Banana Bulletin: Division 13 North Newsletter | January 2023

NEW YEAR NEW ME???? WOW 2023 arrived in a flash! I am extremely excited to see what this new year has in store for us. I am Lauren Trinity Uy and I proudly serve as Division 13 North’s Division News Editor (DNE) for the ‘22-’23 term :D I would like to formally welcome all readers to the BANANA BULLETIN! I am extremely ecstatic to be publishing the seventh issue of the BANANA BULLETIN! I think I might cry I only have 3 MORE ISSUES TO PUBLISH. This past month has been extremely difficult and crazy (I JUST FINISHED FINALS) but I am so very thankful for my publicity committee, without my amazing committee this newsletter wouldn’t have been possible. Always a special thank you to Bea M, Viennese D, Ryan S, and Javier R. I can’t imagine that we are almost done with everything this term! I am so proud of all the growth and changes that each club continues to strive for.

WOW ELECTION SEASON IS UPON US. It is crazy to think that our seniors have less than 6 months of school left. I hope to see the best officers elected for the future of this division. As well, keep up all the hard work Division 13 North! AS WELLLLL DCON is almost here !! Although I am heartbroken I will be unable to attend due to the sport I am a part of I am always here if anyone has any questions about DCON !!

Lastly with all the hard work I have seen behind the scenes for our division, I would just like to commend all clubs and all officers for working so hard this past month. Everyone continues to improve and help our Division each and every day. Know that your hard work is seen and to KEEP IT UP :))

With that being said, thank you so much for reading this term’s seventh issue of the BANANA BULLETIN! I hope you readers enjoy it!

Swingin’ for Service,

Division 13 North News Editor ‘22-’23

WHAT’S SWINGING DIVISION 13 NORTH!

HAPPY NEW YEARS! I hope you guys have set goals for the long term and short term this year that you can accomplish! Remember, a smart goal is one that is not too easy that it bores you, but at least hard enough to excite you.

With only a few months left of the term, there is only so much more events we can enjoy. SAD MOMENT! What’s left will be action packed so be sure to stay tuned with your club, the division, and district for upcoming events and deadlines!

Moving into January, members were able to learn so much of Key Club 101, DCON registration, and serve their community at our joint January DCM with Division 13 South. Shoutout to all clubs that have continued serving their communities throughout the holiday season! We have reached our goal of 5000 hours and just hit 5347 this month. In addition we are staying strong with our fundraising goal reaching over $5000!

Keep an eye out with your clubs for DCON registration, information about region conclave (where delegates of every club will vote for the

Lieutenant Governor of our division), and Region Formal! Again, there is only so much time until our seniors must fly away from Key Club, so be sure to attend as many events as possible these last few months!

Thank you for reading this LTG message! Enjoy the issue!

Swingin’ for Service,

Jensen Lauti

Jacob Arce

HAPPY NEW YEAR MONKEYS !

yo yo yo it may be a new year , but we’re still here ! as the new year rolls in , i hope everyone has been making their new years resolutions and sticking strong to them . start now !!! one of my personal new years resolutions is to complete all my list of scholarship applications by march hahaha … we’ll see about that low key .

if one of your resolutions are to be more active in key club , you’re in luck ! the term ISNT over ! we’ll have loads of events still here for you to come to and make so many more memories as the term ends . so come on out !

with the end of the term , comes conclave !! for those who don’t know , conclave is where we elect the new lieutenant governors of region 8, so make sure to attend to see what the future of our region looks like ! for seniors , root on your underclassmen for those who are running as well as hangout with the rest of the region key clubbers . you won’t forget it .

Happy Holidays 13 North!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 13 NORTH!!! Wait… that was last month? Regardless… I HOPE Y’ALL ENJOYED A WINTER BREAK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS! We’ve had tons of events like our December DCM and Rose Float, and certainly more to come.

Make sure to come to the 13 North and 13 South Servathon. THAT’S RIGHT, COLLAB EVENTT!!!

With a lot of members going back to school and finishing up finals I hope you all continue to prioritize your mental health and give yourself time to breathe. Second semester is nothing to joke about!!! Anyways see you next month 13 North ;)

WHATS SWINGING D13N?!

