THE KIWI
BRONX SCIENCE KEY CLUB
DEC '21 VOL 10.10
"You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest, because that's where you'll find things more important to you than what you want." -- Ging Freecss
EDITOR'S NOTE Happy New Year!! I know it's a little late, but happy new year everyone! Hoping that for you, this year will be filled with more events, friends, and of course, bread. I know that Omicron has put a halt to our in person events this month (get vaxed, boosted, and stay home if you're not feeling well!), but I hope you all still had a restful break. Janurary marks the end of college apps for seniors, so I'll taking it a bit easier from now on~ See you later ;)) ~Laura Pong '22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Meet the Board
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Meet the Co-Heads
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Service Progress
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Looking Back
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Looking Forwards
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Announcements and Links
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Find Us
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PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
Loretta Eng '22
William Wu '22
Shiya Lin '23
engl@bxscience.edu
wuw@bxscience.edu
lins10@bxscience.edu
MEET THE 21'-22' BOARD
TREASURER
Stephen Ogunbiyi '22 ogunbiyis@bxscience.edu
WEBMASTER AND BULLETIN EDITOR
Laura Pong '22 pongl@bxscience.edu
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MEET THE C CO-HE Awards SULTANA@BXSCIENCE.EDU
ADAM SULTAN '23
LIMM2@BXSCIENCE.EDU
MANDY LIM '23
Fundraising LUUL@BXSCIENCE.EDU
LINH LUU '23
YUH2@BXSCIENCE.EDU
HENRY YU '23
Projects JUNGC2@BXSCIENCE.EDU
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CHRISSY JUNG '24
OMMITTEE EADS Public Relations JIANGM2@BXSCIENCE.EDU
MELODY JIANG '24
XIER@BXSCIENCE.EDU
REBECCA XIE '23
Scrapbook LEEJ16@BXSCIENCE.EDU
JEONGWON LEE '23
HEESCHF@BXSCIENCE.EDU
FINLEY HEESCH '23
Social Media CHENA19@BXSCIENCE.EDU
ANNY CHEN '23
YIPC@BXSCIENCE.EDU
CHLOE YIP '23
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SERVICE UPDATE
9278 // 84.3%
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FUNDRAISING UPDATE
$4924.59 // 82.1
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LOOKING BA
12/4: Volunteer at the Ted Corbitt Race Members assisted with the set up and break down of the post race amenities area!
12/5: Pestering Plants Members removed the invasive plant mugwort from areas of the Meadow Lake Rain Garden!
12/12: Queens Botanical Garden Compost Beautification Members joined the NYC Compost Project Staff to care for their compost demo site!
12/18: NYSoM Gift Wrapping Members assisted with gift wrapping and set up the space for HolidayMania 2021!
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ACKWARDS 12/18: NYSoM HolidayMania Members helped run NYSoM's 2021 Holiday Mania event!
12/19/21: BxSci Karaoke Fundraiser Members went to karoke in support of the Thirst Project!
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QUEENS BOTAN COMPOST BEA THE KEY CLUB EVENT THAT I PARTICIPATED IN THIS SATURDAY IS CALLED QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN COMPOST BEAUTIFICATION. IT WAS PRETTY COLD EXCEPT WORKING IN THE GARDEN KIND OF LIGHTS UP THE MOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE DOING IT WITH FRIENDS. PERSONALLY, RAKING LEAVES WAS VERY FUN AND SATISFYING, BUILDING UP THE LEAVES PILES, I ALSO SAW SOME OF MY FRIENDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS ! IT WAS ALSO VERY FUN AFTER THE EVENT WHERE A GROUP OF US WENT TO MAIN STREET TO GET DESSERTS. --DEREK DONG '23
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NICAL GARDEN AUTIFICATION
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NYSOM GIFT WRAPPING From: Ena Lu '24 ON 12/18 I ATTENDED THE NYSOM GIFT WRAPPING EVENT. FOR THIS EVENT, VOLUNTEERS WRAPPED MANY GIFTS. THERE WERE GIFTS FOR GIRLS, LABELED WITH A RED STICKER, GIFTS FOR BOYS, WITH A BLUE STICKER, GENDER-NEUTRAL GIFTS WERE LABELED WITH A YELLOW STICKER, AND GIFTS FOR TODDLERS WERE LABELED WITH A GREEN STICKER. AFTER THE GIFTS WERE WRAPPED AND LABELED, VOLUNTEERS SORTED THEM AND ORGANIZED EVERYTHING. THIS EVENT WAS REALLY RELAXING AND FUN. I REALLY ENJOYED WRAPPING GIFTS WHILE CHATTING WITH FRIENDS. WRAPPING GIFTS IS SO SATISFYING AND IT FEELS GREAT TO HELP BRING A SMILE TO PEOPLE :)) WE EXPLORED DIFFERENT WAYS OF WRAPPING. FOR SOME GIFTS THAT WERE HARD TO WRAP BECAUSE OF THEIR STRUCTURE, WE FIRST COVERED THE GIFT WITH WRAPPING PAPER, THEN TWISTED THE SIDES, MAKING A CANDY SHAPE. IT WAS AN EASY WAY TO WRAP GIFTS THAT DIDN’T HAVE A SOLID SHAPE AND IT TURNED OUT LOOKING REALLY CUTE! AT THE END OF THE EVENT, THERE WAS PIZZA GIVEN OUT AND EVERYONE ENJOYED THAT :3 ADDITIONALLY, I REALLY LIKED HOW THIS EVENT WAS INDOORS BECAUSE I DIDN’T FREEZE LOL. I WOULD DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO ATTEND NYSOM EVENTS!
