Seamonkey Sequel | January 2012 | Vol. 1 | Issue 7 by Division 28 West

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Official Newsletter of Division 28 West January 2013

Inside This Issue One: Inside This Issue//Contact Us Two: A Word from Our Ltg Three: Division Leadership Team Four: Important Dates//Upcoming Events Five: Club articles Seven: Recognition

Lieutenant Governor Johansen Pico d28w.cnhkc.ltg@ gmail.com

Region Advisor

Ms. Alyson Palmer

apalmer@interact.ccsd.net

Division Secretary Emily Pham d28west.dsec@gmail.com

Technology Editor Elizabeth Quan d28w.tech@gmail.com

Division Specialist Pauline Nguyen d28w.spec@gmail.com

A Word from Our

LTG

Glad you survived the “end of the world” and you are able to read this wonderful newsletter. It is now 2013: a new year means new friends, new opportunities to seek out, and new memories to make. We’re down to 3 months left for the 2012-2013 year, but that doesn’t mean we should settle down and get comfortable with the end of the year. The new year provides new types of projects, new leadership opportunities, and new ways to get involved in our communities. Clubs should start seeking out new, unique opportunities to get involved. Start talking with your club to think of new projects and start the year off fresh, instead of repeating the same projects. Find a new “flavor” of service that your club can enjoy participating in, and plan it out! Along with new projects, election season has arrived and it is time for your club to select new officers. If you, or someone you know, are interested in running for office, encourage them! A Key Club leadership position is something that you can’t experience anywhere else, and who knows, that person may BEE inspired to run for District or even an International position! Running for a position is an amazing experience, regardless of the result. Lastly, start talking with other organizations/clubs in your local community! Pair up with another club in your school for a joint-service project, or even make new connections with service organizations to create long-lasting volunteer bonds. Who knows? This new connection might be a new tradition for your club for years to come. Start brainstorming ideas and coming up with new, innovative ways to BEE the best you can BEE this upcoming year. That’s all for now – I hope everyone is enjoying their Winter Break. Good luck with semester exams, and I hope you chill down for the rest of the holidays. In service, Johansen Pico Division 28 West Lt. Governor

Division Leadership Team

from the editor

Seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greetings, Seamonkeys! The long awaited Winter Break is finally here! I hope you all are enjoying the cold weather and shopping those holiday sales. :D January is quickly approaching, meaning the club election season is underway. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to pursue those positions and be sure to encourage your fellow Key Clubbers to become more involved. If there is anything you need, questions, concerns, or even advice, feel free to shoot me an email! In the meantime, have a safe and happy new year. See you next month. Swimming in Service,

Elizabeth Quan

Emily Pham

Division Secretary

Pauline Nguyen Division Specialist

important submissions !

Dates

Submit ARTICLES/VISUALS due to Division Tech Editor (Elizabeth Quan) by the 15th, 6:00pm. Submit MRFs to Johansen and Division Secretary (Emily Pham) by the 30th at 6:00pm Submit Newsletters to Division Tech Editor (Elizabeth Quan) by the 15th at 6:00pm Submit MoM Nominations to the Division by the 30th at 6:00pm

Dues/submissions must be received by those dates

Upcoming events DCON

District Convention registration has not been released yet, but here are some prices that you all may be interested in: ď&#x201A;ˇ Registration o On-Time: $163 by Feb. 8, 2013 o Late: $203 by Feb. 22nd, 2013 ď&#x201A;ˇ Transportation o Approx. $70. This cost may go

down, but it will not go up. Each club may have varying costs depending on how much financial support is received. Chaperones/advisors do have to pay for Convention. Please keep this in mind!

January DCM Where: West CTA

When: Wednesday, 11945 West Charleston January 9th, 5:00pm Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 8913

ARTICLES

Operation School Bell, December 8th, Cimarron Memorial HS Volunteering to help at Operation School Bell has been one of the most heartwarming things I've done. We were trained by awesome, good-hearted people that had the patience to guide us in getting the job done. We helped fill up some bags with some nice clothes, winter stuff, school supplies and hygiene packs for kids that applied for help at their schools. Although we didn't have a chance to have the kids present to see their happy, innocent faces, the team captains told us about their experiences with the kids. This made us all, especially me, want to go back soon to experience this wonderful opportunity to help.

Diana Baez

Club Member

Holiday Spectacular, December 8th, Ed W. Clark HS On December 8th, I participated in the Holiday Spectacular at the Springs Preserve. This festival was a great way to introduce the holiday season in Vegas. For only $8, you could enter the Springs Preserve and check out all the fun games they had to offer. A snow maze, a bouncy slide, arts & crafts, and even cookie decorating were just some of the many sights to see. The locals also seemed to enjoy a machine that blew fake snow, for it is definitely rare to see in the city. The volunteers were allowed to pick an area that they would be in charge of. I worked at the guest services in the very front of the building. My duty was to pass out informational brochures and greet everybody. The best part of my position was that I got to see the excited faces all the kids had when they had saw the numerous activities they could participate in! This event was even more exciting because this was the first one I was the designated officer for. Overall, I really enjoyed my time volunteering at the Holiday Spectacular and I'd love to do it again sometime.

Aaron Quiamzon

Freshmen Rep

Winter Induction Banquet, December 3rd, Northwest CTA The induction banquet was a happy moment of mine. I was so proud to see all the new members be officially inducted into our Key Club. Whether they were enjoying the food or socializing, I was glad to see the members enjoying the banquet made for them. I loved how nice everyone looked too. I was also impressed with the really cute decorations done by the banquet committee. And of course, the food was wonderful this year. I'm also glad key clubbers from other schools were able to attend. I'm just so proud of NWCTA's members, especially the new ones. I'm looking forward to the rest of the year with the members. As always, it was a wonderful banquet NWCTA. I can't wait for the next one.

Camille Corpus

SAA

Santa Run, Durango HS Santa run was a great event. After we registered under the volunteers, the run finally started. We helped cheer on the runners. We saw so many people in Santa costumes and cute dogs. We helped direct the runners and they were all happy to have us. It took a long time to see the end of the runners, but it was fun since I got to be with my homie, and that is Switt Jamjuntr. We were all pretty tired, but I am glad to be a part of this event. Overall the event was fantastic and I hope to participate again next year.

Christian Pascua

Club Member

Rock nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roll Marathon December 2nd, Cimarron-Memorial I attended the Las Vegas Rock nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roll Marathon, and had an amazing time! Being a part of something so simple that benefits many charities was a blessing. We got to set up the area in which the runners come through after completing the race. I never knew handing out Gatorade would be so intense. Since there were so many runners coming in it was hard to keep up with the pace so I just started walking around with the boxes of Gatorade, because by the time we would put the Gatorade in the ice chest it would be gone. We even started a competition for handing out Gatorade. Volunteering was really fun, and I can't wait for more volunteer opportunities.

Hailey Valenzuela

Club Member

RECOGNITION Club of the Month

Durango

Member of the Month Patrick Gomez Congratulations Seamonkeys! 7

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