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POST Volume 2 | Issue 6
December
Carlmont Key Club
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Messages from Newsletter Editor and President
December Member Recognition
Past Fundraisers and Social Events
Past Service Events
Club Updates December SOSP: Providing Basic Needs Going Bananas Upcoming Events
Division Updates Stay Connected
A Message from yo ur
Newsletter Editor Hey Key-uties! 2020 has flown by so fast! Cheers to month number 10 of serving our community from the comfort of our homes. This year has been a roller coaster and I am so grateful to be a part of such an amazing club with awesome members :) November was filled with lots of events, from fundraisers to service events, you guys were a huge part to making it happen. With over 40 service opportunities, we were able to serve 2,851.78 hours this term! I can’t wait for you guys to see what we have planned for December and the New Year! We have lots of ongoing events planned for December, as well as gift exchanges, movie nights, and more to help destress y’all after finals. I wish all my fellow Key Clubbers a happy and healthy holidays! See you all in 2021!
With love,
Claire Tseng
Claire Tseng Newsletter Editor tsengclaire95@gmail.com
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President Hey Carlmont Key-Clubbers! I can’t believe the year and semester is almost over, it feels like just yesterday I was seeing all your new and familiar faces on zoom. With the holiday season coming up, definitely look out for some fun holiday themed events hosted by us and our division. We have the upcoming Division 34 North gift exchange, our Carlmont Key Club Movie Night on December 18th, our Division Holiday Bake-a-Thon, and many more events! Good luck to all of you on your finals this semester!! And I hope you guys have a great winter break afterward. (And don’t forget to look for our end-of-year club meeting celebration next year in 2021).
Happy Holidays :D,
Ashley Zheng
Ashley Zheng President ashleyzheng934@gmail.com
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December Memb Members of the Month Alice Finkelstein
Sophomore Alice has been consistently going to club meetings and events and showing great dedication towards Key Club! She’s sent in many articles and visuals that can be found in both the Club and Division newsletter :D
Raffle Winner Katarina Povinec Sophomore Katerina is an extremely passionate Key-Clubber and she can be found at many of our events. Both our members of the month applied for leadership positions & Katerina’s dedication to service events has been outstanding! :D
Michael Dell’Aquila Sophomore Congradulations! Michael has attended lots of club and division events to recieve many tickets in our club’s raffle. Contact Iain Weissburg to recieve a free boba guys or starbucks drink delivered to your doorstep!
Officer of the Month Britney Fong
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Junior One of our Secretaries, Britney, has not only been working diligently on counting and reporting our club hours, but has been actively pursuing the awards from the Member Recognition Program. So she can be seen hosting a variety of events this month!
ber Recognition Sticker Awards
Gold Silver 6 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 3 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker Emily Mao (6.5) Marrisa Chow (7) Lisa Nguyen (7) Sanjna Sood (7) Kaelyn Tam (7)
8 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 5 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker Iain Weissburg (8) Martin Zhong (8) Michael DellAquila (8) Hailey Wong (8) Kaitlyn Fong (8.5) Britney Fong (8.83) Katarina Povinec (10) Amisha Nambiar (10.5) Jocelyn Owen (12.25) Allison Hoang (13) Lauren McCarthy(14.33) Alice Finkelstein (19.75) Claire Tseng (22) Miriya Mayenkar (27)
Bronze 4 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 1 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker Eden Abrams-Scheppler (4) Kiana Beigi (4.5) Haruka Eguchi (4.5) Georgie Rauls (4.5) Kelly Kwong (5) Annabel Chia (5) Xavier Lem (5) Ayumi Sandez (5) Madeline Wright (5) Lina Saleh (5.5)
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PTP Bracelet Fundraiser $100 raised
Thank you for Donating Lina Saleh - Freshman
Friday, November 13th
During this event on 11/13, hosted by Erica Tam and Sanjna Sood, Key Club members got together to participate in a service tournament. In this event, we played Freerice by UNWFP (World Food Programme) and UNICEF’s Math for Good. During this event, we were divided into three teams where in which we worked to earn the most points for our team. The prize? Each person on the winning team was to receive one extra raffle ticket, as well as the overall top three contenders. We started the event by playing Skribblio, which definitely helped us build camaraderie within our team. Our team came in last, but the experience was wonderful nonetheless. This event had it all; stablishing an attitude of good sportsmanship, team camaraderie, and doing service hours, all at once.
