The Seamonkey Story | August 2011 | Vol. 1 | Issue 2

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KEY CLUB REGION 5

The

DIVISION 28W

Seamonkey SEAmonkey STORY

A U G U S T 2011 | V O L U M E 1 | I S S U E 2

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LTG Corner … 2 Divisional News … 3 Club Articles … 4 - 9 Club News … 10 Calendar of Events … 12 Contacts … 13

Important Dates August 29

School Starts!

August 31

MRF Due!

September 8

DCM @ Spring Valley!

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LTG Corner

Hey Seamonkeys!! I hope you guys all had a great and relaxing summer vacation! I know I did.. I relaxed and planned a lot for our division. Are you guys excited for the school year to start!? If you guys are excited but nervous at the same time, don't worry. Whether you are dealing with Key Club or school work, remember that your peers will always be there to support you. If you need any help within your club, don't hesitate to contact me. Try your best to stay on top of things: prioritize. Although Key Club is important, so is school and family, and they always come first! If you need any help finding service projects, please let me know. I will research and try my best to offer opportunities within your area. Let's

Lieutenant Governer:

Steven Kim Faith Lutheran HS About this picture: All your Region 5 Officers!

remember that Key Club is all about service. We should try our best to impact the community locally. With RTC, Fall Rally, and Membership Dues coming up, it's important that we turn everything in on time.

Together, let's SHINE our light within our home, school and community :)

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Divisional News DIVISIONAL July DCM Thanks to everyone who attended!! We had a very successful July DCM with D28 North and South at UNLV. I hope you guys got updated with the divisional news and got to meet people from the other divisions. We talked about our International Service Initiative ―Project Eliminate‖ and Member Recruitment.

NEXT DCM! Date: September 8th Time: 5pm – 6pm Location: @

Spring Valley Task Coordinators!

If you are on one of these task coordinator or would like to be in one of them, please contact Steven (:  Fall Rally Task Coordinator- Works on spirit gear, judges design submissions, and prepares for Fall Rally.  Service Task Coordinator- Does research on service projects to provide clubs with more opportunities.  Fundraising Task Coordinator- Plans out fundraisers for the division.

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Club Articles Centennial HS Club News Last month, a student from our school was diagnose with a brain tumor called ganglioglioma. Her name is Kassidy Merritt and she is an active sports player and a musically talented teen. Kassidy's goal is to go to college and play college softball. Her brain tumor is inoperable. "Chemo & Radiation would only bandaid her disease and leave her handicapped, so we have decided on an alternative treatment called antineoplaston which has give us much better hope but is not covered by insurance," says the Merritt family. If you want to help the family and donate please visit this site http://www.active.com/donate/lvcancerfoundation/2011K. If you want to see her progress please visit this site kassidysroadtorecover.blogspot.com.

Vice President

Out and About!

Hey guys! I'm secretary from Centennial. I want to tell you about 3 service projects I did while I was on vacation. Yes, I was on vacation & did some work. I started out by doing a Relay for Life at this beach called Ala Moana. It really was an experience to never forget! It went all around the beach, & side walks. It was for such a good cause, but also had a nice view to go with it. It's different then the Relay for Life here. There were different companies instead of key clubs. I also helped out at an elementary school with several teachers. The students were so cute! It must have been a big help to have an extra set of hands for the teachers. I helped out teaching the students to do their work, grade papers, & set stuff up for the teachers. That was fun. Finally I helped out another key club in Hawaii. They were so sweet & nice to me. I was glad to help them in any way I could. I even helped them recruit some new members! That was my experience I won't forget just like every key club event & helpful thing I do. I look foward to do this again next year.

- Brena Fines Secretary

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Club ClubArticles Articles Three Square Over summer, my dad and I volunteered at Three Square which is Southern Nevada’s only food bank. Their mission is, ―To provide wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community.‖ It was our first time volunteering there, so we didn’t really know anyone there but even so, we were welcomed with open arms and were treated as family from the beginning. There were so many boxes and cans of food that were donated that I was amazed at how giving our community could be. My dad and I were in charge of repacking canned and nonperishable goods into a box. The boxes would then be sent to nonprofit organizations and they would be in charge of distributing it to those in need. Even though we were doing community work, I had a lot of fun because I knew that it was all for a good cause and I had great people to work with. It was because of this experience that I try my hardest to pursue a hunger-free community.

- Asia Sunga Treasurer

Ed W. Clark HS A Recap of Key Club ―When one door closes, another door opens.‖ – Alexander Graham Bell On May 26th, 2011, Clark’s Key Club held the final meeting of the year. To a class of 2014 freshman like myself, that meant summer was finally around the corner and we would finally be done with freshmen year. To a class of 2013 sophomore, the meeting meant they were one step closer to being an upperclassman. To a 2012 junior, the meeting meant they were practically entering their senior year. To a 2011 senior, this would be the last key club meeting they attend as a member.

