Key Club

Key Club promotes the ideals of voluntary service to others and provides high school students with opportunities for leadership development. Each Key Club member is required to perform at least 50 hours of service work each year. The objectives of Key Club are to develop initiative and leadership; to provide experience in living and working together; to serve the school and community; and to prepare for useful citizenship.

Today, Key Club is the world's largest service club for high school students, and has over 200,000 members. Key Clubs are active in 4,500 high schools in the United States, Canada, and 18 other nations.

The Key Club at the Maple Hill High School has about 30 members. and the club advisor is Zachary Miller, a high school teacher.

The major community service activities done by the Key Club are:

• helping Equinox prepare meals for Thanksgiving
• selling "Bells of Life" to raise funds for the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit at Albany Medical Center
• collecting presents for the Kiwanis Christmas Party for young children

Some photos taken during Key Club activities can be seen in the Key Club Photo Gallery.

Builders Club

Builders Club offers an opportunity for middle school-aged students to develop leadership qualities through volunteer community service to their school, community, and peers. As the motto "We Build" indicates, Builders Club is for young people who want to take positive, constructive action to build a better world for themselves and others. Builders Club provides a way for middle school students to form sound personal values based on experiences in meaningful community service activities.

The Builders Club at the Maple Hill Middle School has about 50 members, and the club advisor is Brenda Kelliher, a middle school teacher.

The major community service activities done by the Builders Club are:

• organizing food drives to collect food for the local Food Pantry
• holding "Hat Days" and "Slipper Days" to collect monies for the local Food Pantry
• selling "Angels" for the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Adopt an Angel Program
• making and delivering "Christmas Cards" to residents of the Resurrection Nursing Home
• helping clean and maintain the Court Yard at the Maple Hill Middle School
• participating in fundraisers for the Maple Hill Middle School Adventure Club

Some photos taken during Builders Club activities can be seen in the Builders Club Photo Gallery.

K-Kids Club

K-Kids provides the opportunity for elementary school students to develop self-esteem, leadership skills, morals and standards, and respect for others through involvement in community service projects. Members learn that their opinions and ideas count and that they can be productive members of society. They form sound personal values and experience satisfaction in knowing they did something to help improve the world around them. K-Kids members learn to work together as a group and yet be strong individually.

The K-Kids Club at the Castleton Elementary School has about 16 members, and the club advisors are Patricia Gillespie Susan Brewer, staff at the school.

The K-Kids are having a "Hat Day" in January. They will be making posters and speaking to the school community during the Morning Program to promote the fundraiser. Funds raised will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which was suggested by member Meagham Chittenden.

Some photos taken during K-Kids Club activities can be seen in the K-Kids Photo Gallery.