D12S | October Newsletter

CNH | KEY CLUB

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The Official

Division

Newsletter

Contents # Section | Spread Topic | Page #

1. Lieutenant Governor’s Welcome (3) 2. Challenge of the Month (4) 3. Division Updates (5) 4. July Recognition (6) 5. October Division Council Meeting (9) 6. Fall Rally North (10) 7. Spirit Coordinators (13) 8. Dues (13) 9. Member Recruitment (15) 10. Get to Know… (16) 11. Club Recaps (19) 12. Closing (29)

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Greetings Supervillains!

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ID YOU KNOW.... our term is already

halfway done? It’s gone by so incredibly fast and I , can’t believe that we only have about 5 months left of this term. We have 5 more months to leave OUR LEGACY with this division, 5 more months to reach our goals, 5 more months until DISTRICT CONVENTION! Now that we have reached halfway through this term, I would like to hear goals you’d like to reach before District Convention! For each submission, 1 point will be granted towards your club! I look forward to reading all your goals!

Serving with a Smile,

Vicky Le

Division 12 South / Division 43 Lieutenant Governor 2014-2015 Region 17 | Cali-Neva-Ha District Key Club International

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ET READY, we’re moving into the month of

October! It’s all about the changes in color and the atmosphere as BOTH Halloween AND Fall Rally North , are coming. So, I hope you all enjoy the splashes of color featured in this newsletter-pretty different from last month huh? Good luck with everything you do this month! Stay happy and stay smiling!

Celebrating with Service,

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Celine Nguyen

Division 12 South News Editor 2014-2015

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SHARE YOUR GOALS YOUR ASPIRATIONS , ,

For Key Club For yourself ,

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RITE to me about

a goal you want to accomplish before District Convention in March! It can be a , personal goal or a Key Club goal. I will look through them and choose some to be featured in next month’s newsletter!

Send them to d12s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com

by October 15th, and don’t forget to mention your name and school!

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My goal before District Convention is to motivate Division 12 South to reach all our goals and to help my elect transition smoothly into his or her term!

Vicky Le

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13480.75 hours to go; we’re over a quarter way there!

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$345.92 away from ELIMINATE goal, and $1494.50 left for PTP! THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12 SOUTH NEWSLETTER

Gunderson

Duc Huynh

Officer of the month

Member of the month

Katia Van Andrew Hill

Ltg’s choice

Andy Chau Evergreen Valley

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Koopa Kids

Most Fire Benders

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Supervillain

Fire Benders Jokers

King Dedede

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IMPORTANT

Chicken Nuggets

Thai Tea

Pasta

Green Tea

Tacos

Hot Cocoa

FRN Prep

October 17th Learn our spirit cheers!

GET READY TO BRING BACK THE SPIRIT STICK 5:00-8:00PM

Evergreen Valley High School

Cougar Hall Scary Stories Contest

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Pie Eating Contest

Limbo Game Zombie Tag Costume Contest

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Contact your club president if you are interested

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Cont.

Fall Rally North 1. Prep

2. Bus Ride 3. Meeting new people 4. Bonding

5.Rally

6. Spirit cheers 7. Roller coasters Pc. Kyle Dimla

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Buy Your Spirit Gear THE OFFICIAL DIVISION 12 SOUTH NEWSLETTER

Do you think you have what it takes to pump up D12South at Fall Rally North? Well here's your OPPORTUNI-BEE! This year, our division will have 3 spirit coordinators to help lead our division in spirit and help with communication throughout the whole division during the rally.

Applications are out!

They have been sent through the Google Reflector and posted on the Facebook page.

DUE October 1st by 11:59pm!

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 Each club must at least have 15 members to charter or rener a charter, but do NOT need at least 15 to pay beginning dues.  There is no such thing as a MAX membership (go crazy, recruit your school school)  Dues are annual, so members have to renew their membership every year  You can submit dues more than once as long as first time is before December 1st  It’s never too late to continue paying dues for new members throughout the year! ALL MEMBERS SHOULD PAY THEIR DUES!

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Distribution

Members

Due dates

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New year = New members

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Arbyn Olarte, D03S LTG Los Angeles, California  I love long walks on the beach.  Religion: Beyoncé  I practice the "How do you feel" cheer while taking the shower.  Chipotle is my life.  My goal as LTG is to do new and creative projects that have never been done before.

