Seamonkey Sequel | September 2012 | Vol. 1 | Issue 3 by Division 28 West

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CNH|KEY CLUB

Official Newsletter of

in this

issue

one : in this issue//contact two : a word from our LTG three: division leadership team four : introducing the international board five: important dates six: division news//upcoming events seven: club articles ten: recognition

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

Region Advisor

Ms. Alyson Palmer

apalmer@interact.ccsd.net

Executive Assistant Geewoo Kim d28west.ea@gmail.com

Division Secretary Emily Pham d28west.dsec@gmail.com

Technology Editor Elizabeth Quan

d28w.tech@gmail.com

Division Specialist

Pauline Nguyen d28w.spec@gmail.com

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c o n t a c t

LTG

A Word from Our

hello seamonkeys! I hope everyone is enjoying the final waves of their summer vacation by relaxing and taking time to prepare for the upcoming school year. As I reflect on my summer, I recall both ups and downs, but generally this summer has been great. From International Convention in Orlando, Florida, to riding the waves of Summer Board in Rancho Cucamonga, California, I have many new pieces of information to present at Division Council Meetings, as well other resources that can be emailed to you. At the August DCM, I presented information on Member Recruitment, and I hope you all take that information to use as we approach your first General Meetings and the club rush. Key Club International has reached a record high of 265,456 members, and it is only expected to keep growing. Each and every one of us makes up that number, and you can help contribute to that growth by recruiting members into our wonderful Key Club Ohana. Division 28 West is the largest division in Las Vegas, so letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keep on growing and keep utilizing the potential of our members to increase our output of wonderful service for our communities. Together, we can help our district reach its goal of 46,000 members, 800,000 service hours, and $154,000 raised for Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP); which altogether gives us one million reasons to serve. As the school year approaches, remember to stay motivated and keep on riding the waves. If you happen to fall off your surfboard â&#x20AC;&#x201C; get back up and keep on riding. See you all at the September DCM, Seamonkeys! In service,

Johansen Pico Division 28 West Lt. Governor

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Division Leadership Team from the editor HELLO, SEAMONKEYS! Can you believe that summer is over already? Time certainly swam by, and I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even started my AP homework yet! I still have to get my sleeping back on schedule. No more sleeping at 3am every night! Anyways, there is SO much to look forward to this Key Club year, including DCMs, RTC, Fall Rally, club dues, and most certainly DCON! I have included information about these events further into the newsletter. Thank you to all who have been submitting articles and visuals! Since the school year is started and more events will be coming up, I hope to be expecting even more submissions! All of your hard work is much appreciated and I will do my best to continue serving you all. See you next month!

Elizabeth Quan Technology Editor

Geewoo Kim Executive Assistant

Elizabeth Quan

Pauline Nguyen Division Specialist

Emily Pham Division Secretary

Introducingâ&#x20AC;Ś the 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2013 international board

Rebecca Riley Key Club International President

Caitlin Stroup Key Club International Vice-President

trustees: Marc Chen

Calvin Leung

Kayla Lash

Zack Dameron

Ratan Manohar

Betty Sterns

Cecelia Ferguson Colten Meisner Yein Ha

Jack Vielhauer

Mary Alice Peng

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important dues, dues, dues!

Dates

Early Bird: November 1st Regular Dues: December 1st

fees, fees, fees! Region Training Conference fees of $25 per member is due to Ms. Palmer on September 14th Fall Rally South fees of $125 per member is due to Ms. Palmer on October 1st

Dues/fees must be received by those dates

submission Submit ARTICLES/VISUALS due to Division Tech Editor (Elizabeth Quan) by September 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

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Division and upcoming events

news

Superheroes of Service region training conference 2012 keep your eyes peeled for more information!

