State Fraternal Director Frank Horak November 2018

November is here! I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! To those of you who will be traveling during the holiday, may your journeys be joyous and safe.

I hope everyone had an opportunity in October to participate in Make a Difference Day. I will be anxiously awaiting photographs and letters about all the good works done by our youth members and their families. Please submit them to the Vestnik.

Membership Drives Membership drives can help create a momentum of growth in your group, but don’t just stop there. Continue to host fun events for youth to enjoy throughout the year. Check out www.thesource4ym.com for some really great youth event ideas. Some of the ideas on this page would also be useful when planning your youth club meetings and holiday parties.

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Save the Date!Youth Leaders Workshop

March 23, 2019 at Home Office in Temple, Texas.

Chaperone Training after workshop.

2019 Chaperone Training

Camp Kubena Saturday, April 6, 2019

at 1:00 p.m.

Home Office Sunday, April 28, 2019

at noon.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area Sunday, May 5, 2019

2019 SPJST Camps

LIT/Teen Camp June 15 - 19, 2019

Junior Camp Session One Districts 3, 4, 5 & 7

June 19 - 23, 2019

Junior Camp Session TwoDistricts 1, 2 & 6

July 17 - July 21, 2019

SPJST YOUTH P.O. Box 100 - Temple, Texas 76503 |800.727.7578 | 254.931.0639

State Fraternal Director Frank Horak November 2018

The 2019 Youth Leaders Training will be held at the SPJST Home Office on Saturday, March 23, 2019. This will be a one day event. All youth leaders are required to attend. If you are not able to attend please start looking for someone who would be willing to attend on behalf of your lodge. Also, please note that if your lodge is interested in starting a youth club you are more than welcome to send a representative from your lodge to this event. Time and agenda will be announced soon. We will be reviewing the 2019-2020 Youth handbook, State YAD job duties and their responsibilities.

SPJST Scholarships and Leadership Grants All members who are high school seniors are encouraged to apply for the SPJST General Scholarship and Leadership Grant. Undergraduates are encouraged to apply for the General Scholarship. Please, remember that you need to be an active youth club member to apply for the Leadership Grant. For more information or applications, please call Sandra Dubcak in the Fraternal Department or visit our website.

December 15 - Quarterly Reports Due Please make every effort to submit your quarterly reports

before December 15. This is the report for September, October, and November. This report is used to help determine youth club funding and incentives. Not turning in a report could mean losing hundreds of dollars for your youth club.

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Other Important Dates LIT Applications Due

Thursday, February 28, 2019Applications will be posted on

the SPJST website in November. This is not online registration.

Camp ChaperoneApplication Due

Thursday, February 28, 2019, CampDoc.com

All Youth Camper Applications

Open Friday, November 30, 2018 and due Sunday, May 26, 2019

December Vestnik Project

The December Vestnik Project is about Wilber and Orval Wright. Talk to your youth about how important their first flight was to the space program. Have youth make planes and helicopters using wafer cookies. Through Pinterest I found making airplanes out of cookies at https://eatmovemake.com/wafer-cookie-airplanes-wafer-cookie-helicopters/.

State Fraternal Director Frank Horak November 2018

S.P.J.S.T. Senior Living Needs Your Assistance S.P.J.S.T. Senior Living in Taylor is in need of volunteers to assist with activities at its skilled nursing home in Taylor. Activity Director Tara Schlesinger is asking for people to come and play dominoes, do puzzles, color, etc. on Saturdays or during the week for a couple of hours. If you or your lodge members are interested in assisting, please give Tara a call at 512.352.6337 or send an email to her at activities@spjstseniorliving.com.

SPJST Youth Leader’s Role and Responsibilities During our fall DYC meeting it was suggested to provide a

letter in the November packet with the Youth Leader’s Role and Responsibilities. I am including the letter in this packet. Please look over and review your leadership role in the SPJST Youth Program.

Please also remember that you are expected to provide your DYC with an audit report by March 1.

2019 SPJST Camp Tee-Shirt Design ContestThe camp tee-shirt theme is “Diving Deep with SPJST.”

Complete information and an official entry form are enclosed.  I would really like for youth leaders to encourage some discussion on this topic during your next couple of meetings. Please encourage all of your youth club members to enter. The grand prize is a $100 Visa gift card and a free tee-shirt for the winner. Contest deadline is January 31, 2019. All participants receive 2 merit points and a participation certificate.

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100 Pennies Scholarship Drive

Please remember to keep sending in your pennies for the SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarships Drive.

