Official Division 26 North Newsletter | Region 9 | CNH District
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Inferno Inferno VOLUME 9| ISSUE 3 | JULY '21 EDITION
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A letter from Your LTG
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DLT Updates
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Monthly Overview
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Monthly Recognition
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July DCM Recap
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Articles & Visuals
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Contact DLT/ Club Presidents
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Hello Red Devils!
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I cannot believe we are nearing the end of our summer break, so many things to being thinkng about. With that being said, I hope everyone is taking care of their mental health. I also want to thank YOU, the reader, for reading the latest version of our Monthly Newsletter, I had lots of fun with this one.
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a letter from your
Lieutenant Governor Hello My Fiery Red Devils! Thank you for reading the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, The Inferno! The middle of the summer is upon us, and hopefully you have been having the time of your life away from school and with those you love. Personally, it has been an incredible time seeing all of your lovely faces in-person. Our annual Region 9 Olympics has just passed! It was so very exciting since it was our first inperson DCM and region event. You all have been the most SPICY, FIERY Red Devils! Believe me when I say that all your hard work does not go unnoticed! Now that school is (sadly) approaching, it is time to start thinking about recruiting members at your school! As a matter of fact, we will be holding a picnic during sunset where we will be making posters to prepare for your school’s club rush. I will see you all there!
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Continue being active and try something new! Step out of your comfort zone! Let’s ignite that D26N Red Devil spirit! I will see you all soon!
DLT UPDATES
Hey red devils, I hope your summer's been going well! I've had such a nice time visiting home club meetings to spread the word about spirit team applications. Thank you all for welcoming us spirit coordinators so kindly! I'm so excited to meet applicants and to welcome more members into our spiritfamily.
Hey Red Devils! We are almost done with our summer vacation and off to another school year. I can’t wait to see you guys soon! For this month, the spirit coordinators and I have been working on Spirit Team Applications! We can’t wait to see your high spirit and energy. We, also, have been contacting D26S to create our T-Shirt Competition! See you guys soon<3 Stay safe and take care of yourselves. Hey D26N! I hope you have all been having a great summer! Region 9 Olympics and our July DCM were super fun and it was nice to meet some of you in person! This month I have been working on communicating with secretaries about MRF'S. I have also been helping prepare for our Sunset Social and I hope to see you all there!
This July has been a really busy month for me, I've been working on summer homework for classes, going to work, and preparing the Milk Tea Fundraiser!! Other than that, I've been hanging out with friends a lot and attending lots of family events. D26N wise, I'm looking forward to the fundraiser and the Sunset Social, both of which I hope lots of you participate in!
hey red devils!! happy july i hope everyone has been having a wonderful summer :) there have been various events and service opportunities this summer and I hope you all have been taking advantage of them! i’ve had a busy summer trying to fit service in in any way that i can :) i’m super excited to see everyone at the July sunset social on the 31st!! although most of us are probably dreading the school year that is approaching, exciting things will be happening in our division so stay tuned ;) see ya devils! Hey Red Devils! Happy July! I hope you’re all having an amazing summer; just make sure you are staying hydrated ;) I can’t wait to meet more red devils as the term goes along—hope to see you all at the Sunset Social :D, and stay safe!
Hey Red Devils! I hope you all have been enjoying yourselves lately as the school years is nearing. I definitely have because I’ve been watching a ton of anime recently. As an executive assistant, I haven’t been up to much lately other than creating awards monthly and checking MRF submissions. This month, I’m looking forward to seeing more members as our division is holding in-person events!
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Spirit Team Application deadline: July 18 @11:59 pm Region 9 Olympics | July 17 @9:30 am-4:20 pm Alameda Crab Cove, Alameda CA
Sunset Social | July 31 @4:30-8:30 pm Civic Park- 1375 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek CA 94596
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Monthly Recognition
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thank you to everyone who attended! In case you missed it, we went over old business such as June DC + NinteOTC, June DWS: Rocke Gardens, and Spirit Team Applications. As far as new business, we covered Spotlight on Service, July DWS: Posters of Love 'n Appreciation, July Fundraiser: Milk Tea Lab, Sunset Social, Officer Reminders, and Division Goals
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Articles & Visuals
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ARTICLES & VISUALS The Monthly Newsletter: Division 26 North 3
CHS: Pumpkin Patch Plating Event During June, we had a fun pumpkin patch planting event for the city of Walnut Creek. There were only six spots for service members available and we were able to fill all six spots!
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CHS: Pumpkin Patch Planting Event Cont. It was our first in person event and it went well! It was nice to work together as a group and feel a sense of normalcy once more. Not only did we plant pumpkins but we dug spots for them and brought over materials from across the park where needed.
Overall, it was an amazing first in-person event! Everyone who came were able to get to know each other and connect. All the member who came out enjoyed it. As a club it was exciting to do more of what we miss.
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ARTICLES & VISUALS JULY 2021 | ISSUE NO.3
The Monthly Newsletter: Division 26 North
MOUNT: CARD FOR ADVISORS EVENT A report by Nicole Omori On a warm and summery Wednesday afternoon, Clayton Valley, Mount (Mt.) Diablo, and Concord Key Clubs met for a joint service event at Todos Santos Plaza. The Cards for Advisors event held June 30 was our club’s first in-person event of the term, and although participation from our school was limited to only several of our officers, we were still able to mingle with the attendees from the other schools. Everyone had arrived at the arranged meeting spot at around 3:00 PM, and despite multiple material mishaps, each club was able to make at least one poster during our time in the plaza. Concord Key Club and ourselves created cards with kind messages for our Kiwanis advisor, Rocci, and Mt. Diablo Key Club made posters for their advisor, Marie. Both of our advisors had been recently hospitalized, so our clubs coming together to show our gratitude and to give our best wishes to them was very gratifying.
