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Official Newsletter of

Capital District Governor

Volume 1 Issue 1 Capital District In this Issue:

The Eliminate Project

Upcoming Events

Updates

Club and Member of

the Moth

New Board Members

Executive Remarks

August Check List

Issue III

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Hey there Capital Board Members!

I hope it has been an amazing month of July for many of

you, in terms of both Key Club and not. As a District, I

am very happy to say we have had numerous

successes. From sending over 40 kids cross country to

the International Key Club Convention, to doing

summer service.

This month, we have finally gotten our committees

together, and I am so excited to see what we will be

able to do this year! The cool thing about committees is

that the work you do will last far beyond your term as

Lt. Governros. For this reason, and many more I

strongly urge you to take your work seriously and put a

lot of effort into your directives.

In late July I once again got on a plane with our District

mascot and traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana. There, at

the University of Indianapolis campus all members of

the 2014-2015 Key Club International Council

convened for the annual Leadership Conference. I got

to know our Trustee, Gary and work with him to solve

puzzles and play other leadership activities you guys

will be doing at future Board Meetings. Although we

were for only a day and a half, we were mighty

productive and accomplished a lot.

As August continues I know the majority of you guys

will be starting school so I wish you the best of luck-

not that you need it! Also best wishes to everyone

filling out the Common Application for college at this

time, I know you will be terrific! Remember that

although times are going to get stressful for you, you

have many people that are here to support you no

matter what! Don’t be afraid to reach out for help when

you need it!

Yours in Service,

Anastasia Slepukhova

GOVERNOR’S REMARKS

My friends and I at Disneyland, California

Sister District Governors and Trustee Gary at LeadCon

2014-2015 Key Club International Council

Baseball Game with Tuckahoe Kiwanis Club in Richmond

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SUMMER FUNDRAISER

THE ELIMINATE PROJECT

SPECIAL UPDATE

As of July 28th, Key Club has raised

US$910,081.18 this year. We are not quite at

our September 30th goal of 1.5 million dollars.

The quickest way to bridge this gap is to

encourage all clubs to submit the funds they

already have made.

The Eliminate Project SLP subcommittee

application is out! This is a great opportunity to

extend to the members in your Divisions that

have been heavily involved with Project

Eliminate. Our very own International Trustee,

Gary Cheng had this position last year so if you

have any questions be sure to ask! Also, if y ou

have any questions about the application, or

want me to look it over please don’t hesitate to

ask! I would be a great honor to have next

year’s SLP Subcommittee Chair to be someone

from Capital!

The application is here: http://goo.gl/cSpzL1

NEW ELIMINATE VIDEO

People still need to be inspired. Gifts still need

to be given. Women and babies still need to be

protected. Learn about their plight—and get

inspired to help make history—with the latest

video for The Eliminate Project: Kiwanis

eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus

http://goo.gl/jjlfBb

UPDATES AND CHANGES

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TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR UNICEF

The biggest fundraiser for Eliminate is trick-or-treat

for UNICEF! Be sure to order a few boxes yourself so

you can show them to your members and encourage

participation!

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

EVALUATIONS

For those who check your email, you recently

received a Lt Governor Evaluation rubric. The

purpose of this system is to set basic guidelines

that are applicable for all Divisions in the Capital

District. It outlines all of your duties and

responsibilities as a Lt. Governor, most of which

criteria you should already be doing. The only

difference is that now you might need to put in the

extra effort to prove the completion of some of

these items. Believe us, this is not meant to create

more work for you; you have to consider just the

amount of work this creates for us! Keeping track

of all those categories for 33 Lt. Governors! But we

don’t mind it at all because we strongly believe in

this system as it allows you to be held accountable

and gives you points for doing things that are

already in your job description. However, this is a

new system for all of us. If you have any questions

or suggestions, please do let us know.

COMMITTEES

You recently received Committee Assignments

and Directives for the 2014-2015 service year.

