denny Lim

District Convention Chair

dwhanlim@gmail.com

Suzanne Endroedy

Assistant Administrator

suzbeth1@comcast.net

Hakikat Bains

District Secretary

bains.hakikat@gmail.com

Sara Thomas

District Editor

slthomas01@gmail.com

John Jay

District Administrator

jmjay@comcast.net

Bo Jordan

Area Administrator

bojordan50@msn.com

Any additional questions? Please contact me!!

John Redfield

john.redfield04@gmail.com 206-696-6812 519 N 64th St

Seattle, WA 98103

Keep serving freely, and have a great summer!!