their life. You can do this

through showing your Key Club

spirit through Key Club Week!

Check out page five for

information on Key Club Week!

On the last day of Key

Club week, we will have a 8

hour dance-a-thon to help raise

money for the governor’s

project. So put your dancing

shoes on and show us your best

moves. There will be prizes!

More information is found on

page four!

I would like to invite you to

check out the Key Club Division

12 Facebook page, where you

can find out lots of information

about what is going on in our

division. I hope to see you soon

my dear key clubbers. Have a

safe holiday and a happy

thanksgiving!

Alyssa Jade Ross

Lieutenant Governor Division 12

Volume 1 Issue 6

Official Newsletter of Key Club Division 12 November 2011

Hey Key Clubber! You are amazing!

Yes, that’s right! I hope that

put a smile on your face. If it

did tell the next person you

see (no matter who it is)

some encouraging words or

even just smile at them. A

smile can put a smile on

someone else’s face. Who

knows, maybe the next

person you see is having a

bad day and just needs

someone to talk to or some

uplifting words. Even when

you’re having a bad day, still

try to be that caring person

and help other people have

better days. They just may be

having a worse day then

you. You also may get the

same encouraging words in

return. Take a moment and

look at the quote down

below. I hope that will

encourage you to change a

life. We are Key Clubbers

and, if you forgot, our motto

is “Caring--our way of life”.

Show other’s how

much Key Club can change

In this issue!

Introduction ......... 1

Div.12 News ......... 2

PCM ................. ….3

Interclub .............. 4

Key Club Week ... 5

Organizations ...... 6

Calendar…………7

Contact Info…..…8

Alyssa’s Articles

K E Y C L U B

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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a

listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which

have the potential to turn a life around.” -Leo F. Buscalgia

“Caring—our way of life!”

School

Project Ideas! Assisting Shut-Ins

Do yard work or other small chores for

the elderly who are confined to their

homes. Offer to clip trees, pull weeds,

care for plants, rake leaves, and do

other tasks. This can brighten someone’s

day by letting them know you care.

Athletic Events

Work as announcers for athletic events,

work on the scoreboard, take tickets at

the gate, and generally help your

school’s athletic department to make

sports programs run more smoothly.

This includes acting as coaches and

referees of intramural teams, equipment

managers, and team managers.

Contact coaches to see how your club

can help. Similarly, work as minor officials

for inter-school games or meets.

Bingo

Once a month, go to a local nursing

home and help the residents play bingo.

Food Bank

Contact a food bank to make it aware

of your Key Club’s available assistance.

Providing service by stocking shelves,

delivering food, and soliciting donations

would be beneficial.

Canned Food Drive

A food drive begins with committee

members talking to homerooms and

sending notes home. The two-week

campaign could begin immediately

after Thanksgiving Day. Key Club

members collect cans in their

homerooms each morning and put

them in the hall. The collection crew

uses a library cart to pick up and deliver

the cans to the “collection” center. Tally

boards are updated each morning. At

the end of the campaign, the boxed

goods are loaded on a truck and taken

to the community collection center.

Therapeutic Riding

Offer to help disabled students ride

horseback.

President’s Council Meeting (PCM)

Division 12 News

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School Of the Month

No one!

This past month was very hard to choose a school of the month.

There was not one school that really rose above the others or at

least improved a lot in their own club. I would like to shine some

spotlight of on some clubs.

Barbe- Y’all did a great job working hard on those links and

thank you for working so hard this year. I appreciate y’all

keeping me updated and showing up to some of my home

school’s projects.

DeRidder- Welcome to the division! I am very excited to be

working with y’all and I can’t wait to visit your club!

Saint Louis- Thank you so much for attending the Divisional

Officer’s Training and keeping me updated about your club. I

appreciate your hard work so far and keep up the great work.

Sulphur- I am very proud of y’all. You have been working so

hard this past month. Congrats for raising over $250 for UNICEF,

working many hours for the CITGO Picnic, and the amazing

project Cupcakes for a Cause. Y’all make me very proud to

call you my home school. Thank you for your hard work.

When?

November 12, 2011

Where?

TBA

Time?

3pm

Who can attend?

All key clubbers, advisors, and

Kiwanians are invited!

What happened at the PCM?

PCM Agenda October 15, 2011; 2:30pm

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 301 Center Circle

I. Introduction

o Each officer will introduce themselves.

Name, school, office, and one (or a few)

thing(s) you learned from D.O.T.

II. Club review

o One person from each school in

attendance will give an update about their

club.