Please note that nothing, aside from assignments

is permanent on that document. If you have any

suggestions for directives, even if it is not your

committee please let us know. Also, in efforts to

create more leadership opportunities on the

Board, and to get more member feedback,

please send us recommendations of any

members in your Divisions that would

potentially be interested in serving on a

District Committee.

DIVISIONAL MASCOTS

We voted to allow Divisions to choose a mascot, if

that is something they want and benefit from

having more spirit. Please email Anastasia with

your selection to reserve that mascot.

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

Karley Copperthite, is the President of Winters

Mill High School Key Club from Division 7B. She

has done an outstanding job as a President, but

even more so as a leader by; keeping constant

communication with her club, being very involved

with her division, having constant communication

with her Lt. Governor and by always having a

positive attitude. Karley is very creative and

always has many great ideas for fundraisers and

service projects. Upon attending ICON, she even

put together a video to show her club members

just how amazing ICON was and to encourage

them to attend next year. You can view the video

here: http://goo.gl/gmVi8G

She has completely turned Winters Mill Key Club

around for the better as they have never been

involved with the district until now. Great job

Karley! We wish the best of luck to you and your

club this year!

CLUB OF THE MONTH

Severna Park High School of Division 4A is an an

exemplary club that knows the importance of

hard work and dedication. They were the only

club to have all officers and several additional

members in attendance Devyn King’s DCM. They

are also role models when it comes to service-

they held a school supply drive and packed

backpacks for kids who won't be able to afford

school supplies for next year. In addition to that,

they have big plans for service projects over the

summer, such as volunteering at a mud run next

week. Keep up the great work, and once again- big

Shout Out to Severna Park High School Key Club!

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UPDATES

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS

DCON CHAIR

Hey guys!

My name is Brooke Souders and I'm

honored to be able to serve on the Capital

District Crabtastic board as DCON chair for

the second year in a row! My job is to make

sure all things DCON are running smoothly

and completed. I can't wait to work as a

team this year to conduct one of the biggest

conventions the capital district has ever

held. I hope to help you all reach record

divisional attendance at DCON as well as

many other goals. I'm here to help you with

all things convention related so always feel

free to contact me.

brooke.souders@hotmail.com

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KEY LEADER AMBASSADOR

Hi!

My name is Sahana Rao, and I am very

excited to be serving as the Capital District

Key Leader Ambassador. I will be a senior

in the fall at Centreville High School in

Division 2B. Aside from serving my

community, I enjoy acrobatics, soccer, and

cooking. I hope to spread awareness and

increase attendance for our two upcoming

Key Leader events this year. Feel free to

contact me at any time at all, I would love

to get to know all of you better.

sahanarao.va@gmail.com

Three Truths (And no lie)

- I put hot sauce on everything

- Anastasia and I ran into each other on a

ferry in New York (freaky right?)

- I would eat chickfila everyday if I could

-the first time I went to Mr Stankus' house

I didn't know him and I was terrified

JOB DESCRIPTION

As Key Leader Ambassador, Sahana will be

working very closely with Bill Hand along

with Dick Peterson to develop innovative

ways to promote Key Leader to the

members of our District. You all will be

meeting Sahana at the Kiwanis family

Weekend in September and working with

her throughout the year.

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DISTRICT WEBMASTER

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Hey there Capital District Board!

I hope you guys are enjoying the rest of your summer! I have a

few favors to ask of you. I know majority of you took fantastic

photos at ICON so I ask that you send me some that I can put on

our website! Those pictures can be sent to my email as soon as

you can. Also, if you want to write a short blurb about your

ICON experience that I can put on the website, send it to me

within the next week or so!

Yours in Service,

artrellflonnory1@gmail.com

Centralized Calendar

-Remember to submit events well in

advance!

-No Executive will make an effort to

attend if it’s not on the calendar

-Send in EXACT location for event

Links to calendar form

http://goo.gl/kv7hxf

Reminders

-If you haven’t submitted your board

photo yet, I will be contacting you

again for the picture.

