Division 2 December 2015

The

Kiwi Chronicles OFFICIAL DIVISION 2 NEWSLETTER

Division 2 Key Clubbers cheer their hearts out to win the spirit stick during session 2 of FRN 2015.

Kiwi Points 8 Recognition 10 DCON 2016 25 Articles 26

December 2015 Volume IV // Issue 7 Division 2 | Region 9 | Cali-Nev-Ha District | Key Club International

Photo by Wesley Sosa

LTG’s Welcome

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Upcoming Events

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December’s Service Initiative Page 7 Kiwi Points

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Recognition

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Club Reports

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DCON 2016

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Articles

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District Newsletter

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DNE’s Closing Message Page 36 DLT Contact Info

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President’s Contact Info Page 38

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Photo by Hanny Quach

Happy December, you amazing Kiwis!

The holiday season is finally here! After a chill month following Fall Rally North, us Kiwis are ready to take F.L.I.G.H.T. with a ton of fun events! In just a few days, we will be having Candidate Training Conference, held in Sunnyvale! At this event, many Kiwis and members from all over Regions 9 and 17 will learn the duties of a Lieutenant Governor. (Hey, that's me!) I'm super excited to see who is interested in running for this amazing position. For those of you who cannot attend, I will be releasing a few updates summarizing the event!

Do you miss #KIWEVILS? Well, I have some great news for you. The December DCM will be a joint event with the Division 26 South Blue Devils! Come out to the Dublin Iceland on December 20 for a fun night on the ice meeting other Key Clubbers. Not going to this event will be a huge miSKATE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm so sorry. The December DWS will be the annual Holiday Tradition, held at the Dunsmuir Hellman Estate in Oakland! More updates about this event will come out soon, so keep an eye out on Facebook and email.

Before I end this update and let you get to the wonderful newsletter, I just wanted to remind you all of something coming up: DISTRICT CONVENTION! DCON is a favorite for many in CNH. It's never too early to start preparing for this event! Registration will begin this month, so start gathering your attendees and chaperones, figure out transportation, and fundraise, fundraise, fundraise! If you have any questions about one of my favorite events of the year, feel free to contact me! I hope you're all ready to become Guardians of Service at DCON 2016 in Sacramento!

That wraps up my Lieutenant Governor intro for this month. I hope you all enjoy reading the newsletter and getting prepared for the newsletter questions at the DCM! If you can, take the time to thank DNE Meiling for her hard work every single month. She puts her blood, sweat, and tears into these publications and deserves to be recognized! I'll see you all very soon at upcoming events!

Taking FLIGHT in Service, Calvin Tang


Division 2 Lieutenant Governor
 2015-2016

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December DCM: Joint Ice Skating December 26, 2015 4PM - 7PM // Dublin Iceland

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Are YOU interested in running for LTG? Learn more about the tasks and duties of a Lieutenant Governor at CTC with Key Clubbers from Regions 9 and 17!

Hear speeches, watch talent show performances, and perform service with new friends in Interact members of Area 2 and your fellow kiwis!

Join Division 26 South at our annual joint ice skating DCM! Meet even more Key Clubbers by helping each other out on the ice.

December's Service Initiative The CNH Service Projects Committee created the Spotlights on Service Program to help educate members about Key Club International and Cali-Nev-Ha’s Service Initiatives to encourage active participation. Each month, a service initiative is assigned for clubs to focus their service projects on.

The December Focus is…

Providing Basic Needs The holiday season is a time to spend quality time with friends and families. This month, our focus is to provide basic needs to those who need our help so they can have a memorable holiday

season as well. Whether that need is food, shelter, warmth, clothes, or a kind letter of appreciation, we will be making a positive difference to our communities!

Service Project Ideas: 1. Homeless Shelters/Soup Kitchens 1. Canned Food Drive and Caroling for Cans 2. Clothes Drive 3. Blanket Making 2. Kid’s Toys Drive 3. Beads of Hope Africa 4. Technology SafeKey 5. Military 6. Seasonal Fundraising Ideas Submit the form by the 5th of each month. Send visuals to cnhkc.sp@gmail.com.

