THE INFERNO
Official Division 26North Newsletter.
Key Club International | CNH District | Region 9 | Division 26N Febraury Edition 2014
Volume 1 Edition 8
In this Issue‌.
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LTG Announcement 3 EA Announcements 4
Term Goals
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Club Updates and 6 Community Service
DCON info
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DNE Closing
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DLT Contact
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Happy February, Red Devils! Thank you all for attending Conclave 2014 at Studio One Art Center! It was an amazing event and one that was especially moving for me, as I got to see the delegates of our division vote for the candidate who will eventually continue my legacy and bring this division to new heights in the 2014-2015 term. With just a few short months left of this term, I highly encourage all of you to think and reflect on the past few months, on your leadership growth, and the many changes that you have brought to your club and to your community. To all club officers, remember that your club elections should be held by February 25, and that the time after until DCON should be used effectively to train your elects. You all have a GOLDEN legacy to leave behind. I want to thank all of you for the BEEautiful work that you've done, for the lives that you have changed, and I hope you will continue to use the remaining months in order to build even further on your own legacy.
LTG ANNOUNCEMENT
In burning service,
Leon Pan Lieutenant Governor
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Can you all believe that we're already a 4 Hello! month into 2014? This means that District Convention is in 3 months! For those who don't know what District Convention is, it's a convention where our CNH district gathers together to celebrate all of the money we have raised for Pediatric Trauma Program, UNICEF, etc. It's a 3day event all planned out for you. It's filled with workshops (fun and informational ones!), general sessions with everyone, and of course, Governor Ball! District Convention 2013 made me fall in love with Key Club and everything that we do. I highly encourage everyone to try to attend this amazing life-changing event! It may seem far from now, but start fundraising as soon as possible! It's right around the corner. So please, think about it and try to attend. You won't regret it! I hope to see all of you very soon, but until then, stay safe and serve!
Vivian Chong Executive Assistant
Jennifer Lam Executive Assistant
Hello Red Devils! It's finally the new year! Hope this year brings everyone the greatest luck! Many of you guys are also approaching finals, or have already taken finals. I hope you do, and did, well on them! I sure hope I do well on mine. I hope all clubs have found ways to fundraise for The Eliminate Project and DCON! If you still need some ideas, PLEASE contact me for some ideas. I am more than happy to help you guys! Remember that there is a new law passed stating that schools cannot have any more bakes sales, which takes its toll on the student body in the state of California. However, it opens us to think of creating new fundraising ideas! Hope to see many of you at the January DCM!
2013-2014 Division GOALS Hopefully, as we’ve progressed through the term, these goals have become less daunting and more attainable. If you’re still far away from your club goal, here are some things you can do: reach out to any member of the DLT, call a board meeting to brainstorm with your officers, and reach out to other clubs! We’re all one biig Ohana—everybody is happy to help everybody.
SCHOOL
Eliminate Project fundraising goal
Total Service Hours
Alhambra
$100
440
Antioch
$200
440
College Park Concord Deer Valley Liberty Mt. Diablo Northgate Pittsburg
$600 $600 $100 $100 $200 $600 $500
1100 1100 440 440
440 770 880
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It’s already a month into 2014! So what have we been up to? From volunteering at local events to planning inner club affairs to helping out at rallies, all of Division 26 North far and wide has been busy doing what we do best—making a statement in the community. “Our club is in the process of preparing to fundraise; we have been brainstorming ideas, one of them being selling candy grams for Valentine's Day. “
—ANTIOCH—
Hey Key Club, how do you feel?
Club Updates
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“During the last month, a really big event we participated in was a crab feed, which took place at a local church called Holy Rosary. Our primary job was to act as servers, continuously bringing out food to the seated guests. We also were available to assist them if they needed help with anything. Overall this was a great experience for our club and we are looking forward to helping out at more events like this. “ Chun Leung, President
During the beginning of January we regrouped and came back to our goals as a club and goals for membership and we are planning to have a membership drive during the next two weeks. We will be attending the conclave and have begun the process of planning and fundraising for those going to DCON. Lastly we are serving at a crab feed through the Boy’s and Girl’s Club and all tips collected will go toward necessities for the homeless. “
Kelsey Maytum, President
—ALHAMBRA—
“December was a slow month for us due to winter break taking up the majority of it. During December we did, however, start service projects to be completed in January and February. We began fundraising for the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics in early February and had members begin to sign up. We also planned a trip to San Francisco to donate necessities to the homeless to be executed in late January/ early February after fundraising. We wrote letters to Santa in one meeting to take to Macy’s. For every letter written Macy’s donated $1 to the Make-A-Wish foundation. We assisted with Teacher Appreciation Week at our school by putting gifts in teacher’s mailboxes as well as recognizing our own advisor. We were not able to attend the DCM.
