Benjamin Franklin Key Club Newsletter March 2015

THUNDERPUPS March 2015

Benjamin Franklin HS - D3S - R7 - CNH District - Volume II - Issue I

Table of Contents

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Meet Your New Key Club Board!

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Past/Future Events (5-6) !

Articles (7-8) !

Member & Officer of the Month (9-10) !

Board Contact Information (11-12)

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Meet Your New Lizelle Oreno - President “Hey Key Clubbers! Welcome to the new term of 2015-2016! I am very excited to serve you as your president! I can’t wait for all that is planned for this club and to bring more members! Our new board along with myself are going to make this term full of service and LOTS of spirit! If you have questions at all, please don’t be afraid to ask any of our board members! All of us together uniting our club, from division to all the way in international we are all one big OHANA! We hope you feel the loving vibe in the air that surrounds you in our huge family, as well as feeling that burning passion all of us truly feel for service! As your officers, we are here to serve you and we hope you all have a memorable year! Always remember, CARING IS OUR WAY OF LIFE!”

Ruben Anguiano - Vice President “Hello Fellow Key Clubbers! My name is Ruben Anguiano and I will be your new Vice President for the 2015-2016 term! I hope to bring our Club more creative service events so we can show our spirit! Also as a board we will try and work to bring more members into the club and create more unity!

Overall I think this will be a great term! Our board is working hard to allow you to serve with spirit throughout the whole year! So fellow Thunderpups, lets make this our best term by serving with spirit throughout the whole year!”

Faith Sy - Secretary “Hello fellow Key Clubbers! This is Faith, your new secretary for the 2015-2016 term! I am thrilled to be working with our new board and excited for what our upcoming events have in store for us. Volunteering is not only a great way to serve your community, but also helps in gaining high school volunteer hours! Please continue attending any events we are offering in order to accumulate as many hours as you can!”

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Key Club Board!

Jullie Dodon - Treasurer “Hi! I am Jullie, FHS Key Club's new treasurer!

In this new term, I will do my best for our club to become efficiently financialized for our purposes, as well as publicizing Key Club. We will be financially supporting both the club and community.”

Aja Archuleta - Bulletin Editor “Hey there Thunderpups! To anyone new to Key Club, my name is Aja and I am your bulletin editor for the 2015-2016 Key Club term!

This is my second term as this club’s bulletin editor, so I will definitely make sure to make improvements on our newsletters for all of you. I also manage the club’s articles, which you can turn in anytime for 1 hour in return! Also as your bulletin editor, I will most definitely make sure to provide you with as much information on our club events, division events, our members and officers, and what you can do to serve your community! So remember Thunderpups, keep on howlin’ with service!!!”

Van Lau - Historian “Hey Thunderpups! This is Van, and I will be your new historian! I am excited for our new term since we will be having many fun events to keep you active in serving for our community! Now that we have an Instagram account (bfhskeyclub), we will be able to popularize our club, show our spirit and record our accomplishments!

So let’s show what we can do for our community by serving with spirit!”

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P a s t !

E v e n t s

3/8 - New Elect Training

3/12 - Nacho Sale Fundraiser

3/13-3/15 - DCON

3/21 - Meals on Wheels

3/26 - House of Arts

3/28 - March DCM

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4/11 - Kiwanis One Day

4/11 - Lanterman Home

4/18 - LA River Clean Up

F u t u r e !

4/18 - Peace in the Northeast March/Fair

4/25 - March of Dimes

4/25 - Lummis Day Benefit

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E v e n t s

A r t i c l e s

“On the 21st, I got to school at 8 and Ms. Harada took us to Meals on Wheels. This was my second time attending this event, so I was already familiar to the tasks and environment. I felt honored to volunteer at Meals on Wheels because they provide seniors with hot meals throughout the entire day.