Once you've completed a service event that fits the service initiatives created by the district, fill out there form HERE

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Submit your report form before the 1st at 6PM!

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AS OF 11/19/2015

Alameda Albany American Indian Arroyo Berkeley Castro Valley El Cerrito

On-time TMRF:

262 458 223 426 153 582 69

Encinal Leadership Public Oakland Oakland Technical Piedmont San Leandro San Lorenzo Skyline

276 65 270 248 270 295 114 189

Alameda

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Albany

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American Indian 223 Arroyo

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Berkeley

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Castro Valley

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El Cerrito 69

Encinal

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Leadership Public 65

Oakland

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Oakland Tech

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Piedmont

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 Lorenzo

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LORENZO

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CASTRO VALLEY had the most service hours.

PIEDMONT raised the most funds.

AMERICAN INDIAN is our club of the month.

$396

FACULTY ADVISOR of the month JOHN GIANG—

He has been very supportive towards Key Clubbers at San Lorenzo throughout the entire chartering process. He is also very active in chaperoning many events held by San Lorenzo Key Club, and he’s willing to devote many weekends to the club and do service alongside his members.

KEVIN DUONG— Over the past few months, he has been working exceptionally hard to get San Lorenzo charted. He was given the task of planning a DCM the very first month the club he serves was chartered, but he was able to coordinate a successful event that members enjoyed.

MEMBER of the month

OAKLAND TECHNICAL

TYLER TO— Although

he’s been in Key Club for years, his recent passion and dedication towards the organization has been admirable. During Key Club week, he made a post about the theme of the day on his home club’s Facebook group page, and on his own personal social media. He also always goes out of his way to meet new people and make new friends at division events.

SAN LORENZO

OFFICER of the month

Alameda “I really like the friendly community sentiment that Key Club has towards its members and it's goals of helping immediate communities but also general societal needs.”

“My favorite Key Club memory is definitely the FRN social I went to (even more than FRN), because I feel like I really got to know what Key Club was about and how cool the people are.”

Member of the Month:

Tam Nguyen

Albany

“My favorite aspect of Key Club is helping the local community out.”

Member of the Month:

Sarah Xia

“I am a freshman and fairly new to Key Club, but so far my favorite Key Club memory has been the ice breaker that our club played at one of our meetings where we chanted each others names. The overall point was to learn everyones names and so I met a lot of new people.”

American Indian Favorite Aspect: “Key Club allows for people to get and work together to make the community better.”

Favorite Memory: “I don't exactly have one, but if I had to choose one event it would be volunteering at the San Francisco's Kaiser marathon. It was really encouraging to cheer for people.”

In the Fall “I love to snuggle up in my blankets, wear fuzzy socks, and drink lots of tea.”

Member of the Month:

Imee Paterno

Arroyo

“My favorite aspect of Key Club is the way it helps bond people and creates many friendships.”

“My favorite memory of Key Club is FRN. I met a lot of new people there and it was really fun to see so many key clubbers and win the spirit stick!”

Member of the Month:

“My favorite activity in the fall is cross country and all the bonds and ups and downs that come with it.”

Stephanie Li

Berkeley

“My favorite aspect of Key Club is building a community through attending service events with other members, and feeling like together we are making a difference.”

Favorite Key Club memory: “The interactions with customers at the bake sales are very positive they are very supportive and generous of our cause.”

Member of the Month:

Abby Shallcross

Castro Valley “My favorite aspect of Key Club is that we get together and volunteer at different places getting different experiences. I also love making new friends no matter how awkward or weird I am.”

Member of the Month:

“My favorite Key Club memory is definitely FRN; it was really fun to finally after all the practicing we got to cheer as loud as we could, deck out in lime green, and winning the spirit stick.”

Rachel Tang

El Cerrito Favorite Aspect of Key Club: “Socials" Favorite Key Club Memory: “FRN” Favorite Fall Activity: “Tennis! Our Women's tennis team at ECHS placed well during the season (I believe second place in league???) . Sady, Tennis season is over , but I will look fondly over the fun times I've had with my teammates.the heart because helping one another is great.”