-If you have any suggestions about our

website, Facebook, Twitter, or

Instagram let me know!

-Let’s keep sharing our news! Send me

photos, documents, events, etc. and I

would be more then happy to share it!

-Look for updates from Crabby’s

Adventures very soon on our site!

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DISTRICT EDITOR

Promoting the Capital Key

At the beginning of July, the first edition of the Capital Key was finally published! First off,

thanks to everyone for all of the help and support. Special shout outs to Dylan and Ms.

McDermott for meticulously examining the publication and providing feedback.

The first Capital Key is available online here: http://goo.gl/yyDIxw. Please send it out to your

clubs if you haven’t already! It’s also available on the Capital District website.

Also please provide your clubs access to the Google Drive for Editors (available here:

goo.gl/kUnzT4). It’s a great resource for all editors to have access to. Available on the Drive are

different Key Club-themed doodles, templates for different types of newsletters, examples of

newsletters done in the past, and a shortened version of the Key Club Graphics standards.

Please send all of these resources out to your clubs! Tweet them, Facebook them, and text them

to your club officers. Thanks a lot!

Articles for September Capital Key

Now that the first magazine has been published, it’s time to start thinking about the second!

Yay! If you are a junior, you’re probably going to get an email from me pretty soon about

writing an article.

Again, the article topics are:

ICON (wasn’t it so fun?) KOTIO (service, yay!) Fall Rally (especially if you’re on the committee) International Board (Gary!)

If you’d like to write one of these, let me know! Otherwise I’ll assign them randomly. Shout out

to Esther for already emailing me an article about summer service. Go Esther.

Thanks so much everyone!

District Editor Jack Morris

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District Secretary

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DISTRICT SECRETARY

Hints from Hojin

Hello Capital Board! I hope you all

have been having a great summer!

July has been a very eventful

month, with ICON and the online

board meeting already behind us.

Keeping that in mind, let’s

remember to stay vigilant during

the last month of summer ( D: ).

#1 – Please bcc or cc Anastasia

and me with all of your Key Club

related emails!

#2 – Key Club does not take a

break during the summer!

Newsletters and reports are still

important and should be turned in

promptly.

#3 – Directory submissions are

due on September 30th! Do not

forget!

ICON

My ICON experience was a mix

of learning, bonding, and fun! I

got to meet others that share the

same passions while enjoying

the sweet, dry air of Anaheim.

Disneyland felt like a dream,

with all of the amusing rides and

characters spread around the

park.

Perhaps the most exciting part

of ICON was elections. With

newly-elected IT Liz Moore

representing Capital, we

couldn’t be prouder.

Coming out of California, I was

sad that it was over but glad that

I got to come.

Encourage members to attend

ICON next year!

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DISTRICT TREASURER

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Expectations

Hey everyone! I hope y’all

are having a fun summer. As

summer is winding down,

there a bunch of things to

expect from me. As District

Treasurer I’m expected to

send out 3 Club Newsletters

along with the monthly ones

you’re currently reading.

These club newsletters are

supposed to go to all the

Club Treasurers so as soon

as all the submissions are

sent to Hojin, I will have my

Treasurer Binder and I will

be able to send out a

finalized version. Something

else I’m currently working

on is an official notice to the

District Board Members and

the faculty advisors about

the dues increase. Lastly, I

will also be modifying the

Key Club Dues FAQ to create

an updated Capital version.

That’s right. The District

Treasurer is actually doing

work.

Eliminate!