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From: Derek DOng '23
I ATTENDED BOTH THE NYSOM GIFT WRAPPING AND NYSOM HOLIDAY MANIA EVENT BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY ON THE SAME DATE, BUT ALSO THE SAME LOCATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDED BUT DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS THEY HAD TO DISMISS A LOT OF PEOPLE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN AND STAY FOR THE WHOLE EVENT. THE EVENT WAS VERY FUN, ESPECIALLY THE GIFT WRAPPING PART AS IT WAS MY FIRST TIME ATTEMPTING GIFT WRAPPING. THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WAS ALSO EXCITING WITH THE MUSIC AND THE COSTUMES. I WOULD DEFINITELY ATTEND SOMETHING SIMILAR AGAIN.
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From: Henry Yu '23 THIS EVENT IS DEFINITELY IN MY TOP 5 EVENTS. THE EVENT WAS JUST AMAZING. I HAD SO MUCH FUN JUST CHILLING WITH MY FRIENDS AND SLOWLY DOING THE TASKS. THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENT WAS GIFT WRAPPING. I SAT WITH MY FRIENDS IN THE CORNER AND JUST TALKED WHILE WRAPPING GIFTS. IT WAS EXTREMELY RELAXING AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF THAT, WE HAD PART 2 OF THE EVENT. EVERYBODY HAD DIFFERENT JOBS AND MY JOB WAS TO MANAGE THE PIANO STATION. I MANAGED IT WITH SUSAN AND DEREK, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO SEE THE CHILDREN’S FACE LIGHT UP WHEN THEY REALIZE THE PIANO MADE MANY NOISES AND EVEN PLAYED SONGS. AFTER MANAGING THIS STATION FOR A WHILE, I HELPED OUT AT ANOTHER STATION IN MAKING SOME KIND OF SNACK. HOWEVER, AROUND THIS TIME THERE WERE FEWER PEOPLE, SO MY FRIENDS AND I JUST ATE THE SNACKS. IT WAS SURPRISINGLY GOOD EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SO SIMPLE; IT WAS JUST MARSHMALLOWS ON A PRETZEL STICK WITH KISSES ON TOP. TO SUM IT ALL UP, THIS EVENT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY FUN.
