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Tex-O Key Riddle Me this:

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T-O Spotlight A passion for community

Community Unity

Convention News: D-cOn and I-cON must sees

Fresh Perspective: Cypress Falls Freshmen Orientation is a big hit

Operation: Overwatch A great idea to get your governor’s project underway

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Your Space Readers review articles of past Tex-O key issues and let their voices be heard.

news and updates

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International Update International Trustee Rebecca Riley intoduces herself to the mighty T-O and talks about the latest in the world-wide relm of Key Club.

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september special

Governor’s Column Madam Governor Megan Iselin sheds light on this year’s Governor’s project, Operation Overwatch and explains how to earn YOUR patch.

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Letter From the Editor

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Brazos Food Bank Division 9 west talks about how their service starts close to home with their favorite food distribution and donation center.

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District Editor Kaitlyn Levett’s vision of the Tex-O Key and what you can do to get published.

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Brain Busters

Cypress Woods Key Club gets a great start on Governor Megan’s project with a DVD drive.

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T-O Passion Spotlight

DQ’s Miracle

LTG Chris Brierly talks about how the events of 9/11’s tenth anniversary brought his community together.

Dairy Queen hosted an annual Miracle Treat Day to support the work of Key Club service partner, Children’s Miracle Network

from a member’s point of view

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Key Club Pulse

What makes Key Club tick? What is it that sets Key Clubbers apart from ordinary students? Find out.

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Brownwood’s Reunion Brownwood Key Club gets into their community at a countywide fair.

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Freshmen Orientation

Cypress Falls High School gets lots of members of their high school to show some great spirit at Freshmen Orientation (or as they like to call it, Fish Camp!) COVER

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RANTINGS AND RAVINGS OF THE TEX-O READERS

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HEY, TEX-O, LOVIN’ THE NEW LOOK

I love how you organized this newsletter!! The design is perfect, not too much, and everything is arranged so neat so that it is legible. One recommendation I'd give is to maybe bring the table of contents down to less pages and make it more clear that it is a table of contents, but other than that, this newsletter is amazing! Juan Medina

Tell me what YOU think!

Submissions should include the writer’s name, email and home club and should be sent by e-mail to kaitlyn.levett@gmail.com or by mail to 413 Windcrest Drive, Early, TX 76802. Messages may be sent to the Tex-O Key’s Facebook page (Tex-O Key). Submissions may be edited for length and clarity. All submissions become the property of the the Tex-O Key and will not be returned.

I read through T-O Key Club's district publication and saw that you are inviting feedback, both positive and negative. I think that inviting criticism is a responsible and helpful action to take. That said, I'd like to share my thoughts. I didn't like your Tex-O-Key... I LOVED IT! It's clear that you put a lot of time and energy into it. Though I might hesitate to say it in front of other District Editors I've met, I think this is the best publication I've seen from T-O. If you continue to do your job as you have done so far, I have no doubt that you will be named a Distinguished District Bulletin Editor! I look forward to seeing more awesome things from you and the current board in the future! Steven Spriggs 2011-2012 International President Circle K International

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How Can I Help

LTG Kaitlyn Clark shares her ideas on how to get service back into the local sphere.

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ex-O Key A Very Special Rodeo

Goose Creek Memorial High School shares about a day where helping others really changed their perspective.

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Key Club’s Major Emphasis

What is the Major Emphasis? How is Key Club working toward its emphasis? Find out how you can help!

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A Walk to Remember

Students of Cypress Ranch show military and firefighters that their efforts don’t go unnoticed.

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Members of the community of Fort Worth bike 60 miles for the Cook’s Children’s Hospital and raise awareness for several very worthy causes. With a little Key Club assistance, the event was an even bigger hit than expected.

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Kaitlyn Levett Editor In Chief Megan Iselin Governor’s Column Rebecca Riley International Update Kim Bosquez Chris Brierly Alexandra Yauch Se Yeon Kim Andy Foulds Brianna Helms Layeeka Ismail Kaitlyn Parent Goose Creek Memorial High Key Club Cy-Ranch High Key Club Sathya of Division 1 Key Clubs Steven Spriggs Juan Medina Contributed Articles Pictures: D-CON 2010 Contributing Authors

A special thanks to Early High School Key Clubber, Brianna Childs for assisting with the Tex-O Key’s editing when I was crazy swamped and in need of a helping hand.

