Key
Leader Scheduled for March 27-29, 2009
by Nicole McDermott
Key Leader is fast-approaching on March 27-29, in Millersville, Maryland, at
Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center. Every Kiwanis
Club is being asked to sponsor at least 1-2 students
to attend our event in March, and each club that
does will receive a Key Leader banner patch!
To register, students must have a nominator or sponsor
(does not have to be the same person/group). Visit
http://key-leader.org/participate/ and click "Register" next
to the March 27-29 Arlington Echo listing – follow
steps to register online.
The cost is $150/student for those in Key Club or Builders Club (thanks to KIF scholarships) or $175/student for those not in the Kiwanis Family. Meals, lodging, t-shirt, participant manual and more are included in registration fee.
Key Leader is a leadership education weekend for high school students focusing on the concept of service leadership and five principles: integrity, growth, respect, community and excellence. The weekend is casual and includes hands-on exercises; writing and reflection activities; cooperative, team activities; physical challenges and more. Students arrive between 4-6 p.m. on Friday and depart between 11 a.m.-12 noon on Sunday. Key Leader was created by Kiwanis International in 2005. This is a program every Kiwanian can feel proud of.
I want to remind you also
that in addition to groups or organizations or schools
sponsoring students to attend Key Leader, any individual
can personally sponsor in full or in part students
to attend. (I plan on doing so!) This can be someone
you know, work with through Key Club or another high
school group, or a child, grandchild, niece, nephew,
neighbor, friend and so on. The only requirement is
that the student is currently in 8th-12th grade. There
is no limit to how many students can attend from the
same school.
With right-minded Kiwanians like you, we will reach
our goal of bringing 60 (or more!) students together
for a life-changing weekend of leadership development,
March 27-29! Key Leader is so valuable, but it can
only be impacting if we work together to find students
to attend.
For more information, please contact Key Leader District
Chair Nicole McDermott at CapitalKeyLeader@gmail.com
or 703.917.8877.
