Key Leader Program Set for March 27-29
by Nicole McDermott

Key Leader is Kiwanis's weekend leadership education program for high school students (of any grade level, and there is no limit to the number of students who can attend per school). Our Capital District Key Leader event will take place March 27-29, in Millersville, Maryland, at Arlington Echo. This is a camp location about 10 minutes from Annapolis and about 45 minutes from the D.C. metropolitan area. We hope every Kiwanis Club in the Capital District will sponsor at least one student (preferably more!) to attend. It costs $150/student to sponsor a Key Club member OR $175/student to sponsor a non-Key Club member. Students do not need to be Key Club members to attend. Please consider the possibility of inviting a student from a local high school without a Key Club to attend and introducing that student and his/her family to the Kiwanis Family. It might be a situation where the family would otherwise have had no connection to the Kiwanis Family. The other possibility to is nominate a Key Clubber to attend. No matter who you sponsor, the student(s) will benefit greatly from the experience. Key Leader is not taking place during any holiday, spring break, or testing weekends, and it is one month before Key Club DCON so there are no conflicts there.

This is a hugely valuable program that complements the objective of Kiwanis -- service leadership. Key Leader teaches students to be leaders through service and focuses on five principles -- integrity, respect, excellence, growth, and community. Please help us reach our goal of getting at least 60 students to attend Key Leader by making this a priority for your Kiwanis Club! Speaking as a product of Kiwanis Service Leadership Programs, it will be time and money well spent.

For more information, please contact Nicole McDermott at CapitalKeyLeader@gmail.com or 703.917.8877.