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International Update

NEWS FROM T-O’S INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE

rebecca riley Hello Texas-Oklahoma District! How do you feel today? I feel great to be a member of an organization as great as Key Club International! I have a few fun things to report today about how Key Club International is serving you, the members of the Texas-Oklahoma District, on a dailybasis!

The Communications Committee, headed up by Committee Chair Somya Gupta, is working on some new and engaging ways to spread the word that Key Club International is the coolest club around. They are currently looking at personalize-able touchcards and a Key Club app to recruit new members and bolster our existing membership. The Leadership and Executive Committees have also been hard at work this year. From revising International Awards to make them more conducive to your busy work schedule while recognizing your service to others, to creating a timeline to alleviate the struggles of new clubs, to planning next year’s International Convention in Orlando, Florida, your International Committees are hard at work for you every day! Do you have a resource you need translated? You’re in luck! The translation application created by last year’s International Board is now up on the website for you to access. Key Club International bylaws provide us with $2500 for use each year in growing our international organization through translations, but we need you to take advantage of this! Please let us know if you need a translation by going to www. keyclub.org, then clicking “Resources” and “Communications and Marketing.” Not to forget everyone’s favorite week of the year, Key Club Week! Key Club Week this year will be November 7-11, 2011. You can “Show Your K in Every Way” on Monday, “Bring a Friend to Key Club” on Thursday, and just have it “Your Way,” Key Club-style, on Friday. The options are limitless! Attend the event on Facebook to show your support. As always, please contact me should you ever have an questions or issues; that’s what I’m here for! My email address is rriley@alabamakeyclub.org. Keep up the great work and stay serving!

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Governor’s Column

NEWS FROM T-O’S DISTRICT GOVERNOR

back to school, back to Key Club, back to service

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WœV GLI¿FXOW WR PDLQWDLQ D .H\ &OXE GXULQJ WKRVH VXPPHU PRQWKV EXW ULJKW ZKHQ WKH VFKRRO \HDU NLFNV RII everyone’s back at school and ready to work‌ (Haha, work) But work can be fun! Serving in the community can be fun! Key Club meetings can be fun! The goal is to actually do it. Make them fun. Make people want to come to the next service project or meeting. You can do it! Hopefully you learned a bunch of valuable information at your Fall Training Conference. If your lieutenant governor hasn’t held one yet, contact him/her ASAP and ask when that event is. The FTC is one of the PRVW FUXFLDO HYHQWV RI WKH .H\ &OXE \HDU RI¿FHUV DUH trained, information is distributed, Resource CDs are handed out and clubs bond with their division! Get a sneak peek of what went down at my home division’s FTC in my newsletter to club presidents and vice presidents! Hopefully your lieutenant governor forwards that to you, if not then email me and I’ll forward you a copy! Your District Secretary Ryan Nava, your District Treasurer Morgan Hah and I all send out a newsletter every other month. Be sure to read them!!

If you haven’t already, be sure to make a calendar of your Key Club year! Planning and executing is essential for a Key Club to function properly. Here are a few tips for October: collect dues, plan service SURMHFWV ¿OO RXW \RXU PRQWKO\ UHSRUW DQG PDLO LW WR 5\DQ 1DYD HPDLO \RXU OLHXWHQDQW JRYHUQRU DQG 7ULFN RU 7UHDW IRU 81,&() LW EHQH¿WV WKH Eliminate Project!).

Have a great month of service and may God bless you in all of your future endeavors! August 2011

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Letter From the Editor

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TEX-O

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ell whoever told me that senior year is going to be jam packed with so many college applications and graduation activities that I could hardly breathe was one hundred percent accurate. I think I can speak for literally every senior in the states of Texas and Oklahoma when I say, “Good grief.â€? Needless to say, Key Club has gotten about WLPHV EXVLHU WRR DQG , FDQ GHÂżQLWHO\ VHH WKDW UHĂ€HFWHG LQ WKH DUWLFOHV SXEOLVKHG LQ this issue. Students all over the Texas-Okla-

homa District have rolled up their sleeves and gotten busy with service projects galore. This issue of the Tex-O focuses on “Community Unity� and has a wide variety of articles displaying lots of cooperation. These articles will hit you right in the heart and make you stop and realize that you don’t have to go overseas to make a difference. You can start right around the corner. THEME: October: Trick or Treat (double issue! the trick iis what the world would be like without service... sscary... and the treat is K-family relations) Write about your opinion of the world without Key W Club or how you’ve seen Key Club make a differC ence, or submit an article over a porject or meeting en you’ve had with another branch of the K Family! Don’t forget to include at least TWO pictures.

