Key Club

We have just completed our annual Leadership Training Conference and it was very well attended.
We had over 700 students and adults from over 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.
We are now starting to work on the Key Club International Convention (ICON) in Chicago.
We have a great tour for the District ICON trip this year. We will be flying from Albany and LaGuardia airport on
Monday July 2. The tour will include the Field Museum, Navy Pier, and a Fourth of July boat ride on the lake to watch the fireworks. We are also looking into a baseball game and will we try some famous Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.  
The cost for this great trip is $1,275 per person and will include all travel, all hotels, ICON registration, all tour events, all breakfasts, 3 dinners and one lunch. I am asking for your help in financing this trip for your lieutenant governors and district officers so they can 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 May 5, 2018