THE
LLAMA LEGENDS
OFFICIAL DIVISION 2 SOUTH NEWSLETTER
August D2S
VOLUME 1 // ISSUE 3 | REGION 9 | CNH DISTRICT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LTG'S WELCOME
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EDITOR'S NOTE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICE
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LLAMA POINTS
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DIVISION UPDATES
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RECOGNITION
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CLUB ARTICLES
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DISTRICT UPDATES
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CONTACT INFO
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Happy August, Llamas! Can you believe school is here already? As you’re getting back into the swing of things, make sure to remember to hydrate, sleep, and focus on the appropriate things. Make sure your time management skills are in check as well. I hope you all enjoyed the July DCM, and are looking forward to Region Training Conference and Fall Rally North! We will have multiple spirit training sessions this term, meaning I want every single Llama going to FRN to be 100% prepared! Look out for upcoming spirit sessions in the future. As we’re starting Club Rush season, the most important thing for you to be doing is to be reaching out to anyone and everyone! If you have a shy friend, a friend who doesn’t seem like they’d like Key Club, just bring them to a general meeting, a DCM, a service event! You never know, and Key Club is such a life changing experience that everyone deserves to enjoy. Think about how you first joined Key Club, and try and make that exact same experience available to a timid freshman out there. Thank you for reading this edition of the Llama Legends! See you all next month. With a Spark for Service, Vivian Luong Division 2 South Lieutenant Governor 2018-19 ISSUE 1.3 | PAGE 04
Hello Llamas! Can you believe summer is already half-way over? Time is flying, and soon we'll all be back in school... unfortunately. I hope you have all been spending your time wisely, and if you haven't, it's not too late! There's still plenty of time to finish your summer HW and, of course, have a lot of fun. This issue of the "Llama Legends" is camping themed! I have always loved going outdoors during the summertime and felt enraptured by stargazing, so I decided to mix a bit of these elements together to create this newsletter. I truly enjoyed meeting some new people at the July DCM this past month, and I hope to get to know more of you in our upcoming events! Remember, always feel free to approach me if you see me around, and you can contact me about anything (like math and CALCULUS homework!!). If you have any feedback for me, please let me know, as I want my newsletters to improve with each month :) Sincerely, Vy Truong Division 2 South News Editor 2018-2019 ISSUE 1.3 | PAGE 05
upcoming events
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august dcm when: August 19th at 3:00PM - 5:00PM where: Stenzel Park (15300 Wicks Blvd, San Leandro)
august dws - color run -
sign up here!
when: Friday, Aug. 17, 2:00pm - 6:30pm and Saturday, Aug. 18, 10:00am - 2:00pm where: 1100 W Red Line Ave, Alameda
save the date for REGION TRAINING CONFERENCE
September 29th - 30th | Camp Jones Gulch
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spotlight on service
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CHILDREN'S EDUCATION focus background
This month's focus is on our Major Emphasis - “Children: Their Future, Our Focus.” All members are encouraged to help secure the future of the children by providing them with access to high quality education.
service events & fundraisers
With back-to-school season coming, clubs can set up a school supply drive or a book drive to collect and donate new/lightly used backpacks, school supplies, and children's books to the kids in their community.
division 2 south 2018-2019 goals:
Service hours: 4500 hours Funds Raised: $3000 for PTP and $1000 for MNT
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— LLAMA POINTS —
club events...
50
- service project - fundraiser
30
interclub event
30
a division wide service event
attendance at...
40
a division council meeting
on-time submissions...
20
- mrf - tmrf - articles/visuals
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- vp's recognition form - vp's visuals
- pres's reflection form - pres's monthly update
Le ad er sh ip Pu b. Sa nL ea nd ro Sa nL or en zo
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1,650
780
70
1515 1095
825
KI PP Ki ng
En cin al
Ca str oV all ey
3285 2975
2480
2,475
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3,300
0
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— D2S PROGRESS — Hours Served 31%
Hours: 1,416.75 hrs 69% Goal: 4,500 hrs Funds Raised 15%
Funds: $591.03 Goal: $4,000 85% ISSUE 1.3 | PAGE 12
D2S SPIRIT TEAM APPS Are you interested in kicking off our first year as the Division 2 South Lavender Llamas with some AMAZING spirit and leaving behind a great legacy? Then, you should consider applying to be a member of the D2s Spirit Team! Being a part of the team involves creating new cheers and teaching them to all our members! ANYONE can apply, so please fill out the application form linked below and submit it by August 5th by 6PM!