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ivision 9W’s Key Clubs and other organizations in the area participate in a community run organization called The Brazos Valley Food Bank. The Brazos Valley Food Bank’s goal is to feed the hungry not only in the Brazos Valley but also in neighboring counties. Donating food to local food banks is often only emphasized during the holidays, but it is something that must be emphasized year round. Throughout the year the Brazos Valley Food Bank takes donations. Not only can people donate but they can volunteer by setting up food banks. The Brazos Valley Food Bank also has a warehouse where people can volunteer to pack food in bags or boxes that are given the families, elderly, and children around the area. During the year, certain events are put on by local organizations that are all dedicated to feeding the needy. To emphasize community unity, local food banks such as the Brazos Valley Food Bank located in Division 9W are great service projects around the community.

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zero. School children rais raised money for the families of the killed and iinjured. Churches began reaching out to those thos affected to provide them with comfort and support. Today the volunteering spirit continues. Every year, the country remembers the attacks of 9-11. Remembrance ceremonies are held at churches, schools, and memorial sites across the nation. A sense of community has broken down the barriers that previously separated us and has brought us FORVHU WRJHWKHU 7KLV XQLÂżHG FRPPXQLW\ and dedication to service should be the legacy of 9-11, not the fear the terrorists hoped to create.

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o you have a stomach ache, throbbing head, or even just a runny nose? Whenever you’re sick you never can have a good time, but these issues hardly leave you in the hospital. Sometimes, we forget to remember how lucky we are to be as healthy as we are—we are fortunate. Hundreds upon hundreds of children in our very own community are hospitalized every day! Some are facing life-threatening diseases such as cancer or tumors; others have unheard of illnesses that are just being discovered. Whatever the reason, it can easily be said that they must be living a tough life. Can you imagine being only 7 years old and being ripped away from all the comforts of your life—your friends, your house, everything? It sounds like it might be more than a little stressful. Luckily, there is a way you can help children in your community that are experiencing this everyday! Through one of Key Club’s partners, Chil-

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dren’s Miracle Network, you can help brighten a child’s day through a plethora of ways. Every year, Dairy Queen takes part in Miracle Treat Day, where at least $1 of every frozen treat sold goes directly to Children’s Miracle Network. The money that is raised then goes towards getting charity care to children who need it but can’t afford it. For the next Miracle Treat Day, take your Key Club out to the nearest Dairy Queen and help support your local CMN hospital! Can’t take a short getaway to make it out to Miracle Treat Day, or did you already miss it? Of course if your members don’t want to spend the extra dough on some tasty ice cream, they can always individually donate to Children’s Miracle Network at any store that sells the $1 balloons that help raise awareness and funds. If you can’t afford the previously stated ideas, don’t fret, you can get involved at your meetings! Have art supplies on a table at a meeting and ask each present member to create an

encouraging card for a child. For only the cost of paper and markers, you can make an impact on children in a card that they may never forget. There’s still plenty of other ways to get involved too! Ask your club to brainstorm ideas at a meeting and you might be surprised at the amount of creativity they have. You have the power to change a child’s life so why wouldn’t you want to take advantage of all the opportunities Key Club gives you to get involved. Get going; nothing’s going to happen unless you are the one to start it! Let’s see some action for your club and as always, don’t forget to write an article if you have an awesome project so that other Key Clubs all over the Texas-Oklahoma District can hear about it.

