Greetings and congratulations to all of new club presidents and division lieutenant governors. I would like to thank you for taking on this great responsibility and wish you much success in your administration.
I also want to follow up on my last article about the financial support from the Kiwanis clubs and divisions to the Key Club District Board for its ICON trip. We had more than 75 Clubs (30 percent) contribute anywhere from $50 to $7,000 to help send Key Clubbers to the convention. We also had 10 divisions that supported multiple district board members in their divisions. We had about 10 individual Kiwanians who sent money to help send the students to the convention. You should be proud of yourselves, because I am proud of you and I thank you.
As a follow up on the International Convention, I had told you that we had one candidate for International President and two for International Trustee. We are very proud that Laken Kelly (Ogdensburg HS) was elected as one of the 11 International Trustees. Laken will be serving the following Key Club Districts: Florida, Missouri-Arkansas and West Virginia. While Paul DeSantis and Lillian Xie did not get elected, they ran great campaigns and Gov. Jacob is very happy to have them back on the district board as his special assistants.
The fall is a busy time for your Key Club lieutenant governor. They will be running Fall Rallies where they will be training the officers from the clubs in their divisions. Some divisions will hold them by themselves and some will join with other divisions. Please encourage your Key Club officers and advisors to attend these when offered.
November is also Kiwanis Family month and Key Club week is Nov. 3-7. Kiwanis clubs should be looking to partner with their Key Clubs on fundraisers, projects and activities. At the very least plan to invite your Key Club officers to one of your November meetings and have them report on everything they have been doing. I know you will be impressed with these outstanding students!
Column Posted on Web Site November 1, 2014
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