Division 34 North | Division 17 | CA-Nev-Ha
THE CARLMONT
POST Volume 3 | Issue 05
September
Carlmont Key Club
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Messages from Newsletter Editor and President
September Member Recognition
Past Club & Divison Events
Club Updates + Freshman Orientation
The Transition to In-Person Events Divison, District, & International Updates September SOSP: Pediatric Trauma Program Intro to Key Club Structure September Events Stay Connected
A M essage from yo ur
Newsletter Editor
Hi Key Club! As we start the fall season, it’s never been a better time to join Key Club! We’ve been present at both the Freshman/ Sophomore Club Fair and the school-wide club fair last week, so I hope you were able to see us there and learn more about our club. During August, we slowly transitioned back into in-person events with the August DCM and our Ice Cream Social Fundraiser, both of which were a great success! We also had a couple online meetings to cater to everyone’s needs, but in September, we tried to focus primarily on in-person events both on the club and division level. However, we still have a couple ongoing events and fundraisers, such as the Krispy Kreme Donut Fundraiser, so those are great to get involved in as well! For this newsletter, I hope you enjoy the library and cozy theme that serves as a slight transition from my previous summer designs. Flip through to find our past events from August, photos from our booth at Freshman Orientation, and more to enhance your Key Club experience! As always, everyone is welcome, so feel free to invite your friends to any club meetings or events to expand our family.
Best,
Katarina Povinec Katarina Povinec Newsletter Editor 806450@seq.org
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Hello Key Clubbers!
A M e s sage f r o m y o u r
There are a lot of exciting events for October, including Fall Rally North and Regional Training Conference. Make sure to contact me asap if you are interested. We are continuing to do in person events at Second Harvest, a Laurel Street Clean Up, and so much more! Be on the lookout for an announcement for more service and social events!
President
I hope you all had a great first month of school. It was so great to finally meet all of you in person. We started off our member recruitment with the freshman orientation and two informational club meetings. Thank you to all the new members who joined and we can’t wait to have you all on board! We also hosted Division 34 North’s first Council Meeting where we made 300 toilettes kits for our local homeless shelters. We also had another two in-person service events for September, which were the Palo Alto Moonlight Run and Coastal Clean Up. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Please reach out if you have any questions or if you just wanna talk!
Surfing the Waves of Service,
Claire Tseng Claire Tseng President tsengclaire95@gmail.com
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September September Mem Mem Members of the Month
Maya Kornyeyeva
Senior Maya has been actively participating in both club and division events this month, and she has also been on top of all of her tasks as a member of the Publicity/Communications Committee. We appreciate your hard work!
Ashwika Narayan Freshman Ashwika is a new member of Carlmont Key Club, and her dedication is already apparent! She has been attending many of our service events and is getting involved with the community.
Officer of the Month
Committee Member of the Month Lina Saleh
Sophomore - Social Event Committee Lina has been doing a great job as a member of the Social Event Committee by attending many of our events and being so kind and welcoming to everyone! She has also helped recruit new members and more interest in Key Club.
Carolina Cuadros
Junior - Treasurer Carolina helped organize our Ice Cream Social Fundraiser in August to raise money for our club funds! She has been doing a great job keeping track of our budget and our progress towards our donation goal.
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mber mber Recognition Recognition Sticker Awards
Gold Silver 6 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 3 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker, 3 raffle tickets**
8 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 5 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker, 5 raffle tickets** Claire Tseng (13) Guillermo Mendoza (9.5) Jocelyn Owen (9)
Colin Zhang (7.5) Miriya Mayenkar (7.5) Britney Fong (6.82) Katarina Povinec (6) Sanjna Sood (6)
Raffle Winner Jocelyn Owen
Junior 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** Annabel Chia (5.5) Emily Mao (5.5) Kelly Kwong (5) Kaitlyn Kwan (4.5) Lina Saleh (4.5) Erica Tam (4.5) Grace Zheng (4.5) Amber Chia (4.25) Maya Kornyeyeva (4.25) John Zhou (4.25) Ethan Moussa (4)
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HW Social Hour + Letters to St. Jude 12 attendees + 1 advisor for 18 hr
Nate Anson Senior The Homework Social Hour + Letters to St. Jude’s event, run by Ethan Moussa and Miriya Mayenkar, was divided into separate subjects which helped students work with peers and collaborate. I was able to use the time to work on science homework and was helped by fellow classmates in the club. I highly recommend doing this event again because it kept me productive and benefited me greatly. In the second half of the event, we were also able to earn service hours through the letter making. I think it was very smart to have students join groups based on the desired learning subject and combine it with service so if this event is run again, I think it should follow a similar standard.