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needed, it is a whole different story for the actual help to be carried out. That’s because it is EASY TO BLAME OTHERS and let one’s pent up frustration out through raging voice, where else it takes a tremendous courage to take a step into a tragedy to start things that have been demolished right in front of one’s eyes. However, these are the times where KEY CLUBBERS CAN TRULY USE UNITY as an advantage to carry out projects that could impact people’s lives like NEVER BEFORE. Though it may seem apparent that help is

:LWK QDWXUDO GLVDVWHUV OLNH KXUULFDQHV YLROHQW VWRUPV DQG ZLOGĂ€UHV WKHUH are much things to be done. This is not only apparent in media but also around Texas-Oklahoma district. One of the many things a Key Clubber can do is organize possible ideas for fundraising to donate to organizations like Red Cross. Be creative. Instead of JUST creating t-shirt design competitions to bring awareness to the topic and help create funds for donation, create an event night such as “Disaster Relief Walkâ€? IRU D YDOXDEOH H[SHULHQFH 2U RUJDQL]H D IRRG GULYH WU\ WR Ă€QG GRQDWRUV outside of school like local businesses, to be sent to people in the affected area. Nevertheless, fundraising is not the only way to show support. Connect ZLWK WKH ORFDO Ă€UH GHSDUWPHQW WR YROXQWHHU GXULQJ WKHLU IXQGUDLVLQJ WLPH Instead of helping them on paved roads, which can be dangerous, your Key Club can launch a car wash! Organize a banquet to show appreciation to those who put their life on the line to help civilians. Perhaps the Red Cross may be around collecting goods and people. Connect with them and see if they are in need of any volunteers. Don’t limit the various ways you can help. Bring up the topic and discuss with fellow Key Clubbers for innovative projects that can support for the cause.

KEY CLUBBERS UNITE. SHOW THE WORLD WHAT KEY CLUB IS TRULY ARE ABOUT: SERVICE.

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nspired by Megan Iselin’s Governor’s Project, Operation Overwatch, the CyWoods Key Club sponsored a DVD drive to donate gently used movies to our hardworking troops. In commemoration of September 11, the drive was held for one week in September and everyone in the school was asked to select some of their DVDs that they would be willing to give up for the cause. One of the teachers in the school has a brother who is a Major stationed in Afghanistan. Working with this teacher, the Cy-Woods Key Club created a video featuring her brother speaking directly to their school, asking for their help and thanking them for their contributions. Different from standard support projects, the DVD drive was meant to give the troops something to do in their free time. Letters and gift baskets say “thanks,” but CyWoods Key Club wanted to give the troops leisure activities, because our serving men and women are perhaps the most deserving of an enjoyable break. With the help of their school, Cy-Woods Key Club received ¿YH KXQGUHG '9'V WR VHQG RII WR $IJKDQLVWDQ IRU D EDWWDOLRQ ZKR Andy is truly close to heart, home to the brother of a staff member of the Foulds school.

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hrough the rain and a little sunshine, Brownwood High School Key Club participated in Brownwood’s Annual Reunion festivities on September 16th – 18th. Several members of the Key Club worked in the Children’s section of the reunion. This section included a petting zoo and bounce houses for the kids of Brown County to enjoy while their parents looked at all of the farmer’s market style booths up and down the streets of Brownwood. The Key Club’s main job was to make sure the people who came into the children’s area had bracelets on for whomever was going through the petting zoo or using the equipment. There were several other jobs that Key Club was a part of, including making sure the children stayed safe while they were in the petting zoo and making sure none got hurt in the bounce houses. Brownwood Key Club also helped the Brownwood Boys and Girls Club with their fundraiser by working the gate at the paid parking lots. All money collected from the parking fees went to the Boys and Girls Club. What is so neat about helping the Boys and Girls Club was that several of our members, as elementary students, had attended the after school Boys and Girls Club program. So by working, the members were giving back something that they themselves had received. Key Club’s pledge is “I pledge on my honor to uphold the objects of Key Club International; to build my home school and community; to serve my nation and God and to combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.” During the Brownwood Reunion the Brownwood High School .H\ &OXE GH¿QLWHO\ accomplished helping their community.

