The Paw Print | July 2016 by Division 27 North Grizzlies

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GREETINGS GRIZZLIES! Welcome back guys! The summer season is roughly halfway over - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? I'm sure some of you are super saddened, but I know the rest of you are stoked that summer school is so close to being over! Whatever you're feeling, BEE sure you take breaks once in a while and save time to focus on yourself and do whatever makes you happiest. Don't let any stress get to you and just have fun! Furthermore, I'm super excited that you stuck around to read the second issue of this term! AND I'm even more stoked to mention that I have HUGE plans for the upcoming newsletters. Just think of these first two issues as "summer edition test runs." Starting in August, you'll find more additions to The Paw Print. Hope you are all as excited as I am! Until then, enjot this issue of The Paw Print and have a fantastic rest of your summer! Roarinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with might,

Justin Tyler Flores D27N News Editor

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Editor's Message

Table of Contents

Sarah's Roar

Grizzly Update

Spotlight My Key Club Story

Officer Training Conference

Event Recaps Bread of Life

Tiger's Aquatics

Relay for Life

Monthly Recognition

Upcoming Events

Grizzly Contacts

s ' h a r a S r a o R Aloha, Grizzlies! Summer vacation is finally upon us - has anyone visited Hawaii and run into some friends from DCON? I sure wish I could. Make sure you use this summer to your full advantage - relax, spend time with family, and get some rest into those tired bones of yours, but don't forget to use all this extra time you have to give back to the community as well! I'll be sending out service opportunities to club officers all summer, so talk to them about what you can sign up for and reunite with your fellow Key Clubbers for a few hours as you work together for the greater good. If there's anything in particular you'd like to see on the Division level this summer, let me know so the Division Leadership Team and I can put in some work and see if we can bring your summer Key Club dreams to life! Of course, make sure you drink a lot of water and stay cool in these blazing summer temperatures. See you soon, Grizzlies, and have a BEARy GRReat summer! Grizzly hugs and lots of love,

Sarah Ahmed

D27N Lt. Governer (Mama Bear)

I FEEL GOOD OH I FEEL SO GOOD OH I FEEL FINE ALL OF THE TIME

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GRIZZLY UPDATE!!

Did you hear the good news? Kiwanis International President Sue Petrisin announced that Niger has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus during the Kiwanis International convention's opening session last night. Congratulations to Niger, the 40th country to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus! Our work is not done yet as 19 countries remain at risk.

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meet o ur new eliMiN Task C aTe oordin ator!!

My name is Dareka Pol and I will be serving as your Eliminate Project Task Coordinator for the 2016-2017 term! I am thrilled to be part of the Division Leadership Team and to work with fantastic people who love being apart of this awesome club. I cannot wait to raise awareness about maternal and neonatal tetanus and to educate others about this terrible disease that takes the lives of innocent babies. I am so very excited to work with everyone and look forward to a GRRReat year!

Dareka Pol

Eliminate Project Task Coordinator

Spotlight: Summer Service

Hey, Grizzlies! Summer- time, for the most part, is a break from all things stressful and a time to be around frineds! Why not do both while also helping your community and making a difference? Communty service and the need for volunteers never ceases - even during this time of the year! Volunteering not only benefits the organization, it also allows an outlet for you and your friends to see each other over the break. Key Club Officers at your schools should be scouting out different service event opportunities, so don't hesitate to ask them if there are any upcoming ones. Also, Sarah, our very lovely LTG, has posted various community service opportunites on the D27N Grizzlies Facebook Page, so don't forget to keep check for events there as well! If none of the provided service events are your style, then you can always make one by using some of the ideas on the next page! Get creative, but also remember to have supervision and permission! Enjoy!

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Some of the parks in Stockton and Lodi are in need of volunteers willing to help clean up all of the litter left behind by park goers. By cleaning the park environment, people of all ages can enjoy the true beauty of the park. To perform this service event, simply talk to your club president and discuss which parks are in dire need of cleaning. This does not require too much planning, so get on out there and clean our parks!

Park Clean Up Project

Go out and make your city looking as fresh and bright as ever! Often times, the city can always use helpful hands assist in beautifying nearby areas. Officers can contact their city hall and inquire about service events that deal with keeping the city beautiful. Design a city mural, re-paint buildings, plant a city garden. Ideas for city beautification are endless. BEE creative and even reach out to Sarah if this interests you!

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Beautify the City

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HERSHEY'S, a Key Club International Co-Sponsor, organizes Track and Field Games for children ages 7-12, which encourages them to be active and learn to love exercise while also having fun! Although this service event is more challenging to set up, it is definitely worth while. This program provides quality recreation where children are introduced to physical fitness. For more information, check out hersheystrackandfield.com.

Track and Field Games

Kiwanis Vision Partner, Landscape Structures Inc., encourages play for all children! They design playgrounds to promote a higher level of inclusive play meaning accessibility to all ages and adaptability for developmental appropriateness. Landscape Structures Inc. also offer grants to replace broken, old, or hazardous equipment and build new playgrounds. You can apply for these grants and learn more at playlsi.com.