Member of the Month:

Reshmikah

Encinal

Favorite Aspect of Key Club: “My favorite aspect of Key Club is that I can see my friends and also meet new people.”

Favorite Key Club Memory: “Going to FRN” Member of the Month:

“My favorite activity in the fall season is playing soccer.”

Michael Chen

Leadership Public

Oakland

Member of the Month:

Favorite Aspect of Key Club: “Being able to help others and getting close to my fellow Key Clubbers!”

Favorite Key Club Memory: “Hanging out with my awesome Key Club officers!”

Favorite Fall Activity: “Playing tag with my friends at a park.”

Ellison Chu Oakland Technical “My favorite aspect of Key Club is how much they help out the community through a wide array of activities, such as cleaning up the park, bake sales in support of PTP, and many other things.”

“My favorite Key Club memory was of FRN because of how each person who participated did their best, and because of how I was able to meet a lot of new people from different divisions and ultimately win the spirit stick.”

Member of the Month:

Tyler To

Piedmont Member of the Month:

Camila Yiu

Favorite Aspect of Key Club: “I enjoy going to fun service events with my friends, as well as making new friends at those events.”

Favorite Key Club memory: “Baking pies with Uhuru.”

Favorite Fall Activity: “I love baking anything pumpkin!”

San Leandro Favorite Aspect of Key Club: “I love the spirit of the everyone. It's always so positive.

“My favorite Key Club memory is FRN. It was so amazing to see so many people from Key Club cheering and having lots of fun! “ Favorite Fall Activity: “Honestly I really enjoyed volunteering. Every event I've gone to has been so memorable to me.”

Member of the Month:

Aaron Nguyen

San Lorenzo Member of the Month:

Favorite Aspect of Key Club: “The members from [SLZ] and all around are very friendly and helpful.”

“My favorite Key Club memory would be during one of the events, I don't remember what it was called, but it was when we had to pick out all these invasive plants from near the salt lakes.”

"My favorite fall activity would be practicing and playing football for the school. My second favorite part would probably be to prepare and go out for Halloween"

Sawhard Ivan Maharjan

Skyline Favorite aspect of Key Club: “Meeting new kiwis” Favorite Key Club memory. “Attending FRN and being able to engage in a large spirited activities” Favorite Fall Activity: “Playing league of legends @CN Dawei”

Member of the Month:

David Tong

OFFICERS OF THE MONTH Alameda—

Albany—

American Indian—

Arroyo—

Berkeley—

Castro Valley—

El Cerrito—

Encinal—

Leadership Public—

Oakland—

Oakland Technical—

Piedmont—

Aiden Sun

Jennifer Che

Diane Nguyen

Maya Shen

Linda Nguyen

Cameron Emily Chee Wong

Meiling Zhang

Delano Le

Angela Antonio Calbo-Jackson Zhou

San Leandro—

San Lorenzo—

Skyline—

Hanny Quach

Bella Lee

Quyen-Vi Nguyen

ClubClubRepOrts RepOrts This month, we participated in our school's food fair fundraiser on October 30th. This event took place after school. We sold bubble milk tea from Sweet Booth, and we also sold homemade spam musubi which from Courtney's mom. This month, we have raised a total of $147 from our sales during the food fair. Our members also attended Fall Rally North and we also volunteered in the Oakland Museum's Day of the Dead Celebration.

This month, Albany Key Club stayed active as the days got colder! We held a boba sale before it got too chilly, helped out at Ocean View elementary school's Fall Festival, and ran the booths at our local Halloween Carnival! Members also participated in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, where we collected more than $200! Lastly, we went to FRN, where D2 won the spirit stick! Go kiwis!

American Indian kicked off October by volunteering at our very own Diamond district's Oaktoberfest! In the midst of schoolwork, we found time to volunteer in the morning at the Ashland Cherryland Famfest and in the afternoon at the Women's 5K. We definitely could not forget about Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF as we sent boxes home with our members. To end October right, we volunteered to clean-up after our school hosted their annual Halloween party which included musical chairs and a messy pieing of teachers.

