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• Linda Canaday Scholarship offered for 2011

  March 20, 2011

  Key Club International is proud to announce that the Linda Canaday Memorial Scholarship, funded by family and friends in memory of Kiwanian and former First Lady Linda, wife of 2008-09 Kiwanis International President Don Canaday, is being offered in the amount of $1,500 to one student in 2011.

  Applicants must have been a two-year member of Key Club in good standing, have a 3.0 grade point average (or its equivalent on a 4.0 scale). Please complete the application, (application in Word, application as a PDF) and submit it along with two letters of reference and an official high school transcript by April 1, 2011. Additional materials submitted will not be considered and may result in disqualification.

  Application, two letters of reference, and high school transcript must be received by April 1, 2011 to Attn: Linda Canaday Memorial Scholarship, Key Club International, 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis IN 46268. Please e-mail keyclubinfo@kiwanis.org with questions.

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• Key Club magazine does it digitally

  March 16, 2011

  Key Club’s first-ever, all-digital magazine is live online! The 2010 House of Delegates voted to amend Key Club’s bylaws so that Key Club magazine could be “published” instead of “printed” twice a year and the March 2011 edition is posted now at www.keyclub.org/magazine. Subscribe to receive yours via e-mail at www.keyclub.org/email, tell your friends and then check out this issue’s highlights, including:
   
  Spread the news: It’s easier to find volunteers, sponsors and help for your service projects if everyone already knows about the great things Key Club does. Find out how to make Key Club a household name and improve communications with teachers, parents, school administrators and local businesses through your own public relations campaign. Page 11
   
  Pins are still in: The pin traders at district conventions and Key Club international events almost treat it like a sport. Pin down the pros and cons of participating and meet the Key Clubbers who design and covet the little gems. Page 14
   
  Get away the green way: Key Clubbers find it’s possible to have fun and still be environmentally conscious while on vacation by tweaking their spring break travels to leave a smaller carbon footprint. Check out some alternative spring break options. Page 16
   
  Other key items: You can also catch up on key trends, learn what it takes to win Youth Opportunity Funds and test how much you really know about maternal-neonatal tetanus and The Eliminate Project in the March 2011 digital issue.

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• Get out your good news

  March 16, 2011

  Good public relations about your club activities can have a powerful impact on everything you do. When your Kiwanis-family club becomes more visible and credible, more people want to join, existing members stand taller and work harder and more people in your community are served.

   

  But it doesn’t take a public relations expert to increase your club’s coverage in the media. Start with these steps to create your own public relations campaign:

   

  1. Identify media outlets like local newspapers, radio stations, television stations, newsletters and websites; then compile correct contact information.

   

  2. Build relationships with the people who work at these outlets, calling to ask reporters the best way to contact them and what they’d like to know about your club.

   

  3. Prepare your PR tools, starting with a fact sheet about your club, and send it to the outlets you’ve identified.

   

  4. Identify two club spokespeople and work with them until they can speak confidently and knowledgeably about your club activities and Kiwanis as a whole.

   

  For other ways to enhance your public relations skills, see the “Rekindle Your Public Relationship” article in the March 2011 issue of Key Club magazine or check out the PR 101 Guide for Key Clubs.

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• Key Club International Board meeting minutes posted

  March 11, 2011

  To download the Key Club International Board meeting minutes, from the meeting on February 25-26, 2011 please click here.

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• Mutual admiration

  March 04, 2011

  Key Club shows appreciation for their sponsoring Kiwanis Club 

  By Stephen Brooks, Kiwanis advisor to the Colebrook Academy Key Club

  I would like to share a story about the Colebrook Academy Key Club in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The club’s membership ranges between 30–40 members.The members have a very strong relationship with their parent club, the Kiwanis Club of Colebrook, which also has about the same number of members. Almost every Kiwanis meeting is attended by Key Club members. 

  The Key Club wanted to show their appreciation for the Kiwanis club’s support so the Key Club decided to host an appreciation dinner for the Kiwanians. They used money from an annual fundraiser called Key Awake Night to purchase supplies to prepare a meal for approximately 100 Kiwanians and guests. Key Awake Night brings Key Clubbers from around the New England District together in the Colebrook High School gymnasium. Activities include sports competitions, a dance, Guitar Hero and much more. The students stay up all night long engaging in these activities. 

  On the day of the appreciation dinner, there was a Kiwanis Division 8 bocce tournament and the Key Clubbers invited Kiwanians from other clubs to join the feast. The Key Club members prepared and served chicken breast stuffed with a sage and cranberry stuffing, oven roasted potato medley, lasagna, veggies, rolls and a cake with a picture of the Kiwanis club on it. 

  The meal was a huge success and the Kiwanians were deeply appreciative of the Key Club’s generosity. The Key Club got many thanks for hosting such a great evening, which also included a little comedy skit from one of the Kiwanis members. 

  I think this is a great example of the relationship that’s possible between Kiwanis clubs and their sponsored youth programs. The leadership tools and programs that Kiwanis provides the Key Club members are unsurpassed. 

  Key Clubbers recognize when to take the lead and they learn to show their appreciation when they are supported. Their leadership and ability to see the big picture is greatly enhanced by the skills they attain from Key Club and Kiwanis.

  How does your Key Club work with its sponsoring Kiwanis club?

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