GEMS Volume 3 | Issue 3
CNH KIWIN’S 32ND DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 2018
table of contents introduction
02
awards
03
the thirst project
09
announcements
11
key leader
12
fall rally south
13
early bird dues
15
manuals update
16
HOCK
17
merchandise ad
19
district projects
21
partners in service
23
introduction HELLO GRIZZLIES! Happy Fall! I hope that the year has been treating everyone well so far! These past few months have been flying by, and we’re already approaching the half-way point. I’m super proud of everything we’ve been able to accomplish and I can’t wait to see what we’ll continue to achieve. I can’t believe Fall Rally North has already gone by, and Fall Rally South one month away. Jade and Sapphire - you guys were amazing! Shoutout to the great friends I made and Mr.Blair from the CNH Foundation for coming to speak with us. Let's keep this up! KIWINNERS, you know the drill - go out there to cheer and raise awareness for the Pediatric Trauma Program. I’m super excited to see the spirit within our district. With that being said, I wish everyone a great rest of their week. Remember to stay warm and drink lots of hot coco. Go out there and serve your home, school, and community! Yours in service, Nina Nguyen CNH KIWIN’S District Governor
AWARDS &
R E C O G N I T I O N
MEMBER/OFFICER OF THE MONTH Presidents of each club submit a member and an officer to their LTG, who will then submit a Google form for their division’s clubs.
FEATURED ARF OF THE MONTH These will be decided by the Bulletin Editor and Awards and Recognition Chair.
CLUB OF THE MONTH These will be decided by the Bulletin Editor and Awards and Recognition Chair.
GEM OF THE MONTH 1. Starting July, each month, the district will recognize one divisional “gem” in alphabetical order (Crystal - July, Diamond - August, etc.) 2. The top 3 who have served the most amount of hours in the past month will become candidates to be voted on. Divisions will vote at the DCM of the previous month (Crystal will vote at June DCM to decide the July Gem), and the majority rules.
GEMS
O F
T H E
SEPTEMBER GEM OF THE MONTH KATRINA MAJ (EMERALD)
My KIWIN’S journey began like most others, at Club Rush my freshman year. The large quad of our school was bustling with excitement. Flyers were handed to me left and right, and I drank in each and every word. My friends and I stumbled upon a community service club, one that we had heard about and were stoked to join: Key Club. No, I didn’t join KIWIN’S that day. For about three meetings, I was a Key Club D37S Red Bull. But something about the Key Club at my school disappointed me. I felt like I wasn’t making any new friends. The members didn’t talk to each other and the officers sat alone, we would watch the powerpoint they prepared and then it was over. It was boring. Thus, I decided to quit, because I felt like I wasn’t doing anything to help my community. My friends told me about another club, called KIWIN’S. I attended one of their meetings that week and instantly felt more welcome. It was smaller than Key Club, but everyone was closer and we did fun icebreakers like playing “Down by the Banks.” I loved the tight-knit Ohana I had joined. When officer elections came, I wasn’t originally planning to run. One officer, an upperclassman named Brendan, encouraged me to try. So I did just for kicks. It was a huge surprise when I actually was chosen to be secretary, because I had run against upperclassmen. Towards the end of last school year, I met with my LTG, Julianna. She was very organized and friendly, and she helped my club get on track for the year. Julianna suggested that I apply for the DLT, and I decided that I’d give it a shot. I ended up receiving the position of Executive Assistant. Two months ago, Julianna contacted me again; there was an open spot on the District Projects Committee. Like before, I figured that even a loss is a learning experience. I interviewed, and I thought I did terribly. I was so embarrassed: my answers were basic, I was nervous, hesitant on every answer, and I kept saying “sorry” because I was so disappointed in myself. A week later I was officially on the DPC.
M O N T H
OCTOBER GEM OF THE MONTH ISABELLE KIM (GOLDSTONE) Joining KIWIN’S was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Serving my community and volunteering at local events gave me the opportunity to form friendships and meet amazing people who continue to inspire me everyday. Some of my greatest memories are from KIWIN’S events like Fall Rally South and DCON and I will remember these moments for the rest of my life. KIWIN’S has shaped me into someone who has a heart for service. Because of KIWIN’S, my passion for helping others and serving my community won’t ever fade.
continued from last column: Maybe it was luck, maybe it was lack of applicants, or maybe the committee heads saw something in me that I didn’t. Whatever it was, it gave me the opportunity to be in the DPC, and I felt so lucky. Since becoming an officer, I’ve learned so much more about this wonderful organization. I met many new people, became more confident in conversational skills, and learned more about leadership. I learned that there is always hope in trying something new, even if you think it is hopeless. And it was all caused because one person suggested that I run for officer; they probably don’t even know that it inspired me so much. A small word of encouragement really goes a long way. I’m fortunate to have had these experiences in service and being a part of something larger than myself, and I hope I can provide new members with the same experience. If anyone ever asks me to summarize my KIWIN’S experience in two sentences, I will say that “It felt good, oh it felt so good. Awooga!” If anyone ever asks me to summarize my KIWIN’S experience in two sentences, I will say that “It felt good, oh it felt so good. Awooga!”