All young people who donate at least $2 will receive 2 merit points. All young people who donate at least $5 will also receive a certificate. Youth leaders if you do not have any of the 100 Pennies slips, please feel free to accept the donation and send it in on a piece of paper. Please be sure to include the name of the person making the donation and the amount of their donation.

Volunteer hours should be logged into the system no later than March 31, 2019. SPJST will recognize youth for volunteer service during January 1 through December 31, 2018. For more information please see page 40 of the Youth Club Handbook or online.

Why do we have daylight savings?

The first Daylight Saving Time policy began in Germany onMay 1, 1916, in the hopes that it would save energy during WorldWar I, according to Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward:The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time.

William Willett published in 1907 The Waste of Daylight.Willett was inspired by an early-morning epiphany that “the sunshines upon the land for several hours each day while we areasleep” and yet there “remains only a brief spell of declining day-light in which to spend the short period of leisure at our disposal.”Though he did mention that it would save money to reduce theuse of artificial lighting, his main purpose was the increase enjoy-ment of sunlight.

Across the pond, the first U.S. law on Daylight Saving Timewent into effect on March 19, 1918, for the same fuel saving rea-sons, about a year after the country entered the war. But again,though the official reason was fuel saving, the U.S. Chamber ofCommerce was the major backer for the policy, Downing argues,because Americans getting off work while it was still light outmeant they would be more likely to go out shopping in theevening.

SPJST November Vestnik Project - Daylight Savings TimeThis project earns a maximum 1 point in the SPJST Youth Clubs Merit Points System. Mail completed project no later than December 15, 2018 to:

SPJST Youth Program c/o SPJST Home Office • P.O. Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503

Name___________________________________________________________Age______________ Lodge______________

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Youth Leader’s Role and Responsibilities

Youth Leader Elections The youth leader is elected by the local lodge in its annual meeting, usually held in November. The youth

leader selects his/her assistant(s) and submits the name(s) to the local lodge for approval. The youth

leader is accountable to the local lodge and the District Youth Counselor. The youth club is under the

direct supervision of the elected youth leader.

Youth Leader’s Responsibilities ✯ Consults with the president of the local lodge on all important youth club decisions.

✯ Presents a monthly youth club report to the youth club and to the adult lodge.

✯ Coordinates and plans with the youth club president the meeting agenda and the order of business.

✯ Supervises youth club business handled by youth club officers and committee chairmen.

✯ Guides youth members in planning socials and trips. There must be at least two socials annually;

however, there is no limit to the number of socials the membership and leadership wish to have. One each

month is suggested.

✯ Coordinates and supervises all fundraising activities.

✯ Must attend district training class and state youth leaders’ workshop for training and updates on the

current youth year’s information.

✯ Must conduct monthly youth club meetings.

✯ Must have an SPJST life insurance certificate in force.

✯ Must participate at district functions and district activities, including district meetings.

✯ Attends all youth club committee meetings as advisor.

✯ Communicates with the youth club members’ parents on a regular basis concerning youth club

activities via newsletters, calendar of events, telephone, email, etc.

✯ Submits quarterly reports and youth club roster on time to the State Fraternal Director.

✯ Records the merit points on all active youth members. These should be kept monthly and sent to the

State Fraternal Director.

✯ Guides youth in preparing for District and State YAD (craft, talent, royalty, scrapbook, poster, beseda).

✯ Assists the DYC in coordinating and preparing District YAD.

✯ Must submit at least one audit report annually. All audit reports will be forwarded to the DYC by

March 1.

Assistant Youth Leader The assistant youth leader is under the direct supervision of the youth leader. The assistant helps the youth

leader as needed or requested. In determining the number of assistant youth leaders needed, it is suggested

to have one for every 10 active youth club members.

BEGINNING BALANCE:

CREDITS

Convention Allocation

Youth Club Incentive Award(s)

Fund Raisers: (Please List)

Miscellaneous Income: (Please be Specific)

Interest Earned: (If Applicable)

TOTAL: (+)

DEBITS

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District YAD

Youth Leader Training

Youth Leader Workshop

District / Lodge Outings: (Please List)

Youth Club Expense: (Postage, Phone Calls, Supplies)

Miscellaneous Debts: (Please be Specific)

Service Fee: (If Applicable)

TOTAL: (-)

ENDING BALANCE: TOTAL: (=)

Date: ______________ Youth Leader:

Audit Committee:

Audit Committee:

Audit Committee:

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Lodge Number _________________ Youth Club Fund

Audit Report _______________ to _______________