Arroyo Key Club has taken up many volunteering opportunities this month! Activities such as SLUSD Beautification, Weekend Warriors, Habitat Restoration, Halloween Dance, Vitas: Reverse Trick or Treating, and Oktoberfest have occupied an outstanding number of members in terms of service. We also managed to distribute another batch of Nothing Bundt Cakes for our fundraiser towards PTP. The final touch of excitement for the month of October was the release of the design for D2 windbreakers!

In October, Berkeley High School Key Club volunteered at four different events and had one bake sale. We attended Books for prisoners on October 3, GLIDE on October 10, Lets Go 510 on October 17, and Cal Concession on October 31. We also had a bake sale on Fourth Street on October 17.

During October, Castro Valley Key Club attended RTC 2015. We held our first fundraiser for the school year at Don Jose's, raising over $300 for PTP. Our members went to the Hayward Shoreline for Weekend Weed Warriors on the 11th. We hosted 3 spirit practices in preparation for Fall Rally and over 70 members attended. For the Proctor Carnival, 50 Key Clubbers came to volunteer at Proctor Elementary. A handful of our members helped flyer the Castro Valley Village to raise awareness for a future pasta dinner that we're going to volunteer at.

This month we have collaborated with our school and held our weekly meetings in our schools garden.

This month our club participated in various social as well as service events! Many of our members went to Key to College at UC Berkley and we also got the opportunity to hang out and socialize afterwards. We also went to FRN! In addition, we all participated during Key Club week to show off our Key Club spirit and to advocate for PTP. Some officers went to a Key Club dinner to celebrate and honor Kiwanis. Finally, we volunteered at the Alameda Food Bank.

Send in a photo of your club to Meiling at d02.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com to make sure your club gets to be showcased like it deserves.

For October, our school hosted the annual club fair, and key club participated by advertising and getting new members to join our club. In addition, we also attended "octoberfest", hosted at our school, where we were able to fundraise and advertise even more!

This past month, our club stepped our game and attended Fall Rally North. Over 40 members attended, leading to D2 Victory! We volunteered at Bella Vista's Halloween Party and Uhuru Foods and Pies. Our members had a blast at FRN and enjoyed the victory afterward.

In October, Oakland Tech Key Club has work with UC Berkeley's Circle K at a Halloween Festival for children, volunteered at Swim-a-mile and Oaktoberfest 2015, as well has raising over $110 from a bake sale.

For the month of October, Piedmont attended FRN, Key to College, RTC and a few Uhuru pie baking events. Piedmont also raised $440, by selling bubble tea on campus to fundraise for PTP and the eliMiNaTe Project this month.

This October, we were able to plan many fun events for the month of November. At our club meetings, we still are going strong and have very many faithful Key Clubbers. This year, a large part of our club is very new to Key Club, so this means that our club is very eager and interested in Key Club and learning more about it. We are also planning a bonding BBQ for the 21st, and we are planning on inviting Arroyo and some other clubs as well.

This October, San Lorenzo Key Club participated and helped around in Ashland Famfest 5K Run managing booths, Hayward Shoreline Cleanup where we removed trash by the bay, Courageous Women Association Event where we pampered survivors of domestic abuse, and we also partnered with San Lorenzo High's Druids in the Hayward Area Historical Society event where we helped create a garden.

In the month of October, we have continued to provide services for our club. We worked with the Prisoner's literature Project, the Ashland Cherryland Famfest, Oaktoberfest, AYPAL, and Skyline's Cross team. We have also been focusing more of our attention to fundraising. We recently sold around 300 cups of bubble milk tea and fulfilled preorders for cookies, caramel apples, and rice crisps at our school. We also just recently released out designs for our Division 2 playing cards!

We came. We cheered. We conquered.

Theme Design Created by: Danika Manguiat, Division 28 South

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Articles Albany

Arroyo

Arroyo

Castro Valley

Encinal

Arroyo

Albany

Albany

San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

CONCESSIONS

Savannah Tuma, Berkeley

On October 31, nine Circle K and Key Club members served at the Cal concession booth. We all met at 7am and were escorted by friendly servers to our stand where we were immediately put to work.

