Division 2 October 2015

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Kiwi Chronicles OFFICIAL DIVISION 2 NEWSLETTER

Albany Key Clubbers show off their creativity to create beautiful posters to advertise their club.

Recognition 8 Kiwi Points 14 August DCM 22 Articles 25

October 2015 Volume IV // Issue 5 Division 2 | Region 9 | Cali-Nev-Ha District | Key Club International

LTG’s Welcome

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Upcoming Events

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OCTOber’s Service Initiative Page 7 Recognition

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Kiwi Points

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Club Reports

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AUGUST DWS

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Articles

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Photo by Johnny Chen

AUGUST DCM

DNE’s Closing Message Page 30 DLT Contact Info

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Presidents’ Contact Info Page 32

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Photo by Johnny Chen

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Happy Fall, Kiwis!

I hope your first month of school went alright. It can be pretty sad to get back to scheduled classes, homework, and studying, but I can personally say I'm super happy with Division 2 right now! Right off the bat, we're seeing new members from each club that are eager to participate with the rest of the division. It's so exciting meeting new members, whether or not I remember their names. (I'm so sorry) With all the new members, it's great that October is such a busy month for us Kiwis! We have events lined up for you all to serve your communities, meet new Key Club members, and prepare for Fall Rally North!

To start, Region Training Conference 2015 is on October 3-4! This is my favorite event of the entire year. If you are attending RTC, be prepared for new lessons in Key Club, new faces, and new exposure that you have never seen before! If you would like an RTC profile picture overlay to show off your love for Key Club, please contact D43 Lt. Governor Hau Nguyen. Our October DCM will be held at RTC, as well. Up next on the calendar is Key 2 College! This annual event, hosted by UC Berkeley Circle K will be held on October 17. At this event, college students in Circle K will be presenting about important topics regarding college life, applications, financial aid, and much more! This event isn't for seniors only; if you would like tips on how to succeed in high school, please do come! This event is a fun way to connect with the UCB Circle K club, all while gaining useful information for your future!

We will be having a Spirit Social, not only to prepare our cheers some more before FRN, but to distribute t-shirts and spirit gear! A lot of orders came in, so I'm excited to see you all wear your new Kiwi gear soon! Finally, what you've all been waiting for: FALL RALLY NORTH! FRN will be held on October 24 at Six Flags. I hope you're all ready to celebrate our hard work so far and win that Spirit Stick!

I'm super sorry, about the long introduction, but I'm just SO EXCITED FOR OCTOBER! This will most likely be our busiest month yet. However, don't let the amount of events spook you! Continue to be dedicated members, attend events, rack up service hours, but focus on school and tests! I'm glad you're all so inspired and motivated, so I can't wait to see what this month will bring for us. Keep it up, Kiwis! I'll be seeing you soon at RTC!

Taking FLIGHT in Service,

Calvin Tang
 Division 2 Lieutenant Governor
 2015-2016

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Regional Training Conference

October 3, 2015 October 4, 2015 Camp Jones Gulch Key to College

October 17, 2015 9AM - 4PM UC Berkeley

What is it like to be a Jedi of service?

Come to RTC to find out! Learn, cheer, and interact with Key Clubbers from divisions all over the Bay Area. Regions 9 and 17 are BEEyond excited to see you there!

Learn about different aspects of applying to college, attending college, and even picking a college with CKI members from UC Berkeley!

October’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 October Focus is…

UNICEF

UNICEF is one of Key Club International's Preferred Charities.

UNICEF strives to save lives by providing water, immunization, emergency relief and education. As part of the Kiwanis Family, we work

with UNICEF specifically through the Eliminate Project to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the earth.

1. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF 2. Fright Fest 3. Halloween Dance 4. UNICEF Bingo 5. Pumpkin sales and Pick Ups

Click here to read more!

Service Project 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

RECOGNITION 245

CASTRO VALLEY had the most service hours.

ARROYO raised the most funds.

OAKLAND is our club of the month.