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$80 raised Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Social Events Saturday, November 21st Alice Finkelstein - Sophomore
D34N Keysgiving
At the November DCM, Key Clubbers from 14 schools came together over Zoom to celebrate Thanksgiving, but in Key Club style: Keysgiving. During this event, not only were general updates regarding past and future events given, but over 20 past Key Club alumni shared their individual stories, college tips, and advice. Key Clubbers got to connect personally with these speakers in Zoom breakout rooms and at the same time met other students from different schools. Students also had the opportunity to express their gratitude to a friend by writing a short note in the Love Box via a Google Form, and throughout the event, notes from this Love Box were read out. For me, it was so inspiring to hear these notes and I also learned so much from all of the alumni’s experiences! I am so grateful to be a part of this wonderful Key Club family and thought that this was overall an amazing event. I really enjoyed the warm and friendly Thanksgiving atmosphere that we were still able to create even though we were meeting virtually!
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D34N D34N Cranes Cranes for for World World Peace Peace Saturday, November 14th
25 volunteers 50 hours Kaelyn Tam - Freshman
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On November 14, El Camino Key Club from Division 34 North hosted an interclub service event called Cranes for World Peace. Participants folded paper cranes to send to the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the disarmament of nuclear weapons for a safer world without the threat of nuclear annihilation. Since cranes serve as a symbol of peace, eternal youth, and happiness, the purpose of sending them to this organization was to spread positivity. Key Clubbers learned that every August, the month that atomic bombs were dropped in Japan (during World War 2), the Sadako Peace Garden is decorated with thousands of cranes. For me, it was a great experience and a way for me to revisit my hobby of folding origami when I was younger. Not only was the inter-club event a great opportunity to spread peace and positivity, it also gave members a chance to socialize with other people from different schools!
Amisha Nambiar - Junior The Charity Miles event allowed Key Clubbers to raise money for a charity of their choice based on how much time they spent exercising. During quarantine this event motivated me to get out of the house more. I chose the charity “Habitat for Humanity� and synced the Charity Miles app up with my health app so I could count the miles I walked everyday. Before this event I was not leaving the house too often as I felt too consumed in my schoolwork. After syncing my apps, I decided to go for a short walk to get myself started. It turned into a habit of leaving the house for fifteen to twenty minutes everyday and walking around my city. While raising money for my chosen charity, I was also getting exercise and clearing my mind. Overall, I think this was one of my favorite ongoing Key Club events since I could do it on my own time and mentally and physically benefitted while doing service work.
Charity Miles Ongoing through November
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Xavier Lem - sophomore On November 18, Key Club hosted a service event for Chico Bag’s Pay It Forward program, which advocates for the repurposing and recycling of reusable bags. Key Clubbers followed a video tutorial to make DIY bags out of T-shirts, which were then donated to low-income families or recycled into new products. Because plastics can take over 1,000 years to decompose, it is vital that we do our part to make use of sustainable products. However, if neglected, even reusable items can become pollutants, ending up in landfills or the environment. Thus, the repurposing of unused T-shirts is an ideal way to both reduce the amount of plastic entering the environment, as well as recycle products that are no longer useful in their current state. The event was enjoyable, and I was glad to be putting my unused T-shirts to good use.