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My Key Club Story Sarah Ahmed | MCHS

My Key Club journey has been three years so far of incredible opportunities, friendships, and memories. Starting out as a freshman, I was eager to join every club I could so I could quickly find my niche while getting to know the rest of the school in the process. Here’s what I knew: Key Club is good for college apps, it’s the biggest club at Middle College, and everyone seems to love it. My first year in Key Club, I was a little lost, but I tried to make the best of it and be as dedicated as I could be. I suggested service events, attended everything I could, and was the only freshman to attend District Convention. I found myself being invested in Key Club for the organization itself – for its focuses and accomplishments – instead of attending events only if I knew my friends would be there. I began to come out of my shell and relieve some of the social awkwardness that I didn’t know how to deal with in middle school. During elections for the upcoming year, I went for club secretary but lost. Never one to be discouraged, I understood that I perhaps wasn’t ready to hold a posi tion and didn’t let it damp en my passion for Key Club.

The 2013-2014 Lieutenant Governor was inspiring, capable, and a shining star within Key Club and my home school. I hoped that I would someday fill her shoes. Sophomore year came around, and I found myself better grasping every level of Key Club. I attended my first Region Training Conference and briefly wondered if I would ever be one of the presenters, but quickly shied away from the thought. Only later would I sincerely consider this as a legitimate possibility. Sophomore year, being the busiest year at my high school, passed by quickly despite too many late nights and morning coffees (which may or Sarah Ahmed may not have caused me to develop a major coffee problem). As I found myself facing junior year, I recognized a desire and a matured ability to give back to Key Club. Again, I went for secretary, and again, I lost – and I found it discouraging this time. The Division Leadership Team was an option, but an intimidating one… could I really make it on? I applied for Executive Assistant and was rejected, but Lieutenant Governor Karen encouraged me to go for Member Recognition Task Coordinator when it opened and I had to keep my spirits up to try for one last position.

I found myself being invested in Key Club for the organization itself...

The 2014-2015 Lieutenant Governor was relatable, supportive, and a great mentor when it came to any advice I ever asked for. I hoped that I would someday fill his shoes. The summer before junior year, I applied for Member Recognition Task Coordinator. The application was done, the interview was done, and I was left waiting for results that just couldn’t come out fast enough. One evening, I was cruising through social media when I got a notification from Facebook Messenger – I Was added to the 2015-2016 Division Leadership Team chat! Ecstatic and praying it wasn’t a mistake, I talked on the chat for hours with the other DLT members and began my third year in Key Club on cloud 9. As a part of the Division Leadership Team, my junior year experience was different from anything I’d had before. I felt more involved, more confident, and more open; people knew me, they knew

my job, and I was able to give back to my Grizzly Ohana. As I watched Karen lead the division, helped her plan events as part of the DLT, and contributed to the division as I never had before – presenting workshops, speaking at every DCM, helping set up and run events – I felt my love for Key Club growing beyond what I thought was possible and felt changed for the better with every little task I did. The 2015-2016 Lieutenant Governor encouraged, guided, and influenced me to become a leader, all while dealing with her own busy life. I hoped that I would someday fill her shoes. In the last couple months of 2015, candidates for the position of Lieutenant Governor were preparing for Conclave. Because no campaigning is allowed, nobody could know that I was running for the position – making it all the more intimidating and isolating. After nights of stress, worry, and “Is it even hitting me that this can actually happen?” versus “Why is it hitting me so hard that this might actually happen?” I found myself wishing Conclave was much farther away or happening already or over. The waiting was too much! Regardless, the day of Conclave felt like it came all too soon and I was terrified of the decision that would determine my last year in Key Club.

The 2016-2017 Lieutenant Governor is... me! You can’t imagine the overwhelming feelings of gratitude, relief, astonishment, pure happiness, and apprehension that I felt in the moment I was elected Lieutenant Governor. After teary phone calls to my parents and sister, I returned to the room in which Conclave was held to help with the Division 27 North January DCM. Everything would go back to normal for the time being – or would it? Celebrating my election that night, I was introduced to the raw life of a Lieutenant Governor and couldn’t wait for the year to come.

L-O-V-E WE LOVE OUR L-T-G!!

All of these moments have led up to where I currently am: serving at Lieutenant Governor of Division 27 North. The new relationships, experiences, and connections always remind me why I wanted to give back to Division 27 North and Key Club itself. As a ProsperiBEE, Mama Bear, leader, member, friend… as every role I am lucky enough to hold within Key Club, I hope to make the biggest impact I can and to leave a legacy I can be proud of. I know it’ll be hard – from trying to think of good, worthwhile events, to increasing member participation and retention, to coming up with ways for us to reach our service and fundraising goals, all while doing everything seniors do in the way of colleges and planning for the future – but I also know that I have the support and determination I need to get through everything. .

