October Member Recognition

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Member of the Month

Officers of the Month Committee Member of the Month

Colin Zhang

Sophomore Colin has demonstrated his dedication to Key Club by attending the majority of our club and division events. He also took initiative to apply for a position on the Members Dev. Committee!

Joyce Chu

Junior - Secretary As one of our two secretaries, Joyce has been working with Mandy to make sure that everyone’s service hours are submitted on time and are recorded correctly. Thank you secretaries for your hard work and dedication!

Kaitlyn Kwan

Senior - Membership Development Chair Kaitlyn has been taking great measures to help our club reach our membership goal + retain existing members! She has also recruited new members to the commitee to help out with member retention. Thank you Kaitlyn!

Mandy Mah

Junior - Secretary Mandy has been working extremely hard in order to submit the MRF on time, release the monthly results for sticker awards, and update members about the MRP status.

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Sticker Awards

Silver

6 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 3 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker, 3 raffle tickets**

Abby Stabinsky (6.42) Emily Mao (12) Colin Zhang (10)

Gold

8 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 5 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker, 5 raffle tickets**

Raffle Winner

Abby Stabinsky

Freshman Congratulations! Erica Tam will contact you with your prize (a $5 Boba Guys or Starbucks gift card)! ** Attending division events also earns you 1 raffle ticket per event!

Bronze

4 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 1 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker, 1 raffle ticket**

Grace Kimberg (5.17) Jocelyn Owen (5) Katarina Povinec (4.5) Marrisa Chow (4) Lucy Lopshire (4) Francesca Brocchieri (4)

Palo Alto Moonlight Run

Club Event - 6 attendees for 22.5 hr

Lucy Lopshire

Junior The Palo Alto Moonlight Run was an exciting event where we got to encourage runners and provide them with water and Gatorade. It was amazing being able to provide the participants with support and resources so that they could finish off the race with high spirits. It was also fun volunteering with other members of Key Club and making new friends from other schools! I think the best part of this event was being able to cheer for the runners that were working hard, and the money they paid to run went to support nonprofits serving families in the Bay Area. Overall, the event was a great opportunity to be supportive, make new friends, and accumulate volunteer hours. I look forward to this event next year!

Jocelyn Owen

Junior On Saturday, September 18, Carlmont Key Clubbers participated in the 37th annual coastal cleanup day at Twin Pines Park. Participants helped clean up the park by picking up trash and recyclables in the area. We picked up litter including used plastic wrappers, containers, straws, utensils, scraps of cardboard, tiny pieces of confetti from previous events, and more. We were also provided with a sheet of paper to track the different items that we picked up. I’m glad that we had the opportunity to spend a productive morning helping to clean up the environment and our community!

Coastal Cleanup

September DCM

5 attendees + 1 advisor for 7.5 hr

Guillermo Mendoza

Senior The September Dares DCM was a division-wide council meeting and social fundraiser hosted by El Camino. At the event, we were able to dare fellow Key Clubbers to do a wide variety of dares that varied in price. There were also DLT dares that we were able to help contribute to. This was one of my favorite events of the year as while I was able to dare my friends, I was also helping raise money for the Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP)! I enjoyed interacting with Key Clubbers from other schools and seeing what dares their friends dared them to do. There was so much to do at the event and the hosts were also very kind. I would definitely attend future events like this and can’t wait to be a part of more division-wide events!

Maya Kornyeyeva

Senior During the October DCM, the atmosphere was light and joyful. When all of the key clubbers arrived, we sat down on colorful blankets to listen to updates from the EAs, the LTG, and each of the clubs in our division. This included Galileo Key Club, who attended their first DCM. After the conclusion of the updates, the members split off into FRN Prep #3 activities like learning cheers, and a service portion consisting of rock painting. The service portion was entertaining as well as relaxing, and allowed members to meet people from different clubs and converse with several advisors and the DLT. The rocks dried quickly and included kind messages like “Be Happy” and “Enjoy your moment,” plus symbols like keys, hearts, and smiley faces. Overall, the event was enjoyable and provided members with a wide range of activities to choose from.

5 attendees for 7.5 hr

October DCM

Second Harvest

12 attendees + 1 advisor for 30.5 hr

Soleil Dam

Junior On October 5th, 11 Carlmont Key Club members (along with many others) joined Second Harvest of Silicon Valley to distribute food at Hoover Elementary School. Second Harvest is a food bank that is nationwide and they work to provide free food to anyone and everyone who needs a healthy meal. We had four different stations: dairy, produce, meat, and canned goods. Depending on how many families the car was picking up for, each station would put 2 to 8 boxes into each vehicle that came through the parking lot. All in all, I really enjoyed the event and it made me feel like I was making a big impact on the people in my community and making some people’s lives a bit easier.

Waterdog Run

Goblin Walk

Nate Anson

Senior We got the Belmont Waterdog Run early at the Carlmont Shopping center at 6:30am on Saturday, October 9th. I was assigned to be a course monitor behind Lunardis. I liked how this event was in-person and how I was able to help out during a community event. Additionally, seeing the runners run by and their friendly faces while encouraging them was nice. Overall, I really liked the event, and even though it was early in the morning, I enjoyed it.

Swaraali Save

Junior The Goblin Walk was a Halloweenthemed event where the businesses along Laurel Street in San Carlos passed out candy to trick-or-treaters and their parents. The volunteers handed out free candy collection bags to families participating in the walk. Each bag was black with an orange Goblin Walk 2021 logo on the front. All of the volunteers took a bundle of bags and spread out along the street to offer them to people passing by. We had 14 volunteers in total, so we were able to hand them all out faster than expected. The best part was seeing all the kids’ fun costumes as we walked through the crowd!