THE KIWI
BRONX SCIENCE KEY CLUB
VOLUME 8.1 APRIL EDITION, 2019
BE KIND TO OTHERS EVEN IF THEY CAN'T BE KIND BACK
EDITOR'S NOTE
It's been one crazy ride... We've reached our goal of 11,000 service hours and it's all thanks to you guys for taking the time out of your weekends to volunteer. From the 5am wake up calls to the 10pm nights. Here's to another wonderful service year with the bars set even higher. In this issue you will be able to find all the events we attended in the month of April as well as our videos on our trip to LTC. You will also be able to see our ENDGAME Fundraiser with Stuy Key Club where we raised over 1500 dollars for the Thirst project. The movie was a huge success and we hope that we'll be able to continue having these types of fundraisers with all of you. The month of May is stressful with APs but we'll all get through it together I promise! Even at times of stress we still have people turn out to volunteer at events rather than studying. Together we help make the world a better place together as a family. Yours in service,
Rachel Lin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEW DIVISIONAL BOARD - PAGE 6 NEW CLUB BOARD - PAGE 8 COHEADS - 14 LTC - PAGE 20 UPCOMING EVENTS - PAGE 21 PAST EVENTS - PAGE 22 FUNDRAISER - PAGE 36 REMINDERS AND UPDATES - PAGE 38
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WELCOME YOUR NEW 20192020 CLUB BOARD
PRESIDENT HI BRONX SCIENCE KEY CLUB! My name is Pinkey Lam and I will be your President for the 2019-2020 service year :) My goals for this service year is just to make sure to get to know as many members possible (so please come talk to me!) I want this year will be filled with service, bonding, and just appreciation for the people around you. To be completely honest, I am so scared. I am scared to let you guys down, I am scared that I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a good President, and I am scared to be both feared and disliked. Every upperclassmen before me have inspired me so much and I hope that I can have the same influence on you guys. That is why, as your President, I will do my best to be on top of everything and make sure that this year will be the most successful one yet! You can always feel free to message me about anything (even school related)!! I will do everything I can to support the club and make sure that this year will be one to remember. I love you all <33
PINKEY LAM
VICEPRESIDENT HI GUYS! MY NAME IS AKANEH WANG, AND I AM SERVING AS YOUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT. I AM SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH AND MEET YOU ALL. AS VICE PRESIDENT, I'LL DO MY BEST TO BE THE KEY TO YOUR CLUB!
AKANEH WANG
SECRETARY Hey Bronx Science Key Club! My name is Vanessa, and I will be your secretary for the 2019 to 2020 service year! My role is to take attendance at meetings/divisionals, update your hours, to keep track of our club's events, and last but not least, to make others smile. Our goal for this service year is 14,000 hours! Although it may sound a lot, I believe that we can reach it as long as we all work together and put in the effort. Let's have a FANG-tastic service year.
VANESSA FANG
TREASURER Hey Bronx Science Key Club! My name is Cara Leung and I am your new treasurer for the 2019-2020 service year! I am beyond honored to be a key clubber and to work with amazing people. The goal for this service year is $6,000, and I know that we can definitely achieve this! Through hard work and team effort, I look forward to an amazing year of FUN-draising with y'all! <3
CARA LEUNG
WEBMASTER & EDITOR Hey Bronx Science Key Club! I'm Rachel Lin and I'll be your Webmaster and Editor for the 2019-2020 service year. My job is to capture all of your amazing service work and to create a newsletter for you guys to enjoy as well as update our website. I hope to see all of your faces when I attend a event to be able to volunteer beside you. I want to get to know as many of you as possible personally and if I can assist you in any shape or form then please ask.