III. Review of September PCM

IV. Newsletters and Monthly Reports

o Monthly Report Due on the 5th of every

month!

o Example: October report is due on

November 5th

o Send to Philip also! (prroth1993@hotmail.com)

V. Rally Discussion

o Things you liked and disliked about rally

VI. Interclubs

o Interclub Committee

Secretary, treasurer, and 2 students

from your club

o Discuss interclub ideas for each month

VII. WHEN IS YOUR NEXT MEETING?

o Please keep me updated!

VIII. WHEN IS YOUR NEXT PROJECT?

o Please keep me updated!

IX. Next PCM, November

o NOT November 18-20

Clubs in Attendance

-Barbe

-Saint Louis

-Sulphur

The October PCM was held

after the Divisional Officer’s

Training. We discussed lots of

good and bad things about

rally 2011. I compiled a list

together so my successor will

have some guidance to make

next year’s rally truly amazing.

We will have a interclub

committee this year to help

plan the rest of the year’s

interclubs. This committee will

consist of your treasurer,

secretary and 2 members from

your club. If you are interested

talk to your club officers ASAP!

Our next PCM is November 12

and everyone is welcome to

attend.

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Monthly Report Tracker

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Interclub

8 HOUR DANCE-A-Thon! WHAT?! Yes! That’s right! Join division 12 in this insane event! We

are raising money for the Governor’s project, Project Inspire.

When? November 11, 2011

Time? 11:11am-7:11pm

Where? TBA*

Who can attend? ALL KEY CLUBBERS!

Cost? $4

Tickets will be sold BEFORE the

event! You must buy a ticket ahead

of time to get in. ALL money goes to

Project Inspire.

*Check out the Key Club Division 12

Facebook page for more updates.

Your officers will also have more

information soon.

JUSTIN BEIBER COMPETION Every 30 minutes a Justin Beiber

song may or may not be played! It

is up to you to decide! There will

be two buckets for y’all to put

money in.

Bucket 1: Justin Beiber Lovers

Bucket 2: Justin Beiber Haters

Whichever bucket has the most

money at the time of the 30

minutes, the bucket with the most

money will determine if we play

the song or not!

Bring your extra money!

Grand Prize

Every club has the opportunity to win the grand prize!

What is the grand prize? Well, the best kind of prize is a SURPRISE!

Whichever club dances the most hours will win! I understand that

the club sizes vary, so the average of each club will be taken. Also

the student that dances the most hours will also win a prize!

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Key Club Week What is Key Club Week?

Key Club Week gives you the opportunity to show your

community what Key Club is truly about: service. Each

day places an emphasis on service, to promote Key

Club within our homes, schools and communities and to

make Key Club a household name.

Do your part to make sure Key Club Week—Nov. 7-11,

2011—starts Kiwanis Family Month with a bang. Join

other Key Clubs from around the world by following the

suggestions below. Check out the Key Club Week

Manual on keyclub.org for more ideas for each day.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Show your K in

every way

Show people

what Key Club

is all about!

Spread the

word by

wearing Key

Club gear and

publicizing Key

Club Week in

local stores,

your school

Web site,

community

newspapers—

even on the

radio. Officially

announce Key

Club Week in

your

community.

Kudos to the

Key players

Personally thank

all the Key Club

supporters you

know—

teachers,

advisors and

other Key

players. Write

thank-you

notes, host an

appreciation

dinner or do

something

uniquely your

own style to

recognize the

contributions of

these special

people.

Connect the Ks

Key Club is the

largest high

school service

organization in

the world and is

a member of the

Kiwanis family.

Celebrate the

entire family of

Kiwanis by

getting the

whole gang

involved.

Connect with

local Kiwanis,

Circle K

International,

Builders, Kiwanis

Kids or Aktion

clubs and team

up for a joint

service project.

Bring a friend

to Key Club

More

members =

more service.

Increasing the

amount of

service Key

Club performs

increases the

impact Key

Club has on

the world.

Bring a friend,

or two, or

more to your

next Key Club

meeting.

Your way

This is your

club’s chance

to do its own

thing and make

its mark. Pick a

project, plan a

recruitment

party or

combine

activities from

the other Key

Club Week days. Whatever

idea you

choose, take it

and run with it.

Come to the 8

Hour Dance-a-

Thon!

Check out these Organizations!

=Major Emphasis Program

Some of these organizations are part of the Major Emphasis Program! Major Emphasis Program

(MEP) is a program in which Key Club International challenges all Key Clubs and members to

focus their energies on making an international impact. The purpose of the Major Emphasis

Program Committee is to promote the service initiative and service partners by coming up with

new project ideas.

