Where service is featured and news is delivered! December 2011 Inside this issue: Opening Message..

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Division 25C Key Clubbers,

The holidays are here and you know what that means! Presents, to give to others, family, to spend time with Divisional Potluck...1 others who dont have one, lots of love, to spread around those who dont have someone to love them and Key Leader Results..2 food, to give to others who are going hungry. There are a countless number of ways you can spend your Christmas District Convention.2 serving others. I surely hope you can find at least one way you can brighten the day of someone else who is in 25C PR Submission 2 need. As Key Clubbers we embody the spirit of Christmas and what it stands for. Please keep this spirit in focus and you will receive much more than you can give. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Hour Goals.3 Peanut Day.3

Yours In Service,

Amanda Hernandez

M&M...3 Elections..4 District Contacts..4

Divisional Potluck Dinner/DCM

Come out and support Maternal/NeoNatal Tetanus while celebrating the sounds of the season and having a nice dinner. Each participant costs $5 and all of the money will be donated to the Eliminate Project which prevents babies from a violently painful death . Each club is asked to bring one dish ranging from spaghetti to rice/beans to cupcakes! The event will be held at Miami Lakes Ed. Center at 5:30 P.M. at 5780 NW 158th Street Miami Lakes Fl 33014. We will be minimally going over the elections and procedures for January but other than that the DCM will be filled with socializing and other holiday filled activities. Hope to see you there!

OUR NEXT DCM WILL BE DECEMBER 12TH AT MLEC!

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In District & International News

Results of Florida Key Leader
This past weekend Cristina and I went to and pursuit of excellence we also had a chance Key Leader. This event was by far one of the to do a ropes course. This is where you do a best Key Club experiences that Ive ever had. series of teambuilding activities that resemble It was inspiring to see the different view obstacle curses. It was amazing to see how compoints that the Lead Facilitator, Jeffery Scott fortable and well everyone worked together. I major emphasis. No single organizationwould highly shall be considered this with had on service leadership and other aspects or initiative recommended doing exclusively a R great leader. Who would you con- your clubs or officers. FIU has their own ropes of being a sider a great servant leader? Oprah Winfrey? course here in Miami that you can use to bond Mahatma Gandhi? As people we often forget or socialize with your members. The sense of the little people that have such an impact in community is one youll never forget. You WILL our community. We learned about one per- make longtime friends at this event. Save the son in particular named Larry who had many date the next Key Leader will be held June 17physical and mental deformities that eventu- 19, 2012! ally put him in a wheel chair yet every day he asked for money from his friends and ended up raising over $300,000 for various charities. He is definitely a Key Leader. In addition to learning about the five aspects of being a Key Leader, personal integrity, personal growth, respect, building community,

DCON Is Around the Corner!!

Believe it or not District Convention 2012 is just around the corner! Just some quick information : The dates of DCON is May 10-13th please plan on having ALL of your officers at DCON 12. The time to start fundraising is NOW! The cost of convention is $230 for a quad room and needs to be paid before March 30th if not, the price will go up. The convention awards packet has been updated so please check it out at www.floridakeyclub.com/ dcon If you have any questions you can contact me or District Convention Chair Jason at dconchairjason@floridakeyclub.com

Key Club
Barbara Goleman HS Hialeah HS Hialeah Gardens HS Hialeah Miami Lakes HS Mater Academy Charter Miami Carol City HS Miami Lakes Ed. Center Monsignor Pace HS

April PR

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Division receives 100% Dues Paid On Time GREAT Job!

All UNICEF/ Money needs to be turned in by December 31st to be eligible for awards!

PRIDE REPORTS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 10TH!!

Divisional News
Divisional Service Goal >>>>
*1st HGHS 5853 Hours * 2nd BGHS 4586 Hours *3rd MLEC 855 Hours

Award Tip of the Month

All applications for the Robert Thal Outstanding Kiwanis Sponsor Award is due by December 31st to 1801 Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL Suite 416 33407. Also, keep in mind that to be a DISTINGUISHED OFFICER you must have a MINIMUM of 75 service hours by April 1st!!

Save the date! Zone Ks Spring Zone Rally where we elect new officers is on February 11th at Immaculata La Salle High School!

Divisional Peanut Day

2414 W 60TH ST. Hialeah, FL 33016
08:0012:00 P.M. Goleman 08:0012:00 P.M. Hialeah 11:0003:00 P.M. Goleman 11:0003:00 P.M. Hialeah

8601 NW 186th St Hialeah, FL 33015

08:0012:00 P.M. Hialeah Gardens 08:0012:00 P.M. Miami Lakes Ed. 08:0012:00 P.M. Monsignor Pace 11:0003:00 P.M. Hialeah Gardens 11:0003:00 P.M. Miami Lakes Ed. 11:0003:00 P.M. Mater Academy

Saturday, December 10th will be our divisions first fundraiser for the Eliminate Project. Each club is invited to ask for donations to the cause in exchange for a bag of Kiwanis peanuts at local Publixs. The event will run from 8 A.M. until 3 P.M. We want 3-5 motivated Key Clubbers that are good at public relations/ fundraising to come and raise money for the cause from each club. The schedule for shifts is as follows:

Goal: $400 [$200/store]

Stay Connected All Year Long!

Division 25C FB:

https:// www.facebook.com/#!/ home.php? sk=group_1588007341794 84&ap=1

Election Time is Right Around the Corner!

*Are you considering running for a Club, District, or International position? *Do you think you have the right leadership skills necessary to run a campaign, speak in front of people and eventually lead in Key Club as a Leader of Leaders?

Florida District FB:

https:// www.facebook.com/#!/ floridakeyclub

Florida KC Website:
Www.floridakeyclub.com

Key Club Website:

Www.keyclub.org

If so, the time to consider these positions is NOW because club elections will be held in January and February for positions such as Club President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor. In addition, on February 11th at Spring Zone Rally we will be electing our divisions new Lieutenant Governor. Campaigning for district positions such as District Governor, Treasurer, and Secretary and for International positions such as International President, Vice President, and Trustees starts in January. All materials you require to run for a position is due as soon as possible! Check out the forms you need for district and international positions at www.floridakeyclub.com/electioninformation. To find out more information about club positions please contact your club president. If you are considering running for Lieutenant Governor please let me know as soon as possible!

Want to contact your district?

District Governor: Doug Ream District Secretary: Jessica Shevlin Email: GovernorDoug@FloridaKeyClub.com Email: Secretary@FloridaKeyClub.com District Treasurer: Eric Riser Email: Treasurer@FloridaKeyClub.com District Editor: Jenny Tintner Email: Editor@FloridaKeyClub.com District Webmaster: Jesus Lopez Email: Webmaster@FloridaKeyClub.com District Executive Assistant: Devon Mims Email : Assistant@FloridaKeyClub.com Zone Administrator: Chuck and Emilia Gugliuzza Email: AAZoneK@FloridaKeyClub.com

Florida District Administrator: David McCampbell Email: AdminDavid@FloridaKeyClub.com

Division 25C LTG: Amanda Hernandez 786-252-1723 division25c@floridakeyclub.com

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