As Connor Emery, our secretary, detailed, “it was great to participate in an interclub experience, and even better so because we were all contributing for our advisors.”
MOUNT: CARD FOR ADVISORS EVENT CONT. A report by Nicole Omori The time seemed to fly by as we worked on our posters. The tranquil environment of the park on a Wednesday afternoon made for a comfortable work setting as we created our cards and mingled with one another. The sudden strong winds, however, did cause some posters to be swept off tables, making us rush to grab them. Since we sat at a set of tables covered by the shade of several evergreens, every strong wind sent a sprinkle of tree needles our way. Adapting as we created our cards, we swept away the tree needles and held down our posters with the heavy objects we had: a bottle of orange juice provided by Mount Diablo’s president and a large box of markers that we were actively picking colors from to make our posters stand out. Our president, Meredith Edmonston, described her experience at the service event. “It was refreshing to meet up in person,” she said. “I enjoyed meeting members from other clubs and seeing their creativity shine through the posters they made. All in all, it was a fun event and a great first service project for the year!” At around 5:00 PM, all of the clubs proudly showcased their creations as we took a group photo in front of the plaza’s stage. All of the Clayton Valley attendees thoroughly enjoyed this joint service event, and we continue to hope for both Rocci and Marie’s quick recovery.
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ARTICLES & VISUALS JULY 2020 | ISSUE NO.3
The Monthly Newsletter: Division 26 North
What's inside this issue:
Growing Your Spirituality- 3
Pittsburg: Pride Poster Making Event Written by Justin Cecilio During Pride Month, in June, it is important, and always will be important, to show not only your pride, but the allyship towards members of the LGBTQIA+ community. In courtesy of Pride Month, Pittsburg Key Club hosted not one, but two community service events for Pride. One being a virtual ‘Pride Poster Making’ service event (held on Wednesday June 16), as well as an in-person service event where participants held up the well-made, beautiful posters at Pittsburg High School the following week (held on Wednesday June 23).
"Overall, the event was fun, nostalgic because we have not been to school in person in a while, and helped grow a closer connection between everyone who attended."
Pittsburg: Pride Poster Making Event Cont. Written by Justin Cecilio The virtual ‘Pride Poster Making’ event was a nice way to
The following week, Pittsburg Key Clubbers went out of
take a minute to show civility towards Pride Month, the
their way to put up the thoughtful,
many members of the LGBTQIA+ community, the
beautiful made posters. According to Pittsburg Key Club
people who fought for the rights of LGBTQIA+, etc.
Webmaster, Benedict Teodoro, “Once we all
Participants spent quite over an hour, from about 2pm to
arrived at the school by 11am, we headed inside and
3pm (and time spent separately at home), to create
waited for the instructions from Ms. Agudo. After
posters from paper or online to print. While listening to
receiving our instructions we split up into 2 groups of 3
music, talking to each other, and laughing, participants
and started putting up posters down the 2 main
made posters from saying “live laugh love” to posters
hallways in the front of the school. We even got
with rainbows! I, personally, had a great time showing
permission to print more posters for places we may have
my pride during pride month in a way that benefits not
missed. Overall, the event was fun, nostalgic because we
only me and my club, but the many queer kids that
have not been to school in person in a while, and
attend Pittsburg High. Creating posters that can be seen
helped grow a closer connection between everyone who
to show pride and/or allyship is, I think, a great
attended.”
opportunity for a service event, and I would be more than happy to do it again.
Overall, June was a well spent month as Pittsburg Key Club was able to accumulate people and members to partake in service events for Pride Month. From the visuals shown, Key Clubbers were seen to be happy and having a great time showing their pride and/or allyship. If an opportunity like this comes up once more, I would jump straight to it, and I hope more willing participants do the same as well.
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Contact Your DLT Ethan Bungay
Jose Rivera
Lieutenant Governor d26n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org
Division News Editor d26n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com
Sierra Gorsuch
Eileen Chih
Executive Assistant (Secretary) d26n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com
Division Technology Editor elly.bibo@gmail.com
Golnaz Ahmadie
Jasmine Bencito
Executive Assistant (K-Family) d26n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com
Service Projects Coordinator d26n.cnhkc.spc@gmail.com
Jasmine Valenzuela
Jerica Perfecto
Executive Assistant (Member Recognition) d26n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com
Fundraising Coordinator d26n.cnhkc.fc@gmail.com
Kaitlin Bituen, Stephanie Dumalig, Ysabella White Spirit Coordinators
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Deanne Andrada - Freedom andrada.freedomkeyclub@gmail.com
Club Presidents
Ysabella White - Heritage ysabellawhite17@gmail.com Samantha Yuan - Mount Diablo samoosubi@gmail.com Misha Faruki - Northgate
Kaitlin Bituen - Alhambra kaitlin.star777@gmail.com
misha.f714@gmail.com
Kevin Chandra - Antioch kevinchan370.kc@gmail.com
vincemarquezzzz@gmail.com
Vince Marquez - Pittsburg
Meredith Edmonson - Clayton Valley twentywokfb@gmail.com Samuel Chen - College Park samuelchen55@gmail.com Alex Barnes - Concord al03bar@gmail.com Mason Rodriguez - Dozier Libbey Mjrodriguez0428@gmail.com No contact!
Deer Valley Liberty
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