$150

ALBANY

KIWANIAN of the month JACK ROSANO— He is always there for his Key Clubbers when

they need him, and he chaperones nearly all division events. The extent of his care and dedication towards his members is admirable, and Division 2 is very proud to have him!

BEN FUNG— From being kind to everyone, and attending nearly all events for both his club and his division, Ben has constantly been the epitome of an ideal officer. When he has the time and ability, he also helps out his fellow officers with some of their duties!

MEMBER of the month

CASTRO VALLEY

JEFF LEE— When

he wants to go to an event, he really wants to go to an event, and he would stop at nothing to make sure he can get there. He does not go to events just because his many Key Club friends forced him to attend. Over the recent months, Jeff has attended nearly all division events, and his attendance to Castro Valley events has been beyond impressive.

PIEDMONT

OFFICER of the month

Alameda Favorite aspect of Key Club: “It’s relatively large and you get to meet a lot of new people from different schools. Everyone's also pretty social and fun to talk to.”

“This year, I'm looking forward to meeting more new people and attending fun events. I also hope to be able to attend DCON this year since I have never been able to.”

Member of the Month:

Vivienne Zing

Albany

Favorite aspect: “Building relationships with new members quickly with activities such as ice breakers”.

Favorite memory: “Decorating the cars with paper flowers at the Brazilian festival.”

Member of the Month:

Looking forward to: “Try to go to all events and help out others in anyway I can.”

Sophie Raxakoul

American Indian Favorite aspect of Key Club: “I get to meet new people.”

“FRN is my favorite Key Club memory. It was exciting to see so many key club members all gathered in one place.”

“In this new school year, I hope to attend to more volunteer events.”

Member of the Month:

Haley Tran

Arroyo Favorite aspect: “Volunteering of course, being able to meet new people, and interact/bond with friends at the event.”

“My favorite Key Club memory was during the peace lantern ceremony, I was greeting the participants, and It really helped develop my social skills.”

Member of the Month:

“Keep volunteering, attend as many events as possible.

‘JUST DOING IT’."

Jiantong Jin

Berkeley Castro Valley “My favorite aspect of Key Club is meeting the great people who want to help just like me!”

“My favorite Key Club memory is FRN where I met tons of awesome people. However, I spilled a few people's foods, which I am dearly sorry for.”

Member of the Month:

Jeff Lee

“I'm looking forward to helping our local community, as well as meeting inspiring people!”

El Cerrito Favorite Aspect: The people and the food Favorite Memory: DCMs Favorite Summer Memory: Making new friends

Member of the Month:

Kyla Waxman

Encinal

Member of the Month:

Ke Lin

Favorite aspect: “Events and the fact that when we do community service we get to help people.

Interaction with a lot of different people and it was just fun being there to help others.”

Looking forward to: “I want to participate in more events around Alameda. Since I had school on Saturdays last year, I couldn't go to a handful of events.”

Leadership Public “I love how Key Club brings people together even if you don't know one another.”

“I don't really have any Key Club memories but I enjoyed the water fight LPS Key Club had during lunch!”

“I want to be a much more active member of Key Club and attend all the events.”

Member of the Month:

Jaynelyn Lemoncito

Oakland Oakland Technical “I want to help people and I like to volunteer. I like helping the community too. Key Club will help me do this.”

“My favorite memory right now is selling milk tea and spam masubi at the front of the school.

“I'm looking forward in Key Club to know more people and to meet more friends.”

Member of the Month:

Albert Huynh La

Piedmont Member of the Month:

“I love being able to volunteer with all my friends, as well as meet new faces.”

“At the frozen yogurt volunteer event, everyone got free frozen yogurt after our shifts were over!”

“I hope to participate in many events and learn about the Bay Area community.”

Mariah Papy

San Leandro Favorite aspect: “Lot’s of friendly people and that Key Club is full of spirit!”

“My favorite Key Club memory was FRN, because I met a bunch of new people from all around Northern California and had a great time at Six Flags.”

Looking forward to: “Going to many service events and meeting lots of new people.”