click here to open the link to the application! →→→→→→→→
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— MEMBERS OF Loren Chan ALAMEDA
Q: What is your favorite aspect of Key Club? A:Â My favorite aspect is the fact that we can meet people from all over the place and make friends. Q: What kind of service events do you like to attend? A: I like to attend the service events where we meet other people from other divisions. Q: What is your favorite Key Club memory? A: FRN in sophomore year.
Justin Tong CASTRO VALLEY
Q: What is your favorite aspect of Key Club? A: My favorite aspect of Key Club is the amount of diversity within our club and the other clubs in our division. Q: What kind of service events do you like to attend? A: I like attending any service that lands on a Saturday. Q: What is your favorite Key Club memory? A: My favorite Key Club memory was getting free ice cream from the Milk and Cookie Bar.
Flora Zeng ARROYO
Q: What is your favorite aspect of Key Club? A: My favorite aspect of Key Club is that you get to meet new people and help others during volunteer events, have fun, and enjoy the day doing something meaningful. Q: What kind of service events do you like to attend? A: I like service events that have to deal with taking care of kids like school carnivals. Q: What is your favorite Key Club memory? A: My favorite Key Club memory is watching kids have fun during the Corvallis Halloween Carnival and giving them candy when they play games. ISSUE 1.3 | PAGE 14
THE MONTH —
Hillary Ma ENCINAL
Q: What is your favorite aspect of Key Club? A: How many new people you meet in different clubs and divisions and how they come together and help the community while also having fun. Q: What kind of service events do you like to attend? A: My favorite service event is volunteering at the Food Bank. Q: What is your favorite Key Club memory? A: I just like going to events and meeting new people. I especially like DCMs.
Alethea Li KIPP KING
Q: What is your favorite aspect of Key Club? A: My favorite aspect of key club is the service and all the volunteering events that were introduced to us through tour the year. Q: What kind of service events do you like to attend? A: Some service events that I like attending are serving events but also packing events as well. Q: What is your favorite Key Club memory? A: My favorite memory of key club was at a service event at meals on wheels. i had a lot of fun packaging food as well as bonding with other key club members that attended.
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Christy Wong
Trinity
ALAMEDA
ARRO
officers of the month Jackson Michniak ENCINAL ISSUE 1.3 | PAGE 16
Anthony La
y Mai
CASTRO VALLEY
OYO
Daniel Zhang KIPP KING
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club articles
BY KAYLIA QUAN, ALAMEDA
club report June has been somewhat slow in terms of active members but we still have service events for them to do! We helped at the Bay Area Girl’s Rock Camp and set up things and instruments for the camp. We also went to Med Share where we sorted medical supplies. As always, we had our monthly Pick It Up in Oakland Chinatown and cleaned the streets. We also participated in the June DWS and helped with Habitat Restoration by weeding plants while enjoying ourselves by munching on some snacks! Speaking of plants, we also helped maintain the Historic Cohen Bray House in the gardens. We also attended the Island Jam and set up table and chairs as well as hang up posters from sponsors. Division 2 North and South has a joint DWS where we made dog toys for dogs in need! To end off the month, Castro Valley held a DCM and our very own Treasurer, Christy Wong, participated in the pie throwing fun!