For example: Wii Super Smash Bros Fundraiser for PTP

RJ Immerman, DCON Chair Henderson, Nevada  I love politics  I want to attend UCLA or UCSD in the fall  I want to see over 3,200 members attend District Convention  I love to read  My favorite subject is history

Tyra Saelee, D12W LTG San Jose, California

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 I’m left handed  My all-time favorite drink is boba  My school, Leigh High School, is home to Patrick Maurer, a past Division 12 Lieutenant Governor who went on to become Distinguished District Governor in California-Nevada-Hawaii  I have been in Key Club since my freshman year  My favorite pastimes are eating and sleeping

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 One of my dream schools for college/University is University of Washington.  I am 6 foot 3 inches tall.  I used to play the Violin.  I love to eat really good food.  My favorite book is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

Erin Dominguez, D14 LTG Yuba City, California  I could live on sushi and Gong Cha for the rest of my life  I play varsity zdoubles tennis  My favorite animal is a panda  I can play the violin, viola, and bass  I think Vicky Le is the most adorable Cutie PatooBEE on District Board

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DISTRICT BOARD

Alan Kwok, Kiwanis Family and Foundation Chair Oakland, California

Thank you to everyone that contributed in articles and pictures!

Note: Not all visuals could be fitted, and any articles not featured were sent to CNH District for district newsletter consideration.

EVERYTHING submitted is still counted for Supervillain Showcase Award.

Monthly

Club Reports

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Andrew Hill

King Dedede One of the volunteers directing the runners during the course

Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge

When I first heard about this event, I already knew it was going to be fun, whether I volunteered or ran the race, and it was a very fun experience for me. I was stationed at the Sweeper obstacle, where we had to direct runners past these giant rotating "arms" and help anyone who fell off onto the inflatable sides. The runners and other volunteers were very energetic and motivating, so it made the experience a lot of fun! After we finished our 6-hours shift filled with crazy costumes, dust storms, and fun, we helped clean up then got to go play on the obstacles that were still working!

Andy Pham Vice President

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Campus Cleanup

Our monthly campus clean up at our school is a great opportunity for members to get hours in easily because it is right after school!

Members get to bond with each other by being paired up or put into groups to beautify our campus together! Everyone comes out to have a good time and to get some of their hours in!

Chris Chong President

August DCM

During the August DCM, I didn't expect many to come. Mainly because of the fact that Sobrato is far away and people might think it would be too far. I was happy though. Even though it was a really hot, everyone had an amazing time!

I am glad that everything ran smoothly as it did and I am excited to experience other DCMs! Andrew Ko Treasurer

Ann Sobrato

Fire Benders Ann Sobrato officers preparing for the August DCM. (PC: Jessica Wong)

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Evergreen Valley

Equalists

Veggielution

My first event for Key Club was the Veggielution event that was in the month August. I was given the task to plant basils into pots. It was a very simple event, but I still enjoyed spending my time doing something productive as opposed to staying home and playing video games. It was also very interesting to work with plants for I rarely garden.

Andy Truong Member

Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge

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The ROC volunteering event was a new experience for me as it was my first run event I had attended. When I entered the gates, I saw a huge amount of excitement and energy from the thousands of people attending the event. At first, I was assigned to the merchandise tent, where I arranged and sold items to ROC participants, but was soon requested to move to the front tent to assist in distributing T-shirts due to shortage of volunteers on that side. Although the task was repetitive, the diversity of people always entertained me. For example, there was one person dressed like Guy LeDouche, a member of the MXC, another in a hula dancer's dress, and even HotShotGG in a ballerina outfit. Once it struck 5PM, it was time for the volunteers to run the ROC course at a discounted price. This was one of my biggest incentives during the period in which I was volunteering because I wanted to run my first 5K, my first obstacle course. The ROC event was my first run event, but it definitely wasn't a boring one, and has encouraged me to attend more events similar to this one.

Kevin Wu Member

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Double Road Race

Volunteering at the Double Road Race with the GHS Key Club was a great community service experience! The Double Road Race took place at the Silver Creek IDT Center. It was so worth being there at 6 and staying till 11. From helping set up before the race to handing out cups of water to the 15 and 10K runners along the course, volunteering at this event was really fun and rewarding. We filled up and held out hundreds of cups of waters for hundreds of runners. It was so much fun (getting soaked was just part of the experience, LOL)! My favorite part, however, was getting to build new friendships with my fellow Key Clubbers. Thank you to Key Club for organizing this event!

Alejandra Fraume Member

Gunderson

Pacman Ghosts

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Cleanup Cowells

On August 31st, the Key Club went down to Cowells Beach in Santa Cruz to participate in Clean Up Cowells.

We walked around the beach for a couple of hours in groups of two or three and collected trash and recyclables. By the end of the three hours, we had collected a total of 27.5 lbs of trash as a group! The event was a great opportunity to have fun by providing genuine service for the community while raising awareness about environmental concerns.

Samantha Coley Member

Live Oak

Storm Troopers

Samantha works with her fellow Live Oak Key Clubbers as they search for trash. around a pier.�

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Pioneer

Mojo Jojo

Colin Shum recruiting members at Pioneer’s Community Service Outreach Fair.