Member of the Month:

Ghyle Nebril

Skyline Castro Valley— Khai Pham

Oakland Technical—

Albany— Tiffany Huynh

El Cerrito— Cameron Chee

Piedmont— Rachel Fong

American Indian— Jenny Deng Arroyo— Kristen Chhom Berkeley— N/A

Encinal— Julian Yan Leadership Public— Nia Presa Oakland— N/A

Adrienne Le

San Leandro— Hanny Quach Skyline— N/A

OFFICERS OF THE MONTH

Alameda— Sharon He

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Early MRF:

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

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be received by 6PM on the 5th of each month.

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You do not get penalized. Better late than never!

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Alameda Albany American Indian Arroyo Berkeley Castro Valley El Cerrito

Kiwi Points

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The Google Form must be timestamped before 6PM on the 5th of each month.

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ClubClubRepOrts RepOrts This past month our officers and key club members attended orientations for school in which we recruited new members. Our Key Club combined forces with another community service club in our school called Leo Club. We co-hosted an event called Hunger Games in which we raised up to $83 for PTP. Some of our key club officers along with a few of our members attended an event called Kiwanis Golf Tourney in which all profits raised went to donations to the Eliminate Project.

This month, Albany Key Club attended a variety of events! First was the City Horse Carnival, which was also the DWS, where members helped at different booths and also got to see lots of horses! After that, we attended our school's Package Mailing Day, where we helped pack information sheets to be mailed to all students before orientation day. Our club also hosted a Poster Making Event for our members to help make posters to put around the school. We also attended the Living Legacies project for SAHA and their senior homes, interviewing seniors and writing down their stories to preserve their legacies. Finally, we went to another Kiwanis Park Clean-Up with our Kiwanians and are planning to continue these clean-ups with them every two weeks.

August was hot, but we kept cool by finding events from all around Oakland to participate in.

During early August, we volunteered for the 5K Family Fun Run at Lake Merritt by setting up tables and the course, cheering families on, and pack up after it was done. We also volunteered at the annual Laurel Street Fest as we set up and monitored the area. To end our summer correctly, many of us volunteered at the Chinatown Streetfest where we helped The Allstate Foundation booth to package preparedness kits.

During the month of July, Arroyo High School Key Club participated in several community service events. The board members scrambled to attain what was needed to host the August DCM. Funds raised through the Color War Rendezvous DCM were donated to PTP. Also, we have successfully partnered with Nothing Bundt Cakes as an additional fundraiser for PTP.

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.

We haven't done anything yet this summer, but we have planned a bake sale on Fourth Street in Berkeley (July 18th) and a Plastic Free July event at Adventure playground (July 18th as well).

We also have scheduled many trips to GLIDE to help pack and distribute sandwiches, all of these trips occurring in the coming months.

As we slowly ease out of summer, we had our first August service event at the Skyline 50k, handing out water, food, and first-aid to runners. From August 10th to August 14th, we set up our booth at the CVHS registration and talked about Key Club to incoming students, receiving over 200 signups in the very end. On the 22nd, we went to Oakland Chinatown to volunteer at their Streetfest event by packaging emergency kits and distributed them to people.

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.

Our past month hasn’t been the most active, but we are working hard to prepare our club to have a successful school year.

For the month of August, our club participated in a few events that involved fundraising for Eliminate and attending Division Wide Service events. In the beginning of the month, our club participated in our monthly food bank. In addition, our members and officers participated and helped out at the Kiwanis Golf Tournament. We also attended meetings.

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 the month of September, Leadership Hayward's Key Club has been mainly focusing on hyping up the club! We have been having small events to hype students into joining the club.

We're looking into a strong year for our club!

Do YOU want to show off what your club has been up to the past month? Contact your club’s Editor/Historian and send a summar y along with a photo to Meiling at d02.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com.

In August, Oakland Tech's Key Club has helped out at the registration during the week of August 17th. With over 150 people that signed up on registration days, we really look forward to seeing them become dedicated members of our Key Club!