This month is going to be super exciting with Conclave coming up as well as DCON which is coming up in the next couple of months. And of course, we are also nearing the end of the term as well. I hope we can make these last few months count and get out there and continue serving! I also highly, highly encourage underclassmen to run for board officers positions next terms :D There's a lot of potential in our division and I can't wait to see what we all do next. I love you D13N and I hope you all enjoy this upcoming months events!

In the past month, Division 13 North hosted our Cozy January DCM where members were able to hear about club updates, division updates, serve with Division 13 South, learn about Key Club 101, and more!

Division 13 North clubs also kept members engaged during January like Norwalk Key Club’s roller rink fundraiser as well as Lakewood Key Club’s beach clean up service event

We have just reached our 5000 goal, but I believe we can reach even higher. Continue serving, keep it up, Green Monkeys!

MEMBER

JACOB [lastname] JOHN GLENN

OFFICER ASHLEY MARTINEZ ARTESIA

FACULTY ADVISOR NOT DECIDED YET SCHOOL

CLUB

LAKEWOOD KEY CLUB

SERVICE PROJECT CHRISTMAS SERVICE PROJECT ST. JOSEPH

KIWANIS ADVISOR MR. MIRANDA JOHN GLENN

FUNDRAISER THE RINKS MAYFAIR

Rose Float Decorating

Decorating

Jenisha Varghese General Member |Cerritos

On December 30th, Region 8 blissfully plunged into a vibrant world of roses for Region 8 Ohana - Rose Float Decorating! D13N, D13S, D13W, D19N, and D19S all joined efforts. During the Rose Float Decorating, we dispersed into two shifts, the day shift and night shift, learning about fellowship with others as well as the importance of abiding to the rules and cutting down our monkey business in order to keep the environment and the people safe from harm. We were assigned tasks, some small, such as prepping the flowers which would be used for multiple floats, and some large, such as putting their creativity up to the test when decorating the float! After gobbling down PB&J sandwiches, Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, and cookies the Cookie Monster would approve of, we rotated tasks and went back to business! In each task, we put in the utmost amount of effort, with the occasional hollers of “SCAFFOLDING!” as a signal to make way for the people transporting them. Befriending and working together with people from different divisions made the experience more enjoyable as we found more ways to connect! With this year’s theme of Turning the Corner, our float was the International Kiwanis bear mascot surfing, with our theme as “Catching the Wave of Service!”

COZY DCM

On Saturday, December 17th Lakewood Key Club attended DCM was held at Bellflower Kiwanis Hall where many members gathered to get warm and watch a movie. When most members hall we went over past and future events for the division then each over the events and fundraisers they had. We then transitioned Christmas cards and bookmarks for children in hospitals so that try and cheer them up over this Christmas season! While making bookmarks everybody got cozy in their blankets and cuddled their get ready to watch Lilo and Stitch! The DCM was super enjoyable people shared a good time. Overall, the event was a huge success.

Nicholas Nauta

Historian|Lakewood

Cozy DCM! The members from D13N members arrived at the each school went transitioned into making that maybe we can making the cards and their plushies to enjoyable and lots of success.

MAYFAIR ICE SKATING FUNDRAISER

Lauti President X ⅓ EA|Mayfair

GAHR FUNDRAISER

Hi hi Mayfair Monkeys! On December 23rd from 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM, Mayfair Key Club hosted their annual ice skating fundraiser at Lakewood ICE! The long awaited fundraiser had many jumping for joy and so excited to get on the ice. Once we were there, lots of members, not only from our club, but many other divisions and branches of our kiwanis family came out and enjoyed themselves while ice skating. Even new skaters came out and learned how to glide, while veteran ice skaters were always open to helping them. I’m happy to say that most, if not all, had a great time. We even had some Hamilton fans who started rapping in a circle. Weird? Nope, it’s just the Mayfair Key Club :) I hope everyone else comes to more events to enjoy our Key Club family :D!

Jensen

Alyssa Zepeda

Webmaster|Gahr

On December 10th, 2022 from 5pm-7pm Gahr Key Club had a Club Ice skating fundraiser at the East West Ice Palace. I had a really great time at this key club fundraiser and really experienced a fun dynamic from this club. Although the event was only for 2 hours it provided everyone that put time and money into the event with a lot of fun to see and skate with friends. Many people from other key clubs came and showed their support as they paid their entrance fee and started skating with their friends and/or loved ones. The event wasn’t closed off solely for the Gahr Key Club fundraiser but it was nice and fun regardless of how many people were on the rink. All in all it appeared that everyone who went to support the Gahr Key Club had a fun time!