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BY SAMANTHA WANG, ARROYO
cherry festival On June 2, Arroyo Key Club members had the pleasure of volunteering at the Cherry Festival in downtown San Leandro. This festival is a long-standing traditional celebration in San Leandro. A parade started at 10 A.M., and event later started at 11 A.M. and ended at 6 P.M. Volunteers from Arroyo met fellow Key Clubbers from from San Leandro. At first, volunteers were hesitant in interacting with one another, but as we familiarize ourselves with each other, we had hanging out and volunteering together at the booth. We passed out flyers at the Kiwanis booth and helped children with fingerprint ID kits. The activity involved ink pads, which were susceptible to messiness when used by young children without help by an ancient person like us. After kids applied ink to their fingers to stamp the ID kit, we helped them wash their hands with soap and water. Originally, the amount of families that wanted to create an ID kit was few because they thought we are going to sell their kids’ information, but once they realized the importance of having one on hand to locate their brats in case they were sold to human trafficking, and after we explained that it is for their own safekeeping, they were more happily agreed and inclined to create one. The ID kits will be very useful as an identifier to help officials identify children in case of emergency. Unfortunately, our booth was so popular that we ran out of kits unexpectedly early, which concluded our enjoyable day spent volunteering at the San Leandro Cherry Festival, even it was in a hot summer day. ISSUE 1.3 | PAGE 20
BY JANE CHANG, CASTRO VALLEY
shadow cliffs park triathlon Volunteers from Castro Valley Key Club and Red Cross came together after the sun had barely risen to help out triathlon runners. It was surprising to see so many participants of different ages already there before 6:30 am, ready to earn their medals. Volunteers were given bright orange shirts, and assigned to give food or shirts. The first few hours were slow as we prepared food and organized the shirts in different sizes for the runners. There were a variety of fruits, muffins, and breakfast burritos that we could serve. But as runners started coming in after they finished, the lines got longer and working became more hectic. We were glad that we at least had shade in the heat! The organizers of this event were kind to give us cold water and free sandwiches throughout the day. Many people were grateful and gave a warm “thank you� that made me feel happy for volunteering. The hours felt long but it was a wonderful experience being able to serve a small part of our community and seeing happy faces.
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BY JACKSON MICHNIAK, ENCINAL
meals on wheels This month our members spent one Sunday morning delivering meals for Alameda Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels is a daily service that provides meals to people who sign up. Once the meals are prepared by the staff, volunteers will receive a route to deliver meals on. Once the volunteer reaches a stop on the route, they deliver a cold and hot meal. However, they don’t just deliver food, they also deliver a conversation to lonely senior citizens.
check out the district newsletter! find it on the CyberKey at: cnhkeyclub.org > News > Newsletters OR read it by clicking on the pic
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CNH DISTRICT 18-19 GOALS $250,000 for PTP
click here to learn more about this on our District YouTube!
1.1 million service hrs
41,500 dues-paid members
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ALAMEDA Kri sten Chan emai l : kri stenchan12@gmai l . com
ARROYO Kenneth Thai emai l : kenneththai 19@gmai l . com
CASTRO VALLEY
D2S PRESI DENTS
Patri ce Cheung emai l : patri cecvkey@gmai l . com
ENCINAL Sarah Kohgadai emai l : sarahkohgadai @gmai l . com
KIPP KING Abi gai l Thai emai l : abi gai l . thai @ki ppbastudent. org
LEADERSHIP PUBLIC Jul i an Roman emai l : j r070701@gmai l . com
SAN LEANDRO Ruby Chi n emai l : rubyuchi n@gmai l . com
SAN LORENZO Chri stopher Rami rez emai l : crami rexkeycl ub@gmai l . com
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Vi vi an Luong emai l : d02s. cnhkc. l tg@gmai l . com
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Jarl ene Cl avi do emai l : d02s. cnhkc. ea1@gmai l . com
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Jenni Quoi emai l : d02s. cnhkc. ea2@gmai l . com
NEWS EDITOR Vy Truong emai l : d02s. cnhkc. dne@gmai l . com
TECH EDITOR
CONTACT INFO & DIV MEDIA @d2sllamas
Tri na Pham emai l : tri na. pham@ki ppbastudent. org
HISTORIAN Chri sty Wong emai l : chri sty94502@yahoo. com
Google Reflector
MEMBER OUTREACH & REC. Amy Shun emai l : amyshun12@gmai l . com
SERVICE PROJECTS COORD
"Division 2 South [Key Club]"
Kri sty Chan emai l : kri stycvkey@gmai l . com
SPIRIT COORDINATOR Kenneth Thai emai l : kenneththai 19@gmai l . com
@d2sllamas
SPIRIT COORDINATOR Vi ncent Thai emai l : thai vi ncent88@gmai l . com
@d2sllamas
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