Key Club District Convention April 13-15, 2012 The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe sponsors the Santa Fe High School and Santa Fe Indian School Key Clubs, Key Club International is the largest high school service organization in the world, empowers its members to lead and serve by cultivating leadership skills, developing friendships, and performing community service. Key Club members have a passion for helping others and gain leadership skills they will carry with them for a lifetime.

The weekend of April 13-15, 2012 the SFHS and SFIS Key Clubs attended the Southwest District Convention in Phoenix, AZ. SFHS Key Club earned the following awards:

50 year club anniversary, 2011-2012;
Distinguished Key Club, 2011-2012, (Character, Building Leadership, Caring, Inclusiveness);
Early bird dues;
Southwest District Key Club 2011-2012--traditional scrapbook second place;
Southwest District Key Club 2011-2012 bronze third place single service;
Southwest District Key Club 2011-2012 bronze second place achievement.

In addition to the above Eliana Bell was elected to the position of Sangre de Cristo Lieutenant Governor, and Morgan Preston was elected to the executive board position of Bulletin Editor.

The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe offers our heartfelt congratulations to 2011-2012 SFHS Key Club President Cassandra Baca, her Board of Directors and members for all their hard work throughout the year.

The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe member and Division 3 Lt. Governor Ray A. Valdez is the sponsoring member for the SFHS Key Club, The sponsoring member is the official contact between a Kiwanis Club and the sponsored Key Club. With Ray’s leadership the SFHS Key Club continues to grow and develop the leaders of tomorrow.

Southwest District Key Club Administrator, Jim Jennings appointed Ray A. Valdez at the Southwest District Key Club New Mexico Zone Administrator.   




Sangre de Cristo Lt Gov. Eliana Bell, 2012-13 President Raylee Bell, 2011-12 President Cassandra Baca, Nico Cruz, SW District Bulletin Editor Morgan Preston

This past weekend, April 13-15 was a busy weekend for members of The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe. President Garson Salas and President Elect Ray Valdez escorted Santa Fe High School and Santa Fe Indian School Key Club members to the District Convention in Phoenix, AZ. On Saturday other members sponsored a Pinewood Derby at the Boys and Girls club on Alto Street.


Top photo cars at the starting line; middle photo, the orange car in the "winners circle"; bottom photo, l-r, members Jake Romero, Stacy Romero, Committee Chair James Phelps, Scott Wiseman, Ron Martinez, Jeff Duran. Members missing from photo, Lynette Kennard, Amado Abeyta and kenneth garley.

Each April, Kiwanis-family members serve children through the Skip-A-Meal program. Kiwanians and friends pass up a meal during a club meeting or event, or at work. Then they give the cost equivalent of that meal to Kiwanis International Foundation-which uses those funds to extend your Kiwanis impact to children near and far.

For more information on Kiwanis International Skip A Meal or to make a donation please click here.

March 6, 2012

One of Club President Garson Salas’ major work projects is giving every third grade student in Santa Fe their own dictionary to help students in their education, search for knowledge and reading skills. Funds for the dictionaries were raised through the Club’s annual production of Will Shuster’s Zozobra. The dictionaries are the student’s to keep and use. Distribution will continue through March.

Top picture Club President Garson Salas Bottom picture Club President Garson Salas and Club Member Jake Romero presenting third graders at Auga Fria elementary school dictionaries. (Also present for this delivery was Club Secretary kenneth garley, photographer.)

THE OBJECTS OF KIWANIS

      The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado.  Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged.  The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International are:

·       To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.

·       To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.

·       To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards.

·       To develop by precept and example a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.

·       To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.

·       To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill.

Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International group. Each local Key Club is, in turn, sponsored by a local Kiwanis club..

The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe currently sponsors:

Santa Fe High Key Club  -  Ray A. Valdez, Kiwanis Club sponsor

Santa Fe Indian School Key Club - Fred Homuth, Kiwanis Club sponsor