I know I have another 2 Key

Club Preferred Charities

that I need to spotlight, but

given the SLP Application

that I making it’s through, I

thought I would share some

numbers about the

Eliminate Project. Basically,

The Eliminate Project,

Kiwanis International and

UNICEF have joined forces

to eliminate maternal and

neonatal tetanus. Capital set

their goal at 3 million but to

date, we have raised

1,366,683.90 with 239 Walter

Zeller recipients and 217$ per

member (I’m still figuring the

math behind that). With our

goal at 80,000, we are surely

facing an uphill battle but we

have every aid available for

us to succeed. The Project

Eliminate website has a

bunch of fundraising ideas

and practically everyone can

be put to use with the help

with a YOF Grant. Remember,

a simple 1.80$ can save the

life of one and the lifelong

suffering of a mother.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

KIWANIS DISTTRICT CONVENTION

Date: August 22-24

Who: By Invitation

What: Kiwanis will get together to celebrate a year

of service in Reston, Virginia and uncover the new

“Formula” that is a secret recipe to growing and

retaining membership in clubs. Please send me

pictures of your clubs performing service with

Kiwanians!

SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING &

KIWANIS FAMILY WEEKEND

Date: September 20-21

Who: Board Members

Where: Front Royal, Virginia

What: All Kiwanis Family Board members will join

us for a weekend filled with lots of exciting

activities, pranks and s’mores! Along with our

very own Board Meeting, we will be spending a

good portion of this weekend getting to know

your fellow Kiwanis Family members and who

you will be working with for the duration of your

terms. It is a very causal weekend except for a two

hour Board Meeting on Sunday. Come prepared to

discuss DCON theme so ask your clubs about their

preferences! More information is yet to come!

Division 11A Lock-In

Date: August 15

Who: Everyone

Where: 1021 Oliver Hill Way, Richmond VA

What: Join Eric Luu and his Division for a Beach

themed Lock-In! This Officer Training conference

in disguise will have an Ice Cream Stand, Photo

Both, Party Games and ice breakers! Registration

is $15, $5 of which will go to Eliminate register

here by August 13 http://goo.gl/Bacj0r

KEY LEADER

Date: October 3-5

Who: Anyone

What: Join Key Clubbers from around the District to

find out the leadership potential you have through

fun and interactive activities! This weekend

program is truly life changing and will leave you

inspired to be the best you can be! A very causal

weekend with astonishing scenery! Register here:

http://goo.gl/wz7Qrz

FALL RALLY

Date: October 18

Who: Anyone

Where: Doswell, Virginia

What: Come join the Capital District for a day of

fun at Kings Dominion! We arrive early to help set

up for a very short program, and then you are off to

explore and make memories with your fellow key

clubbers! This is a great time to bring your friends

that have always been skeptical about joining key

club and turning into you- start off easy and then

they will fall in love with it! Cost is $35 for anyone

who registers with us! Board Members get to go

for free. To help with transportation, look into

renting a bus for your Division and charging

members a few dollars extra.

Please submit your events (DCM, OTC, Rallies,

BBQ) to add to our centralized calendar! With

this calendar, we have the ability to know what

events are taking place in our district, when and

where. You can find this calendar under the

"District Events" tab on our website at

capitalkeyclub.org. Link to Form: goo.gl/6Y82w1

Please contact District Webmaster for any

further questions or edits.

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FINAL REMARKS

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S AUG. CHECKLIST

Submit Monthly Report (Due August 10th)

o http://goo.gl/QMTnmt

Create August Newsletter (Due August 15th)

Include:

o Back to School recruitment, Fall Rally,

Governor’s Project, Key Leader, SLP Chair

Application, Member on Committee

opportunity, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF boxes

Schedule Monthly Phone Call

o Check PDF for assigned Executive

Complete Anonymous Survey

o http://goo.gl/f2RX17

Plan Officer training Conference

Call all Presidents

Submit Directories by September 30th.

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EXECUTIVE GOALS FOR AUGUST:

-Submit Executive Monthly Reports

- Select DCON Chair

-Hold phone calls with assigned LTGs

-Select Key Club/Member of the Month

-Have two Executive Board Meetings

-Work with committees

-Put together Key Club Tri-Fold

-Attend Kiwanis DCON

QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS:

“If your actions inspire others to

dream more, learn more, do more

and become more, you are a

leader.”

Thank you for reading our Newsletter!

Yours in Service,

2014-2015 Capital District Executives