D12S September Newsletter 2013

VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 2

SEPTEMBER 2013

CNH KEY CLUB

In THIS issue‌ Contributions by Division 12 South members September 2013 | Volume 1 | Issue 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the LTG | 2 Goals Update | 3 PTP Fundraising | 4

Back to School Recruitment | 5 Upcoming Events | 6 August DCM Recap | 9 Club Recaps | 10 Recognition | 20 Reminders | 21 Contact | 23

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MESSAGE FROM

YOUR LTG

HELLO SUPERVILLAINS! School is starting up again for most of us, and I want to remind all of you that the beginning of the school year is a great time to recruit new members, increase service hours, and fundraise! There are plenty of member recruitment and retention techniques that you can use for your own club that will help in this process. Continue to plan proactively with your club. Those first few meetings make a huge impact on your potential members – make the most of it! Make them want to stick with Key Club for the rest of their high school years. We, as leaders, want to inspire others to become part of this ohana we call Key Club!

Keep in mind that Fall Rally North is on October 19th – it might sound far away, but it’s coming up really quickly! Start planning what you’re going to make and wear for spirit gear – you are not limited to what the spirit pack offers. Go above and bee-yond to rep that green and gray all day! BUT WAIT! There’s more – fundraising for PTP with your clubs! You should all be actively fundraising for PTP prior to FRN. Take advantage of this time to plan and successfully carry out a fundraiser. All funds donated to PTP will be stored in our “division account,” which we will use to bid on district officers, including myself!

Keep up the golden work Super Villains! I will see you all on September 28-29, where YOU will be coming to RTC as the golden Stars of Service!

Striving for service, Lindon Tran Division 12 South Lieutenant Governor 2013-2014

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Golden Goals Set goals for your club!

2013

Don’t underestimate setting goals for your club! Goal setting can be a vital reminder to the members and help you push your club to its fullest potential.

Set goals for service hours, fund raising, member attendance, and more!

Division Goals

As a division, we’ve set a few goals to push our division to reach new heights!

Keep in mind that not only is Fall Rally North coming up soon, but also that we CAN still fundraise for PTP after Fall Rally.

As a joint effort, Division 12 South can have an enormous impact on the world.

Division 12 South Service Hours 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 April

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District Goals

This term the Cali-Nev-Ha District has set goals to better our progress as one big Key Club ohana. While working in your own clubs, be sure to remember the following goals CNH has set together!

Service Hours

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May June

July

Total

20,000 Hours $3,000 for PTP 1000 lives saved from MNT by February 14th!

46,000 members 1,000,000 service hours $150,000 for PTP 3 lives each from MNT

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Fundraising

for

PTP

What do YOU know about Pediatric Trauma Key Club and PTP Prevention?!Prevention?! The Kiwanis Cali-Nev-Ha Foundation

Pediatric

Noun; the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.

Trauma Noun; a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident

Prevention Noun; the act of KEEPING FROM OCCURING

established the Pediatric Trauma Program with the MISSION to reduce the number of unintentional trauma in children. PTP is an extremely important program that is making our world safer and happier every day.

What can we do to help?

FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE, FUNDRAISE! The money that D12S fundraises for PTP before October 19th is used for the CNH District Board officer auction at FRN to win our LTG and many other amazing District Officers! All the proceeds from FRN go to PTP. PTP uses the money for:

SAVE

LIVES |

WE DO IT FOR THE KIDS.

- Donations to hospitals - New pediatric medical equipment - Training of Pediatric doctors, nurses, and first responders Be an outstanding Key Clubber and talk to your club about setting up some fundraisers! Small or large, the possibilities are ENDLESS. It is now OUR MISSION to help Kiwanis reach their goals!

Presented to you by Division 12 South PTP Task Coordinator Trisha Nguyen 2013 PAGE 4 THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12SOUTH NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2013

BACK-TO-SCHOOL

Member Recruitment

A new school year means new members!

