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The Crusader Key Arthur L. Johnson Key Club Newsletter
Key Club Makes
A Change
This Fall!
Miracles for Myeloma 5K Preschool Visit Halloween and fall fun!
ALJ Key Club Not Just A Club, But A Way Of Life
THE CRUSADER KEY
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Contents
All newsletters will be posted on the website!
Miracles for Myeloma Recap………………....Page 3-4 Valley Road School’s Fall Fest ………...….…Page 5 Haunted House…………...…………….…….….Page 6 Preschool Trip..…………………………….….…..Page 7
Helping Out the Crusader Nation....…..….Page 8 Website Information..………………………..…Page 9
Clothing Drive……………….…………………..Page 10 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF…………..……….Page 11 First Night Meeting…….……………………….Page 12 Panda Express Fundraiser…………………….Page 13 Pumpkin Painting...……………...…………….Page 14-15 Volleyball Game………………………………….Page 16 Wrap Up…………………………………………….Page 17
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Miracles for Myeloma 5K Run/Walk The third annual Miracles for Myeloma 5k Run/Walk took place at Oakridge Park on Saturday September 26. Over 40 club members attended to help set up, face paint, walk/run and clean up. One member named Hart took first place for his age division in the 5k run! Vice President Brianna and Editor Simonne also participated in the race (all pictured below). It was a great event and showed the amount of help ALJ Key Club can do.
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Miracle for Myeloma Moments!
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Valley Road School’s Fall Fest
On Saturday October 17th, Valley Road Elementary School has their first Fall Fest. Key Clubbers helped out the event by running games and booths such as ring toss, bean bag toss, face painting, and pumpkin decorating. The event was from 8am-1:00pm and was instantly packed with families having fun.
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Come to the Robinson Museum's Haunted House! October 31st 6:30-9:30pm Volunteers are needed to scare in the haunted house and serve spooky sweets like doughnuts and cider!
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Senior Only Preschool Trip
Happy Halloween From Key Club !
Sign Up for Our Remind 101 Text @ALJKEYCLUB to 973-671-1976
On Tuesday October 27, senior Key Clubs took a visit to Clark’s preschool in the morning. ALJ Key Club does multiple trips to the preschool throughout the year to teach the little kids important life lessons. This visit’s theme was manners with a Halloween. twist. The seniors participating on the trip met afterschool Monday to rehearse the skits for the preschoolers. The seniors split into groups to present to the children. To add to Halloween themed trip, the Key Clubbers dressed up in silly costumes. The next preschool visit will be open to all grades, so be on the look out!
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Helping Out The Crusader Nation
The first two months of school are always busy and Key Club is always willing to help out the schools in Clark. Key Clubbers attended the high school back to school night to be tour guides for the parents and take care of set up/clean up. Then, at the 8th grade orientation hosted by ALJ high school, a few key clubbers were needed to represent the club to the future freshman. Vice President Brianna stated that the 8th graders were really excited about Key Club and couldn’t wait to join next year.
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Check It Out!
The newest way to stay involved in Arthur L. Johnson’s Key Club is with our new website, created by our webmaster, Zachary Cheico. The website is full of helpful links and tabs along with a cool design. Check it out at: aljkeyclub.wix.com/keyclub
The homepage has links to all the other pages like important documents and the Key Club International website
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Key Club Clothing Drive On Friday October 23, ALJ Key Club had their clothing drive afterschool in the front entrance of the school. Members helped unload boxes and bags full of donated goods from cars. Then, everyone separated the bags and boxes by content. After three hours, the front of ALJ High School was covered in donated goods. The highest amount of goods was 15 bags and 2 bags! We raised 302 dollars from the goods donated. At the end, key clubs filled the truck with all the items. This event took a lot of muscle but it was a great time!
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Spooky Service!
Take pictures & send them to the board’s emails or DM them to our Instagram! @aljkeyclub
Halloween is around the corner and this year, ALJ Key Club is asking it’s members to trick-ortreat for UNICEF this year. It’s an easy and fun way to help out the international community! All members have to do is pick up a box from Mrs. Zamboni’s office and then ask for donations on Halloween night. All proceeds will go directly to UNICEF. This year, make Halloween sweet like candy for everyone!
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Clark Give and Share Special Holiday Collection We will be joining this great cause to help with the food for those in need at Thanksgiving. Please bring in a “bag of sides” containing the following: One box of instant mashed potatoes OR stuffing mix 1-2 canes of vegetables 1 can of turkey gravy 1 can of cranberry sauce Ends November 9th!!
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Panda Express Fundraiser
Panda Express Address: 1255 Raritan Rd, Clark, NJ 07066
Support the fundraising for the food bank on November 14th at Panda Express in Clark. Just bring the flyer from 12pm to 10pm and ALJ Key Club will receive 25% of the totals for that day. A great way to enjoy delicious food and make a difference in the world!
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Pumpkin Painting The first night meeting took place on a Wednesday October 28th at 7:00pm. Night meetings are much different than our afterschool meetings. They are a bit longer ranging from 30minutes to 1 hour. Key Clubbers get a chance to do service during the night meetings. Last year, we made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the homeless and needy at a night meetings. Our first night meeting was a service meeting and the board asked our members to please bring in a small pumpkin to decorate. After we decorated the small pumpkins, they were given to the elderly at our local nursing home.
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Key CLUB District Volleyball Game
ALJ will be hosting the district volleyball game again on November 22nd at 3pm to raise money for the food bank. We need a decoration crew, a team, and volunteers to help out during the day. It’s going to be a great event!
Board Members 2015-2016 Kristina Geiger President aljpres@gmail.com Briannna Lukasiewicz V. President aljvicepresident.brianna@gmail.com Kristen Adamowitz Treasurer aljtreasure.kristen@gmail.com Georgia Stavrakis Secretary aljsecretary.georgia@gmail.com Simonne Sequeira Editor aljeditor.simonne@gmail.com Matt Gallo Editor aljkeyclubeditormatt@gmail.com Zachary Cheico aljwebmaster.zack@gmail.com
ALJ Key Club Not Just A Club, But A Way Of Life
STAY CONNECTED
@aljkeyclub aljkeyclub.wix.com/keyclub
Things To Look For! Next Meeting:
Magazine Collection:
Food Bank Fundraiser:
Nov. 11th 2:30pm in the cafeteria
Throughout the year, please bring only to night meetings!
Nov. 14th at Panda Express Clark Commons 12pm-10pm
Flip-Flops for the Philippines:
Keep your receipts!
Night Meeting:
Nov. 18th 7pm Bring in good condicafeteria SANDWICH tion flip flops to doMAKING MEETING nate to the Philippines. Drop off in guidance. Pre-K Babysitting:
Volleyball Game:
Every Day @ 3:10pm Clark Municipal Building
Nov. 22nd 3pm ALJ gyms
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