BLANKS O F
T H E
M O N T H
SEPTEMBER CLUB OF THE MONTH TORRANCE (DIAMOND)
SEPT MEMBER OF THE MONTH BRITNEY PHAM (JET)
SEPT OFFICER OF THE MONTH ADRIANE NGUYEN (JET)
BLANKS
O F
T H E
M O N T H
OCTOBER CLUB OF THE MONTH MERCED (SAPPHIRE)
OCTOBER MEMBER OF THE MONTH ESTHER PARK (JET)
OCTOBER OFFICER OF THE MONTH ANGELA BATOON (TURQUOISE)
featured sept ARF WALK FOR WATER // TORRANCE, DIAMOND “Give Life, Give Water” is what Evan told the audience before the walk. On September 2, 2018, about more than 130+ people in developing countries were given clean water for life. The event was known as the “Walk for Water”, where about 100+ high school students walked a 5K course in order to raise money for those suffering without clean and safe water to drink and use. More than 600,000,000 people in the world suffer everyday, but our members wanted to change that. They wanted to reduce those numbers, they wanted to save more lives. As the opening ceremony presented by our Diamond Lt. G and Evan from Thirst Project ended, everyone excitedly listened and waited for instructions on how the walk will be proceeded. During the walk for water, participants had the opportunity to carry a jerry can full of water during the course. This gives the participants the shocking realization of how people in developing countries, as young 8, go by their daily routine everyday. After the walk, everyone was feeling tired, but they didn’t regret it one bit. No problems whatsoever occurred during the walk, which was outstanding! With the hard-work of all the participants, we all managed to raised more than $3200+ to donate to the Thirst Project! Everyone went crazy looking at the amount of money we raised! Smiles, laughs, and positive vibes filled the room. The best part that happened, was watching everyone leave smiling and happy, feeling proud and accomplished of the difference they made. A huge shoutout to Cynthia Nguyen (Jet Lt.G), Mahmood Bashir (KIWIN’S District Administrator), Evan Wesley (Thirst Project Storyteller), and 2018 Thirst Project Road Warriors! Give Your Life To Give Water.
by MARK DE JESUS
featured oct ARF THE COLOR RUN // EDISON, JET On September 29, one of Edison KIWIN’S most memorable and definitely most colorful and vivid, physically and figuratively, events took place: The Color Run, which was located beside the Huntington State Beach. To start off the bright day, we arrived at 7 AM to sign in and receive colored volunteer shirts assigning us to our station. The signin booth was in the midst of the festival: an area with food trucks, samples at consumer stands, a stage, photo areas worthy of social media, and much more. It was meant to excite the participants even more. Later, we made our way to the finish line for a group photo taken by our publicist/historian Natalie and aligned ourselves like the order of the rainbow. Afterwards, all of us walked the same way to our stations. First we walked through the finish line, composed of blow up, tube-like decorations that made you feel like you were like ants strolling underneath a gigantic rainbow. Then we arrived at the orange and yellow station; also a Super Zone since there was more than one color being thrown. This was the station of my friends and I so we stayed; everyone else continued the journey to theirs. Once there we began setting up banners and filling bottles with the star of the event: color; specifically orange and yellow for us. To get color on the runners, you simply squeezed the bottle since there was an opening in the lid. Soon after the run began with everyone smiling, from the runners to the volunteers. Runners ranged from young adults to moms and dads to little toddlers. Music was loudly played which encouraged the runners. For about an hour, everyone involved in The Happiest 5K on the Planet was having endless fun and joy. Runners took many videos and photos, capturing the euphoria they felt as volunteers cheered while spreading color. When 11 o’clock came around the corner, less runners came and cleanup began. Some little boys stayed and created snow angels; actually color angels, and were dressed like a rainbow. Sadly, several groups of runners arrived too late but luckily the event leaders allowed them to use piles of color left over on the ground to mimic the run and a few volunteers helped and cheered them. To clean up, we swept leftover color into the large heaps, took down the banners, and helped take down tube-like decorations. Then we walked back to the festival as our shift ended the earliest. The festival was filled with runners everywhere; at a stage with a little concert, areas where bubbles and soap were flowing from machines, and more. After an hour, those from the green and blue/purple stations returned. Several of us had then left but since there was time to stay, a few of us explored the festival, getting food samples and free fanny packs and buying delicious carne asada fries. Afterwards, we walked back where we were dropped off, said bye, and went home. For this event, we reached our maximum of 70 volunteers, which was asked for by our school’s event coordinator. It was our first event of the term and members, new and returning, had much fun and many smiles, making this event merrier and the excitement to return next year greater!
