Panda Club Volume I Issue 6
Division 11 of The New York District of Key Club International
Table of Contents I. Upcoming Events
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II. Message from Lieutenant Governor
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III. Lieutenant Governor’s Project
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IV. Service Spotlights
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V. March of Dimes
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VI. Paperwork & Club Status
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Upcoming Events October 25: Fall Sports Tournament November 29: Movie Hang-Out Event March 27-29: Leadership Training Conference
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Lt. Governor’s Message Hello Division 11, Congratulations on overcoming your first months of school! With October rapidly approaching, we can be sure that there will be many exciting events coming up. I want to bring your attention to the UNICEF Trick-or-Treat fundraiser. Instead of knocking on doors for candies and other sweet treats, Key Club members usually go around asking for donations to support the Eliminate Project. October’s Lt. Governor’s Project is the Eliminate Project, a joint effort between Kiwanis, Circle K and Key Club to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. We have made a commitment to raise $110 million by the end of the 2015 Kiwanis service year. I encourage you to read the article pertaining to Eliminate in this newsletter. Do not be afraid to add me on Facebook! Yours in Care and Service, Aaron Cheung New York District of Key Club International 2014-2015 Lt. Governor 2013-2014 Executive Assistant
Eliminate SLP Subcommittee Representatives This year’s SLP subcommittee has been selected. Aaron Cheung
New York District
Ben Scranage
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Lt. Governor’s Project: The Eliminate Project October of 2014 Mission: To eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus off the face of the Earth. Kiwanis International and UNICEF have teamed up in a project to vaccinate every mother to prevent the spread of MNT. UNICEF and Kiwanis International collect funds through many fundraising efforts to purchase and distribute vaccines, syringes, safe storage, transportation, and staff. MNT: Maternal and neonatal tetanus is a form of tetanus that occurs in both a mother and a baby when they’re introduced to tetanus spores from an infected environment. Those infected have a 100% fatality rate, for both the child and the mother, and often results in excruciating pain as any stimulus (light, touch, sound) will bring such an amount of pain for the baby, that they’ll often break their own bones in reaction to it. All it takes to fight the disease is US$1.80 for full vaccination. Top contributors may receive Elimidallions or Walter Fellowships!
What can you do? There are multiple ways to help, here are a few options:
Volunteer at fundraisers
Make a fundraiser to raise funds
Trick or Treat for UNICEF (Ask your club president for more information!)
Personally donate money
For those who would like to fundraise, here are a few tips y’all should follow
Awareness – Show why you’re fundraising!
Fun – Always make sure your events put the fun in fundraising!
Fund – Besides fun, make sure you also get the funds in fundraising too!
Fact Sheet
1 baby dies every 9 minutes from MNT
US$1.80 protects 1 woman and her future babies
The Eliminate Project saves or protects 61 million women & babies
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Kiwanis Family Picnic Kalvin Chi, Divisional Historian, Stuyvesant High School September 20 was a day filled with fun and excitement. It was the day of the 4th annual NY Kiwanis Family Picnic! On this day, people from Key Club, Circle K, and Kiwanis came together at Cunningham Park and had a fun day filled with games. We participated in several activities including using tape to create designs on trash bag t-shirts for a fashion competition, trying to catch a cracker by putting it on your forehead and slowly moving it down to your mouth, and Ninja. These activities allowed us to work as a team and to get to know one another better. The last part of the K-Family Picnic was the auction. The people who were auctioned off to get hit in the face with whipped cream or shaving cream included Holy Cheong (Circle K District Bulletin Editor/Past Key Club District Bulletin Editor), Jeffery Cheng (Alumni and Kiwanis Relations Chair), Richard Kim (Conference Conventions Chair), our very own Lieutenant Governor, Aaron Cheung, and many more! We went one by one and when we got to our dear Lieutenant Governor, Aaron, people started pulling out their wallets. At first, there were two sides trying to bid for him. However, in the end, the two sides decided to put all their money together and put shaving cream on him together. After a very long time (because Aaron decided to bid for himself), we “won� Aaron for around $60. Everyone got a handful of shaving cream and put it all over his face. Overall, the Kiwanis Family Picnic was a great experience and gave me a chance to meet people in the other branches of the K-Family. 5
Cleaning Up Chinatown Judy Lin, NEST+m High School Where does the trash in Chinatown go? Nowhere. There is no external force that magically makes the cluttered streets litter-free. It's up to the sweat and endurance of volunteers. Helping Chinatown Youth Initiative sweep up the streets was an eye-opening experience for me. Those volunteers received no compensation or reward for picking up other peoples' trash under the searing heat of the sun. It also taught me the importance of treating the city with respect. It takes you one second to throw a napkin on the street, but it takes ten seconds for someone to pick it up for you. So, if you ever pass by one of such volunteers sporting lime green nylon and dutifully pulling a garbage can, thank them. If you want to live in a clean world, act like it. I volunteered with students from various other schools throughout the city. This event taught us the importance of a team effort. We worked in an assembly-line-esque fashion. When we split into small groups of four, one person was the designated garbage holder, one person picked up large pieces of garbage with gloved hands, one person gathered the garbage in a pile, and the last person swept up the piles of garbage into the dust pan, as we only had one dust pans and two brooms. It was interesting learning about the Chinatown Youth Initiative organization and meeting new people. Volunteerism doesn't have to be tiring. As Key Club shows us, it should incorporate a social aspect.
