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Volume 2 Issue 4

September 2014

Official Newsletter of LaMissTenn District Key Club

Falling into Service

In this issue! Falling into Service

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In a Nutshell .. 2

Greetings from the VP!

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One Click Away

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K E Y C L U B

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Division 4 Rally/September 20, 2014/Chalmette High School

Division 7B Rally/September 27, 2014/E.D.White Catholic High School

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Hi LaMissTenn District Key Clubbers,

A new season is about to begin! On September 23,

2014, summer will be over and autumn will officially begin.

During fall, LaMissTenn District divisions will be having fall

rallies to celebrate the upcoming Key Club year. I am

looking forward to meeting you at your division’s rally!

In this September edition of Keeping Tabs, you will find

information about divisional rallies, club dues, Trick-or-Treat

for UNICEF, and the new district website. UPWORTHY and

the U.S. Fund for UNICEF have created two new videos to

advertise The Eliminate Project. You can find the links to

these videos on page four. I encourage you to use social

media to inform friends and family about the project. With

one year left of The Eliminate Project, every donation

counts! Also included in this newsletter is a greeting from

Key Club International Vice President, Kevin Zhang.

Remember to recruit, recruit, and recruit! Now is the

time to spark interest in potential members. Show them

how awesome the largest student-led service organization

is!

As always, do not hesitate to contact your Lieutenant

Governor or me with any questions. We are here to serve

you!

Yours in Service,

Tabitha Kearns

LaMissTenn District Governor

I hope you all had a

great first day of school!

Keeping Tabs

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In a Nutshell…

Rally Ready

The LaMissTenn District Board is ready for Rally Season! Are you? Rally is a day for Key Clubbers to interact with other members in their division as they learn more about the organization and celebrate a new Key Club year! Kick-off Rally, the first rally of the year, will be on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Chalmette High School. The District Board looks forward to attending “The Service Games” with Division 4 Key Clubbers! I encourage all clubs to attend their division’s rally. The Lieutenant Governors have been planning awesome rallies for you all! The 2014 Fall Rally Schedule is below: September 20 Division 4, Chalmette HS “The Service Games” September 27 Division 7B, E.D. White Catholic HS “Service in the Swamp” October 4 Division 8A, McKinley HS “Smooth Sounds of Service” October 11 Divisions 7A and 12, Barbe HS “Revved Up and Ready to Serve” October 18 Division 13, Covington HS “Service in Space” November 1 Divisions 6, 9, 11; Northwood HS “Olympics of Service” November 8 Division 14, d’Iberville HS “Harry Potter and the Port-key to Service” November 15 Division 15, Cathedral HS “Minions in Service”

Dues On September 3, 2014, the Membership Update Center will open for clubs to update their membership and pay dues. District dues are $6.50 and International dues are $7.00. Clubs that submit dues and membership roster forms prior to or on November 1, 2014, will receive an Early Bird patch for their club banner. Click here to access the Membership Update Center tutorial. Click here to access the Membership Update Center.

LaMissTenn District Lieutenant Governors will be receiving education about the dues payment process at the September Board Meeting to be able to help clubs and advisors. Contact your Lieutenant Governor if you need any help.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF boxes will be

automatically shipped within the first

week of September to schools that

have participated in the program over

the past few years. Click here to see if

your school will automatically be

receiving boxes. If your club is not on

the list, you can begin ordering boxes

on September 10, 2014. More

information about Trick-or-Treat for

UNICEF can be found here. All

proceeds go to The Eliminate Project.

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Greetings from the VP!

Hello Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Key Clubbers,

My name is Kevin Zhang and I am currently a senior at Olympia

High School in the Pacific Northwest District. I am honored to have

been elected as your 2014-2015 Key Club International Vice

President. I enjoyed meeting many of you at ICON this past month.

For those of you that I did not get the opportunity to meet, I hope to

see you at next year’s ICON in Indianapolis as we celebrate Kiwanis’s

100th year anniversary.

One of my main goals as vice president is to go back to our roots and focus on

service. I hope to accomplish this by finding new organizational partners that will promote

service to all of our members. After meeting with the Growth and Development committee

this past week, they have already begun this intensive task. Another one of my main goals is

to connect with all of the branches of the K-Family. Having already met my Circle-K

counterpart, I hope to work closely alongside her in order to bring Key Club and Circle-K

closer. About a month ago, I also got the chance to meet your District Governor, Tabitha

Kearns. I really look forward to working with her and your International Trustee, Robbie

Mathis, in order to further better your district for this upcoming service year!

To close, thank you to every single one of you that voted for me at ICON this past July.

I pledge to do my best in working with the rest of the International Board to bring our

wonderful organization to new heights.

Yours in Service and Friendship,

Kevin Zhang Kevin Zhang

2014-2015 International Vice President

zhangkevin2015@gmail.com

Contact Information Tabitha Kearns

Governor

Email:

tabithakearns.lamisstenn@gmail.

com

Hunter Burkhardt

Secretary-Treasurer

Email:

sectreas_hunterburk@live.com

Jean Benoit

District Administrator

Email: jean5benoit@yahoo.com

LaMissTenn District Key Club

www.lamisstennkeyclub.org

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One Click Away

Take The Eliminate Project to

social media! UPWORTHY and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF

have created videos to advertise The

Eliminate Project. Share these videos to

promote fundraising and awareness for the

project!

"A disease you've probably never heard of is

killing kids. Not your kids. But someone else's

kids."

"She held the hand of a mom whose baby

died right in front of them. It doesn't have to

be that way."

With a new and improved website, the district has added new

ways for clubs to become more involved in the district. Your

club can be featured on the new website in various ways. The

district is looking for an outstanding club each month, so

nominate your club by emailing your Lieutenant Governor! We

would also like to hear about your favorite MEP project to be

featured under the MEP tab.

Visit our new website at www.lmtkeyclub.org. The old address,

www.lamisstennkeyclub.org, will soon be linked to the new website.