Promoting Key Club Look back to our district goals; we have some large numbers involved! Without more Key Club members, we would not be able to achieve such goals. Now that the new school year is coming up, we should start looking into ideas and methods to get more members into Key Club. It is never too early to start planning!

Here are some ideas!

CLUB TRI-FOLD RUSH TABLE CLOTHES PINS

BRING A FRIEND TO KEY CLUB

SMALL INCENTIVE

DAY

POSTERS & FLYERS

BE INVOLVED IN SCHOOL EVENTS

MORNING ANNOUNCE -MENTS

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GET READY FOR REGION 9-15-17’S

REGION TRAINING

CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 28-29

CAMP JONES GULCH

Why should YOU attend RTC? Make some new friends!

RTC is the ultimate bonding and learning experience – some like it even better than DCON! It’s a weekend full of Key Club information and a time where leaders are inspired. So much happens in just one weekend:  Workshops that build and educate leaders  Buddy groups create and perform cheers and a skit at the bonfire  RTC Dance / Alternative Activities  An overnight stay in cabins  September DCM  Ice breakers and team bonding games SEE YOU THERE!

The following divisions are invited:  D2 Kiwis  D26N Red Devils  D8 Ballers  D26S Blue Devils  D12W Spartans  D34N Aqua Apes  D34S Purple Penguins  D12E Heroes  D43 Tigers  D12S Villains

Registration Deadlines  Early Registration Deadline: September 12th  Late Registration Deadline: September 20th  It is $60 per person on time, and $70 per person for late registration  TELL YOUR PARENTS TODAY! Registration forms, waivers, and more detailed information has been sent out on the Division 12 South Google Reflector

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FALL RALLY NORTH OCTOBER 19, 2013

KEY CLUB WEEK November 4th – 8th, 2013 Key Club Week gives you the opportunity to show your community what Key Club is truly about: service.

Each day places an emphasis on service, to promote Key Club within our homes, schools and communities and to make Key Club a household name. Think ahead of time and check out the following suggestions!

 MONDAY Show your K in every way  TUESDAY Kudos to the Key Players  WEDNESDAY Connect the Ks  THURSDAY Bring a friend to Key Club

 FRIDAY Your way

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This month the Division 12 South Council Meeting was hosted by Oak Grove Key Club on August 17th in Palmia Park from 3PM to 5PM. During the DCM we had a guest speaker from the Santa Teresa Library who talked about service and academic programs with the various branches of the San Jose Libraries and a presentation by PTP Task Coordinator Trisha Nguyen. Oak Grove Key Club sold pizza, spam musubi, and cookies along with their water balloons to fundraise for PTP! Right as the clouds began to clear, we started our water balloon games. After about 1,000 water balloons, a few boxes of pizza, two trays full of spam musubi, and a few minor difficulties, the August DCM became a big splash of fun! Thank you to everyone who helped coordinate and prepare this wonderful DCM! -

Kyle Dimla, Division 12 South Editor

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CLUB RECAPS ANDREW HILL

SILVER CREEK

ANN SOBRATO EVERGREEN GUNDERSON

LELAND OAK GROVE

WILLOW GLEN YERBA BUENA

SANTA TERESA PIONEER

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HILL ANDREW For this bittersweet month of August, we intended not to have any events so that our members could spend their last few days of summer relaxing and doing their summer assignments! Our design for our mural has been finalized and we plan to paint it during the Labor Day weekend. For the following months, we will have at least 2-4 events each! We will also be collaborating with other clubs to fundraise. We will have our first club rush and meeting in the month of September!

- Quyen Vo, President

KEY CLUB EXPERIENCE

THE

No words can express how I felt when I first joined Key Club. I have never seen such an astounding number of people dedicating their time to one goal – to create a better world. I will never forget how honored I felt when my school’s Key Club president specifically asked me to design a mural for our Key Club. It was my first contribution as a Key Club member. I am really looking forward to see what new opportunities Key Club has in store this year. Also, I can’t wait to make new memories with my new Key Club family and continue to help make a difference in our communities!