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Damon Runyon Terrell Merritt, Former Member, Bronx High School of Science The sixth annual Runyon 5K was held on Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx. Organized by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, the Runyon 5K raises money for research on all cancers. At this event, participants raise money and then show their support by running a 5K course throughout the entirety of the stadium, involving a number of laps and flights of stairs. This was my third year volunteering for this event. While the last two years involved me cheering on the runners along the courses and providing directional information, this year had me as more of a floating volunteer. Along with Divisional Historian Kalvin Chi and District Webmaster Danny Qiu of Stuyvesant Key Club, I assisted in the handing out of ice-cold water bottles to the finishing walkers and runners. Yelling, “get your ice cold water here!” was definitely worth the numbing experience my hands went through. At one point, I was recruited to scream out to the runners coming down a ramp in order to inform them whether to continue to the right or finish to the left. Being able to push a person to sprint across that finish line, whether they were already running or very slowly making their way down the ramp, was an uplifting experience for sure. I came back to this event for a third time because of how motivated the runners are to support such a wonderful cause and because of how appreciated our work as volunteers is, whether we’re cheering them on while convincing them to make airplane motions (as I had
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Kamp Kiwanis Vivian Feng, LaGuardia HS From August 10th to August 16th, I went to Kamp Kiwanis. This was my second time attending Kamp Kiwanis this summer. Kamp Kiwanis is an affordable camp that children can participate in. Some activities that children can participate in are fishing, swimming, bowling, canoeing, catching creatures, kickball, volleyball, soccer, archery, badminton, and hiking. Kamp Kiwanis is sponsored by New York District Kiwanis Foundation. At Kamp Kiwanis, I was a Counselor in Training (CIT). I was given more freedom than the campers; for example, I was able to walk around without a counselor. As CITs, we assisted counselors by bringing water to campers and playing with children. Every day, after lunch, CITs attended a training session where we learned how to communicate with others through activities. There were many activities that were difficult to accomplish. Fortunately, we were able to make it possible by working as a team. This was the best part of my time at Kamp Kiwanis. At night, we helped out with Evening Activities such as Casino Night, Dutch Auction, Talent Show, and Dance and Award Night. On Casino Night, we played Black Jack, Spoons, Go-Fish, Bingo, and other card games. Whenever a camper won, he or she would receive money labeled “Kamp Kiwanis” to purchase snacks and candy. On Dutch Auction, our cabin was given a list of items to collect and bring to the Auction. At the Auction, we would bring an item that the Kamp coordinators announced to the audience. Then we performed certain activities like pretending to walk on a fashion runway, making the loudest armpit fart, and many other activities. Towards the end of the auction, the CITs were given balloons to wrap around their ankles. Each CIT had to pop the other CITs’ balloons. The last CIT standing won points for their cabin.
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Light the Night Calvin Chu, Bronx HS of Science On September 20th in Forest Park/Victory Field, there was a special and heart-warming experience that had occurred, which was Light the Night. This event was to raise money for Leukemia and Lymphoma. All of the money that the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society raises at Light the Night goes to funding research to help in the fight against cancer. In my opinion, this event was definitely worth going to and was a very enjoyable and memorable experience. We were able to help raise money for a great cause, and I was able to meet new people and make some new friends. The actual walk started at around 6:00PM and ended at around 7:30PM. We walked around the entire park with thousands of other people, supporters and survivors alike. The walk wasn't too long which was a good thing. However, there was something I didn't like, which was how we all weren't able to get a balloon that lit up because it defeated the purpose of Light the Night. Though I was not able to get a balloon, I was still glad that I was part of this event, and I would recommend this event to anyone who had second thoughts about going.
Combating Food Wasting Emily Li, Vice President, Hunter College HS The Rescuing Leftover Cuisine project was both an educational and meaningful event. First, we met with Robert, who was the leader of the group for the day. He briefly explained the purpose of the organization–to "rescue" leftover food from nearby restaurants and bring it to local soup kitchens. I was surprised to learn that 40% of the food in the United States is wasted. Although we produce enough food to feed the entire population, the food is not distributed properly, and as a result, many people go hungry each day. This fact put into perspective how crucial it is that we do what we can to save food; it is a feasible action that just requires a little bit of time and coordination. Our first stop on our mission to rescue leftover food was a small cafe a few blocks away from where we initially met. The cafe donated many bags of bagels as well as trays of coleslaw and other sides. Next, we waited on a corner as Robert retrieved even more bags of bagels. (The amount of bagels was truly endless). After we had stopped by all the locations, we headed over to the soup kitchen where the food was weighed and accounted for. Robert explained that the food would be served that evening, to the people waiting outside the soup kitchen. Although it only took an hour to collect and deliver the food, I could anticipate the impact it would have on the people lining up outside the soup kitchen. However small the impact was, it was genuine and manifested as a direct result of our work. Ultimately, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine combats disparities in food distribution in an effective and meaningful way.
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March of Dimes Foundation: To improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Key Club & March of Dimes: Key Club has been partners with March of Dimes since 1978. We have helped raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to support the March of Dimes mission.
What does this mean for you? Fall: During the fall time, you can help advocate for March of Dimes by distributing educational posters, discussing ways to help support the cause during club meetings and educating your fellow Key Club members about March of Dimes Winter: Begin fundraising for the big March for babies walk in April. Ask parents, relatives, friends, classmates and teachers for donations! Remember, every penny counts! Spring: Donate your fundraised money to the March of Dimes Foundation during the March for Babies walk! Volunteer with March of Dimes or walk with March for babies in order to help raise awareness and support the community! Summer: Spend your summer time campaigning for the foundation! Talk to incoming freshman and new Key Club members about the cause!
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Paperwork Status
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Bronx HS of Science DeWitt Clinton HS HS of Math, Science and Engineering Fiorello LaGuardia HS Hunter College HS Stuyvesant HS NEST+m HS HS of American Studies
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