This month, our club attended two service events and started our bubble tea sales again. Our members participated in the monthly DWS as well as the DCM. At school registration, we set up a booth to recruit new members, and we plan on recruiting more throughout the school year.

We had insane success at our club days and had over a 100 committed new Key Clubbers. At our first freshmen meeting, we had over 50 people attend; there were several people that were not able to fit in the room due to there not being enough space. At our plant nursery at Joaquin Miller park, we revived all old plants, took out old dirt, and replaced it with new, we cleaned the pots and made everything look nice. The lantern festival was a success, it was fun because we were able to watch the lanterns at night.

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 the month of August we had one officer participate in the DWS and since then have been submerged in a planning process as we prepare ourselves for new recruits. At registration, we designed and handed out posters to the freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. We also have had a couple of officer meetings since the start of school and decided on ways to draw in more members during club rush by handing out candy with our meeting information on them.

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Thank you to Arroyo for hosting!<3

AUGUST DWS

This month, many kiwis attended the Division Wide Service at the Kids Carnival at Golden Gate Fields.

Before the carnival opened to the public, we helped blow up bags of colorful balloons, bringing the carnival atmosphere to life. Once it opened, volunteers worked at game tents, face-painting stations, and the food booth. Key Clubber helped out with running a variety of games such as the duck pond and the fishing game.

The volunteers were given free food and snacks for the hard work! This event is a monthly treat because it gives the division an opportunity to meet new members from other clubs, and build a stronger community through service. We look forward to next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DWS! Jasmine Qi, Piedmont

Articles

REGISTR Castro Valley & Oakland

Johnny Chen, Castro Valley

The back to school season is here! For many, this is a time of sadness, panic, and all sorts of mixed feelings.

For the veterans of Castro Valley Key Club, however, this was a time for excitement because we would try and r e c r u i t a s m a ny C V H S students as we could, from incoming freshmen to the big, old seniors.

Our officers and members arrived early in the morning to help set up our booth each day. In our booth, we had all sorts of Key Club related material.

From shirts, to informational posters, even an AWESOME I.D. cut-out, we

were set to attract as many people possible.

To make the students and their parents interested in our booth, we’d say, “Hey! Would you like to learn about an amazing worldwide high school organization?”

Curious about that vague but cool introduction, they became interested in our club. From there, we gave a brief explanation about Key Club, spewing facts such as “over 270,000 members across the world,” to “great scholarship opportunities” and “an unbelievable way to make life-long friendships from people all over,” they

quickly signed up for more information!

From Tuesday the 10th t o F r i d a y t h e 14 t h , w e continued getting numerous signups! Also on the last day, a very special, unexpected visitor came to registration: Gloria Chen, 2010-2011 Division 2 Lieutenant Governor!

It was quite amazing that even though it’s been more than 4 years since she left Key Club, she didn’t forget about our extraordinary club.

It comes to prove that Key Club affects your life even past high school. At the end of registration, we counted up our signups and we found that we had over 200 people sign up for Key Club! AMAZING!

RATION Tech

Raymond Chu, Oakland Tech

After what seems to be an extended weekend, but is actually summer, it’s time to start school again! That means back to school shopping, back to rushing homework and projects last minute, seeing all of our school best friends and favorite teachers, and, of course, back to having Key Club meetings at school!

To start off this school year TWEET-tastically, Oakland Tech’s Key Club helped out at Oakland Tech’s registration and recruited over 150 new members! It was great to see all of the new freshman that is new to Oakland Tech as well as the faces of what is soon to be dedicated Key Club members.

For our first Key Club meeting, we played the icebreaker, Assassin, to have fun while being able to get to know new Key Club members. As unsurprising as it sounds, the classroom we were in was absolutely packed with people - I know, as expected, right?

But we were still glad to see everyone at the meeting! We are really looking forward to see our Key Club outnumber all other Key Clubs at upcoming DCMs, DWSs, and FRN!

Angela Quach, Alameda

On August 22nd and 23rd, Chinatown had its 28th Annual Streetfest,which was for the celebration of the Year Of the Ram. The streetfest was filled with tons of people along with many interesting booths and live enter t ainment such as martial arts and singing.

