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INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2010-2011 FLORIDA DISTRICT JUNIOR CIVITAN DISTRICT CONVENTION COMING SOON! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009-2010 CONVENTION: Orlando, Florida March 19, 20, 21, 2010 FUN, LEARNING, SHARING, ELECTIONS, AWARDS...we did it all!
Orlando DoubleTree, International Drive www.DoubleTreeOrlandoIdrive.com Workshops: Project Planning, Marketing, Public Speaking, Project Management, Fundraising for Success, brainstorm new Service Project ideas and new Fundraising ideas, Plan your next project, starting right now! Updates: Scholarships for Junior Civitan members, update on research of mental and physical disabilities from the Civitan International Research Center (findings are disseminated to the medical community worldwide. Find out how we in Junior Civitan and Civitan are making a difference around the world. Elections for the next Florida Junior Civitan Board of Directors.....join the team...vote (each Club has a vote!) Awards: get your applications in by March 1st. Awards will be presented at the Board Officer Installation Banquet 6 ways to pay for your club to attend Conventions: 1. Prepare a presentation to request funds from your Schools field trip budget 2. Grants for Teen Leadership Training (your school bookkeeper has all the information). In addition to your school bookkeeper, Junior Civitan members and their parents can search online and call United Way and your local Community Foundation. Do a general search for teens AND grants AND your city name. 3. Prepare a presentation for your sponsoring Civitan Club to request financial assistance 4. Junior Civitan members can seek Corporate sponsors to pay for Teen Leadership Training (Look around your community for businesses who want to market to teens and those who support Youth) 5. Junior Civitan members can Fundraise and identify that proceeds are going towards Teen Leadership Training. Junior Civitan, you are the Leaders of Tomorrow. Your community will support you, when you ask them to. 6. "Hire a Junior Civitan" program is designed for Junior Civitans to earn their way to District Convention is a great experience! Meet other Junior Civitans and learn about the community service, fundraising and environmental projects other Junior Civitan Clubs are doing. Attend fun leadership workshops, learn more about scholarships as well as the latest results from the Civitan International Research Center. Our award winning medical research center shares their findings with the medical communities worldwide. Awards nomination forms are due March 1, 2010. Awards will be presented at District Convention. Winners can apply for International Awards too ! Elect your new District Officers for 2010-2011 Leadership Workshops (your Club can apply for Grants and corporate sponsorship to attend Teen Leadership Training, and you can fundraise). To accommodate everyone we are currently looking at a central location. This is a "don't miss it" event. | |||
Friday and Saturday Dance, Social and Games were a hit.....very few Juniors made it to the end.... they were exhausted! The Florida District Junior Civitan Board of Directors, led by Junior Governor Matthew, took care of decorations and led the games and music. Civitans joined in the fun too and were also tired out early after a day of workshops and sharing.
Getting ready for the next game, some had not even put their luggage into their room Friday night, so they would not miss a minute of the social time.
10 Junior Civitan banners decorated the front of the workshop seminar room Saturday and Sunday. Florida Junior Civitan Governor Matthew Pendleton made sure everyone had a workbook containing all the exercises, brainstorming paper, planning sheets and a copy of all the workshop slides for: Project Planning, Marketing, Working with the Media, Project Management and Public Speaking tips. All in attendance said on the evaluations form they had learned from the Workshops and had suggestions for the next workshop series. Governor Matthew also presented each Junior Club and each Civitan Club with a CD of the Florida Media database so every Club can send News Release and PSA to media.
The 2010-2011 Florida Junior Civitan Board of Directors were elected Saturday and Installed at the Awards & Installation Banquet Saturday night by incoming Civitan International President, Gay Aaron. L to R: Junior Governor Zachary Rivera, Deputy Governor, Judy Hernandez, Secretary Sandra Gabriel, Historian Samantha McCluskey, Lt. Governor Tallahassee Georgia Mergenthol, Lt. Governor, Jacksonville Leila Estevz, Lt. Governor Orlando, David Serrao, Lt. Governor Tampa/St. Pete, Nate Collard.
