Kiwanis Day Makers of Rochester, MN

Sponsored Club:  Key Club - Century High School - October, 2006

Activity:             Sponsored Club:  Key Club – Century High School

Description:       Kiwanis Club for Century High School.  Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7:15 am.  Kiwanis member should be present.  Sign-ups for projects, etc. accomplished.

Commitment:     Attend meetings to help with transportation and other needs as required.

Misc:                 Day Makers and Golden K clubs each provide a $500.00 scholarship; service is one of the criteria for student selection.  Funds are also provided for students to attend Key Club conferences.

Comments:        Day Maker members LeRoy Larson and Jerry Steinke are this years Kiwanis advisors for the Century High School Key Club.
The club meets every other Tuesday at 7:15 AM in the Century Forum.  

The Key Club at Century High School is off to a great start this year.  New teacher advisors are Cheryl Moertel, a biology teacher and Sam Simmons, a guidance counselor.  At the Homecoming game, which was held at the end of the first week of school Key Club members handed out invitations to students to join and the membership now includes around 120 students and is the largest Key Club in SE MN.

Officers for the 2006-07 school year are Emily VanDerHeyden, President; Emily Armstrong, Vice President; kim Karwoski, Secretary; and Morgan Dickson, Treasurer.  Board members are Patrick Sveum and Mitch Borgen.  Included in the projects of the year is a fundraiser to aid high school students in a small town in Belize, Central America.  In November, the Key Club will sell Panther-colored poinsettia, blue with silver sprinkles, to raise money for scholarships for high school.  It costs students in Belize $300-$500 per year to go to school and many students can't afford the cost.  Also a group of Key Club members plan to visit the village in Belize early next year.  The three Key Clubs in Rochester also plan to take abus to the fall rally in Moorhead on the last weekend in October.