The Sunshine Source

Internation Convention in Phenoix pg. 5

The Governor’s Project pg. 6

Some Key Club History pg. 6

Volume VII Issue I

Back to school and back to serving. Find out what the Florida District has been working on during summer, meet your International Trustee and much more inside.

Official Publication of the MIGHTY MIGHTY Florida District

Summer 2011

Inside this issue...

www.floridakeyclub.com

DCON 2012 will be

May 10-13 at the

Rosen Shingle Creek

Resort and Spa

Oratorical Contest3rd: Michael Wyka from Lecanto

High School2nd: Samantha Glover from Pine

View High School1st: LaDarian Lilly from Godby

High School

Talent Contest3rd: Eliana Bello from Miami Lakes

Education Center2nd: Aisha Fall from Cooper City

High School1st: Christina Nguyen from

Everglades High School

Club Poster: Non-Digital contest3rd: Tampa Bay Technical High

School2nd: Boca Raton High School

1st: Graceville High School

Club Poster: Digital contest3rd: Graceville High School

2nd: Pembroke Pines Charter High School

1st: Tampa Bay Technical High School

Club Video Contest3rd: Pine View High School

2nd: Graceville High School1st: Pembroke Pines Charter

Year in Review: Scrapbook Traditional

3rd: Bayshore High School2nd: Somerset Academy

1st: Pine View High School

Year in Review Contest: Scrapbook Non-Traditional

3rd: Palatka High School

2nd: Hialeah Gardens Senior High School

1st: Manatee High School

Single Service Award3rd: Tampa Bay Technical

2nd: Manatee High School1st: Cooper City High School

Club Project Display Contest3rd: Lakewood Ranch High School2nd: Hialeah Gardens Senior High

School1st: Hollywood Hills High School

T-Shirt Contest3rd: Park Vista High School

2nd: Pompano Beach High School1st: Cooper City High School

This past May, over1,500 Key Clubbers and Kiwanians took over the Wynham Orlando Resort for a weekend full of fun and service at the Florida Key Club District Convention. From leadership workshops to meet-and-greets, convention was a fun way for Key Clubbers to learn about service. Friday night featured the FSU CKI dance team, Systematic Dance Crew and U4RIA Dance Crew and entertainment for the talent & recognition session. Saturday was the ELIMINATE walk where $11,900 was raised to help pay for neonatal tetanus vaccinations in third world countries. That night at the Governor’s banquet the 2010-11 District Board was retired and the 2011-2012 District Board was installed

Check out videos of the FSU CKI dance team, Systematic Dance Crew, U4RIA Dance Crew and the Talent and Oracle contest winners on the Florida District’s Youtube page.

On June 29- July 3, more than 40 Florida District members headed out to Phoenix, Arizona to represent this MIGHTY MIGHTY District amongst nearly 1,500 Key Clubbers at International Convention

Florida Wins BIG!• Second Place Oratorical Contest- LaDarian

Lilly from Godby High School • Second place for the digital web poster

contest- Tampa Bay Technical High School• First place for the video contest- Graceville

Senior High School• Second Place for the video contest-

Pembroke Pines Charter High School

RFL Outstanding Lieutenant Governor

Van DaoCarolina EcheverriCarolina GonzalezMcKenzi GoodfriendAmy ImbrigottaRandolph McKinnieLyndsay MerbachTate QuinonesSara QureshiSilvana PallaisEric Riser Doug ReamJessica Shevlin

Florida will be hosting

the 2012 ICON in

Orlando on July 4-8 at

the Hilton Orlando Lake

Buena Vista.

ICON RecapDCON Recap

C O N T E S T W I N N E R S

Hello Florida,

My name is Jared Greene and I’m your international trustee for the 2011-2012 service year. As international trustee I serve on the International board of Key Club and make decisions that affect our entire organization. I also bring information about these decisions to your district and your two sister districts (Jamaica and The Carolinas) while bringing your ideas and voice to the international level.

I can’t wait to work with all of you as we continue the Key club tradition of transforming our world, our communities, and ourselves all in the name of service and caring. This year is incredibly exciting because as we do all this we also have the opportunity to dive deeper into The Eliminate Project and reach our goal of $110 Million dollars by 2015 to finally eliminate maternal/neonatal tetanus from the face of the earth. This will take dedication from all branches of our Kiwanis family but I trust that we will be able to accomplish this.

As the year progresses please remember that I am always here to help you if you have any questions, ideas, or comments. Feel free to email me at Trustee.Jared@gmail.com and I would like to wish you the most productive and fun filled service year imaginable.

Yours in Caring and Service,

Jared Greene

Jared attended our

Fall Board Meeting,

getting to work

one-on-one with the

MIGHY MIGHTY

Florida District.

Trustee’s MessageThe Florida District’s 2011-2012 International Trustee

Governor Doug chose the “Mentoring and Modeling Program” as a way for high schoolers to tutor and teach younger students a lesson. Each club will be receiving a guidebook with step-by-step instructions on how to participate. “A Key Clubber will interact with one child and mentor them in different ways. This should create a strong relationship, and hopefully the Key Clubber will be able to mentor and model this child,” said Governor Doug Ream. In order for the project to be considered part of the M&M program: 1) a lesson must be taught 2) the lesson must be taught to a child*To qualify for the Governor’s Project Banner Patch, your club must have completed 3 different M&M projects throughout the year.

Reactivating Florida’s oldest Key Club charter- a K-family effort to strengthen Fort Lauderdale High School’s club

Fort Lauderdale High School- reciving their charter in the late 1930s, they are Florida’s oldest and most historical club. After becoming inactive and on the brink of losing their charter last year, past Division 23B Lt. Governor Amy Imbrigiotta stepped in and, with the help of Kiwanis Division 23 Lieutenant Governor David Platz, Division 23B Key Club Advisor and Kiwanian Richard Leys, Wilton Manors Kiwanis Club President Sheryl Chesler, Key Club District Administrator David McCampbell, Key Club Assistant District Administrator Dennis Freckleton, and Pompano Beach High Key Club, she was able to attract new members and save this beloved charter. “Being part of Key Club, it feels great to give back and change lives,” added member Aaron Paulk, “with our reactivation it feels great that we can make people happy with our service.” After Attending DCON with 4 other members and their advisor, the club now has plans to hold a fundraiser for ELIMINATE, and club President James Predulus is working hard on participating in many service projects and fund rasiers.