We began by doing inventory, setting up the booth by warming hot dogs, thai cuisine, and other snack type options to sell. We worked from 9am-2pm and then picked up our booth and were transferred to a another gate.

Once again, we began setting up the booth and doing inventory. We were happy to get to serve at not only one, but two concession booths!

Berkeley High Key Club thoroughly enjoyed working

with Circle K to serve our community at the Cal game on Halloween. Hopefully in the future, we will be able to serve with Circle K at not only the cal concessions, but all around our community.

HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL Raymond Chu, Oakland Tech Hosted by UC Berkeley’s Circle K, Oakland Tech’s Key Club volunteered at the Halloween Festival at Lincoln Square Park this Halloween. We helped set up and run haunted house and game booths for children to play at and have fun.

Through volunteering

and communication, Circle K and Key Clubbers had fun with children playing games and giving away rewards. One of the booths was a booth in which kids were given a set amount of time and building blocks to compete building the biggest building to win.

Each booth gave kids

raffle tickets that they can use to redeem rewards such as candy, mini accessories, toys, and popcorn.

This event was a great opportunity for Oakland Tech Key Club to see Circle K in action, planning and executing a fun and exciting Halloween for many children!

DAY 
 OF THE

D EA D Angela Quach, Alameda

Oakland Museum of California had their annual celebration of the Day of the Dead. This event took place on Sunday of October 25th from 8 am to 6:30 pm.

When we first arrived we were given free volunteer t-shirts in the color blue. We were also provided with drinks and snacks while volunteering which was great.

We started off with cutting out pages of the skulls for the children to color on. And after cutting the skulls, the children can make the jaw move by tying

the string and pulling it down. It was cool.

There were many there booths where children can make a skeleton bag, even a skeleton mask. They were able to celebrate the Day of the Dead. There was also live music provided by the band that the museum hired. They sang Mexican songs. There were also photos of many people’s loved ones who have passed away.

The Day of the Dead is where many people come together to honor their loved ones who passed away.

There was also a sugar skull making which was pretty cool.

This event was pretty cool to volunteer at. We learned about the Day of the Dead and why it takes place.

We also learned about how even though a person is gone, their family will still honor them.

I made a skull bag and colored it. It was fun making it. We helped the children with coming up with designs on their skulls. This was a pretty memorable event for me.

Halloween Carnival Tiffany Huynh, Albany

It’s that time of year again, when families take out their scary decorations and people put on their creative costumes— Halloween! For this year’s Halloween (or rather, day be fo re Hallowe e n), we helped at our local Halloween Carnival at the Albany Community Center.

Members helped set up the carnival, hanging orange and black streamers on the ceilings, putting up tables and tablecloths, and

setting up the materials needed for each booth.

There were multiple booths, including bingo, cookie decorating, “feed jack” (pin the donkey), “pumpkin scramble” (cake walk with prizes), photo-booth, and cobweb making, just to name a few.

The kids and their families came flocking in at around 5:30PM, and members tried hard to manage their booths, which sometimes was two or more,

as there was a shortage of volunteers in the beginning.

Thankfully, they were able to keep up, and the carnival ran smoothly.

The carnival ended at around 8:30PM, where members then helped clean up and also got to keep the leftover candy! It was so great to see so many kids dressed up in creative and adorable costumes, all having fun.

Un t i l n e x t y e a r ’ s Halloween Carnival!

Oaktoberfest

Michelle Xie, American Indian

What is Oaktoberfest?

Oaktoberfest is one of m a ny a n n u a l f e s t i v a l Oakland offers that includes a wide variety of food, art, entertainment, and culture. Being Oakland as our hometown, we could not reject an opportunity to volunteer for an event that is in the heart of our city!

On the morning of Oaktoberfest, our Key Clubbers woke up extra early to arrive at the Dimond district to await for our tasks. First, we set up tents as whole team.

Then, we lifted the tables to their designated areas and rolled the giant tables to areas for attendees to place their food upon.

After numerous tents

were set up for vendors and tables put into place, we enjoyed the festival for ourselves with live music, dance battles, tornado fries, and bonding with each other.