September DCM Western High School

4601 W. Bonanza Road Las Vegas, Nevada 89107

5:00pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6:00pm

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ARTICLES club articles Business companies showcased World Market Center what seemed to be millions of furniture in the three colossal towers of the World Market Center. With companies having selected items for donation, the Habitat for Humanity was there to pick them up. Fifty percent of the donations are to be sold with proceeds to the organization and the other half to be donated to unfortunate families in need of furniture. With other adult volunteers wearing bright green shirts, we took large clothes bins on wheels and dollies around all the buildings to look for furniture with "Habitat for Humanity" signs outside of businesses' office space. We then carefully transported back to Habitat for Humanity's office space. With a day full of walks around the towers, waits for huge freight elevators, and transporting furniture, I am joyous to know such furniture are going to an amazing cause and we volunteers made it happen. President, Northwest CTA

Jordan Afaga

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School Supplies for Kids During the end of a summer break, kids prepare themselves for the new school year by buying school supplies. For some kids, it is an exciting unfortunately moment. For others, it may be depressing because they cannot afford them. But this year, Aid For Aids of Nevada, also known as AFAN, took the challenge of spreading the word out. Parents of about 50 kids have reached out this summer saying how worried they were of not being able to set up their kids for success. A friend of mine works for AFAN and was able to reach out to me and I helped by doing the next step of taking it further to my key club peers. My club and I were able to each buy a bunch of school supplies to help. We were informed to turn in all donations of school supplies by August 3, 2012. Aid For Aids of Nevada received many employers from Kohls to help assemble the backpacks on August 11th. AFAN hoped to reach their goal of being able to provide 50 school supply filled backpacks. Instead, they ended up with 80 backpacks and were more than happy to provide for other kids in need of school supplies. My club and I were filled with joy, knowing we were able to help. Lots of kids have been set up for success this school year!

Loreal Dadulla President, Cimarron Memorial

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“Leadership is a relational ethical process that brings people together for success.” Double Shot Espresso

On August 5th Double Shot of Espresso held their first informational meeting to discuss the beginning of their new organization. What DSE would do is work with clubs such as Key Club, NHS, Student Council, etc. to provide them with opportunities to volunteer at places that could possibly help them develop work skills or even find employment. They are also a new form of social media that focuses only on the positive form of online posting. They have a website that they are developing that has many of the same aspects of the most popular social media networks, but without the worries of being put down by anybody through post or comments. The name Double Shot of Espresso comes from the invigorating, enlightening feeling people get when they drink a double shot and they believe that with their focus on positivity and uplifting people’s spirits that it will provide the same feeling. This is definitely a revolutionary way to approach social media that I hope spreads throughout Nevada and then the U.S. I am looking forward to how this will turn out and I really hope that the people who need it can find this organization and take what they need from it to grow.

Marcus Castile Vice President, Northwest CTA August Updates

Recently we had an event at Spring Valley High School. We teamed up with Student Council and NHS to prepare students for the upcoming school year. Our job was to prep administration papers to mail out. We also helped organize papers, put them in envelopes, and seal envelopes. There is an upcoming event called ANIMEGACON located at the Las Vegas Hilton. It will be a five day event, and our previous Vice President Celina Oh helped us out with this event. Thank you Celina!! Two more weeks until school starts. At our freshman orientation we will be prompting Key Club. We are hoping to recruit as many members as possible, the more the merrier. Spreading the word about Key Club to other school mates/friends will help our club when school starts, during school, and summer. One of Spring Valley Key Club’s goal is to keep as many members as possible. We do not want our members to dwell after Fall Rally. Officers are still planning an officer meeting as soon as possible to talk about our plans for the 20122013 Key Club year.

Lexus Wong President, Spring Valley

RECOGNITION Club of the monthâ&#x20AC;Ś

Ed W. Clark

Member of the Month

Dannica Concepcion Month â&#x20AC;Ś From West CTA... Dannica is one of those members that reminds West CTA that they are there to serve and to always care for one another. Dannica shows true dedication in the face of challenge and using her communication to the fullest really shows how flexible she can be as a person using everything to her advantage. Dannica is a humble, hard working, and a self motivated member. West CTA wishes there were more members like Dannica.

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