D19N Newsletter for February 2012

Volume IV, Issue 10

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February Re-Cap: 

February DCM & Conclave  Congratulations to Tamara Garcia for being elected as our 2012-2013 Lieutenant Governor Elect! Good luck on your future term.

Upcoming Events: 

District Convention 2012  Where? Santa Clara, CA  When? April 13-15, 2012  Why should you go? This is an opportunity to meet thousands of Key Clubbers from California, Nevada, and Hawaii, be recognized for awards, dance the night away at Governor’s Ball, elect the 20122013 District Board, and BEElieve in the magic of service. There are also intern possibilities and plenty of workshops to attend to learn about the different aspects of being a Key Clubber or how to be a leader in Key Club.  Registration is now live so get your clubs signed up for a wonderful event!

Remember, complete all necessary forms and submit all paperwork no later than February 25. This will guarantee that your club does not have to pay extra for any late paperwork!

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Divisional Articles CAMS

Gardena

February is the month of love, and Key Clubbers showed their love of service through various projects. As Key Clubbers of a math and science school, the club kicked off the month at a Regional MathCounts competition hosted by Northrop Grunman. A group showed up early in the morning to help proctor the exams, keeping a watchful eye over the Mathletes as they crank out answers to complicated math problems. Because of a shortage of Northrop Grunman volunteers, the administrators were happy to have energetic high schoolers retrieve and pass out tests to the room full of middle schoolers. CAMS Key Clubbers ended the day by making their presence known, showing how they felt with a spirited cheer that echoed through the large cafeteria where the competition was held.

With Valentine's Day approaching, Key Clubbers made beautiful cards with National Honors Society for the local VITAS hospice center patients. Each card was lovingly handmade by a member and included a sweet message decorated by hearts and other Valentine-related pictures.

The cards were happily and gratefully accepted by the office and were delivered to the patients on Valentine's Day. To raise funds for quickly approaching DCON, the club took advantage of the school's upcoming Sadie Hawkins dance and Valentine's Day and sold Matchmaker results during Club Rush. Students were to eager to find out their results, and were entertained by their "perfect" matches. In one day, we made over $500. Not everyone had a chance to purchase their results, so the club will continue to sell results for the remainder of the month.

For this past month Gardena’s biggest project was our McDonald’s Night Fundraiser. On February 7th, 2012 Gardena Key Clubbers worked both behind the counter, and outside selling cookies to raise as much money as possible. We were given $170 worth of cookies to sell and we as a club came together with over 20 members to raise funds. As cookies came out of the oven I handed them to groups of members, by the time I handed everyone their cookies and the board was going to go out to sell cookies the members came back for more and more cookies.

I was very proud of the members who worked at this event. Members flagging down cars and stopping people who where exiting the stores and their cars just to ask if they would buy cookies to support Key Club. Also to the members who worked behind the counter, and got to experience why they would not like to work at a fast food restaurant.

Overall the whole experience was great and the fundraiser was a success. Gardena Key Club was able to raise over $400 to help cover the cost of District Convention. I was very proud of my club and I was excited that we got to raise a good amount of money for DCON.

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