Key Club member Sandy Mei thought setting up the tents and putting tables together was hard work, but it was worth it in the end. Co-vice president H a l e y Tr a n t h o u g h t volunteering for Oaktoberfest was a great idea and putting a large amount of tabasco sauce and Sriracha on her tornado fries was not.

Overall, our club enjoyed volunteering for one of Oakland’s many hidden gems.

Vitas: Reverse Trick-or-Treat

Kristen Chhom, Arroyo

This halloween, Arroyo Key Club decided to give back to the community. Rather than being ser ved candy as usual, we felt that it was time to return the favor to those who had treated us for the past few years of our lives.

Our club volunteered at Vitas' Reverse Trick or Treating event, an event where we passed out treats to the elderly. Members also played games and sand karaoke with the elderly, creating a familiar aura of

welcoming between the two groups.

The event was a huge success, as the faces of the elderly who attended were lit with joy. Members who also participated enjoyed the interaction with the older folk as well. It was explained as an unforgettable experience by many.

“Thank you so much for giving us an opportunity to volunteer at the vitas reverse tick-or-treat. It was a great experience meeting and getting to know the

members of the community and I would do it again anytime! The experience of making the elderly happy and seeing the smile on their face when I introduced myself made me really happy and made me realize how good it feels to compliment someone” - Naomi de la Torre

Arroyo Oktoberfest

Photos by Matthew Ma & Annie Fang, Arroyo

“The event was really fun! I enjoyed seeing the smiles on the faces of the elderly when I played games with them!”

- Nikki Benitez

Angela Zhou, Piedmont

In the month of October, Piedmont carpooled from Piedmont High School to Uhuru Food and Pies in Emeryville. Uhuru Food and Pies is an organization with the mission is to create a selfsustaining economic development for present African and future generation worldwide.

For this event, Piedmont Key Clubbers were assigned to baked pumpkin pies that would be sold during the Oakland Saturday market.

Volunteers for this event were assigned to open pumpkin cans, mix the pie batch and baked the pies.

I was assigned to crack eggs and to mix the dry ingredients.This event was a wonderful event for volunteers who enjoy baking, however, for those who do don't usually baked, like me, this event was still particularly fun and easy.

The organization is really organized with well written instructions that were printed out and nicely

laminated. The shift leader, in charge of us, was really friendly and knowledgeable of all the step. With the help of other volunteers and the shift leader, the work of making a pie was really as easy as a pie.

After three hours of helping out at the Uhuru Food and Pies organization, we left feeling tired yet satisfied for their day of hard work. From this event, I really learnt how to work and communicate with others to achieve a common goal.

Quyen-Vi Nguyen, Skyline At around 1 o’clock on Saturday, October 10, six members from Skyline Key Club arrived at the Ashland Youth Center in San Leandro for the annual Famfest filled with fun, engaging activities for families to enjoy. Upon our arrival, we all were hungry to give a helping hand and volunteer at this joyous event.

Initially, we were assigned to assist those signing up to participate in their organized spor t events, but were soon diverted to handing out the many spare, free Tshirts the event had to offer.

The majority of our time was spent handing out these T-shir ts to a nyo n e t h a t d i d n ot already receive one. After three or so trips of shirts,

we began to enjoy what the event had to offer and participated in some of the activities, such as rock climbing and a fitness test lead by student nurses of Kaiser Permanente. Some of members left around 3 o’clock, but I and a few others stayed until about 5 o’clock, to help clean and put away tables, chairs, and other equipment used at the festival.

We re c e i ve d t h e opportunity to interact with a variety of people; the policemen, wandering families, fellow volunteers, and other Key Clubbers as well. They were all a joy to talk to. Every person we approached seemed outgoing and kind, which made the event even more enjoyable. This festival was a great opportunity to meet new people while we worked.

COURAGEOUS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

October 17th 2015

Wesley Sosa, San Lorenzo

Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15-44 in the US, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. One woman is assaulted or beaten by her husband or partner every 9 seconds in the US. Courageous Women Association is an organization dedicated to encourage, inspire and empower women and children that are victims and sur vivors of domestic violence, homelessness,

addiction, incarceration, prostitution/human trafficking, & other crippling life adversities.