For the first time the Florida Junior Civitans completed a Service Project at the convention. During the entire event Junior Civitans could make a card of thanks for US Forces posted overseas and local Police and Fire personel who risk their lives everyday to keep us safe. This service project was so popular that International Director Kristen Cornwell told all the International Board who asked Florida Junior Governor Matthew to set it up again at the International Junior Civitan convention in Jacksonville on June 24 - 27 and also set up a table where Juniors can make cards to cheer up Children in Hospital. Consider it done! We are ready for visiting Junior Civitans to do these 3 Service Projects in Jacksonville. See you there !!!
Sunday morning everyone wore their Florida District Convention T-shirt with the "Be a NO PHONE Driver" logo on the back of the shirt. Each Club was given a banner patch with the "Be a NO PHONE Driver" logo. Both the convention t-shirt and banner patch were a surprise, orchestrated by Junior Governor Matthew. This campaign to save lives has received media exposure in newspaper, TV and on radio. It has also spread to other states. Bishop Moore Junior Civitans made a fantastic video and posted it on YouTube. Many radio stations made a PSA (Public Service Announcement) to play 24/7 at no cost to Junior Civitan. Media support has been amazing. Bishop Moore Juniors collected 300 pledge signatures and gave a pen with the campaign title to each. Some Advisors told their Junior Civitans they cannot put the banner patch on their banner until they all pledge to Be a NO PHONE Driver. Civitans are feeling some pressure to pledge not to use their cell phone while driving! 
In the Small Club division (30 members or less) the newly formed North Pinellas Junior Civitan Club earned 9 Awards including 1st in Outstanding Junior Civitan Club, Outstanding Total Community Projects, Outstanding Junior & Civitan Project of the Year, Scrapbook and Outstanding Fellowship Projects. North Pinellas also won 2nd and 3rd in the Individual Community Service Project category with Fort Pierce winning 1st place in the small Club category. Lake Howell won 1st in the large Club division in the Outstanding Single Community Project category as well as the Ongoing Project of the Year, for their work with Abused Children and 1st in the Outstanding Environmental Project category with a high percentage of their members participating. Bishop Moore, a club of 207 members won 1st in the Outstanding Total Campus Projects category as well as Fellowship and Outstanding Junior Civitan Club. Advisor of Lake Howell, Lynn Maurer, won Advisor of the Year with Honorable Mention going to Middleton Advisor Nicole Walters. Junior Civitan of the Year (male) went to Matthew Pendleton, Florida Junior Civitan Governor with Honorable Mention going to Middleton Junior Civitan member Jamarcus. Junior Civitan of the Year (female) went to North Pinellas member Kathy Rocco.
For the first time ever, Homestead Junior Civitan Club was able to attend the Florida District Convention and enjoyed themselves in the workshops, socials and Awards Banquet. Lt. Governor of Miami & Homestead, Leangelo Hall is standing in the middle with current Advisor Chris Himmel on the right. Mrs. Seymour the incoming Advisor is seated. Great to see Homestead Junior Civitan Club at the convention and looking forward to receiving your Honor Club application. Go Homestead Go!
Bishop Moore Junior Civitan Club had great attendance and lots of fun. As always they won a lot of Awards, helped with the decorating and helped new Junior Civitans. This large club of 207 is the home club of incoming Florida Junior Civitan Governor, Zachary Rivera (pictures 5th from the left in the back row). This Club feeds the homeless, raises an amazing amount of money, helps restore the oyster reefs and more..... They work closely with their sponsoring Club, Frontier Civitan Club. Thank you for all your help at convention! You can see some of their members on YouTube where they posted a video they made for the "Be a NO PHONE Driver" campaign. 
Sandalwood is the home club of the current Junior Civitan Governor, Matthew Pendleton. Three other members have been on the Junior Civitan Board of Directors for Florida District. In addition this club has done great service projects and works closely with their sponsoring Civitan Club, Uptown Civitan. Thank you for helping Governor Matthew get ready for convention !!! And thank you for all your help at convention!!
