Key Club

We have just completed our annual Leadership Training Conference and it was the biggest we have had since moving the conference to Albany.

We had more than 835 students and adults from more than 100 schools attend this year's conference.

I want to thank the Kiwanis Clubs and Kiwanians for making this possible. I know that the Kiwanis clubs in this district spend thousands of dollars on transportation to get their Key Clubbers to the conference. Then many of the Kiwanis clubs pay a third of the students' registration and also the advisors' registration. I also know that we have Kiwanis advisors that come to the conference as chaperones at their own expense.

What is next for Key Club?

Well it is the Key Club International Convention (ICON) in Atlanta July 6-9, 2016.

We have a great tour for the District ICON trip this year. We will be leaving Albany very early on Sunday, July 3 and making  stops in Queens and Long Island and ending up in Colonial Williamsburg that evening.

We will be touring Colonial Williamsburg on Monday the 4th of July, which should be a great experience.
Tuesday July 5 we will spend a half day at the Water Park at Busch Gardens and then start for Atlanta.

We will stay overnight between Williamsburg and Atlanta on Tuesday night and arrive at the convention on Wednesday.
The cost for this great trip is $950 per person and will include all travel, all hotels, ICON registration, entrance to Colonial Williamsburg, all breakfasts, 4 dinners and one lunch.

I am asking you Kiwanians, to help support your lieutenant governor and the district officers attend this great conference.

ICON is a place for the District Board to get trained in their positions, learn new and exciting projects and to meet Key Clubbers from all of the country.

Remember that your District Board represents you at the International level.

You have done a great job in supporting your Key Clubbers in the past and I look forward to your support  for ICON.
As I have said in the past -- I have the best job in Kiwanis and I am proud to serve as your administrator.

Column Posted on Web Site April 29, 2016