We may not
make keys but hey we can made a difference
RACHEL LIN
PROJECT CO-HEADS
WILLIAM WU & FARABI AZAD Your project co-head are responsible for finding and organizing most of our service events for the club. They are the ones who contacts the coordinator for every event and they work along side our Secretary. They are the reason who have numerous events to go to every weekend so if you see them around, give them a thanks :)
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FUNDRAISING CO-HEADS
ANNA YE & HALLEN JI Your fundraising co-heads organizes all of our club fundraisers along side the Treasurer to raise money for a cause. They are also the ones posting and promoting a certain fundraiser on every Facebook page so you might've seen them around. All those movie or pool fundraisers we will have are organized by them so make sure to come and support a cause!
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SOCIAL MEDIA CO-HEADS
ALIVIA CHEN & LORETTA ENG Your Social media co-heads are usually the ones with their phones out taking as many picture as they can. So if you see two beautiful people waving behind a camera, you've found our social media coheads. They keep our social media cites updated for you as well as make videos on our YouTube channel which you should absolutely check out! (BxSciKeyClub) Help them out by taking pictures of your own! PAGE 16
PUBLIC RELATIONS CO-HEADS
BHASKAR CHAKRABARTI & HRIDIA TANHA Your Public Relations co-heads are the ones who make all of our posters you may see around the school as well as the huge ones that we bring to large events such as March of Dimes. Most if not all of our fundraising posters are made by them! We know, they're talented.
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SCRAPBOOK CO-HEADS
TIFFANY TSAI & JESSICA ALONSO Your Scrapbook co-heads are the ones responsible for updating our Key Club showcase outside our usual meeting room with photos and our awards from LTC! They also create the annual club scrapbook to celebrate our past service year! We're a club filled with some talented individuals.
AWARDS CO-HEADS
SHAON BARUA & CALEB OH Your Awards co-heads are the ones who work alongside our secretary to write a detailed description of how to apply for distinguished key clubber as well has help out whenever our board needs an extra hand.
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LTC DAY 1 LTC DAY 2 LTC DAY 3
PAST EVENTS:
04/06 Kids Walk for Growth 04/6-7 Mocca Festival 04/12 Thirst Gala 04/13 Carl Schultz Park Egg Hunt 04/20 NYSOM Eggstravaganza 04/26 Endgame Movie Fundraiser 04/27 PFF Walk 04/27 Design on a Dime 04/28 March of Dimes
UPCOMING EVENTS: 5/4/19 Morningside Park 5/5/19 Donut Dash 5K 5/11/19 NAMIWalks 5/11/19 Earth Celebrationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ecological City 5/12/19 Japan Day 5/18/19 NYSOM Superhero Showdown 5/19/19 AIDS Walk 5/25/19, 5/26/19 Passport to Taiwan
Walk for kids growth April 6th
WRITTEN BY: ALIVIA CHEN Walk for kids growth is an event located at flushing meadows Corona Park. Its an event aimed to spread awareness about the growth disorders of children and raise money to fund research directed to solving kids growth disorders. We were originally assigned to help with the setup of the event, man tabes, supervise the walk course, and break down the event. However, there were too many volunteers so many of us participated in the walk and event itself. We walked 5k around Corona Park with posters and raised awareness for growth disorders. The event was super fun because we got to enjoy live music and amazing food. We were provided with subways, chips, sodas, and other snacks. Free toys were also given out:))))))
Double the article, Double the fun Written by: william wu I recently went to the Walk for Kid’s Growth Event on 4/6/19. The event was just your stereotypical Key Club event. We made posters and paraded around Corona Park. There was a cool dinosaur in the Queens Zoo that I thought was real at first. Haha, real funny. I could end this article right now, but there was just so much more. The combined spirit of over a hundred Key Club members nodding their heads along to the beat of “Nice for What” can bring even the shyest kid out of their shell. Hundreds of kids donating money to people that they can just as easily ignore and sacrificing their time to help others when they could’ve just as easily been at home playing Red Dead Redemption 2. They did all this because they wanted to bring a smile to a stranger’s face. This walk was special, because it wasn’t. It was just your regular Key Club event, but Key Club was what made it special.