San Lorenzo Key Club partners up with Youth Consciousness Club in participation of the C o u r a g e o u s Wo m e n Association Event held at Glad Tidings Church in Hayward. Volunteers helped set up the shopping area by unloading and hanging up donated clothes. A lot of our volunteers were also able to provide assistance in the pampering station for the

women where they were able to paint their nails, do their makeup and have a conversation with them.

Volunteers were also given the opportunity to listen to an emotional and powerful speech from a survivor of abuse herself.

“The event was e x t re m e l y e n c o u r a g i n g , empowering, and inspiring.

It taught me to stretch in the direction of love and support because that is what these women need. To step out of my life and into these women’s lives and lend a helping hand because even the smallest gestures of compassion mean the most.

Essentially, it also made me realize the terrible disparities of violence towards women and to not be silent.”

—Naliyah Martinez

Click HERE to check out the DISTRICT newsletter to read more about Key Clubs from all over CNH!

Hey Kiwis!

We made it! It’s finally time for the holidays and for a much needed break from school.

December is always a very packed month for Division 2, and I’m really looking forward to spending a lot more time with my fellow kiwis than I currently do with all my textbooks.

As this year ends, we need to start thinking of what we will do for the next year. If you’re interested in being an officer, a part of the DLT, or even a part of the District Board, then go for it! I highly encourage you to at least go through the election or application process, because it will help you look back and reflect on yourself and your year.

It’s okay if you don’t win, because there are always countless other ways for you to hold a leadership position! I’m very excited to see where all of your Key Club journeys will lead you over the next few months. Make sure you attend DCON 2016 for a chance to learn even more about being a leader and all things Key Club!

Some of my favorite events are coming up very soon, so I’m definitely looking forward to seeing all of you throughout the month at the various events!

With Love, Meiling Zhang Division News Editor 2015-2016

Calvin Tang Division 2 Lieutenant Governor d02.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com (510) 505-4477

Stephen Liang Executive Assistant d02.cnhkc.ea2@gmail.com (510) 666-5486

Meiling Zhang Division News Editor d02.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com (510) 909-4393

Calvin Cheung Executive Assistant d02.cnhkc.ea3@gmail.com (510) 913-6888

Rachel Fong Executive Assistant d02.cnhkc.ea1@gmail.com (510) 219-4252

@division2kiwis

@division2kiwis

ALAMEDA

ALBANY

AMERICAN INDIAN

Lucy Peng LucyPeng213@gmail.com (510) 219-9939

Xiuhoon Giang xiuhoong@gmail.com (510) 710-7474

Young Cai youngcai543@gmail.com (510) 336-1223

ARROYO

BERKELEY

BERKELEY

Maya Shen Annie Fang Julia Pew pennyfromheaven2@gmail.com 00xiaowei00@gmail.com juliapew@students.berkeley.net (510) 510-4812 (510) 388-6855 (510) 847-3957

CASTRO VALLEY

Song Quan songq99@gmail.com (510) 600-5896

EL CERRITO

Serena Truong serena.t98@gmail.com (510) 381-1954

ENCINAL

Kathy Yan yankathy5@gmail.com (510) 875-8365

LEADERSHIP PUBLIC

Janelle Le janellekle@gmail.com (510) 363-4038

OAKLAND OAKLAND TECHNICAL

Allan Nguyen Adrienne Le allanguyenn@gmail.com adriennelauren98@gmail.com (510) 759-0252 (510) 316-2872

PIEDMONT

SAN LEANDRO

SAN LORENZO

Rachel Fong 16rachelfong@gmail.com (510) 219-4252

Lilian Nguyen lilianguyenn@gmail.com (510) 463-7298

Kevin Duong tinduong14@gmail.com (510) 755-9334

Douglas Gin region9advisor@gmail.com (925) 785-7616

Lisa Grover lisagrover81@gmail.com (707) 410-8499

SKYLINE

Nikki Phu phu.nikki@yahoo.com (510) 918-8289

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