by DEANN LE
A NOTE FROM KELLEN What's up CNH KIWIN'S! My name is Kellen and I'm a full-time staff member at Thirst Project, aka your new Governor's Project! Our team is honored to be selected as your main service partner this upcoming academic year and I am SO PUMPED to work with you guys. For those of you that are new to Key Club or have been living under a rock and skipping meetings, Thirst Project is the World's Largest YOUTH Water Organization. Unfortunately, we still live on a planet where 663 million people are living without access to safe, clean drinking water. 663 million is an INSANE number (twice the population of the US!), but it's more than just a big number. It means that everyday, people have to use unprotected and contaminated water sources for all of their daily needs (drinking, washing, etc.). It means that women can't get jobs and children can't get an education because they have to walk miles (3.75 miles on average) everyday to fetch water from sources that are shared with animals and full of bacteria and parasites. Clean water is essential to life and the water crisis kills more people than anything else on our planet. So our mission is to END the global water crisis and ensure that EVERYONE has access to clean water. How do we do it? YOU GUYS!!! Next year marks the 10th anniversary (HBD to us) and throughout those years STUDENTS ALONE have raised over 9 million dollars to provide clean water to over 330,000 people in 13 different countries all over the world! And 100% of all the money we raise at Thirst Project goes directly towards building sustainable wells and providing safe, clean drinking water to communities in need. Our main focus right now is the country of Swaziland! And every semester, our student speakers (aka Road Warriors) present at hundreds of schools, all over the country to educate students about the water crisis and inspire them to take action. We the believe in the power of YOUTH! As for me, I am an Education Team member at Thirst Project HQ (the coolest office in all of Los Angeles)! I learned about Thirst Project in high school, I went on two school tours in 2017 and now it's my job to help students fundraise and take action. You guys will be hearing from me a lot and I'm always available to answer questions, talk over fundraising ideas and help out. Consider me a cross between a Thirst Project encyclopedia and HYPE MAN (hence all these capitalized words)! We may be young and fun (at least we think), but the water crisis is no joke and we're thrilled to have you guys on our side. YOU are now a part of Thirst Project. Let's work hard, crush our goals and provide more people on our planet with access to safe, clean drinking water! It's time to change the world! Kellen Thirst Project
THE THIRST
GIVE WATER GIVE LIFE. $25 gives a person water for life!
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announcements
what is key leader? Key Leader is an exciting, weekend-long retreat where students can develop their leadership skills and new friendships through workshops, team-building activities, and just spending an unforgettable weekend with each other! You will make new friends, experience small and large group discussions, and engage in team-building and leadership development activities.
how to register: 1. Go to key-leader.org and click register on the right 2. Filter camps and select camp of choice 3. Select “student participant” on the right and fill out registration information 4. Confirm payment method (credit card, check, Kiwanis sponsor) 5. Submit and you’re done! Visit key-leader.org for more information! Questions? Comments? Concerns? Email kiwins.memdev@gmail.com!
prices: $250 for student participants DISCOUNTS: - First 1,000 students to sign up for an event receive $25 off - Ask your local Kiwanis club to sponsor you - Grant opportunities
upcoming dates: Camp Jones Gulch November 16 - 18 La Honda, CA
CNH KIWIN’S KEY CLUB
FALL RALLY SOUTH WILLIAM PEAK PARK
10AM - 1:30PM
NOVEMBER 17TH, 2018
CONRATS TO FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT CHEER CONTEST!
“Who are we? K I W I N S KIWIN’S Join our forces Serve in this moment Quench that thirst Make that our statement PTP Help save the children Grizzly bears ROAR We win we win with KIWIN’S Grizzly bears SERVE We serve we serve with KIWIN’S Grizzly bears CHEER CNH KIWIN’S End cut wait silence then AHHH!”
WHO WILL WIN THE SPIRIT STICK?
FALL RALLY MERCH LOOK OUT FOR THESE AT THE MERCH TABLE AT FALL RALLY SOUTH!
FALL RALLY PIN
FALL RALLY STICKER
DISTRICT HOODIE
TURN IN
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Turn in your dues by November 1 to get early bird recognition. You will be recognized at our district convention as well as receive an early bird patch to showcase your achievement.
MANUALS UPDATE PUBLISHED
IN PROGRESS
LINKED TO PAST MANUALS
ARF MANUAL GUIDE TO MARKETING DCON CLUB RUSH MANUAL AWARDS MANUAL part 1
DUES MANUAL KIWIN’S DECLASSIFIED TECHNOLOGY MANUAL
sammy fullmer turquoise
emma chang
nathan lorang jet
goldstone
nomuun chinzorig crystal
jeeeun yoon diamond
please welcome your new hock photographers!
what is hock?
