CALENDAR CALENDAR
9/1: Kids Fest: Helping Kids Fight Cancer
9/12: Club Rush (Pleasant Grove High School)
9/13: Edna Batey Bobcat Bash
9/14: Surfer v. BikeR-TC (Region Training Conference)
PRESIDENT'S NOTE PRESIDENT'S NOTE JiSoo Park
President's
What’supkey-uties!Howwaseveryone’s firstweek of school? Mine has been pretty good and I have been trying to figure out my schedule for all those juniorstruggles T-T.Asschoolyearisstartingweare back with our back to school drive which only counts for key club hours that will be counted toward your MRP! This is a great chance to raise your hours and reach to your goal for MRP so make sure to donate if you would like to help and also get your hours! On August 31st PGKC is holding our annual picnic along with August DCM! There will be fun games and wingstop for food provided to have amazing picnic day! Club rush is coming up on September 12st so make sure to stop by to sign up and note that our very first meeting will be on September 18th. Can’t wait to seeyouallkey-utiesfora newyearofPGKC
EDITOR’S NOTE EDITOR’S NOTE
Haylie Nguyen
Editor's
What’s up Key-Clubbers! The school year has officially kicked off, but I hope you aren’t feeling too stressed! All of our fun summer events for the year are now over, but I hope everyone continues their Key Club journey throughout the term. Moving on to future events, club rush is right around the corner! Make sure to bring your friends along to our first general meeting of the year. I’m excited to meet new members at our club rush stand next month! Also, at the end of this month is PGKC’s collaboration with division 7 south for the August DCM. Make sure to register for an entertaining evening! That’s all, and I hope you enjoythisedition ofthePGKCnewsletter!
REGION 16 COLORSPLASH REGION 16 COLORSPLASH
region 16 throws colored chalk at holi inspired event
On August 4th region 16 hosted their annual colorsplash.Thiseventhasbeenhostedannuallybythe region's ltgs since 2019. Colorsplash is an event that is inspired by the spring cultural festival celebrated by countries in South Asia called Holi. Holi celebrates new beginnings and celebrations of many Hindu, Sikh, and other cultures across South Asia. Our first icebreaker wasbingo,wememberswouldcompletethetasklisted on the bingosheettowinaprize. Bingo pushed people to meet new people from different divisions in region sixteen. Then after we played a game where the detective has to find the alpha. Everyone is in a huge circledoingthesame dancemovethatthealphapicks and can switch the dance move at any time and everyonehasto copythem.The detectivedoesn’tknow who the alpha is and walks around the circle guessing whothealphais.Afterthatgamepeopleweresplitinto ten groups and played Poncho. This was a fun team building exercise to brainstorm different dance moves and to watch other groups perform their own dance moves. To cool down we played water games. First water game was a water balloon relay. Each group was put into a line with each person an arms distance away, the first person in line would grab a water balloon and toss it to the person next to them until it reachedtheendoftheline.Iftheballoonwasdropped the person who fumbled would have to run to the front of the line to grabanotherballoon and go back to the spot in line. This would go until the timer ends. The second water game was a sponge relay where everyone would line up again and the first person in line would soak a sponge in water and pass it to the person behind them either over their head or under their legs. Once the last person in line gets the sponge they would run to the front and repeat until the person who was in the front at the beginning is at the front again. Finally at the end of the event was the colorsplash! People lined up to get their packets of colored chalk and gathered to throw it into the air. Watching the colorful chalk was a super pretty sight. This year’s colorsplash was fantastic this year and I am thrilledfornextyear.
Past Events Diana Torres
ANNUAL BANANA FESTIVAL ANNUAL BANANA FESTIVAL
helping vendors, tying posters, and being in a parade
On Saturday, August 17th, Key-Clubbers from throughout the division came together to volunteer at the 13th Annual Banana Festival. To start out, we helped at the entrance by putting together lanyards for vendors. Afterwards, we were taken to the kids area where most ofussigneduptovolunteerat.There,we were given directions to hang up festival posters along the fence close by that we hadtosecurelytieon.Aftertheywereall put up, a couple people, including me, noticedthatsomeofthe tieswerefalling off because of the wind and opted to help tieitbackup moretightly.Afterthis, we set up an art station by hanging up art and taping drawings on tables for display. Then, before the event officially started we went to our post at the kid’s area and, since we were not needed anywhere at that moment, we played some of the games such as Jenga with the whole Key Club volunteer group. Once the event started, we assisted with things such as passing lanyards out to vendors, carrying water out to different places, and even participating in the parade through the banana festival parade with banana props and costumes! After this, we were offered a hotdog and water for our service which was super kind. Finally, other volunteers andIwentbacktothekidsareauntilthe end of the event. Altogether, this was an extra engaging event that I was glad to beabletoplayapartin.
Past Events
SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
Club Update SERVICE GOAL SERVICE GOAL
Attention PG Key-Clubbers! If you haven’t heard, division 7 south is hosting a back to school supply drive. The cut off date for donations is September 6th, so make suretogetyourdonationsinbeforethen. To participate for our club, put all of your donations in one bag with your full name and bring it to the box in HK-7 during the following times: 8:15-8:25am, 2nd lunch, or 3:35-3:45pm. Afterwards, make sure you DM the @pgkeyclub instagram accountwitha picture ofyourdonations, your full name, and the number of items you donated. This is a great way to get hours for the MRP/Key Club in general!
UPDATES UPDATES Division update:
This just in! The division 7 south t-shirt design forthe2024-2025termhasnow been announced! This spectacular design was created by our very own Pleasant Grove Key Club secretary, Diana Torres!The pre-ordering link will be released shortly,sobeonthelook out for that on the division instagram (@d7south) monsters. Support the division by purchasing a shirt to wear atfuturekeyclubevents!
Division & District Update
Division update:
CallingallRegion16Cupcakes!Our RegionTrainingConference (RTC)is here! Join the region at Surfer v. BikeR-TC for an exciting time with educationalworkshops, talentshow performances, spirit sessions, and more! For more information, look over the linked graphic from the region instagram! Make sure to contact your club president regardingregistration!
District update:
Attention monsters! For the entire month of September, the division will be hosting Pennies 4 PTP. This is a competition between every club in thedivisionforwhocan raisethemost funds for the district’s preferred charity, the PTP (Pediatric Trauma Program). The club with the most funds raised bytheendofthemonth will be rewarded at the October DCM!Let’s trytowinthisPGKC!
Region update:
Buzz Buzz CNH! Have you seen? The Service Projects Committee has introduced the serve-temberinitiative! This is a district-wide event that promotes service and encourages all clubsinCNHto hostserviceevents that maynothavebeenhostedbefore.This years bucketlist is posted on the CNH Key Club instagram and yourclubonly has to complete 5/8 items to be recognized attheinstagram,thedistict newsletter,andDCON2025!
