On Saturday, September 20th, our district held our 4th Annual Kiwanis Family Picnic at Cunningham Park in Queens, New York. This year, over 60 members from 7 Circle K clubs, 10 Key Clubs, and 1 Kiwanis club and we were fundraising for the Eliminate Project.
One highlight from the picnic was the Duct Tape Fashion Show. Each team had to make an outfit based on a given theme using duct tape and a garbage bag and the model will then walk down the runway to show off their outfit to the audience and judges. For the first round, we had female models who had to show off the Best K-Family Spirit and the winner was none other than our District Editor, Holy Cheong! We had male models who had to be dressed in the Dream Prom Dress for the second round and Steven Jacoby, the Bayside Key Club faculty advisor, took the win for that round!
The Board Auction was our last event for the picnic where Key Club and Circle K district officers were auctioned off to get pied. Our highest bid during the auction was $60 to pie Aaron Cheung, Division 11 Lieutenant Governor of New York District Key Club! With the picnic and the auction, we raised $374 for the Eliminate Project; that means we saved 207 babies!
Since our first picnic that was held four years ago, our goal was to build K-Family relations between all the branches through the Circle K tenet of fellowship. A fellowship event like a picnic is the best way to gather everyone from all the branches of Kiwanis in one place, that way members from each branch are able to meet their district and division counterparts.
If your district wants to hold your own K-Family picnic, here are some tips to get you started:
Pick a date and location (have a backup date/location in case of bad weather)
Invite members from all branches of the K-Family and delegate responsibilities for each branch (ask that every branch/club prepare an activity or bring a dish to share)
Ask your Kiwanis club, division, or district to help sponsor the picnic with food, drinks, and whatnot, if needed
Plan different games/icebreakers to do on the day of
Promote, promote, promote!
(from left to right) Clifford Young (NYDKC Division 9 LtG), Timmy Zhu (Bronx Science Key Club VP), and Steven Jacoby (Bayside Key Club faculty advisor) sporting the Dream Prom Dress during the Duct Tape Fashion Show.
Our district officers from NYDKC and NYCKI before getting pied during the Board Auction.
Members of NYDKC Division 11 getting ready to smear shaving cream on their LtG, Aaron Cheung.
Submitted by: NYCKI Alumni & K-Family Relations Chair, Jeffrey Cheng