Let me leave you with this, Grizzlies: no matter how many times you feel like you’ve failed and should just give up, please never do. No matter how much something scares you, if you want to go for it, please do. No matter how alone you feel, know that I’m always a message away. No matter how tired, burnt out, or lost you feel, know that we’ve all been there and that so many people (myself included!) are here to help you through your tough times. Finally, no matter what you face in life, know that you can and will get through it. I am constantly amazed by each and every one of you, because your accomplishments, passion, and potential are simply overwhelming and BEEyond fantastic. Thank you for everything you’ve given me, and I hope that my efforts to give back to you pay off in every way.

With Grizzly hugs and lots of love,

Sarah Ahmed 2016 - 2017 Division 27 North Lieutenant Governor

A & Q Favorite Dessert? Fruits *hehe* or pie

If you could be a fruit for a month what would you be?? I'd be a banana so people would make me into dessert - preferrably banana cream pie Favorite Movie? Inception Two things you cannot live without? It would have to be peanut butter and coffee, but NOT TOGETHER LOL! Favorite Key Club Memory? All of them! KEY CLUB HOLDS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART! *ugh cries so gudly* 13

Officer Training Con Division 27 North and South teamed up to host the 2016 Officer Training Conference at San Joaquin Delta College, where members and newly elected officers were reminded of "the magic of service!" Throughout the day, key clubbers attended three workshops out of many that were presented. Ranging from information on PTP and MNT to the art of How to Not BEE Awkward, members had a wide variety of interesting workshops to choose from. Each presentation provided an abundance of information that I'm sure many of the atendees will utilize throughout their lives.

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EVENT RECAPS

Always BREADY for Service May 20, 2016 Kassandra Erickson | Tokay During Bread of Life, we worked by giving food to the needy. We start by unloading the food and sorting it onto different tables. After that, we start putting everything into bags. There is always different types of food, it is never the same. We are told what to put in each bag, usually a variety of things. The volunteers even bag fruit or potatoes some months. After everything is bagged, people start loading them unto shopping carts. One of each type of bag is put in there, one after the other. While some people do that, others are driving the shopping carts. They go around the line collecting the bags, and then give the food to the people who need it, usually helping unload it into their cars. This month, clothes were also given away. Since there was so many people, it was held in the parking lot of Kmart as opposed to the Ebenezer Church. It was a great experience.

Swimming with Service May 28/29, 2016 Shee Vang | SECA On May 28th and 29th, SECA Key Clubbers volunteered at Tiger Aquatics in Delta College. Volunteers were primarily at the food court, monitoring and selling food. Their alternative tasks were to be runners, who passed out food to coaches and timers. Andy Jin reflected, “I volunteered on May 29th from 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon. When I first got there I helped with the preparation of the swimming competition. Then I went back to the food booth to take orders from the people. The people in charge were really friendly and I was able to take a break.” It was a hot day, however, volunteers got the advantage of staying under a tent. “It was not a very stressful volunteer event as the oher volunteers and I were preparing food to sell. We also got to enjoy watching swimmers compete.”

Relay for Life June 4, 2016 Marciano Lua | McNair Relay for life was something not everyone gets the chance to experience. So many people bonded together by the loss of someone that they held dear was truly heart breaking. The part that was truly inspirational was how strong everyone was to go out there and support cancer awareness by walking so many laps out in that heat. While I was working my shift at the registration, there was this little middle school aged little girl. She came up and asked, "If I'm a survivor where do we get our shirt?" I pointed her in the right direction and looked at her form and realized she had brain cancer. When I saw that my heart had dropped, but then lifted again because the next time I saw her, she was laughing it up with other survivors. It was then that I knew everyone there wasn't afraid, but encouraged! They didn't let something like cancer kick their butts, rather decided to fight. And that is what something like this event can show people and what has definitely showed me.

Monthly RECOGNITION June 2016

r of the e b m Mon e M th Vincent Zhang SECA / Senior

o f r e the M c i f f O onth Gian Carlo Baldonaldo Bear Creek / Senior

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of th s i n a e w Mon i K t Mrs. Elaine Thompson h Middle College

r of th o s i v e d Mon A y t l th u c a F Mrs. Sandy Bell Lodi

Club of the Month Stockton Early College Academy

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Annual Kiwanis Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast Various shifts / Lodi Lake

COntact your CLub President for more info!!

July dcm | Summer Olympics 12PM - 2PM / Michael Faklis Park

Popsicle FUndraiser and Olympic Games!!

Lieutenant Governor

Sarah Ahmed

d27n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com

Executive Assistant

d27n.cnhkc.ea@gmail.com

Derek Liu

Teresa Tran

News Editor

Justin Tyler Flores d27n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

Spirit Task Coordinator

d27n.cnhkc.stc@gmail.com

Daniela Medina

Chanel Thach

Grizzly contacts Service Project Task Coordinator

Kyra Chhiu-Lim

d27n.cnhkc.sptc@gmail.com

Technology Task Coordinator

PTP Task Coordinator

d27n.cnhkc.ttc@gmail.com

d27n.cnhkc.ptc@gmail.com

Marciano Lua

Cathlyn Pham

Membership Recognition Task Coordinator

Kim Huong

d27n.cnhkc.mrtc@gmail.com

Social Media Task Coordinator

d27n.cnhkc.mtc@gmail.com

Kevin Tran

Dalton Dequit

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