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Shave the Day Division-Wide Service Event Mandy Mah Junior Shave the Day was a division-wide service event hosted by Lowell Key Club. During the service event, volunteers would download an app called Shave the Day and shave away. Shave the Day is an endless running game where you dodge to avoid obstacles, swipe to collect coins, and jump to shave the hair off heads. For every coin you collected, one cent would be donated to childhood cancer research. More money would be donated when you jumped to shave heads. I thought this event was a wonderful and fulfilling way to spend my time because I was having fun playing the game while raising money for childhood cancer research. The game felt different to play than other endless running games I have played before, so it did pose a little bit of a challenge, but it kept it interesting. I would definitely recommend this game to anyone with some spare time on their hands or wants to help fund childhood cancer research. Thank you to Lowell for hosting the event and introducing us all to this game!
Cranes for Peace Claire Bing Senior The Origami Cranes for Nuclear Peace event was held over Zoom on Thursday, August 26 from 4:30-6:00pm. In the event, participants folded origami cranes to support the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a group working towards disarming nuclear weapons and creating a safer world without the threat of nuclear war. After the introduction to the project and gathering our materials, the event coordinator put on music for us to listen to while following a tutorial video on how to make the cranes. Making the cranes was difficult enough to be a stimulating activity while still being a relaxing craft, and I really enjoyed the event! It was great to know that there are still organizations fighting for such a big problem that never got resolved, and this was a really enjoyable way to support their work.
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August
37 attendees + 3 advisors for 63 hours Lina Saleh Sophomore On August 28th, 82 Key Club members (37 Carlmont members) attended our division’s first in-person DCM since lockdown. At the DCM, hosted by Carlmont, we made toiletry kits featuring the likes of towels and toothpaste and cards to accompany them for the homeless. The astounding turnout and number of attendees made it so that we completed the service portion of our event far earlier than we had anticipated. As someone who joined Key Club during lockdown, I had never attended an in-person DCM. I can say, with full confidence, that I thoroughly enjoyed our August DCM and it was an event that I will carry with me for a long time. After we had completed our tasks and service portion, members went on to play volleyball and spike ball (amongst others). It was great finally meeting and seeing fellow members and friends that I had made over Zoom, in person. Thank you to everybody involved in making this event happen!
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DCM
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Cardmaking for Hospitalized Kids 11 attendees + 1 advisor for 17.07 hrs Colin Zhang Freshman Cardmaking for Hospitalized Children was a wonderful experience for me. We wrote inspirational cards to hospitalized children while relaxing music was playing in the background. There was also an online card option available for members to send. I thought it was a great way to help the community since a simple message of encouragement could brighten someone’s day. I look forward to participating in similar events in the future!
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Ice Cream Social 37 attendees Fundraiser for 89.25 hours 10
pdates c l u bu CLUB UPDATES
Join Key Club
Complete these three steps to join! 1. Complete 3 hours of service with key club. 2. Complete the google form application (email 806523@seq. org for it). 3. Pay $20 (or $14 for returning members) in cash to Advisor Rosie at our next club meeting.
Buddy Program Attention Key Clubbers! We are looking for interested members to become mentors for our Buddy Program. All you need to apply is 1+ yrs of experience in Key Club or high school and the desire to help freshmen/new members adjust to these new programs. Contact Erica Tam (Social Committee Chair) to learn more.
Internship Opportunity At Carlmont Key Club, we will be hosting an intership program during the months of October and November. This will allow you to shadow any officer of your choice and learn more about their position! Sign-ups are limited, so be sure to look out for new info.
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freshman ORIENTATION
Benefits of Becoming a Member - Meet friends within and beyond Carlmont Key Club - Scholarships for college - Earn community service hours by serving our local communities - Develop leadership skills - Earn rewards and recognition - Flexible schedule/commitment
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z o o m n o m o r e NO MORE ZOOM
Key Club is Transitioning Back in Person! What does this mean for you? - Covid Waivers for all In-person Events: Whenever you RSVP for an in-person event, a COVID waiver will be sent to you in a confirmation/instructory email. Please be sure to print + fill this waiver out prior to the event, and bring it with you! - Masking Guidelines: Masks will be encouraged during outdoor events, and are recommended to stop the spread of the pandemic. Since many attendees are often present at Key Club Events, it is out of your best interest to arrive with + wearing a mask. - Vaccination: Vaccination Status will not be required for regular service events, but there will ocassionally be events where it will be required. Keep an eye out for specifics for each in-person event in order to guarentee that you are able to attend. - Club Meetings: Our club meetings are no longer held over zoom, but at room D-12 during lunch at Carlmont! Come by every Thursday for new club updates, sticker awards, and social events. - Division Events: All division events, including interclubs and DCMs, will all be held in-person from now on! This means that the activities will be more engaging and less repetitive, but there will also be less division events since finding communal spaces for everyone to be able to attend is difficult.
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o t h e r pdates OTHER uUPDATES
Division Updates
- In order to come to FRN, you must attend 2 or more FRN Preps! Sign up for our next one on 10/9 at bit.ly/d34nfrnprep2. - Our October DCM will be combined with the third and final FRN Prep on 10/16! RSVP at bit. ly/d34noctdcm to attend both events.
