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DECEMBER newsletter PNW Division 27 Official Newsletter Volume 3 Issue 9 TOUCAN TIMES
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DECEMBER newsletter
PNW Division 27 Official Newsletter Volume 3 Issue 9
TOUCAN TIMES
Greetings Hello Division 27!
December is finally upon us! It seems
like everyone is a little bit more cheerful
during the holiday season! I hope every-
one is in the spirit of giving because the
winter time is a fantastic season to get in-
volved in your community! Many schools
throughout the district have been holding
canned food or winter wear drives!
Coming up are many exciting Key
Club events including the Let it Eliminate
benefit showcase on December 14th! It’ll
take place in Renton’s Harambee. Take
this opportunity to see what’s going on
around the district! Many other Key Club-
bers will be there to support.
In addition, Lieutenant Governor Elec-
tions are fast approaching! I strongly en-
courage all of you to consider running. The
experiences you have and people you
meet are extremely special. Being a part
of the district board is a way to build lead-
ership and increase your involvement in
the organization. Feel free to contact me
with any questions or concerns you
have. Elections will be on January 11th.
With love & service,
Ashley Yoo
In this Issue…
Greetings……………………….2
November DCM Recap……..3
LtG Elections………………..…4
Hopelink……………………...…6
ICS’s Food Drive…………..…..7
ELIMINATE Project………….…8
Featured Service Project…..10
Stay KEYnneced……………..11
Divisional Happenings……...12
DCON 2014…………………...14
Mark Your Calendars……….16
Let it ELIMINATE………………17
Kiwanis Information…………18
December DCM…………….19
Contact Information………..20
12.5…...Secretary Reports Due
12.14…………....Let it Eliminate
Benefit Showcase
12.21………...December DCM
12.31…...…..T-o-T Money Due
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November DCM Recap
At our last DCM, many members from the division took part in
Hopelink’s Turkey Trot. This year, they had a record number of par-
ticipants with over 1,000 people either running/walking! Thank you
to everyone who participated.
This meeting we spent a lot of time going over how each
school was planning on contributing to the Eliminate Project by
sharing fundraising ideas as well as recapping a few fundraisers
that schools in our division put together, including Trick-or-Treat for
UNICEF. A huge congratulations to Juanita High School which
earned around $3,000 for Trick or Treat! With the doubling pro-
gram through Kirkland Kiwanis and again by Kiwanis International,
they are contributing near $12,000 to the Eliminate Project! Some
ideas included holding miracle minutes, bake sales, balloon-
grams, carnivals, garage sales, and many others! Also consider
speaking with your local Kiwanis! They are often more than willing
to help!
In addition, we went over some important upcoming events
including Lieutenant Governor Elections! Please be sure to read
over the next few pages for details!
Lt.G Elections
Officers’ attendance is required and each school
must be present at the elections. Each club will have
2 voting delegates and quorum must be met in order
to approve official business. Please save the date
and make sure that you will be able to attend!
When: January 11, 2013
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Where: Redmond Library
Meeting Room 2
For those interested in running for Lieutenant Governor:
I see so much potential in the group of leaders that have
grown this past year, and now it’s time to hand off the re-
sponsibility to one of you. Serving on the district board this
past year has been one of the most rewarding experienc-
es to date. The friendships, the accomplishments, and the
difference I’ve witnessed through this leadership position
have revealed how special the Key Club community truly
is. I strongly encourage each of you to consider running for
LtG. Don’t let trivial deterrents come in the way of this op-
portunity. I believe in each of you, and I can’t wait to see
the future of Division 27 unravel.
Election packets have been e-mailed with
the December Updates e-mailed to Key Club
officers. Either contact your club officers or
Ashley at [email protected] if you
have not yet received the election packet.
Hopelink is a local non-profit organization based in Bellevue, which serves the homeless and low in-come families as well as people with disabilities. Their mission is to “promote self-sufficiency for all members of our community” and make a lasting change. They also have service centers in Kirkland/Northshore, Redmond, Shoreline, and Sno-Valley.
Contact: [email protected]
With your help, the fam-
ilies we serve won't
have to choose be-
tween paying rent, hav-
ing a family holiday
meal or presenting their
child with a gift.
Get Involved!
Fundraise & Donate
Food Drive
Toy Drive
When Katrina's son, Tyler, was diag-
nosed with Type II diabetes, pre-
school staff said they wouldn't be
able to care for him until they un-
derwent additional training. Alt-
hough Katrina was working, she
had exhausted all of her paid time
off and looking after her son meant
she would be unable to meet basic
expenses. Hopelink helped Katrina
receive Consolidated Homeless
Grant funds that enabled the
young family to stay in their home
until Katrina could return to work.
FEATURED STORY
Hopelink in Division 27
ICS’s Food Drive
This past November, the ICS Key Club put to-
gether a food drive for Hopelink. We contact-
ed [email protected] to organize the food
drive and gave her some tentative dates we
were hoping to hold the drive. Then we drove
to hopelink and picked up crates and sleeves
for each grade as we wanted to make the
food drive a school competition to raise some
excitement. We determined we had enough
funds to host a pizza party for the grade that
raised the most nonperishable food items.
Then we advertised, advertised, advertised!
We even planned "food ambushes" where
grades brought in a TON of food on the last
few days. We gathered 1,413 food items to-
taling 1240 lbs! Though a small school with lit-
tle over 400 students, we were able to make
a big difference this Thanksgiving.
- Rachel Roberts (ICS Key Club President)
The ELIMINATE Project is a joint effort between Kiwa-
nis and UNICEF to end Ma-ternal/Neo-Natal Tetanus
throughout the globe.
