The Key to 1B | Volume 1, Issue 1


Table of Contents

Page 3: Letter of Introduction

from your LTG

Pages 4-6: Meet the Executive

Board

Page 7: Regional Training

Conference

Pages 8-11: District Convention

Recap

Page 12: International

Convention

Page 13: Contact Information

Congratulations to Cedar

Creek for getting the Early

Bird Dues Award!

CMRFs are due the 10th of each

month to Zone Administrator, LTG,

District Secretary & Kiwanis Advisor.

Spring RTC for the South is May 11th

at Cedar Creek High School

If you would like to attend ICON

please read about it on page 12 and

contact me ASAP

A Presidents’ Council Meeting (PCM)

and Officer Training Conference

(OTC ) will be held very soon, but in

the mean time email me with any

questions you have!

Join the D1B Facebook page!

QUICK REMINDERS

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Table of Contents Letter of Introduction

Cynthia Thurairajah | Lieutenant Governor Division 1B | [email protected] | (609) 440 - 3366

Dear Division 1B, New Jersey District Board, and Kiwanis Committee,

My name is Cynthia Thurairajah and I’m a junior at Egg Harbor Township High

School. I’m honored and excited to serve as the Lieutenant Governor of Division 1B. This

year Key Club has not only given me the chance to lead an amazing group of students to be-

come leaders, but it has also given me chances to explore the state and meet so many new

people. My freshman year I became a committee chair for the International Partners commit-

tee and sophomore year I was elected to be the recording secretary. The best thing Key Club

has given me is the chance to be loud and outgoing, because you have to show your love for

this great organization to win the spirit stick! To me, Key Club isn’t just about the service or

keeping track of hours, but it is about all the memories you make while serving others. The

greatest thing about Key Club is that there are so many events that allow you to socialize and

still make a difference in lives all around the world.

The Lieutenant Governors before me have helped shape my goals for this service year.

My main goal is to bring the division closer together through divisional projects and more

president council meetings. My other goal is to strengthen the K-family by building up the

other branches such as K-kids and Builders Club. For those of you who are new to Key Club,

the Lieutenant Governor is responsible for training the officers, holding president council

meetings, communicating information from the division to the district, helping to answer

questions, building new clubs, and holding divisional events. By visiting with each club, I

hope to know all the officers and assist them in any way I can.

Thank you for allowing me to help lead this division to greater heights and I look for-

ward to working with everyone! If you have any questions feel free to text, call, or email me.

Yours in Caring and Service,

Cynthia Thurairajah

Lieutenant Governor of Division 1B

New Jersey District of Key Club International

Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234


MEET THE EXECUTIVE BOARD International Trustee— Colten Meisner Colten is one of the International Trustees who serves

as a liaison to the three districts of New Jersey, Georgia

and Indiana. Colten is from Fort Worth, Texas and is

a philanthropist, future journalist, news junkie, and

horror movie fanatic. If you are one of the many Key

Clubbers excited for ICON, you will get meet Colten

as well a thousands of Key Clubbers around the world.

Although he lives thousands of miles away, he loves to

live Jersey Fresh!

New Jersey District Governor—Ryan Clarkin Ryan Clarkin went through campaigning and a

debate in front of hundreds at District Conven-

tion and has been elected as the 2013-2014 Dis-

trict Governor. His plans this year are to break

down the walls between club and division to

help unify the mighty New Jersey District. He

also will be calling all the LTGS to see club pro-

gress. Ryan served on the 2011-2012 District

Board and last year he was a very active general

member. A huge congratulations to Ryan on his

victory at DCON!


MEET THE EXECUTIVE BOARD New Jersey District Secretary—Kelly Tran

For many of you, Kelly Tran isn’t a new face. She

served as the Lieutenant Governor of our divi-

sion last service year and after a great campaign

that I got to be a part of, she was elected as our

District Secretary. As club secretaries turn in their

report forms, Kelly complies them and lets the di-

vision know about their progress. Kelly’s plans for

the year include a new Facebook page for secretar-

ies as well as breaking down barriers between club

and district. Congratulations, Kelly!

New Jersey District Editor—Pak Chau

Just like Kelly and I, Pak is another District Board

member from Egg Harbor Township. His obses-

sion with newsletters as club editor helped to se-

cure votes as the campaign continued. His plans

include helping the clubs with newsletters as well

as creating online archives for pictures and tutori-

als. If you want to improve your closet with Key

Club attire, Pak has come up with the idea of a

New Jersey District clothing catalog. Keep your

eyes peeled for Pak’s ideas and designed filled Jer-

sey Key. Congratulations, Pak!


MEET THE EXECUTIVE

District Treasurer—Penny Xu

Our newly elected District Treasurer is from Parsip-

pany Hills High School and is part of many clubs.