- RTC is THIS weekend! Be sure to check out the RTC Packing List on the region instagram (@region17royals) to learn more. - You can also sign up for the RTC Talent Show at tinyurl.com/rtctalent2122!
District + Region Updates
International Updates - Official Key Club merchandise is avaliable for sale! Check out shopkeyclub.com to purchase t-shirts, hats, and more.
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S eptemb er S OS P : Pediatric Trauma Program What is the Pediatric Trauma Program? 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.
Krispy Kreme Donut Fundraiser From August to October, Carlmont has been hosting a Krispy Kreme Fundraiser to get donations for PTP! By donating $10, you’ll receive an online certificate to Krispy Kreme that you can redeem any time for a free dozen of donuts. Contact Jocelyn Owen at (650) 544-6372 to learn more!
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The Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP) is an organization dedicated to reducing the amount of children killed or injured by trauma. Support the Pediatric Trauma Program by spreading awareness and fundraising this month. Check out the numerous guides and powerpoints for more ideas on fundraising and service projects. Also start fundraising for your Fall Rally PTP donations! PTP is a Key Club preferred charity, which means that we also do fundraisers and service events related to this organization throughout the year. PTP is extremely harmful and a danger to all children around the world, so by donating to our cause, you are helping prevent injury and save the lives of children. This month, Carlmont Key Club has organized a Krispy Kreme Fundraiser to raise funds for PTP. Donate today to enjoy a sweet treat and contribute to an important charity.
In tro to K e y C l ub S tr uc tur e
Each club is made up of at least 15 members led by a President Carlmont Key Club
Each division is made up of various clubs in a defined territory led by a Lieutenant Governor Division 34 North
Each district is made up of one or more states led by a Governor Cal-Nev-Ha District
Key Club Int’l encompasses all clubs within its 33 districts and other countries not included in a district
As a new member, Key Club’s structure may seem confusing, but the diagram above is a greatly helpful resource that breaks everything down. Our club is just a small part of a very large organization that is split into the following four levels: Club, Division, District, and International. - Club represents anything that you do solely for our club, whether that be participate in a fundraiser, running for a position as a committee member, etc. - The divison is in charge of overseeing a set number of clubs (15 for D34N) and guiding them through events with other clubs, connecting them to the district and international level, and merging everyone together into one Key Club family. - District level is all of the divisions in a selected area (ours is all divisions from California, Nevada, and Hawaii) - Our district (CNH) is the largest of all 33 districts of Key Club International with: - 45,000 members - 780 Key Clubs - 77 divisions - 18 regions - Key Club International is made up of all of the Key Clubs around the world. An international event that you can attend this term in order to interact with these different clubs is the Summer Leadership Conference (in place of ICON due to COVID restrictions).
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S eptember Events Save the Date!
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Tuesday Free Rice Event Ongoing until September 25th
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D34N Newbee Social @2-3:30pm
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Member Recognition + Graphics Workshop @1-2:30pm
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Monday
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Club Meeting @Lunch in D-12
8 Second Harvest every Wednesday @10-1pm
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9 Club Meeting @Lunch in D-12
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Palo Alto Moonlight Run VAX REQUIRED @5:30-9:30pm
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Coastal Cleanup @9-12pm
D34N Fall Rally North Prep @1-2:30pm
25 September DCM @3:30-5:30pm
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30 Club Meeting @Lunch D-12
** LTG + DNE challenge questions due!
Krispy Kreme Donut Fundraiser Ongoing Event August-Oct
** Find these in the division newsletter!
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Read the Division Newsletter! Made by our DNE, Kaelyn Fung!
Read it here!
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President Claire Tseng carlmontkc.pres@gmail.com Vice President Sanjna Sood sanjna1sood@gmail.com Vice President Amber Chia amberchia1212@gmail.com Secretary Mandy Mah 806684@seq.org Secretary Joyce Chu 806659@seq.org Treasurer Carolina Cuadros carolina.cua@icloud.com Newsletter Editor Katarina Povinec 806450@seq.org Webmaster John Zhou 806759@seq.org Service Project Co-Chair Alice Finklestein 806047@seq.org
d ar Bo Service Project Co-Chair Britney Fong britney.fong@comcast.net Membership Development Chair
Kaitlyn Kwan kaitlynkwan7@gmail.com Publicity Chair Miriya Mayenkar 806749@seq.org Commuications Chair Guillermo Mendoza g.men.con.24@gmail.com Social Event Chair Erica Tam 806536@seq.org Fundraising Chair Emily Mao 803583@seq.org Kiwanis Advisor Rosie Jimenez rosjimenez2@gmail.com Faculty Advisor Matt MisKelly mmiskelly@seq.org Division 34 North LTG Courtney Tai d34n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org
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