HOW ARE YOU GETTING
INVOLVED?
$1.80 = Enough
to save 1
baby
Every 9 minutes, 1
baby dies of
MNT
26 remain-
ing coun-
tries with
MNT
District Goal: Where Are We?
$12,000+/$24,000 November 16, 2013:
$42.1 Million Goal:
$110 Million
PRICING
T Shirts:
$15.00
Lanyards:
$5.00
Featured Service Projects
Volunteers from Redmond High School helped to
package s'mores kits two weeks ago, and during the
Redmond Lights event, they sold about 250 with their
Kiwanis club. Redmond Lights is an annual event cele-
brating the holiday season, releasing the newly deco-
rated streets of Redmond to the public. If you’d like
more information on how to contribute in the future,
visit www.redmondlights.com
Did your club do a special service project this past
month? Send photos and details about the event to
[email protected] and you might be featured!
Stay KEYnnected!
PNWKeyClub
@PNWKeyClub
Pacific Northwest Key Club
www.facebook.com/pnwkeyclub
Document your latest service project and
hashtag “#PNWKeyClub” and you could be
featured on the district level!
www.PNWKeyClub.Weebly.com
Kirkland Kiwanis Christmas Tree Sales These next few weeks, Lake Washington, International, and
Juanita Key Clubs will be participating in selling Christmas
Trees with the Kirkland Kiwanis as a Key Club fundraiser for Ki-
wanis’s contribution to our club and DCON funds.
Inglemoor High’s Santa Breakfast On December 14th, Inglemoor will be arranging a “Santa
Breakfast” where they will provide activities and a meal
for low income families in the Norrthshore area complete
with a Santa to take pictures with!
Lake Washington’s Turkey Grams
LW sold Turkey Grams to the school during the Thanks-
giving season in order to raise money for school supplies,
clothing, and books for high school girls in Uganda.
Key Clubs visit Northshore Kiwanis Bothell, Woodinville, and Ingle-
moor Key Clubs took a visit to
their sponsoring Kiwanis. They
love interacting with Key Club-
bers!
Woodinville Wonderland Woodinville High School will be participating in running the
Woodinville Wonderland Christmas light show. Because it’s in
a residential area, WHS will be directing traffic to make sure
that the thousands of visitors each night can navigate safely.
ICS’s Harvest Festival ICS Key Club partnered with their Na-
tional Honor Society to put together a
festival with a bouncy house, photo
booth, cotton candy, and more. With
Kiwanis’s help, they raised over $2,400!
Redmond High School’s Road Clean Up
Redmond High School worked with the Redmond Kiwanis
this past month on a road clean-up. The event was a
great success and they plan to continue these Adopt-A-
Road clean-ups throughout the year.
Divisional Happenings
Juanita High School Dance for Eliminate
Juanita is in the process of planning a dance for this Jan-
uary to fundraise for Eliminate as well as spreading
awareness of the club within the school.
DCON 2014
Special Guest:
JOSEPH
VINCENT
Registration Packets
found HERE
Washington State Convention
Center & Sheraton Hotel
Friday, April 4th-
Sunday, April 6th 2014
Mark Your Calendars
DCON 2014: April 4-6th, 2013 Seattle Convention Center
December DCM: Dec 21, 2013
Location TBD
12:00-3:00 PM
Election Rally: Jan 11, 2013
Redmond Library
12:30-2:30 PM
Let it ELIMINATE Benefit Concert:
Dec14, 2013
Harambee
6:00-8:00 PM
CLICK HERE for the Facebook Event Page and details
CLICK HERE to purchase tickets:
$10 Pre-order
$12 At the door
Kiwanis Information Kiwanis Information
Northshore Bothell Kiwanis
High schools: Bothell HS Ingle-
moor HS, and Woodinville HS
When: Wednesday, 7AM
Where: Alexa’s Cafe
10115 Main St.
Bothell, WA
Redmond Kiwanis
High schools: Redmond HS
When: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
Where: Watercress Bistro
16505 Redmond Way #B-A
Redmond, WA
Kirkland Kiwanis
High schools: International Commu-
nity School and Lake Washing-
ton HS, Juanita HS
When: Wednesday, 12PM
Where: Hector’s Restaurant
Lake St. Kirkland, WA
Sammamish Kiwanis
High schools: Eastlake HS
When: Wednesday, 7AM
Where: Sammamish Lutheran Church
22818 SE 8th St
Redmond, WA
December Joint DCM
Where: Forgotten Children’s Fund: 20231 72nd Ave South Building 18-236 Kent, WA 98032
Exact DCM Location TBD
Time: 12:00-2:00 Service Project
2:00-3:00 DCM/Gift Exchange
What: Joint DCM with Div. 32
Forgotten Children’s Fund
& Gift Exchange (Bring a gift
worth around $5 in order to
play White Elephant)
This month, we’ll be joining with Division 32 for our DCM.
It’s a great way to get to know other members from the
district! In the spirit of the service, we will be going to
wrap presents for homeless families in Seattle at the
Forgotten Children’s Fund warehouse in Kent, WA. The
distance is far, but a few people are willing to carpool.
More information will be disseminated closer to the
date. To learn more about the cause, visit: http://
forgottenchildrensfund.org/
Contact Information Contact Information Contact Information
District Board Governor: Trang Tran
Secretary: Hakikat Bains
Treasurer: Eric Grewal
Bulletin Editor: Sara Thomas
Convention Chair: Denny Lim
International Trustee:
Roshni Chandwani [email protected]
District Administrator:
John Jay
Assistant District Administrator:
Tom Saunders
Division 27 Lieutenant Governor: Ashley Yoo
(425)233-7460
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