EVENTS IN MAY
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Kicks For A Better Future
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may dcm, Sharetea fund
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“TANGLED IN SERVICE”: BANQUET
a mESSAGE FROM THE Hello Blue Turtles! We’ve had quite a busy month with all the AP testings and events going on. Also, can you believe it’s already been roughly one month since we’ve started the term? It’s crazy that we’ve already accomplished so much and it’s only the beginning. With that being said, I would like to encourage all of you to attend as many events as you could, and meet new members, and keep on serving! Thank you to all of you who attended the May DCM! In our May DCM, we updated everyone on what upcoming events are occuring in the month of May and the beginning of June. We also got to play many fun icebreakers such as “Watermelon”. Thank you to all of you who attended Relay for Life and Kicks for a Better Future! Every month, we will have at least 1 division service event for you to participate in. So be sure to be on the look out for June’s service project! Thank you to those who attended our Sharetea and Pie Your Officers’ fundraiser! So far, we have raised over $100 for PTP. Every month, we will have at least 1 division fundraiser for us to help fundraise for the Pediatric Trauma Program. We hope to see you at the next fundraiser! Enjoy the rest of May and I’ll see you lovely Blue Turtles soon! In Service,
Samantha Voong
Lieutenant Governor Division 10 South, Region 13 Key Club International
CLUB ARTICLES san gabriel Featured Member: Fionna Lu ROSEMEAD 2016-17 Election Results Gabrielino April Event Recap MARK KEPPEL Relay For Life Schurr Officer Introductions
FEATURED MEMBER: FIONNA LU JENNY LUU TECH EDITOR, SAN GABRIEL Every Thursday, mere minutes after school ends, sophomore Fionna Lu gets ready for San Gabriel High School Key Club’s weekly meetings. Because it is May, many members are busy with sport activities in clubs such as swim or track and field. These activities often happen to be the same day as general meetings, but Lu always finds time for Key Club. “Even though it can get empty sometimes at meetings, it’s cool that [our cabinet members] have so much spirit to keep going,” Lu said. At general meetings, information for various service events for that month are announced to the members of the club. “My parents usually don’t let me go to the service events because I don’t have transportation to the events,” Lu said. “I still want to be dedicated to Key Club, so I go to the meetings every week.” Lu plans to be more active during her junior and senior years because she will be able to find more modes of transportation after service events, which is currently the main concern of her parents. “I’ll definitely be more involved in Key Club events,” Lu said proudly.
rosemead key club election results Emily Luu HiSTORIAN, ROSEMEAD On May 4th, Rosemead Key Club introduced its next term’s officers in a general meeting during lunch. “I hereby call this meeting at 12:08,” newly elected President Nathan Tang said. Many Rosemead Key Clubbers were excited and ready to hear the long list of events shown in the agenda. Tang introduced Key Clubbers to “Eliminate Week” and passed a baby bottle around the room for spare change to be used towards eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus. Before adjourning the meeting, new officers announced class representatives. Treasurer Danielle Pham announced the club’s new sophomore representative, Michelle Ngo. Historian Emily Luu followed by introducing the junior class representative, Bryant Truong. Finally, secretary Sandy Rong welcomed the senior class representative, Sally Rong.
After the announcement, all class representatives stand in front . From the left: senior class rep. Sally Rong, Junior class rep. Bryant Truong, sophomore class rep. Michelle Ngo.
gabrielino april event recap ANDREA WIDANTA HISTORIAN, GABRIELINO For Gabrielino Key Clubbers, April was a hectic, busy, yet productive month. While Key Clubbers were frantically studying for their upcoming AP tests in May, a few outside services were posted for students to earn service hours. One of these services was the Wilson Elementary School’s ‘Open House and Auction.’ At this service, members were given multiple tasks. Those with some knowledge of computers helped guests for the auction create accounts to check a bid. Other members served as “runners” who helped set up and show items available for auction. Chloe Law, Gabrielino Key Club’s newly elected fundraising coordinator, attended the event and shared her opinion. “It was an overall fun event because you get to communicate more with like both adults and kids,” Law said. “I learned that you need to be really quick on your feet with your responses and you need to grasp things quickly because you have to answer for the adults when they ask.” In addition, in order to accommodate members’ schedules and give them a chance to serve their community, the Gabrielino Key Club officer board created services that could be held at school. In preparation for the end-of-the-year banquet, members went to Gabrielino Key Club’s room to make banquet decorations based off of the banquet’s cinema and Hollywood theme. Mem-
bers made paper stars with the names of Key Club chaperones and advisors and hand-drew props. Although it was a small service, making banquet decorations was an enjoyable way for members to help the officer board prepare for the event and show appreciation to the adults that help make Key Club activities possible. Another school service that was held in April was the task of preparing for Teacher Appreciation Week. Because school teachers make great efforts to educate their students and maintain healthy learning environments, Key Club wanted to thank Gabrielino teachers for their hard work by making handmade cards and giving each teacher a bag of popcorn. For one week, popcorn donations were accepted by the officer board, and a service was set up to make the cards. Members were able to write cards to their teachers and add personal touches with drawings. Then, after school, members and the officers went to the office and slipped the cards and popcorn into each of the teachers’ inboxes. The members especially loved this service as they were happy to show appreciation for their teachers. Other than the services mentioned above, members received hours for helping the officer board move into a new classroom with a new advisor. They also received hours for making DIY crafts and cards for a convalescent home. Although there were not many outside services, the work Gabrielino Key Clubbers did this month shows that one does not have to look far to help and appreciate others.