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—CONCORD—
“We have been in contact with several organizations. We will be helping at the Food Bank several times in the spring. In addition we plan to make pillowcases for the organization ConKerr Cancer, and sending them to hospitals such as John Muir and Children's Hospital. For Valentine's Day we will be selling Valentine grams to raise money for Eliminate. We've created a DCON promo video and are pumping up for convention.”
VALENTINE’s GRAMS are a great fundraising Idea!
“Our club feels it is very important to establish a good rep among the school staff, so we held a teacher classroom clean up! The Friday we got out for break, our members stayed after school for 2 hours to scrape gum, wipe desks, and clean whiteboards for 12 teachers’ classrooms. This is the second time we’ve done a clean up this year, and each time the teachers are overjoyed and impressed with our willingness to clean for a cause. They were very generous; we raised over $100 for DCON!” Vanessa Martinez, V.P
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“With the new year, College Park is pushing for inter-club events. All of our food banks recently and in the future are joint events, and we are in the process of planning an inter club/inter district/interdivision-wide event. Several fundraisers are planned for the upcoming month, and preparation for DCON has begun with the help of Kiwanis. Elections are planned for within the coming weeks as well as officer training sessions. A lot of planning, but that's good.”
Monica Willemsz, President
—COLLEGE PARK— “This month CPHS Key Club volunteered at the food bank four times! We also invited CPHS CSF to help us out at the Food Bank and future volunteer events. At the Food Bank, we sorted foods as usual, but this time we sorted oranges instead of apples. We had plenty of fun sorting the foods, and at the end of the day we managed to get a lot done. “ Minami Coleman, Club Editor
—MT. DIABLO—
10 >>> Club Updates & Community Service
Katie Shimizu, President
President
—NORTHGATE—
“Northgate Key Club volunteered for the Contra Costa and Solano Food Bank over the winter break. We helped sort and package the fresh fruits so they could be sent throughout the community. During February, we will be having our club elections to recognize and train new officers.”
“Coming back from Winter Break, our club has been focusing on getting started up for the new year. We are preparing for DCon with individual fundraisers going on, and are also planning other possible fundraisers. Members are also preparing their campaigns to be elected or reelected for officers for our club's upcoming officer election. We also are planning for more volunteer events for the next month and looking into a variety of events that we could participate in.” Lesliejane Pada,
“Recently, our club was signing up for delegates and attendees for Conclave. We have about 7 coming through to the event. Other than that, we are finalizing our fundraisers for the District Convention.”
—PITTSBURG— “We participated in the WesPac rally in downtown Pittsburg. It was a rally protesting against the WesPac oil refinery and freight terminal proposal that threatens the safety of the surrounding neighborhoods. Several of Pittsburg High students, along with other service clubs, volunteered in the rally and helped with the march to City Hall. We sent out the community’s voice to those with the power to stop this project.”
Roy Golingan, President
LOOKING AHEAD:
—DCON— The 68th Annual Cali-Nev-Ha District Convention will be held in Sacramento, CA on April 11-13, 2014.
What is DCON? A district convention where all of CNH comes together to celebrate our achievements, learn new skills, meet other members, and get ready for the new term. In other words… the BEST Key Club experience of your life, hands down.
GOALS: “Our District Goals this year incorporate the golden theme. As one district, our aim is 46,000 members. As divisions, we want to work towards contributing to a goal of $150,000 for Pediatric Trauma Program. As clubs, we want to come together to serve 1,000,000 hours of service. As individual members, we want to save 3 lives from maternal/ neonatal tetanus. Together, this will bring us to one GOLDEN year. With your help, we will undoubtedly achieve these goals and have more to celebrate when DCON comes around!”
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Victoria Lai, District Governor
On time Registration: by February 20 ($178 per person)
Late Registration: by March 15 ($218 per person)
REGISTRATION: Gather this information: How many members are attending, their T-Shirt sizes, their ID numbers, and how many are vegetarians. Visit http://us.ootoweb.com/68thcnhdcon for information on registration steps, the official DCON Agenda, and elections information.
1:10 Adult to Student Ratio Required
Editor’s Closing
Hey Red Devils! Wow. So we’re a month into the new year already, and we’ve got a mountain of obstacles facing us (as a division and as individuals). This is a pivotal time of year; it’s the time when we start making transitions, preparing to say goodbye to this term before we know it. So, as always, make sure you’re striving to be the best Key Clubber and person you can be; keep serving, keep planning, keep asking questions when you need to, and never lose sight of what lies ahead. Soon enough, we’ll come together to recognize and celebrate our tremendous accomplishments. But until then… grind now and shine later. Have a lovely February! In Service,
Desiree Choe, Division News Editor.
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Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have ANY questions, concerns, or comments about upcoming events, dues processes, service opportunities, recruitment, fundraising, or anything else – we’re here to serve and help you 24/7.
LTG Leon Pan
d26n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com (925)705-9800
Executive Assistants
d26n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com
Vivian Chong
(925)822-7651
Jennifer Lam
(925)890-4722
Division News Editor
d26n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com
Desiree Choe
(925)858-0103