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From: Chloe Yip '23 AT NYSOM GIFT-WRAPPING, VOLUNTEERS WRAPPED AND LABELED PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAY MANIA ATTENDEES! NYSOM EVENTS ALWAYS HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM KEY CLUBS ALL OVER NEW YORK, SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET KEY CLUBBERS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL. SURPRISINGLY, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WRAPPING A GIFT FOR MANY OF US, SO WE WERE ABLE TO BOND OVER THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE! THESE GIFTS WERE DONATIONS FROM FAMILIES WHO DIDN’T USE THEM, AND I’M GLAD THESE TOYS WERE ABLE TO FIND A NEW HOME. NOT TO MENTION, THE RANGE OF PRESENTS WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE; I REMEMBER FINDING A TOTE BAG FULL OF WOODEN TRAIN TRACKS! KNOWING THAT THESE GIFTS MADE FAMILIES SMILE REMINDED ME TO APPRECIATE THE SMALL ACTS OF SERVICE I’M ABLE TO DO :))
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NYSOM HOLIDAY MANIA From: Melody Jiang '24 ON DECEMBER 18TH, I ATTENDED THE “NYSOM HOLIDAY MANIA” EVENT. NYSOM IS DEDICATED TO CREATING EVENTS THAT GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO REALLY ENJOY HOLIDAYS. THIS SPECIFIC NYSOM EVENT WAS DEDICATED TO THE WINTER HOLIDAYS AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE GIFTS PREPARED FOR THE COMMUNITY. I HAD PLANNED TO ATTEND THE GIFT WRAPPING EVENT THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE HOLIDAY MANIA EVENT BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, MY FRIENDS AND I HAD SOME MAJOR COMMUTING ISSUES AND ENDED UP BEING PRETTY LATE TO THE EVENT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ALL ARRIVED, WE WERE GREETED BY A WONDERFUL SURPRISE. ONE OF OUR REALLY CLOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL FRIENDS WAS AT THE GIFT WRAPPING EVENT AND WAS JUST FINISHING UP. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THEM IN QUITE A WHILE SINCE THEY ATTENDED BROOKLYN TECH BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO FINALLY SEE THEM AND CATCH UP. AFTER THEY LEFT- SINCE THEY WEREN’T ATTENDING THE HOLIDAY MANIA EVENT- WE WERE TOLD THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS THAT MANY VOLUNTEERS HAD TO LEAVE DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS. LUCKILY, MY FRIENDS AND I WERE PART OF THE FEW THAT WERE ABLE TO STAY BUT IT WAS UPSETTING TO SEE HOW SO MANY PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE. ALTHOUGH, IT WAS NICE TO SEE OUR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY BEING PRIORITIZED. NEVERTHELESS, THE EVENT WAS GREAT! IT IS ALWAYS SO REWARDING SEEING HOW HAPPY THE COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE OF THESE KINDS OF EVENTS AND IT IS WHAT MAKES EVENTS SO ENJOYABLE!
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THIS WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT. WHILE THE TIME WAS SHORT MOMENTS LIKE HAVING MY FRIEND BARK, US SPILLING WATER, AN THE ROOM WAS JUST IMMACULATE. THE PRICE WAS NOT TOO BA NEVER WENT BY SO FAST, AND I WON’T FORG
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T, I CREATED A LOT OF MEMORIES. THERE WERE MANY FUNNY ND JUST GOING CRAZY. WE SANG MANY SONGS AND THE VIBES OF D AND WAS REALLY WORTH IT FOR ALL THE FUN I HAD. AN HOUR GET THOSE MOMENTS EVER. -- HENRY YU ' 23
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LOOKING F 1/1: Dream Lab Members will support cancer research by lending their phones computing power!
1/2: BeanBeanBean Members will play BeanBeanBean and answer questions to donate to food banks!
1/8: Lockdown Letters Members will write letters to front line workers to show say thanks!
1/9: Writing Wonders Organization Members will write letters to children, elderly and healthcare workers!
1/15: Design Coloring Book Pages Members will create coloring book pages for seniors at East Side Elders!
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FORWARDS 1/16: Letters to Strangers Members will write anonymous letters to strangers!
1/23: Ecosia Members will use the search engine Ecosia, which helps plant more trees!
1/26: Charity Miles Members will run, bike, and walk to raise money for the Thirst Project!
1/27: Caitlin's Smiles Card Making Members will make cards with Caitlin's Smiles for children in hospitals.
1/28: Missing Maps Members will contribute to OpenStreetMap to help disaster response!
1/29: Letters Against Isolation Members will write letters to self-isolating seniors to brighten their days!
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LOOKING F 1/30: Letters for Rose Members will write letters to elderly in nursing homes!
1/30: FreeKibble Members will answer daily trivia questions to donate kibble!
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FORWARDS
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Announcements and Links Sign our petition sets!
Made by our lovely PR CoHeads Melody Jiang '24 and Rebecca Xie '23
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DIVISION AND BEYOND
Sign up for D11 emails!
Submit to D11's Panda Press here
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Request a rec from out LTG , Melonie!
ELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Executive Officer and International Endorsement Information:
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Apply to be a DKC here, and use our guide here!
Intent form (due 2/1)
Bio (due 2/25)
LTC: KEY CLUB COUNTY FAIR
Coming Soon
More Information 25
LINKS!!
1. Events Doc 2. Board Suggestions 3. Article/ Photo Submission Form 4. Points and Hours 5. Point and Hours Corrections
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