The meeting was rather normal. We talked about the recent events we participated in, and then about future events including our banquet and a park social for the beginning of the summer.

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Club ClubArticles Articles A Recap of Key Club [continued] The part that will forever last in us is when the seniors began a round of happy/sad change.

Seeing as this was a senior’s last opportunity to do a happy/sad change, almost every single senior participated – some for the first time in their key club life. Speeches went from talking about favorite memories to reminiscing on the madness that is a key clubber’s first meeting.

We heard stories about former members, former events, and even advice for the future.

Tears were shed. I can’t say whether the tears were of joy of all the great memories they had, or if they were of melancholy realizing that the key club memories have ended. All I know is that you could feel a sense love among the room.

Fast forward a few days and the last school bell rings. Although school is out of session, Key Club isn’t.

June 11th, 2011 was the date for Clark Key Club’s end of the year park social held at Desert Breeze Park. At the social, those who wore appropriate shoes (aka not sandals) played a game of capture the flag with a twist. What’s the twist? Marshmallows. Marshmallows were added into the game in that each member was given one marshmallow and could throw it at the opposite team. If hit, you’re ―frozen‖ in that spot.

For those who didn’t wear appropriate shoes (aka about six people including myself), we used the spare marshmallows to roast and use in smores. Eventually, the game came to an end and we shared our smore-making knowledge.

Clark Key Club hasn’t held a summer meeting in several years, but that changed on Friday July 29 th, 2011. With the school being closed, meeting in our normal room wasn’t really an option. With the sun blazing, meeting at a park wasn’t really an option. Instead, the meeting was held at a welcoming Boys and Girls Club.

At the meeting, we recapped on the things we did last year, and got a sneak peak in what’s to come next year. We learned about our end-of-summer social event and even introduced a new member into our family. After the ―official‖ part of the meeting, we discussed what we liked most from last year and what new methods we’d like to imply into next year. We also had a quick workshop following the group discussion. For the workshop, we were asked to group up with people we weren’t all too familiar with. The workshop was all about understanding the difficulties that people face with different problems and figuring out a solution to the problem. My group, for example, addressed the issue of a fireworks booth tipping over (due to the strong winds) and merchandise being stolen.

To close the meeting, we participated in a mini service project. During the service project, we stayed in our workshop groups and filled plastic baggies with laundry detergent to donate to charity. This may sound simple, but when you’re trying to keep the Boys And Girls Club Meeting Room clean, and pouring detergent as apposed to scooping, it’s actually quite difficult. I’d describe the experience similar to using a five gallon water jug to pour yourself an eight ounce glass – near impossible.

With the school year approaching, we have two yard sales planned for August 20 th and 21st, 2011. We also have an end-of-summer social planned for August 26th, 2011. Although our great adventures of last year have come to an end, Clark Key Club is looking forward to what’s in store for the 2011-2012 school year.

Member

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Club ClubArticles Articles Faith Lutheran HS What We're Here For Unshowered, sleep deprived, hungry—I was an absolute mess. I’d been working all night and morning to iron out unresolved numbers from an imprecise and disorganized balance sheet. With less than two hours between me and a meeting with the new principal to determine our Key Club’s financial future—our Key Club’s future in general—I think it’s safe to say that I had some right to be stressed. After printing off my papers, there was just enough time to shower and head out.

Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the door of the conference room and walked in. I was immediately relieved to see that our club advisor Mrs. Thiel and several members of our club’s board were already seated. At least I wouldn’t be fighting on our club’s behalf alone. As I began to speak, I could detect a subtle waver in my voice; handing a paper to the principal, I saw an imperceptible shivering in my hand—my body threatening to betray how nervous I was.

About thirty minutes of surprisingly convivial discussion later, I was still filled with anxiety when he casually asked what exactly Key Club strives to accomplish. I froze. Should I risk sounding inane and answer childishly with “community service?” What should I say? At that moment, a tidal wave of Key Club memories replied to my silent question, literally washing away any fear I had. I explained to him the two-fold nature of Key Club—that it’s not only a blessing to those we serve, but also a truly transformative experience to those who open-heartedly do the serving.

We walked out of that room smiling, knowing that we had successfully infected our new principal with the contagious passion of Key Club. But beyond this achievement, we ourselves were brimming with zeal. Immediately after that meeting, I and my fellow board members continued to talk about future club events for the better part of an hour. I remember thinking then that this is why I’m a part of Key Club. There’s this innate hope that emanates from it and from those who are genuinely committed to it.

Despite what some people might accuse Key Club of—its inefficiency, the superficiality of its members, or what have you—we remain faithful to this organization because of this hope. So what if we’re not all planning to become David Livingstones and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s? Many of us might not yet know what we’re passionate about. But we’re all a part of this organization, right? We’re all trying, more or less, to make a difference. And while Key Club might not show us exactly how we should live, it does show us exactly who we should live for.