OACC had a booth along with OMCA where tshirts filled with pictures of the Ram were shown and were being sold for ten dollars each. They also had an activity called Portraits of Oakland: Community Art Project. My friend and I volunteered just when the streetfest had started. We

helped sold some t-shirts with the Ram design and we also went to run errands su ch as getting paint, brushes, etc. We also had a chance to walk past other booths such has Kaiserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booth and the Oakland Police booth.

We got a chance to learn about new things from other booths as we continued vo l u n t e e r i n g . We a l s o helped give directions and help to first timers who came to enjoy the celebration of the Ram.It was a pretty good experience volunteering because it helped improve our communication skills. There

were many people who bought the t-shirts and there were also many children along with adults who participated in Community Art project. This project showed many different sides of the community which includes how it is different yet alike in many ways.

There was a donation box in which many generous people donated their money into.

Overall, this was a pretty interesting community service event which helped open my eyes to how a community works together and how they have their similarities and differences.

Kiwanis Golf Tournament

As summer comes to an end, Encinal Key Club and Alameda Key Club teamed up to assist the Kiwanis in the Golf Tournament at the Alameda Golf Course on a beautiful Friday morning. One of our Kiwanians, Al, drove us to the Golf Course at 10:30. It was very hot day with 90 degree weather; The coordinators and directors were kind enough to provide us with ice-cold drinks, snacks, and candies.

When we arrived, the coordinators and directors greeted us kindly and assigned jobs right away. At around 11:30, many golfers arrived with families and friends to participate in the tournament.

Two of our volunteers worked at the front desk to help with registration. Two volunteers help fill up goodie bags that included awesome treats and information brochures. Another member greets the golfers and hands them the goodie bags.

One of our key clubbers, Kathy, assisted the coordinators putting up signs and posters all around the course. She even got a chance to ride the golf cart around the park. Our members also helped in running awesome contests and games for the golfers, especially the little kids.

One of the many game we coordinated is called " The

Charlotte Chan & Linh Tran, Encinal

Marshmallow Contest". The goal is to hit a marshmallow as far as possible with the golf club. Many kids, along with their adult parents, had a blast trying to best o n e a n ot h e r ' s s c o re s . We recorded the length measurement of how far the marshmallow was hit on a piece of paper .The record was broken many times. By noon, the marshmallow started melting, making it a lot harder to hit.

Other contests included "How Many Holes can you Hit?" and " How Far Can You Swing?".

All our members and officers had a ton of fun switching off jobs and getting a chance to experience the tournament atmosphere. We took frequent breaks when the actual tournament started to meet ot h e r Key C l u b b e r s f ro m Alameda High School. Some members left after the setup and pre-tournament contests were over. Many stayed to enjoy the full tournament until 5, where there was also an after party.

We all felt extremely accomplished participating in this event not only because we got to meet up with new key clubbers, but also the fact that this was a fundraising event. All the proceeds and donations went to Eliminate.

Hey Kiwis!

This is THE month everybody! We have so many amazing events to look forward to this month, so I hope all of you can find the time to attend at least one of them.

October has it all. The educational events like RTC and Key 2 College are balanced out perfectly by one of the district's largest events of the year: Fall Rally North. It's really unfortunate that RTC is on a SAT test date an FRN is on an ACT test date, but I wish all of you luck on your exams and just remember that we are all rooting for you!

October also means we're one month closer to the holidays, so we can finally take a deep breath from the stress that is school. Good luck to the seniors on their college applications over the next few months! Make us proud and get into the school of your dreams<3 I hope you guys enjoyed this issue! Feel free to email me anytime, or approach me at an event to give me your commentary on it. I swear I'm actually really pleasant! I'd love to hear what you guys think and have more contributions from everyone to feature in here.

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 00xiaowei00@gmail.com pennyfromheaven2@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

SKYLINE

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for reading! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the newsletter, feel free to contact Meiling or Calvin.

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