Pennsylvania Key Club

International Convention/District Tour

Pennsylvania Winners at International Convention!

Pennsylvania was honored to have many award recipients at International Convention. Below is the list of the awards and the winners.

Non Traditional Scrapbook - 1st place - Shikellamy

Single Service, platinum - 1st Place - Wyoming Area

Video Contest - 3rd place - Shikellamy

Distinguished Club, Diamond Level - Indiana & Wyoming Area

Robert F Lucas Distinguished Lieutenant Governors:
Division 6 - Lacy Smiesko, Freeport Area
Division 16N - Katie Auwaerter, Governor Mifflin
Division 18S - Sourab Narayana, Emmaus

Outstanding Faculty Advisor - Allison Williams, Whitehall High School Key Club, Division 18S

International Convention: Memphis, Tennessee, July 7-11, 2010

The 2010 Key Club International Convention will take place July 7-11, in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

For more information, please go to the Key Club International site.

Convention Updates

Want to film the 2010 Key Club International Convention through your eyes? Key Club International is looking for a Key Clubber who's funny and has a unique point of view. We want you to film your trip to ICON and share it with the rest of Key Club International. We'd love to see something in the "mockumentary" style of "The Office" and "Modern Family." Visit here for details. Deadline is June 1st!

Delegate Information

Are you a delegate for the 2010 Key Club International Convention? Here are some important documents you need to know:

District Tour

Each year the Pennsylvania District organizes a District Tour in conjunction with the International Convention. If you have any questions about the tour or convention, please e-mail District Administrator Robert Bagans.

Here are some important documents those going on the tour should have:

About Memphis

Fun facts about Memphis

  • “Memphis” is also the name of an ancient Egyptian capital.
  • It is the largest city in Tennessee, with about 670,000 residents, known as “Memphians.”
  • Former Key Club member and music icon Elvis Presley’s former home, Graceland, is here. It is the second-most visited house in the United States (the first is the White House).
  • Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 at the Lorraine Motel. The motel is now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.
  • Legendary singer the Rev. Al Green makes his home in Memphis and preaches each week he’s in town at the Pentecostal Baptist church he started in 1979, the Full Gospel Tabernacle. The public is welcome.
  • Johnny Cash, Elvis and B.B. King, known as the “Kings” of country, rock ‘n’ roll and blues, respectively, all got their start in Memphis in the 1950s.
  • Barbecue and the blues both are huge here, and both are available in abundance on Beale Street.
  • Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery store, was opened in Memphis in 1916.
  • Sun Studio, the famous, downtown Memphis recording studio where Elvis—and many other musicians—got their start is still a functioning studio and a museum.
  • Ducks march to and from the Grand Lobby of the Peabody Hotel each day at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Yes, real ducks.) It’s a tradition that began in 1933.

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