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No Sew T-Shirt Bag Service Event Wednesday, November 18th
23 volunteers 19.51 hours
Isabel Wright - sophomore Last Wednesday, I participated in a Key Club event where we DIY’d t-shirts into reusable bags that we donated. We followed along to a nosew bag tutorial on youtube. We started by cutting off the sleeves and part of the neckline of the t-shirt. We then flipped the shirt inside out and cut lines along the bottom of the shirt. Lastly, we tied where we made the shirt cuts and flipped the shirt back to the front. I was surprised how simple this process was and how it turned out so well without using a sewing machine. My shirt bags look very tactile and useable. I’m very interested in sustainable fashion, so this project piqued my interest. I had lots of fun at this service event.
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CLUB UPDATES
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Complete these three steps to join! 1. Complete 3 hours of service with key club. 2. Submit the application (email 806523@seq.org for it) to Rosie, Carolina, Ashley, Kaitlin Leung, and Britney (contacts on page 20). 3. Venmo $20 ($14 for returning members) to @Rosie-Jimenez-29
Buddy Program
Contact Erica Tam to join! (650) 863-5762 806536@seq.org
Meet other members of Key Club through our buddy system! You will be randomly assigned to another key clubber and have the opportunity to get to know them by playing games or just by having a conversation. A new partner will be matched with you every month!
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ecognition Program Frequently asked questions
Coordinating Events Interested in lead,ing coordinating, or have a good idea to present? Contact: Claire Tseng or Sanjna Sood - Service Project Committee Erica Tam - Social Events Committee Carolina Cuadros - Members Development Committee
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D e ce m b er SOSP : Providing Basic Needs What is Providing Basic Needs? What does SOSP stand for? SOSP stands for Spotlight on service program. Every month we have a different organization that we direct our service projects towards.
Operation Care and Comfort Carlmont Key Club is holding a donation drive for the organization Operation: Care and comfort. We are going to be collecting items such as hygiene products, food and clothing and dropping them off in the Carlmont Key club box in the scots gym. Contact Lauren McCarthy for more information!
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Providing basic needs is dedicated towards donating necessities to people in need. Spread the holiday cheer by providing your community with basic needs during this holiday season. Clothing or food drives are perfect service projects for this month. Let’s ensure that all people have the proper necessities to live. Traditional lists of basic needs are composed of minimum requirements for the private consumption of items such as food, water and shelter. Basic needs (BN) are generally defined in terms of a minimal list of elements that human beings necessitate, in order to fulfill basic requirements and achieve a decent life. They are the basis for concepts like family, wealth, health and, at times, governments. In response, Carlmont Key Club has started a donation drive in honor of this month’s SOSP. Help us reach our goal to provide for the needy in our community.
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December Even Save the Date!
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Division Updates
Great job guys!
Keep participating in our service events and online fundraisers!
December SOSP!
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Read the Division Newsletter! Made by our division newsletter editor, Amber Chia <3
Read it here!
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President Ashley Zheng ashleyzheng934@gmail.com Vice President Lisa Nguyen lisanguyen2003@gmail.com
Webmaster Anmol Gulati 804127@seq.org Assistant Webmaster Kaelyn Tam 811204@seq.org Service Project Co-Chair Sanjna Sood sanjna1sood@gmail.com Membership Development Chair
Vice President Martin Zhong 799304@seq.org Secretary and Communications Chair Kaitlin Leung kaitlinleung@gmail.com Assistant Secretary Britney Fong 803335@seq.org Treasure Iain Weissburg 798926@seq.org Newsletter Editor and Service Project Co-Chair Claire Tseng tsengclaire95@gmail.com
Carolina Cuadros carolinacua@gmail.com Publicity Chair Maya Kornyeyeva 803455@seq.org Social Event Chair Erica Tam 806536@seq.org Kiwanis Advisor Rosie Jimenez rosjimenez2@gmail.com Faculty Advisor Matt MisKelly mmiskelly@seq.org Division 34 North LTG Kristen Carpio d34n.cnhk.ltg@gmail.com
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