RELAY FOR LIFE BRANDON LO HISTORIAN, MARK KEPPEL On April 23, 2016, Mark Keppel Key Clubbers and Division 10 South members volunteered at the Relay for Life event held at local Barnes Park. Relay for Life is an event that raises awareness for cancer, saving lives within various communities around the world. The Key members were given random assignments throughout the day–from rearranging chairs, dismantling tents, serving food, and helping clean up. At the event, there were many activities to participate in. Most members played the games, though there were also stage performances, and prizes to be won. The performances included dancing, singing, charity auctions,
poster contest, and a concert. “My favorite parts of the event were definitely all the performances!” freshman Bryan Duong said. “I loved all the Chinese songs that were being played because growing up with Chinese parents, I knew quite a [few] of the songs.” The event had a positive impact on the attendees as well as volunteers. “I feel like I was impacted in a positive way as I was inspired by the cause we were volunteering for,” sophomore Justin Fong said. It was an exhausting event, but the Key Clubbers had fun and supported a great cause.
SCHURR: OFFICER INTRODUCTIONS With old officers retiring comes new officers to replace them. Here is an introduction to the new board members, how they joined Key Club and their goals.
Jaemma Kim
President
Jaemma found out about Key Club through her cousin, who showed her the “How do you feel?” cheer. When Club Rush took place, she saw how lots of amazing people wanted to join, so out of curiosity, she signed up. After one meeting, Jaemma learned what Key Club was and what it did. Jaemma’s future goal as an officer is to fundraise as much as possible for the club and division. For the division, she wants to fundraise money so it thrives and donate the surplus to PTP. For the club, Jaemma wants to host lots of fundraisers so the officers and club members will not have to worry about the money. That means less money for dues, and focusing on helping the community instead.
Anthony Vuong
Vice President
Anthony joined Key Club to know people in his school better and saw it was a sociable club at Club Rush. He was a very shy person coming into high school, and he saw Key Club as a way to become more social. After two years, Key Club helped shape him into who he is today: confident and assertive. Anthony’s future goals as an officer are to increase the activeness in members going to services and member count in Key Club and also fundraise more money toward PTP.
Jane Quach
Vice President
With a passion for meeting new people and helping the community, Jane decided to join Key club. As an officer, Jane would like to make members more active in the club, fundraise more for PTP, and get rid of the stereotype that Key Club is a social club instead of a community service club.
Jordan Jew
Treasurer
Jordan joined Key Club to experience what it was like to volunteer alongside people with the same passion. Jordan’s future goal as an officer is to effectively and efficiently handle sign-ins, dues, and renewed memberships.
Michell Wong
Secretary
With the intention of making her community better, Michell found out about Key Club. She wanted to help make the world become a better place little by little. Key Club helped her complete that goal, taught her how to express herself better, and helped her make new friends. Michell’s future goal as an officer is to make future members learn how amazing it is to change the community into a better place, like Key Club did for her.
SCHURR: OFFICER INTRODUCTIONS CONT. Dustin Vu
Historian
Dustin first joined Key Club because a friend persuaded him to, and he also liked helping the community. Some of Dustin’s goals as an officer is to create a website for the club and to manage all the social media so club members know when and what will happen within the club.
Samantha Heredia
Senior Representative
At first, Samantha was a little hesitant about joining Key Club, but through some positive peer pressure from her friend, Jaemma, she decided to join. After going to a few meetings, Samantha learned that Key Club was a community service organization, and wanted to be part of it and help people out. One of Samantha’s goals as an officer is to get more members to be involved with events so they don’t miss out.
Justin Kang
Senior Representative
Justin joined Key Club because he learned that it offered fun community service events that he could do with friends while helping the community. He saw that Key Clubbers always brought an enthusiastic atmosphere and wanted to be part of it. From fundraisers to events, he wants to make sure that everyone is informed about what’s going on in the club and that they don’t miss out on events.
Julianna Zheng
Junior Representative
Julianna Zheng first heard of Key Club through her friend who convinced her to join. Another reason she decided to join Key Club was that it gave out free volunteer shirts. After Julianna’s 1st event, she made tons of friends and saw volunteering as an opportunity to help others. Julianna’s goal as an officer is to make inactive members go to at least 1 service event and make them realize how much of an impact they can have on the community.
Nathan Van
Sophomore Representative
At first, Nathan joined Key Club because all his friends joined. But after the first event, he fell in love with what the club believed in and did. As an officer, Nathan plans on encouraging his fellow classmates to participate in events and helping make changes in their community. He also would like to encourage more people to join and participate in the events that Key Club takes part in because he feels that they build character.
DUSTIN VU, HISTORIAN, SCHURR
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