Key Leader

I am writing to you to invite you as a Kiwanian, to officially attend our Key Leader weekend, May 3-5 at Camp Stella Maris in Livonia, south of Rochester, as an adult chaperone. I am not sure how much you know about the specifics, but we need a certain number of adults to be at the camp throughout the entire weekend, including sleeping in the cabins with the students (supervising/chaperoning). Everyone sleeping at the camp must complete a limited background check done by Kiwanis International. I am looking to fill the compensated slots with adults who will be there for the whole weekend.

While it isn't necessary to have all of the adults present be Kiwanis Leaders it will go a long way in bringing the Knowledge and Enthusiasm for Key Leader back to your clubs and divisions.

I would appreciate an answer by March 1, please, so you may register and be sent the application for the background check in good time. It takes four weeks to process. If you are interested in coming but not for the whole weekend, that would be great too.

The role of adults at a Key Leader weekend is active. The adults are in their own group and complete all of the same activities as the student groups. It is a really nice message for the students to see the adults involved in the process of service leadership too. The adults are very much part of the weekend. Then, there are some other duties as assigned relating to chaperoning and supervising everyone. Key Leader weekends are casual - t-shirts, jeans, sweatshirts, et cetera.

Now for some really exciting news, we are currently working towards a second program in the Port Jervis Area! I am very excited to be working with Lt. Gov. David Morse and Circle K President Kelly Chan from Queens College to make it happen, David has graciously accepted the pending position of Site Coordinator, Kelly Chan who has a lot of experience at Leadership Training weekends has enthusiastically requested a position as a chaperone. I do need another site coordinator and about 9 more chaperones to say nothing of the students! We will still need to recruit and sponsor 60 more students for this event. As Port Jervis is located centrally in the Hudson Valley area, I believe students from the Capital District as well as Long Island could be accommodated.

Registration is open for the May 3-5 event at Camp Stella Maris. If you have students interested please have them register right away! We are limited to 80 students, and require at least 60 students to run the program. Registration can be done by the student at www.Key-Leader.org As always if there are any other questions please email me.

Column Posted on Web Site January 22, 2013