Humans of CNH KIWIN'S (HOCK) is a photo catalog of random CNH KIWIN'S Key Club members performing community service. Photographers are set out to capture and record members in service, interviewing and interacting with them. Taken together, these portraits and captions will become the subject of a vibrant display of many of our members’ stories in our KIWIN’S ohana.
what does this mean?
when you as a member are out doing community service, you may be approached and asked a few questions about your KIWIN’S journey (i.e. “how did you join this club?” “how has KIWIN’S changed you?”) don’t worry, they’re friendly! your responce and corresponding picture will then, , with your permission, be submitted and published on the official hock facebook page.
can i still apply?
yes! we still need photographers from jade, sapphire, ruby, and emerald! additionally, if you are really passionate about this position and your division already has a designated photographer, please contact kiwins.dbuled@gmail.com to see if an additional spot can be arranged!
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THE PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PROGRAM
educate people of children’s safety
Events like Fall Rally North and Fall Rally South are major fundraisers for PTP.
raise money that goes towards hospitals and medical staff
90% of unintentional injuries can be prevented!
prevent children from becoming severely injured or killed due to traumatic, unintentional injuries
minor emphasis:
PTP
promote education and learning develop literary skills improve social skills implement education structures better opportunities in the future
major emphasis:
LIVE 2 LEARN
PARTNERS IN SERVICE Key Club International participates with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals by sponsoring fundraising events. Key Club members also participate in service projects at their local children’s hospital.
Nickelodeon joined the Kiwanis family as a 2013 Vision Partner of Kiwanis International with a focus on its Big Help initiative, which addresses issues in service, education, the environment and health. Learn more about Nickelodeon’s Big Help efforts, the Halo Awards program and Day of Play at pro-social.nick.com or nick.com/thebighelp.
Since 2014, Key Club International has been partnering with the Thirst Project during the Month of March to participate in the "Dirty Little Secret" campaign. In March, and for all of World Water Day with the help of Key Club International, the Thirst Project is telling the world's biggest dirty little secret - 748 Million people on our planet do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.
Since 1994, Key Club International has been Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF and over the years has raised nearly $5 million for iodine deficiency programs worldwide, and HIV and AIDS programs in Kenya and Swaziland. UNICEF helps to provide for children’s needs in more than 150 developing countries through community-based services in primary health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation.
Rustic Pathways has 30 years of experience leading international education and service programs for students, with over 130 programs in 20 countries. Recognizing our shared values, Rustic Pathways partnered with Key Club to provide members with the opportunity to broaden their global perspective while performing meaningful service projects around the world.
For decades, Key Club International has partnered with the March of Dimes to give every baby a healthy start. Key Club members raise thousands of dollars annually through various programs, including collecting change, holding dances and taking part in March of Dimes’ signature event, March for Babies.
CONTACT Nina Nguyen District Governor (510)230-9693 kiwins.dgov@gmail.com
Cynthia Nguyen Jet Lieutenant Governor (714)722-5521 kiwins.jetltg@gmail.com
Cameron Bernal District Secretary (805)914-4585 kiwins.dsec@gmail.com
Jannette Delacruz Ruby Lieutenant Governor (661)345-8177 kiwins.rubyltg@gmail.com
Tina Pham District Treasurer (714)477-3688 kiwins.dtreas@gmail.com
Juan Perez Sapphire Lieutenant Governor (209)777-8151 kiwins.sapphireltg@gmail.com
Pauline Dang District Bulletin Editor (714)553-6547 kiwins.dbuled@gmail.com
Jessica Naranjo Turquoise Lieutenant Governor (805)815-2549 kiwins.turquoiseltg@gmail.com
Mina Choi Crystal Lieutenant Governor (323)710-1439 kiwins.crystalltg@gmail.com
Jenna Nguyen District Convention Chair (805)302-8342 kiwins.conchair@gmail.com
Diana Baliscao Diamond Lieutenant Governor (562)333-0141 kiwins.diamondltg@gmail.com
Jaime Wu Awards and Recognition Chair (805)402-7966 kiwins.dawardschair@gmail.com
Julianna Pantoja Emerald Lieutenant Governor (619)942-1905 kiwins.emeraldltg@gmail.com
Hanna Garcia Kiwanis Family and Foundations (310)483-1028 kiwins.dkfamchair@gmail.com
Mallie Uyehara Goldstone Lieutenant Governor (626)422-6857 kiwins.goldstoneltg@gmail.com
Allison Ngo Membership Development and Education (714)625-9029 kiwins.memdev@gmail.com
Ryan Saechao Jade Lieutenant Governor (510)480-2026 kiwins.jadeltg@gmail.com
Jackie Camarillo Technology Chair (805)844-3507 kiwins.techchair@gmail.com
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