TOGETHER IS WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST FUN
ANALISE AND THE EASTER BUNNY
CARROT BREAK!
CARL SCHULTZ PARK EGG HUNT April 13
WRITTEN BY ANNA YE
At the carl schultz egg hunt event, we helped roll out eggs onto the lawn for little children to hunt, give out and handle the tickets for the event, and make sure everyone was having a good time. the day started off with rainy weather, but ended on a sunny and bright note. I like to think this was a suitable analogy for the event itself, as at the beginning, there were a lot of children and it was quite chaotic, but later on, seeing all the children having fun opening their eggs and finding them filled with candy or small toys and smiling brightly, all the dirt on our shoes and aches in our arms were worth it. I had a lot of fun at this event, and iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure a lot of the other volunteers could say the same. with every event, I fall in love with key club more, and this one was no exception.
NYSOM EGGSTRAVAGANZA APRIL 20TH
WHEN THE EGG IS JUST AS TALL AS YOU
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WRITTEN BY LORETTA ENG
As the streets of Harlem flooded with rain, I repeatedly stepped in muddy puddles, making my way towards the volunteer site. Once I approached the entrance of Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden, the sound of giggles filled the air despite dark clouds hovering over the sky. Joining my friends under a large tent, together we stuffed neon plastic eggs with tiny, cute treats. After a few hours had passed, we were given a break! Thus, we strolled around markets, awaiting for the fun event to start. Given the option to choose various types of jobs, I worked on face painting, allowing me to connect with excited children. Each one wore a big smile when they described to me their imaginative ideas for designs. Seeing their faces light up as they shared their funny and brilliant proposals brought me reassurance in the future of the youth. Every shy “‘thank you’” and toothy grin helped me gain confidence in my abilities to bring a little ray of sunshine in these children’s day, even if it is simply a face drawing.
DESIGN ON A DIME APRIL 27TH
Written by Analise Ponce Design on a Dime was a fundraiser to fight homelessness and aids. The organizationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; workers were very kind and supplied us with water and snacks for energy. We were split up into pairs of 2 or 3 and assigned a display room. In this room we waited for potential buyers to come by so we could offer our assistance. We answered questions about sale price and guided those buying larger items to the cash register. This was the last day of the sale and so when closing time came, we wrapped and packaged everything that we could. I did this with the help of many dedicated NYU students and enjoyed working with them at the event.
PFF WALK April 27th
LEAD THE WAY!
WRITTEN BY MATTHEW HE The PFF Walk event began on a cold and windy Sunday morning. Volunteers arrived around 7:30 to help set up a few tents and assisted the coordinators along the rivers, as well as placing water cups and bananas at the tents. Taping the tents was not easy because they almost got blown away by the cold winds, but at least there was coffee to warm us up. When the people began showing up, we handed out shirts and bags. A few people gave short speeches about Pulmonary Fibrosis to the different groups and families affected. Soon, the walk began and we cheered them on by the starting/finish line. After half an hour, the walk was over and the coordinators gave us lunch. We took pictures after eating and left shortly after.
APRIL 28TH
MARCH OF DIMES We walk to improve the health of mothers and their babies
Stuy and Bxsci ENDGAMEÂ fundraiser APRIL 26
WRITTEN BY MATTHEW HE The ENDGAME FUNdraiser was held on Friday, April 26, which meant our school metrocards worked. There was a Barclays Center meetup at 9:45 AM and Flushing Library meetup at 9:30 AM. The two groups arrived at AMC Orpheum 7 around 10:45 AM and paid $13 for movie tickets. There was a snack deal for those with student IDs. The movie started soon and lasted for 3 hours. There are 4 moments to use the bathroom without missing plot. The Avengers were awesome and you can expect some high-quality Endgame memes. We raised over $1500 for the Thirst Project and took group photos at the two theaters.
REMINDERS & UPDATES
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