- - Jennifer Luu

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ANN

SOBRATO

In late July and early August, Sobrato Key Club got a substantial amount of activities done. We hosted a carwash with Willow Glen Key Club on Juily 27th. On August 6th we advocated for Voices United, a substance abuse prevention non-profit organization, at the National Night Out at the Seven Trees Community Center. We also sent a few volunteers to the last Music in the Glen of the summer on August 8th.

Simar Dhillon attended the Spirit of 45 with other Division 12 South Key Clubbers as the only member from Sobrato. Four for you, Simar!

- Kyle Dimla, President

CARWASH FOR KIDS The car wash was a fun experience! Getting up early in the morning was worth it because we were fund raising for a good cause. Not only that, but comining with Willow Glen to help out made the experience that much more fun! Getting to know new faces from Willow Glen was great because everyone was so nice. Seeing everyone work so hard at the carwash made me feel so happy; I hope we can have another car wash soon!

- Gabby Baniqued, Secretary

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Within the past month, EV Key Club has volunteered at Sausage Fest, a 5k or 10k run that is organized to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We also volunteered with our monthly Second Harvest Food Bank Food Distribution. Including August, we were able to complete 259 hours of service over summer as a club – and to further increase these hours within the school year, we have planned out ways to recruit members!

Club rush will be in about 2-3 weeks, so to recruit members, we are planning to create large posters and place them all around school. We also plan on using clothespins and writing messages on them and putting them on random students during break and lunch. We also plan on decorating a tri-fold board with Key Club info and visuals in order to capture the attention of other students. It will include examples of events we do and have answers to questions about Key Club and how it will benefit them.

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Thuyvy Tu, President Hey D12S!EVHS Key Club recently got the honor of volunteering with San Jose’s Sausage Fest 5K & 10K Run on August 3rd. It is a race benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. At 6:30AM on a freezing morning at Los Gatos Creek County Park, EV Key Clubbers gathered to draw smiley faces on runner bibs and prepared to cheer on runners from 8 to 80 years old! Free Sausages were handed out to all participants, and cheering continued until the final runner crossed the finish line. Families and friends alike came from all over the Bay Area to support the race’s cause!

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For the month of August, Gunderson started off working with Kiwanis. On August 3rd, we participated in the Back to school Shopping Spree at Old Navy in Oakridge mall to help low-income family children. We also worked with other Key Clubs sponsored by the Downtown San Jose Kiwanis to host the Kiwanis Take Over meeting. We hosted a Panda Express fund raiser on August 7th. On August 10th, we volunteered with the Salvation Army at the Back to School Backpack Carnival with our Kiwanis. We hope to continue serving our community regularly although summer vacation is coming to an end.

- Vivian Nguyen

Books Aloud is an event held at the MLK Library in Downtown San Jose and is provided to us by our Kiwanis Club. We send out volunteers each month to help sort out audio books to ship out to the visually impaired and those with learning disabilities. This event is a great cause to help come out and support those with different types of learning disabilities. We always have a fun time at the event and I believe that other Key Clubbers should definitely get a chance to volunteer as well!

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Brandon Roman

On August 5th, Gunderson and Santa Teresa worked with San Jose and Independence Key Clubs to host a wonderful meeting for our Kiwanians. We presented our hard work to Kiwanians and fundraised for our club as well as advertised new events. This meeting helped us get to know more about our sponsoring Kiwanis Club and it was definitely a pleasure to work with clubs from 12East!

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Vivian Nguyen, President

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In the month of August, many of our members began easing back into the routine of school. We do not have many service events planned in August, but we have plenty of service events in September already!

We participated in: San Jose Jazz Summer Fest (August 9th) Williams Elementary Ice Cream Social & Movie Night (August 16h) Calero Shoreline Clean Up (August 17th) Second Harvest Food Bank (August 24th) Italian Family Fiesta (August 24th)

SAN JOSE SUMMER JAZZ FEST San Jose Summer Jazz Fest as an energetic, upbeat event in Downtown San Jose on August 9th to the 11th. Everyone gathered around for three days of jazz in the summer sun. It was a very fun event to work at – a highlight for everyone’s summer!