Their Mission

To grant the

wishes of

children with

life-threatening

medical conditions to enrich the human

experience with hope, strength and joy.

Want to make a wish come true for a child in

need? The Make A Wish Foundation has been

granting wishes for years, helping children fulfill

their fantasies, from meeting celebrities and

seeing the Super Bowl to being a policeman

for a day. There are tons of ways to get

involved. Help us grant a wish every 40 minutes

for children in need!

For more information check out www.wish.org

Their mission

To create, find

and support

programs that

directly improve

the health and

well being of children and to focus on the

critical needs of children.

RMHC is an international organization that

helps families be together when their children

are in a hospital with a serious illness. RMHC

helps families become closer together. They

also provide the following things to families in

need at the time:

-home cooked meals

-private bedrooms

-playrooms for children

For more information check out rmhc.org

Their Mission

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures,

and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through

research and treatment. The hospital was opened by Danny Thomas on February 4, 1962, and it

has changed live across the world. When St. Jude completed its $1 billion,

five-year expansion in 2005, it strengthened the hospital's efforts to find

cures for the catastrophic diseases of childhood. In the expansion,

St. Jude made the nation's only pediatric research center on-site facility

for production of highly specialized treatments and vaccines. St. Jude is a nonprofit hospital and treats

5,700 patients on average per year. Parents Magazine has named St. Jude Hospital the number one

pediatric care center in the country and St. Jude shares its findings with doctors from all around the world.

For more information check out stjude.org

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K E Y C L U B

March

November

April

20-22 District

Convention

in Baton

Rouge, LA

22-23 New Officer’s

Training in

Baton Rouge,

LA

4-6 Key Leader in

Greenwell

Springs, LA.

7-11

Key Club

week

July

4-8 2012 Key

Club

International

Convention

11

8 Hour

Dance-a-

thon

7

12

D.O.T (For those

who missed

the last one)

12

PCM

1

Early Bird

dues

Deadline

Make sure you visit

Lamisstennkeyclub.org

keyclub.org

for more information about Key Club!

Contact Information

Alyssa Ross

Lieutenant Governor

Division 12

2417 Saint Francis Street

Sulphur, LA 70663

(337) 426-7980

alyssa.ltg12@yahoo.com

Gabby Murphy

District Governor

7416 Shrewsbury Avenue

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

gabbylamisstenngov@yaho

o.com

Philip Roth

District Secretary-Treasurer

308 Hale Drive

Thibodaux, LA 70301

prroth1993@hotmail.com

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Fun. Fun. Fun. Fun.

10. How many districts are there in Key Club

international?

a) 44, one in formation

b) 33, one in formation

c) 120, one in formation

d) 23, one in formation

11. When were the service initiatives for the MEP

started?

a) 1972

b) 2004

c) 2000

d) 1992

12. Which is NOT a Key Club service partner?

a) UNICEF

b) Friend-a-Gorilla

c) March of Dimes

d) Operation Christmas Child

Answers: 10) a 11) d 12) c

Key Facts

Directions 1. Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees

C).

2. Place the peas and carrots, green beans, and

celery into a saucepan; cover with water, bring

to a boil, and simmer over medium-low heat

until the celery is tender, about 8 minutes. Drain

the vegetables in a colander set in the sink, and

set aside.

3. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium

heat, and cook the onion until translucent,

about 5 minutes. Stir in 2/3 cup of flour, salt,

black pepper, celery seed, onion powder, and

Italian seasoning; slowly whisk in the chicken

broth and milk until the mixture comes to a

simmer and thickens. Remove from heat; stir the

cooked vegetables and turkey meat into the

filling until well combined.

4. Fit 2 pie crusts into the bottom of 2 9-inch pie

dishes. Spoon half the filling into each pie crust,

then top each pie with another crust. Pinch and

roll the top and bottom crusts together at the

edge of each pie to seal, and cut several small

slits into the top of the pies with a sharp knife to

release steam.

5. Bake in the preheated oven until the crusts are

golden brown and the filling is bubbly, 30 to 35

minutes. If the crusts are browning too quickly,

cover the pies with aluminum foil after about 15

minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Ingredients 2 cups frozen peas and carrots 2 cups frozen green beans

1 cup sliced celery 2/3 cup butter

2/3 cup chopped onion 2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon celery seed 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 3/4 cups chicken broth

1 1/3 cups milk 4 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

4 cups cubed cooked turkey meat - light and dark meat mixed

Not sure what to do with those

thanksgiving leftovers?

Check out this recipe for Dad’s Leftover Turkey Pot Pie!