We stood there, talking loudly in the front office lobby, our voices virtually the only sounds in an otherwise quiet building.

It was still summer break for Faith Lutheran High School. The conversation carried on as the principal walked by and jokily asked, ―Geez, what are you guys still doing here? Changing the world?‖ That’s the plan.

President

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Club ClubArticles Articles Northwest Career and Tech Preparing For the New Year As the 2011-2012 school year comes to an open, clubs at Northwest Career and Technical Academy begin preparing for the upcoming school year, but for Key Club this process began weeks before the previous school year had ended. New officers have already been elected and have already been taught everything that they need to know to take over the 2011-2012 school year. The new officers attended an officer training conference during the summer in order to learn what they will be responsible for the coming year. In order to ensure a successful key club year board members collaborated during the officer training conference and decided on the events for the 2011-2012 school year. With the goal of striving for excellence in mind NWCTA Key Clubbers did not stop in serving the community when the school year ended. Instead members continued to serve the community and attend Key Club events throughout the summer. As the school year approaches members are continually brainstorming ideas for fundraisers, t-shirt designs and anything else that could better the club as a whole, all in an effort to take 2011-2012 to its highest potential and ultimately ensure an extraordinary key club year!

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Kiwanis Kite Day

Paula Castro Sergeant at Arms

Kiwanis Kite day took place on May 14, 2011 at Aliante Discovery Park. Volunteers helped set up canopies and assemble kites to prepare for this day. But kite day is all about the families, especially the kids. The kids got to decorate their own pre-made kites using markers and tails of various colors and sizes. After they were done they got to fly their new kite, but the fun doesn’t end there. Once the kids were exhausted from running around with their kites they got to sit down with their family and enjoy some free hot dogs and snow cones. All day volunteers helped kids with their kites, grilled hotdogs, and made some really good snow cones. This event didn’t end until we ran out of food and kites. Soon enough we did, and families started to leave. After a long day of fun and food kite day came to an end. It was a lot of fun for both the kids and the volunteers. Some kids were first time kite flyers and others were experts and even though a few kites were lost in the wind and tangled in trees everyone still found a way to have a good time.

Historian

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Club ClubArticles Articles Recruiting Tips 

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Put the benefits of being a key clubber on the newsletter o

people want to know why they should join; scholarship

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opportunities, community service, leadership, having fun, etc.

Events also make key club sound exciting

Make sure that at your school, try to hosting a major event o It should probably be annually so that the whole school recognizes Key Club from that school

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Just to let Key Club be known for community service rather than a cheering club

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Posters, word of mouth, video ads

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Be friendly

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Show people your passion for Key Club

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Explain to people how Key Club has changed your life and inspire them to learn how it can change theirs

I believe that key club should be recognized for the community service, and that the cheering should just be more of spirit and motivation to keep moving forward.

Southwest Career and Tech Club Update Hey Key Clubbers !

Southwest Career and Technical Academy Key Club has been busy planning out the first semester of the school year. We plan to fill up our schedule with meetings, events, in school drives, fundraising and of course, Community Service. We start out the year with a school supply drive to help students in the Vegas Valley who do not have the needed supplies for school and volunteering at the Greek Food Festival this coming September. Also, this upcoming Saturday, our school will be holding a Back To School BBQ and club officers, along with many others, will be advertising our club to the incoming freshman and other new students. We hope to gain many members, and our first meeting will be on September 8th. Well, I wish everyone an amazing last couple of days of summer!

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Jessica Rose Lacaman

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Club News

C L A R K Freshmen Orientation Aug. 23

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Freshmen Orientation th Aug. 20

Cane’s / yogurtland Fundraiser Please send in your school’s events so it can be featured in the newsletter! (:

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Cimarron-Memorial Durango Desert Oasis Pahrump Valley Palo Verde Sierra Vista Spring Valley West CTA The Meadows Get on the blacklist (which is bad) by not turning in any articles ): So please turn them in each month on the 19th @ 12am being the latest!

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Seamonkey See, Seamonkey Do

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Contact Info Contact Lieutenant Governor

Region 5 Advisors Ms. Alyson Palmer (702) 338-8239 apalmer@interact.ccsd.net Jenn Skidmore (702) 499-8819 Bright_eyed78@yahoo. com

Steven Kim d28w.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com 702.355.5228

Divisional Assistants Hannah Kim - Secretary d28west.dsec@gmail.com Benjamin Dungca - Assistant d28west.ea@gmail.com Vivian Ho - Tech Editor d28w.tech@gmail.com

Division 28 West Clubs Centennial Cimarron-Memorial Durango Desert Oasis Ed. W. Clark Faith Lutheran Northwest CTA Pahrump Valley Palo Verde Sierra Vista Southwest CTA Spring Valley West CTA The Meadows

702.496.7676

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