- Yasmin Sepah THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12SOUTH NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2013

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In the month of August, we’ve been putting our focus into the August DCM and fundraising. We accumulated about 2 fundraising events in August. We held a fundraising event at our school for schedule distribution and sold lemonade and Gatorade to kids picking up their school IDs and schedules. We also have a fund raising event on the day of the DCM at Tapioca Express. We will receive 15% of the profit and the event goes all day!

- Jason Bui, President

OAK GROVE

HIGH SCHOOL

ORIENTATION On August 6th, students lined up at 8AM to Take ID pictures and pick up their schedules. What aperfect opportunity to fundraise and make students aware of Oak Grove Key Club! We had cups of lemonade for 50 cents and small gatorades for $1 each!

- Lisa Nguyen, VP

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An exciting new school year has just begun and like July, August had been a good month for Pioneer Key Club. This month, we’ve attended the Edenvale Library Book Sale and the Salvation Army Back to School Shopping Spree, where we donated our morning to escorting a child through Old Navy and helping them get clothes for the new school year. The Spirit of 45 was a fun event in which volunteers helped run a post-World War II reenactment fair in Kelley Park. We also had a park beautification event on the day of the August DCM! -

Jacquelyn Quach, President

National night out On August 6th, I attended National Night Out with a few other people from clubs in our division where we volunteered for the non-profit Voice United, a substance abuse prevention program. We passed out literature on what the program does and its current newspaper as well as took down names and emails for people to get connected with the organization. IT was a little awkward to just approach random people, and at times there was a language barrier, but by the end we were able to get a decent amount of names and passed out literature to multiple families. After the volunteering, volunteers were able to get free pizza and snow cones, both of which were delicious, and sit and enjoy the Night Out for what it had to offer. This was a great event because we were able to spread awareness of a great local non-profit and what it has to offer; and good food is always a bonus.

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Matt Jensen, Secretary

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For moth of July, Santa Teresa Key Club has been working hard to finish the summer strong and prepare for the upcoming school year. We volunteered for an entire weekend at the Edenvale Library Book Sale and at events given to us by our Kiwanis, such as Books Aloud, Music in the Glen, and the Old Navy Back to School Shopping Spree. We also participated in the Almaden Half Marathon, the first of many upcoming marathon events.

Lastly, we participated in our schools’ Freshmen Orientation, as tour guides and club recruiters. We gained almost 100 signups from the Class of 2017, and I’m excited to get to know each and every one of the nervous, awkward freshmen. Now that the school year has started, Santa Tersa Key Club is excited to make an impact on our campus.

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Adrian “King Koopa DeGuzman Santa Teresa High School Key Club President 2013-2014

On July 28th, I was fortunate enough to help sell books at Edenvale Library and become part of their awesome volunteer team.

Volunteers each take turns to sell books and raise money which funds special library programs and events such as performers and author visits. It was one of the most incredible events I’ve ever been to. No words can describe and no picture can portray how welcoming the workers are. I certainly will go back next time and dedicate more time to volunteer at this event again!

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Qiqi “Cheeky” Zhao STKC Secretary 2013-2014

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We have been tutoring English learners for the past 8 weeks and finished on August 6th.

We mainly helped them read and write to get them prepared for school. We also did the Sausage Fest on August 4th where we cheered for the runners and cleaned up.

Thank you to everyone who came to our DCM on the 27th of July! We hope you guys had a great time hearing the live band and enjoyed great company with the Willow Glen community! We also raised $700 at the car wash with Ann Sobrato to fundraise for the Eliminate Project, thank you to everyone who came to support!

- Bernadette Vu, President

MUSIC IN THE GLEN 2013

During summer on Thursday evenings, many came by Willow Glen Elementary for a Willow Glen tradition: Music in the Glen.