We began our service event by placing lunch items into the paper lunch bags. Then we would roll up these bags and place them in cardboard boxes to be delivered by other volunteer drivers. After we waited until the dinner food was ready to be placed in their containers. Then we set up in an assembly line form and begin to place food items onto these trays. I personally resupplied the items that were running out. However other volunteers, would place these items onto their designed spots on the tray. Then I would resupply these items and make it more accessible to them by placing them more closely. I was in charge of providing the cole-slaw, peaches and puree. After the first batch of dinners were prepared, I was able to place garlic bread onto the tray. Then I would slide the trays to the next person. A little bit longer and we were finished with the meals for dinner. These hot meals were then placed into their vehicles to be distributed amongst the elderly. Then we shortly organized the plastic trays to make it easier for the rest of the week, because Meals on Wheels helps and serves these people on a daily basis. It was an amazing experience and would recommend other members to attend this event whenever possible. It is a great opportunity to meet new people while helping the community!�

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- Ruben Anguiano Meals on Wheels

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“My experience volunteering for House of Arts was quite nice and enjoyable. I went to go volunteering for this event with fellow Key Clubbers and my close friends, Steve and Van, We arrived at the auditorium, where House of Arts was taking place, an hour or so before the event started and were greeted with delicious treats, such as donuts and cookies, which were prepared for us by our school’s Leadership team (which gave us lots of energy throughout the event). At the event we were directed by the Leadership team to put up posters on the walls and to make sure visitors and performers signed in before entering the event. Just before the event was starting, things got quite hectic with all the visitors and performers rushing into the auditorium, but all in all it was quite manageable and enjoyable because of the convivial atmosphere. When all the commotion died down and all the visitors and performers were in the auditorium, our time shift was over and we got to see the wonderful performances of our classmates. I am very grateful towards the Leadership team for being so patient and considerate towards us and all the people who volunteered. I encourage my fellow Key Clubbers, if they have time next year, to go and help lay some of the burden off our Leadership team in preparing for the House of Arts.”

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- Christina Sim House of Arts

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Member of the Month March 2015 - Steve Carbajal “Our first ‘Thunderpup of the Month’ goes to Steve Carbajal! Currently a sophomore, it is truly evident that he loves Key Club and the service opportunities the club has to offer. Not only does he attend these service events, but he attends with a smile and eagerness to help. For the month of March, he has volunteered at our school’s talent show and participated in our March DCM. At “House of Arts” he helped set up to make sure everything was organized and would run smoothly. Then throughout the whole event, he happily assisted student guests signing in and signing out. Also any questions you had, he was the person to ask. If he didn’t know, he would make sure he found someone who would help. Then he attended the March DCM. He was early and he helped make PB&J sandwiches. Even though he did not know many people there, he was not shy to make friends and show off his spirit during the cheer rehearsal! Steve is passionate about Key Club and is hoping to spark that same interest in other members and upcoming freshmen!

Keep on rocking, Thunderpup!”

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Officer of the Month March 2015 - Lizelle Oreno “For the month of March, our Officer of the Month is Lizelle Oreno! This is the first month of her term being President and has done an outstanding job! Inspired by the old board and Key Club’s spirit, she has felt the urge to take the next step in her Key Club career! Currently a sophomore, she has been able to manage time to make sure the club has been doing well! She has many ideas to help our members and club reach their highest Key Club potential! These new ideas include, our Key Club website, t-shirts, icebreakers, and many more to come! To top it all off, she always brings positive energy and spirit to the club, which encourages our members to participate and be more involved! She also takes care behind the scenes by making sure beforehand the meetings will run smoothly and bringing the board on the same page! By uniting the board, they are able to communicate and create new ideas and methods as a whole to benefit the club and members! Lizelle has started her new term extremely well! However we know it will only get better as the year progresses!

Good luck Lizelle, you have definitely earned Officer of the Month!”

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Board Contact Lizelle Oreno - President Contact: - d03s.bfkc.president15@gmail.com

Ruben Anguiano - Vice President

Contact: - d03s.bfkc.vicepresident15@gmail.com

Faith Sy - Secretary Contact: - d03s.bfkc.secretary15@gmail.com 11

Information

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Jullie Dodon - Treasurer Contact: - d03s.bfkc.treasurer15@gmail.com

Aja Archuleta - Bulletin Editor

Contact: - d03s.bfkc.bulletineditor15@gmail.com

Van Lau - Historian Contact: - d03s.bfkc.historian15@gmail.com 12

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