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Community Unity and initiates new ÀVK LQWR D ELJ ocean. ish Camp- an event long awaited by upperclassmen and freshmen alike ready to welcome and tackle the new school year by imprinting enthusiasm, school spirit, and unity amongst Cypress Falls High School. Fish camp is an evening hosted by the administrators of the school and is open to all new freshmen free of cost. The night includes mingling, pizza, a scavenger hunt, icebreakers, and a pep rally to invigorate the H[FLWLQJ VHQVHV RI ¿QDOO\ making it to high school. Countless volunteers are imperative for the success of this event, of which Key Club supplied nearly one hundred. In addition to attending training of how to be an effective ¿VK FDPS FRXQVHORU .H\ &OXEEHUV HDUQHG DQ XQSUHFHGHQWHG DPRXQW RI RYHU WZR KXQGUHG DQG ¿IW\ hours of service. Told to emphasize school spirit, volunteers came decked out in green and gold with dyed hair, crazy pants, bandanas, and makeup, ready to excite the freshmen. Prior to the arrival of the over six hundred freshmen,

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volunteers formed a spirit line with the percussionists from band to welcome each freshman to their new home for four years. Once inside, the smell of fresh pizza awaited them, along with open and eager upperclassmen ready to meet and greet the class of 2015. After getting to know each other, teachers led group icebreakers that ranged from developing a handshake with small JURXSV WR ¿VW SXPSLQJ “Cy-Falls Eagles!” excitedly. From there, volunteers paired up to lead groups of 10 for a scavenger hunt throughout the school, where groups raced about the school to ¿QG RXW LWV KLGGHQ mysteries. Finally, the evening ended with a bang with a pep rally. With shirts thrown out into the crowd, the cheerleaders pumping everyone up, the CyFalls Mob leading the crowd in yells, the drill team showing off their skills, and the band playing the school song, freshmen truly experienced how great it was to be at Cy-Falls. This really was a night of joy and experiences, partly successful due to Key Club’s volunteers.

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hat have you done in your community lately? For some, the words “not muchâ€? may be scrolling through your brains. That is to say you have not been inactive in your service endeavors; they simply have not been of the local variety. It’s very important for clubs to participate in service projects in the community, so the club members can really see the difference they are making, and so the community itself can see what a remarkable organization Key Club International is. During Thanksgiving and Christmas, an excellent way to serve the community is to collect small hams, instant mashed potatoes, cans of green beans, and everything else to make a feast for the less fortunate families that would not otherwise have a holiday meal. Additionally, working in soup kitchens is a humbling experience, and this can be done throughout the year! Clubs could even do a canned food drive and donate them to the soup kitchen. For those wanting to make an everlasting impression on your community, check out your local Hearts and Hammers. They accept practically anyone, as there are varying levels to work in, such as painting or electricity. Try collecting donations for children with cancer in your town by holding lemonade stands, like the T-O’s Governor Project last year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand. For this year’s Governor’s Project, contact families in your community that have service men and women who are coming home. Have groups with signs to welcome them back home as they get off the airplane. Honor those who served E\ SXWWLQJ Ă€RZHUV RU Ă€DJV RQ veterans graves on Veterans Day in November. Many towns now have adopta-streets. Consider adopting one and regularly having trash pick-up days. Not only is this a possible fun trash pick-up competition, the townspeople will see that your Key Club has adopted a street and made a difference. A slightly larger goal could be to adopt a local run down park, as Miami High School Key Club from Miami, Oklahoma did three years ago. Throughout the years, they have painted the playground equipment, SODQWHG QXPHURXV WUHHV DQG Ă€RZHUV and held picnics and socials there. Kaitlyn So, hey. Go out and adopt a park Clark today!

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n Saturday, September 10th, the Goose Creek Memorial High School Key Club had their own booth and volunteered at the Baytown Special Rodeo. The Special Rodeo is an event in which multiple fun activities, games, and music is set up for the entertainment of people of all ages with any physical or mental disabilities. As a club, the Goose Creek Memorial Key Club set up a temporary tattoo art booth. The club had several students working the booth and inviting children to have a temporary tattoo put on their body. Several hundreds of tattoos were

distributed and applied or given out by the end of the day, bringing satisfaction to all who worked at the booth. Also at the Special Rodeo, we had several club members work as Rodeo Buddies on top of working at the booth. Rodeo Buddies were assigned a buddy (any kid with special disabilities) and that member was to accompany the child the whole day and walk them through the rodeo, stopping along wherever they wanted and helping them have the time of their lives. These Rodeo Buddies had a very heart-warming experience from working with such beautiful people, especially knowing that helping them out was giving their mom/dad/guardian a break for the day, something much deserved for those hard-working parents. The Special Rodeo was a huge success and an amazing for the Goose Creek Memorial Key a very heart- time Club.