GAHR ICE SKATING FUNDRAISER

Looking for a way to BEEcome more involved in Key Club? Now is YOUR chance! Key Club offers an array of leadership opportunities on the club, division, district, and international level! It’s now time for YOUtodemonstratethecorevalue ofleadership!

Electionsseasonisofficiallyuponus! Checkoutalloftheofficerpositions you are able to run for! Elections rules and officer positions may vary byclub,sobesuretoverywithyour home club for specific positions,

ARTESIA | ALYSSAH PATTERSON

This month, we attended events and plan on attending more in the future.. In addition, we will continue to grow our club.

Heyyy Division 13 North! BKC swung into November by participating in D13N’s Fall Rally South Spirit sessions where members got to learn the cheers that won us that FRS SPIRIT STICK!! BKC had a ton of fun at frs going on rides and being competing in the spirit rally one last time with our seniors BKC had a general meeting this month recognizing Noemi Gonzalez and Vyanna Mam and Justin Arizmendi as our officer of the month for all the hard work they do. I hope you all have a great november dcm!!

This month, we attended events and plan on attending more in the future.. In addition, we will continue to grow our club.

This month, we attended events and plan on attending more in the future.. In addition, we will continue to grow our club.

GAHR | FRANCI CHANG

this past month, our club has held two fundraisers, sharetea fundraiser as well as the ice skating fundraiser. thank you all who came out and supported, it is much appreciated! we’re also hosting a school supply drive in collaboration with unity project for Casa Youth Shelter this upcoming week. furthermore, we held a general meeting, discussing fall rally recap, upcoming events, and updates. gahr key club is also looking forward to region 8’s rose float decorating as this will be a one of a kind experience for most of us. please remember to layer up! lastly, from the entire gahr key club family and board, we wish you all a heartfelt holiday season and stay warm! thank you:)

This month, we attended events and plan on attending more in the future.. In addition, we will continue to grow our club.

DOWNEY | ARMANDO RAMIREZ

BELLFLOWER| ELIZE DIZON

CERRITOS |JONATHAN GUERRERO

JOHN GLENN | STANY HERNANDEZ

ANNALISE LTH | LAKEWOOD

What's swinging Division 13 North! My name is Annalise Ith and I currently serve as Lakewood Key Club's President. For the month of December Lakewood has been following with Division events as we try to recover from the finals rush. We finally finished having some new additions to our board, so we now have a new Vice President, Historian, and Member Recognition Chair! I am hoping great things for them and we plan to have a service event and fundraiser coming the new year. See you there!

JENSEN LAUTI | MAYFAIR

For the month of December, Mayfair has been impactful in their communities and in turn we as a club celebrate eachother! For the last month of the year, Mayfair has much in store for everyone , like the member induction ceremony, an ice skating fundraiser, and a christmas social! be on the lookout for all of that and happy holidays.

MARIAM JABER | NORWALK

Norwalk has raised over $100 in club funds and over $80 for ptp through our many fundraisers! We have also served over 50 service hours through our planned service projects.

DEVON CARRIERE| SOMERSET

This month, we attended events and plan on attending more in the future.. In addition, we will continue to grow our club.

RICARDO RODRIGUEZ | ST. JOHN BOSCO

Thank you all for sticking with us in this silent time between FRS and rose float. Stick with us for next semester where we plan to bring you many more service opportunities as exams and college applications lighten up. Thank you to our members who served at Bosco's annual Christmas concert and pitch in to the Holiday toy drive. Thanks!

SOPHIA VELONZA| ST. JOSEPH

On Thursday, December 1st, SJKC held a 7 Leaves Fundraiser where we raised about $20 for PTP. Thank you to those who supported us and we hope you can continue to support SJKC in the future. As we go into winter break, we plan to do a few asynchronous service events to allow members to get their hours without being on campus! Please look forward to what we have in store these next few weeks of December!

MIRANDA PELAYO| WARREN

This month, we attended events and plan on attending more in the future.. In addition, we will continue to grow our club.

Any member, officer, club, and/or advisor you think has been especially outstanding? Was there a service project that turned out really well? Any unique fundraiser you attended that contributed to our division’s fundraising goal? Tell us about it and maybe the person or event will get recognition!