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December Service Events

Provided by Jeremy Lee Oani (ERHS)

Throughout this month, the ERHS Key Club has still continued to do what we do best and provide as many opportunities for our members to do community service and get those service hours up! This month we were able to provide three service opportunities for our members. The first one we did was doing a trash cleanup on Biscayne Street in Santa Maria. It was a very fun experience as we even got to collaborate with our school’s Interact Club! The second service event we did was called the “Holiday Bazaar Event”. Here, we helped raise funds and petition for senior resources at our local Oasis Center. With this, we were able to help support the elderly! The third service event we did was the “Cardz for Kidz” service event. Through this event, we met at our local Waller Park and spent time writing and decorating sincere cards for hospitalized children. We are also hosting an upcoming trash cleanup of Payton Road in Santa Maria! This month was a very successful one for the ERHS Key Club and we hope to keep on stacking one good month after the next!

Dog Toys for the Humane Society

Provided by Finn Westley (SLOHS)

At our last club meeting, our members voted on the time and place to hold our group service event! we will be meeting in Santa Rosa Park on Saturday, December 18 from 10:00 am to at least 1:00 pm. We will be making dog toys out of old T-shirts and sheets and having a station set up at the park tables. Through this event, our members will be able to earn hours. These dog toys will go toward a good cause as they will help out the animals at Woods Humane Society. We are also planning to deliver the dog toys as a group!

Frosty Winter Event

Provided by Jessica Cortez Hernandez (SMHS)

On Friday, October 22nd, several of our members, including our officers joined us to kick off our Frosty Winter event. This event was created by our officer team as a way to donate to our community that is in need of warm clothing this winter. Our officer team worked hard to prepare and plan this event. We wanted to provide a way for all students to come together and spread some warmth this Winter. At the start of this project, we prepared over a dozen boxes to be set up around the school to encourage everyone to participate. Our team provided us with gift wrap, markers, and other tools to help us decorate the boxes to be a little more festive. After school, our Key Club members volunteered to help decorate the boxes and plan out the rest of the details for the project, like where they should be set up at the school.

Overall, our Key Club members were excited to help with the project and we were able to connect closer as a club through this. By the end of the event, we were able to collect lots of clothing to donate to homeless shelters, it was a huge success for our club, and we are excited to do more projects like this!