Willow Glen helped host the Kiwanis food booth at MITG – with help from other D12S schools! Whether it was handing out soda, scrambling for popcorn, or simply hanging out with friends, every Thursday brought new faces and new experiences. It is definitely an event WG is sure to return to in coming years!

- Donald Franks, Member

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We've received three pages full of sign ups at Orientation on August 5th. On behalf of service events, we've volunteered for Spirit of 45 in History Park on August 10th from 12PM- 4PM. Also, we will be volunteering for Sacred Heart on August 24th from 9AM - 12PM by packaging food bags for the needy!

- Kathy Loc, President

The event I attended with my club was Spirit of '45 which was on August 10th, 2013. It was located at History Park, which is next to Kelley Park. The event's purpose was to remember the end of World War II and also to honor the soldiers who served and fought during the war. My experience was great and I was to sell water bottles for the people who got thirsty. The customers were friendly and everyone was dressed in beautiful clothing back in the day. I would like to volunteer for this event again next year!

- Allen Nguyen, Treasurer

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SUPER VILLAINS Of the month OFFICER OF THE MONTH

TRISHA NGUYEN

SANTA TERESA KEY CLUB TREASURER

CLUB OF THE MONTH

SANTA TERESA

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

DONALD FRANKS WILLOW GLEN KEY CLUB MEMBER

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DON’T FORGET upcoming Region Training Conference | September 28-29 Early: $60 by September 12th Late: $70 by September 20th More info is on the D12S Google Reflector!

Fall Rally North | October 19th Registration will be released closer to the date!

Fundraise for PTP with your clubs!

The t-shirt design winner design will be announced soon!

SUBMISSIONS

MRFs & TMRFs Early: Due on the 3rd by 6PM every month Regular: Due on the 5th by 6PM every month Send in to d12s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com!

Club Articles & Visuals Early: Due by the 13th by 6PM of every month Regular: Due by the 15th by 6PM of every month The Division Editor’s email will be available next month!

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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Hello Division 12 South Super Villains!

Thank you for all your good feedback and comments on the August issue of The Scheme! I’m really glad you guys enjoyed it because I put my all into these newsletters!

Literally! Also, I want to give a big thank you to everyone who submitted articles, visuals, and anything that contributed to the creation of this publication. Please continue to send in your articles and visuals on time – I love to read all of your club’s stories and experiences Stay Golden, Kyle Dimla Division 12 South News Editor 2013-2014

THANKS FOR READING! PAGE 22

CONTACT US! DIVISION 12 SOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM LTG | LINDON TRAN d12s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com 408.931.1756 NEWS EDITOR | KYLE DIMLA dimla.kyle@yahoo.com 408.921.0470 EA | GABBY BANIQUED gabbybaniqued321@gmail.com 408.665.9821 EA | AUDREY LOPEZ | VALDEZ lopezvaldezaudrey@gmail.com 408.425.4597 EA | PHIIP WITCRAFT witcraft.philip@gmail.com 408.477.6215

PRESIDENTS ANDREW HILL | QUYEN VO quyenhvo@gmail.com ANN SOBRATO | KYLE DIMLA dimla.kyle@yahoo.com EVERGREEN VALLEY | THUYVY TU thuyvy_tu@yahoo.com GUNDERSON | VIVAN NGUYEN vnguyenie96@gmail.com LELAND | THOMAS NGUYEN thomasnguyen96@gmail.com OAK GROVE | JASON BUI jasonbui21@yahoo.com PIONEER | JACQUELYN QUACH jq2442@gmail.com

PRESIDENTS (CONTINUED) WILLOW GLEN | BERNADETTE VU berniveevu@gmail.com YERBA BUENA | KATHY LOC lockathy628@ymail.com

SANTA TERESA | ADRIAN DEGUZMAN adriandg@rocketmail.com SILVER CREEK | ISABELLE KIM isabelle96@gmail.com

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