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The Official Jade Division Newsletter
THE JADE INSIDER VOLUME 3 ISSUE #2
Words From Your
JADE LTG
Hello Jaguars! The school year is almost ending and you know what that means; prom and banquets! I hope that you all are having a blast before the school year ends. Please remember to keep your grades up and end the school year with a bang! I would like to say thank you to those members who attended the Jade Banquet. It was such a great turn out and I’m glad people enjoyed the food and company. Congratulations to the retired officers for a whole year of hard work. Congratulations to the new officers and may you have a successful school year with KIWIN’S. To be honest, retiring my old board members was very sad for me because half of them are going away for college :( Now that I’m back from May Board, I am ready to start the KIWIN’S year strong. I came back more confident and educated. I can’t wait to share what the Power House and I have in store for you! Since summer is here, please take advantage of the time to plan out events for the next school year. Use your time wisely to perform service projects that relate to Live2Learn, PTP, and Project ELIMINATE this summer! Love,
Cerena Nguyen
2012-2013 Jade Lieutenant Governor
PRESENTING…
KIWIN’S DISTRICT/GOVERNOR’S PROJECT
With The Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. Neonatal tetanus kills one baby every nine minutes—nearly 60,000 newborn children every year. A significant number of women also die due to maternal tetanus. The effects of the disease are excruciating—tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. To eliminate MNT from the Earth, 129 million mothers and their future babies must be immunized. This requires vaccines, syringes, safe storage, transportation, thousands of skilled staff and more. It will take $110 million— and the dedicated work of UNICEF and every member of the Kiwanis family. Kiwanis and UNICEF joined forces to tackle iodine deficiency disorders, achieving one of the most significant public health successes of the 20th century. Now, together, they are eliminating MNT from the face of the Earth. In doing so, the project will reach the poorest, most neglected mothers and babies with additional lifesaving health care. The end of this one disease means the beginning of better health for so many families. YOU can save a baby’s life. YOU can save a mother’s life. YOU can ELIMINATE maternal and neonatal tetanus. For more information about the ELIMINATE Project, please visit www.TheEliminateProject.org
32nd District of Key Club International
Children: Their Future, Our Service Realizing the need and interest in supporting the MEP through hands on service, a new service initiative will be created on a two-year basis. All of the hands on service provided to children by Key Club International members can be directed to a single area of need to make a substantial impact. This service initiative directs and focuses the attention of KIWIN'S members to serve children in a specific hands-on approach.
What is Live2Learn? KIWIN'S members currently will focus their time and talents on Live2Learn, specifically focused on 5-9 year old youth, with the main goals of promoting education and building literary skills. This program not only creates endless possibilities to strengthen the common goal of service, but also allows each KIWIN'S member to develop into a well-rounded individual community leader and lifelong advocate for children’s education.
32nd District of Key Club International What is Pediatric Trauma? Pediatric Trauma affects children from infancy to age nineteen. It is a result of motor vehicle accidents, physical abuse, drowning accidents, falls, and animal bites, making it the leading cause of death of children in the United States. Every year it results in sixteen million emergency visits and twenty thousand deaths. To prevent these accidents and injuries from happening, KIWIN'S has focused on fighting Pediatric Trauma through raising funds and by increasing general awareness through education. Established in 1992, Pediatric Trauma Prevention is a main focus of KIWIN'S in conjunction with California-Nevada-Hawaii Kiwanis.
PTP Facts: Unintentional injury kills more children every year than any other cause – including disease, homicide and suicide! Unintentional injury is the #1 killer of children age 14 and under in the U.S. 90% of these unintentional injuries can be prevented.
A Key Club International Service Partner
What is the Children’s Miracle Network? The Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization dedicated towards the well-being of all hospitalized children. The funds raised by the Children’s Miracle Network, directly benefits children in hospitals that are partners with the organization. Hospitals that are members of the Children’s Miracle Network are able to provide a better hospital experience for the children because of their ability to obtain the most up-to-date equipment, train staff who will be able to understand the unique needs of hospitalized children, conduct life-saving research, implement programs that deliver medical services to patients who are unlikely to access treatment independently, and provide health care for hospitalized children whose parent/s cannot afford it.
How does KIWIN’S get involved? Hospitals affiliated with the Network provide treatment, comfort, and hope to children within our local communities. KIWIN’S continues to assist the Children’s Miracle Network in the improvement of the lives of local children by fundraising and donating to help fund the Network’s various projects. Along with KIWIN’S, the Network takes part in the fight against Pediatric Trauma, which is the KIWIN’S Minor Emphasis.
JADE BANQUET 2013 Did you missed out on delicious Korean BBQ and seeing your friends? Well, don’t worry! Here are some pictures and recap of what happened! Bon appetit~
On May 17, Jade Division celebrated a wonderful year of service at Coriya BBQ in Albany. I would like to say thank to all of you for making an effort to travel out of your area for this event!
To new beginnings...
WHAT’S UP, JADE! OHLONE MOVIE NIGHT: By: Jing Yi-Chung, Hercules High
On Friday, May 24, 2013, Hercules High KIWIN'S were invited to Ohlone Elementary School to participate in the quarterly Movie Night. We had to set up the tables before the rush of kids came in. We also had to handle all the transactions while selling the food and drinks to all the attendees. While helping the school, we also got to enjoy the movie and got the leftover food! It was a great experience and the Ohlone parent volunteers told us they couldn't wait for us to come back!
RHS ADOPT-A-PARK: By: Brittany Ferguson, Richmond High School Richmond High School KIWIN’S adopted the Civic Center Plaza, center of the city of Richmond, CA to clean up the environment in which many important events take place. Our first park of the project is to scrape the black gum spots off the cement. The job is certainly not easy and takes many time and patience that each member from Richmond High KIWIN’S has. We chose scraping gum off the cement because we feel that many people get fed up from seeing so many spots on the cement of a brand new plaza and who doesn’t hate stepping on a brand new piece of gum it’s just the worst! We work really hard to build a good reputation with our city council members because we feel like they’re our bridge to restoring Richmond!
DIRECTORY Jade Regional Advisor Jade Asst. Regional Advisor Larry Lewis Llewis@rpal.org
HERCULES HS
Pandora Turner Llewis@rpal.org
Jade Lieutenant Governor Cerena Nguyen Jadeltg1314@gmail.com
OAKLAND HS
RICHMOND HS
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
Anmol Randhawa Anmolrandhawa@gmail.com
Sharmane Fulgado Sharmanefulgado15@gmail.com
Brittany Ferguson Brittany.rf10@yahoo.com
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
Tamilyn Chen Tamilyn.chen@gmail.com
Janice Ly Janicelyyy@yahoo.com
Giovanni.ramirez039@gmail.com
Giovanni Ramirez
Keep up the good work, guys! Your LTG is proud.