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Youth Opportunities Fund Helping Key Clubs Serve the World The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is an endowed fund for Key Club International held in the Kiwanis International Foundation. Some examples of what YOF has supported include:

Cy-Fair High School Key Club, Cypress, TX P R OJ e C T G R an T $ 550

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Funds were raised over a three-year period for playground equipment at the elementary school. The Key Club committee worked hard to get corporate sponsors in addition to doing their own fundraising.

Application on Key Club website www.keyclub.org. You may request funding assistance from $100 to $2,000. Application on Key Club Web site www.keyclub.org. You may request funding assistance from $200 to $2,000. Application must be received by October 15. Postmark deadline is October 15. Applications submitted to Key Club Leadership Specialist at Applications submitted to Youth Funds & Scholarship Specialist at: Key Club International, 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis IN 46268.

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n 1946, Key Club International challenged all Key Clubs and members to focus energies on making an international impact. This program still is followed today through the Major Emphasis: “Children: Their Future, Our Focus.�

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1 We are uniting to make a positive difference

in the world on behalf of children. In our first global campaign, we worked to virtually eliminate iodine deficiency disorders, raising and leveraging nearly US$100 million.

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A Walk To Remember

ypress Ranch High School Key Club members joined the Cypress and Coles Crossing community in a “Walk of Remembrance” to show that they will not forget the tragedy of 9/11. Cypress Cares, an organization dedicated to American troops, hosted the event and encouraged people from all over the area to walk the two mile distance to remember the lifechanging day, September 11th. Even more importantly, the trail walk was held to remember and honor those who died on that day ten years ago and those who rose to the occasion to rescue and save lives of people who were still trapped within the burning towers. At 7:46 AM during the moment of silence, all

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members of Key Club and the community held their breaths, stilled their thoughts, and silently thanked soldiers who fought to protect the nation. The Walk itself was simply a two-mile trail that wound around a bayou in the Coles Crossing neighborhood. Key Club members mixed in with Cypress Cares and community members as they shared a journey full of honor and respect. It wasn’t a solemn procession, but it did hold a meaning for each Key Club student. Sophomore Courtney Golladay said she” felt a connection with all the people who participated, because Cy-Ranch all of us were reminded of where we were ten years ago”. Other Key Clubbers, like Key Club Haley Hendrix, were proud to see so many individuals united together by patriotism. August 2011

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COwTOWN Classic

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he Cowtown Classic Bike Ride is a race held annually to raise funds for Kiwanis International, Cook’s Children’s Hospital, and other organizations. The event is hugely popular and well advertised in Fort Worth, Crowley, and neighboring cities and had over 500 bikers attending, for whom the Division 1 Key Clubs and Kiwanis Clubs provided rest stops with fruit, snacks, water, and energy drinks. The participants ZHUH GHÂżQLWHO\ D GHGLFDWHG JURXS RI DWKOHWHV HDJHU DQG HQWKXVLDVWLF DW DP RQ D 6DWXUGD\ morning to cover a 20, 48, or 65-mile course, but they were also a very diverse group of bikers. They ranged from the ultra competitive ones in top gear, whom the Key Clubbers never got to meet during the race (they had no use for the rest stops), to the elderly just there to enjoy the ride and the company. One group of men, wearing matching biking shirts that said “Old Men Who Get Fat in Winterâ€?, even stayed long enough at the rest stop to chit chat and tell some jokes. One of the better ones was, “Two TV antennas were on neighboring houses’ roofs. They fell in love and married. The wedding was GREAT‌.but the reception was terrible!â€? All this and more made for a relaxing and fun Saturday morning, doing a service project in which the Key Clubbers and Kiwanians could actually directly serve others, helping along the riders by providing some sustenance for their long trips, as well as by HQFRXUDJLQJ WKHP DQG FKHHULQJ WKHP RQ WR ÂżQLVK WKH UDFH $QG LQ WKH HQG WKH YROXQWHHUV KHOSHG themselves- they boosted the energy and spirit of the bikers, who in turn were joining in the bike ride to support charitable organizations such as Kiwanis International which in turn supports Key Clubs across the globe. It was evident at this event that caring, truly was the way of life for all those involved.

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Kait Levett T-O District Editor Phone: (325) 203-0632 Email: kaitlyn.levett@gmail.com Skype: kait.levett Facebook: Kaitlyn Levett

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