Outreach Fair

Working behind the booth at the Outreach Fair was an incredibly fun experience for me. I got the chance to spread the word about Key Club by explaining how it’s a fun way to volunteer and make friends. Talking to my fellow students about Key Club and seeing people I’ve volunteered with in the past was one of the coolest things I’ve done in a long time. I’d love to do it again next year.

Colin Shum Project Chair

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Card-Making for Soldiers

THIS EVENT WAS TOTES AMAZING!!!1!1!!1!

Although some of us may not realize it, doing little things like writing cards to our American soldiers will help brighten up their day by a ton. Sure, it's just a card written by high schoolers, but it sure does make a difference. We all don't have to do super extravagant things that will change the world overnight, but we can do the things we can to make a difference slowly.

Amanda Lam Vice-President

Santa Teresa

Koopa Kids

Race to the End of Summer

The event was great! My role during the race was to help the runners run in the right direction and keep spirits up with our cheers.

Everyone was so nice, especially the people organizing the race. They offered many snacks and would check up on us often to make sure we were doing fine. It was fun, and it made me feel great. I loved the event, and I am looking forward to helping more events like this in the future.

Trinity Pham Member

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Silver Creek

Jokers

Race to the End of Summer

Volunteering at the Race to the End of Summer was unlike any other event I had previously done. For one thing, waking up at 5 in the morning was kind of tiring, but it was well worth it! Also, it was the first time that I had volunteered at a race. The main highlight of the event was when I was pulled out of gear check and was instructed to encourage and cheer on the halfmarathon runners running for a good cause.

It felt really nice when I knew that these uplifting comments were really helping these guys. Alongside my friends, we gave support to the runners and had a blast doing it. I thought that the event was pretty organized and that it was well-sponsored. I met some new people, which is always a great thing! At the end of the day, this event was loads of fun and I can't wait for next year.

Ben Vo Member

Club Rush

Painting + Planning + Posting = KEY CLUB PREPARATION! Preparing for Key Club’s Club Rush was perhaps, one of the best experiences I shared with my partners in crime. Over three days, we were able to produce a plethora of poster, piles and piles of pins, and even a gigantic logo. It was hard work, but all this preparation paid off— we had a very successful club rush, with almost 400 sign ups!

Talk about plenty of people!

Seeing all the smiles made, the excitement of the students as they rushed over to our tables, vehemently expressing how we ‘FEEL GOOD’ amidst the crowd—all these remind me of how proud I am to be a Key Club officer.

Dan Truong Vice President

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Garden to Community

Being able to help maintain a community garden was a lovely experience in which I was able to connect with nature, community members, and creatures. This event was coordinated via Garden to Table, an organization whose mission is to create a sustainable local food system and build a community. They strive to achieve this by allowing members of the neighborhood to help maintain and run the garden. In addition, Garden to Community gives people access to healthy foods and teaches them how to pick and grow their own fruits and vegetables. At the community farm at West Taylor Street, myself and two other Willow Glen Key Club members along with several other volunteers helped by picking tomatoes and peppers, feeding chickens, picking weeds, and starting a compost. It was definitely worth getting my hands dirty! Being able to take part in this was extremely beneficial all around. Not only was I able to have the pleasure of helping, I was able to gain knowledge from my experience that I can take with me in the future.

Shayla Huynh Member

Willow Glen

The Dai Li

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Visit the Division website! d12south.weebly.com

Join our Google Group for upcoming events and announcements! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!foru m?d12south

Visit the Key Club International website! www.keyclub.org

Visit the CNH website! www.cnhkeyclub.org

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LTG

Lieutenant Governor | Vicky Le d12south.cnh.ltg@gmail.com

Division Leadership Team Executive Assistant | Andy Chau chauster97@gmail.com Executive Assistant | Anna Pham annamypham@gmail.com Executive Assistant | Maryrose Pardo mspardo1999@gmail.com Division News Editor | Celine Nguyen d12s.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

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Presidents

Andrew Hill | Kevin Tran aznpride831@gmail.com Ann Sobrato | Chris Chong chong.chris97@gmail.com Evergreen Valley | Julie Ling xjulielx@gmail.com Gunderson | Cynthia Voly cynthiavoly@gmail.com Leland | Baolinh Nguyen baolinh.nguyen5@gmail.com Live Oak | Hanh Phan hanh.phan.16@gmail.com Oak Grove | Christy Nguyen passthecrust@gmail.com Pioneer | Audrey Lopez-Valdez lopezvaldezaudrey@gmail.com Santa Teresa | Trisha Nguyen stkcpresident1415@gmail.com Silver Creek | Anna Pham annamypham@gmail.com Willow Glen | Troy Dao t2thedao@gmail.com

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