Her goal this year is to be a T.E.A.M because

Together, Everyone Accomplishes More. Her goals

for the upcoming service year include increasing

the Early Bird Award recipients, increasing attend-

ance and fundraising at Fall Rally and DCON, and

to help the secretaries out, Penny also plans on

making a tutorial video to the new Membership

Update Center. Congratulations, Penny!

District Webmaster—Yuya Ong

Although District Webmaster is an appointed position

and not technically part of the executive board, I

would like to introduce division 1B the District Web-

master from Tenafly, Yuya. He is extremely skilled in

HTML and works with large companies for security

maintenance and other technological means. His goals

for the year include a Facebook page for webmasters,

refining the PR Handbook with Pak and improving

the website. Congratulations, Yuya!

BOARD


REGIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE

What is an RTC?

An RTC is a Regional Training Con-

ference where Key Clubbers from ei-

ther north or south Jersey come to-

gether to learn about the district as

well as learn about their position and

ways to serve others

What kinds of workshops are there?

At RTCs there are plenty of workshops

to attend in the four sessions. It is ad-

vised that clubs split up and attend as

many workshops as possible to gain

more information to bring back to the

club. There are workshops for each

leadership position, general members,

fundraising ideas, service ideas and

much, much more!

SPRING RTCs

SOUTH: May 11th @

Cedar Creek HS

North: May 18th @ Bloomfield HS

Time: around 9am


WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT

DISTRICT CONVENTION?

DCON was the greatest experience

of my life. The feeling I felt at

DCON cannot be described in

words. It was a great way to meet

many new Key Club from different

parts of New Jersey. DCON will be

a part of my life that I will never

forget.

- David Zhang (General Member

-Egg Harbor Twp)

DCON was a life-changing experi-

ence. It may sound cliché, but it's

true. Once you walk into a general

session, you can actually FEEL the

spirit and passion from over 600

other pumped up Key Clubbers.

- Valerie Wong (Immediate Past

President -Egg Harbor Twp)

DCON 2013 was the best one I've been to

so far because of knowing another club

(EHT!). Every session and workshop was

informative and fun. The best part about

DCON this year was the decorations be-

cause last year I didn't notice the theme

too much. But this year, I KNEW that it

was a 1920s theme. I especially loved the

photo booth.

- Marisa Wong (Co– President -Tenafly)

DCON was an amazing experi-ence this year. With more inti-mate workshops and intense

elections, this DCON was ,without a doubt, one of

the best I've ever been to

- Pak Chau (District Editor)

Going to District Convention was a weekend to reunite with everyone from Key Leader, to reunite with our friends from Tenafly, and to reunite with

Key Club, our family. It was a weekend, never to be forgotten. It is a memory that I’ll cherish

for eternity.

-Michael Tran (Recording Secre-tary Egg Harbor Twp)


WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT

DISTRICT CONVENTION?

DISTINGUISHED

OFFICERS OF

DIVISON 1B

PRESIDENTS

Absegami—Hasina Noory

Cedar Creek—Kelsey Emmell

Egg Harbor Twp.—Valerie

Wong

Pleasantville– Mihir Jani

VICE PRESIDENTS

Absegami—Young Pae

Cedar Creek—Harley Super

Egg Harbor Twp.—Parth

Parikh

Pleasantville– Krupa Patel

Secretaries

Absegami—Karen Chen &

Alex Shazad

Egg Harbor Twp.—Vi Ngu-

yen & Cynthia Thurairajah

Pleasantville—Roshni Patel

Treasurers

Absegami—Rachel Shee

Cedar Creek—Benjamin

Keating

Egg Harbor Twp.—Selina Su

Pleasantville—Eric

Montesinos

Webmaster

Egg Harbor Twp—Michael

Tran

Editors

Cedar Creek—Langley

Oudemans

Egg Harbor Twp—Pak Chau


A PICTURE IS WORTH A

THOUSAND WORDS

DCON THROUGH PICTURES


Imagine spending a week in the nation’s capital over

Fourth of July with Key Clubbers from around the world.

While I have never been to International Convention, I

have heard nothing but amazing comments about

how life changing it is. Thousands of high school stu-

dents will be coming to Washington, DC from July 3-7th

to share friendships, go to workshops and explore an

amazing city. The New Jersey District will be taking a

bus on July 1st and arriving early to tour museums, go

to a baseball game and take night tours of the city.

Convention is from the 3-7th where workshops will be

held as well as campaigns for international office. Con-

certs and dances will be held throughout the week. If

you would like to attend this once in a lifetime oppor-

tunity, talk to your advisor or I as soon as possible

about getting more information.

- Cynthia Thurairajah LTG Division 1B Phone: (201)367-8531

Email: [email protected]


District Governor

Ryan Clarkin

District Secretary

Kelly Tran

District Editor

Pak Chau

District Treasurer

Penny Xu

District Webmaster

Yuya Ong

Lieutenant Governor

of D1B

Phone: (862) 397-9508 Email: [email protected]




Phone: (201)367-8531 Email: [email protected]


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