February 17, 2009 - Vol.20, No. 20
News That Concerns Kiwanians
and Their Families
Attendance:
14
Invocation:
Lt. Governor Joe Collie
Senior
Members:
Ed Merski, Roger Webster, and Paul Normandin
Guests:
Erica Cross, Key Club President
Amanda Bridge, Key Club
Ashley Witham, Key Club
Seth Levitt-Carlson, Key Club Advisor
Ivy Levitt-Carlson, Key Club Advisor
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Erica Cross |
Amanda Bridge |
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Seth
Levitt-Carlson |
Ivy
Levitt-Carlson |
Key
Club
Update:
Seth
Levitt-Carlson reported that the Key Club has received a $6,000 grant and with
other various fundraisers they have reached about $16,000 to this point. Last
Friday with their South African dinner and movie night they raised about $1,000.
In addition to the dinner sales, they had 19 items for auction donated by area
businesses. At Patrick's about three weeks ago they raised $1,200 as the restaurant
donated ½ of the proceeds from one of their dinner nights. As for the
grant, the state of NH offers ELO credits. These are given toward education
experiences in real life and not necessarily through the classroom. The South
Africa trip counts as an ELO, which is an Extended Learning Opportunity. The
ELO program pays for transportation to and from ELO's. Given the distance and
the cost of the trip, the Key Club qualified for a little more than a regular
ELO grant would be. Seth Levitt-Carlson said the $6,000 will go along way.
Helping
the Key Club:
As
we
saw
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
Key
Club
is
planning
a
trip
to
South
Africa
this
summer
and
has
undertaken
a
fund
raising
campaign
to
raise
the
money
necessary
to
make
the
trip.
To
that
end,
the
board
voted
to
donate
$1,000
to
the
Key
Club.
Several
Key
Club
members
and
the
advisors
were
here
for
the
check
presentation.
Front
Row: Holding the check are L to R: Ashley
Witham and Amanda Bridge.
Back Row: L to R:
Erica Cross, Brian Winslow, Ivy
Levitt-Carlson, and Seth
Levitt-Carlson.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
50/50:
None
Happy
Dollars:
None
Guest
Speaker:
Charlie
Mallar from the Mt. Washington Valley Club was our guest speaker. Charlie
is the New England District Chair of the Key Leader program. He spoke to
the Key Clubbers about Key Leader and showed a brief promotional video about
the program. He was bitten by the famous power point plague of Laconia Kiwanis
and had to show the video on Joe Collie's laptop.
A little about Key Leader:
-*Key Leader is designed for multiple students from the same school-those who are already student leaders and those with leadership potential.
*Key Leader is designed to begin a process of personal leadership growth and development as opposed to being a weekend event that is forgotten weeks or months later. It will be a life-changing experience.
*Key Leader is designed to open doors to leaders as young as recent eighth grade graduates. Leadership development shouldn't wait.
*Key Leader is designed to teach what it means to be a youth leader in three different communities: the local community; the state or national community; and the global community.
Some of the learning objectives of the Key Leader program are to make sure that at the end of the program each student excels in the following areas:
SERVICE LEADERSHIP
Explain what Service Leadership is to your friends and family
Identify personal and organizational behaviors of leaders who practice Service Leadership
Explain what a Key Leader is to other
PERSONAL INTEGRITY
Explain what your personal values are to friends and family
Identify personal and organizational leadership skills you need to improve
Identify examples of personal integrity, and learn how to correct mistakes when you have an integrity ga
PERSONAL GROWTH
Listen better than you did before with friends, peers, and adults
Discuss what you need to know to take a good risk and avoid taking a bad one
Analyze how you value people as you develop friendships and organizational relationships
Work to turn failures into positive experiences
Identify your personality styles so you can be more effective as a Key Leader
RESPECT
Model concepts of respect through your personal behavior and organizational leadership
Identify elements of decision-making and use good judgment
BUILDING COMMUNITY
Explain several definitions and identify components of community to others
Evaluate your communities using Service Leadership as a way to make a difference for and with others
PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
Explain what excellence means for you and identify it in others
Set measurable, SMART goals that help you grow and take action
Take what you learned when it comes to values, personal growth and organizational development and build a personal action plan
For more information on Key Leader, visit the website
www.key-leader.org. There are 4 Key Leader sessions in New England each
year. The next one is scheduled for the first weekend in March at Camp Sunshine
in Maine. There is one on Cape Cod in May and the Laconia High School Key
Club is considering sending some Key Clubbers to that event.
Powerpoint
Challenged: These two need a "technological stimulus" package.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
All
smiles: Joe Collie and Charlie
Mallar.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Upcoming Schedule:
Monday, February 23rd
Maria Street, Executive Director, Ozanam Place, guest of Joe Collie
Monday, March 2nd
Boards Meet and Food Pantry money collected
Monday,
March 9th
We meet and eat at Lou Ricciardiello's greenhouse in Gilford
Monday, March 16th
OPEN
Monday, March 23rd
Jane Bergeron, Organ Donor Program guest of Roger Landry
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Editor
Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757. We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or Secretary about any Member or family member in case of illness. Email: Joe Collie or Steve Loughlin
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