PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT KEY CLUB
T H E GIRAFFE P R E S S JANUARY 2016 V O L 3 I S S U E 10
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THE TABLE OF
CONTENTS
04 Greetings 06 November Club Recaps 08 Meet Your Lt. G. Elect 12 Members of the Month 13 Dates to Remember 14 DCON 2016: The Future of Service 18 Running for Executive Board 20 The ELIMINATE Project 21 Preferred Charities 22 January DCM 23 Super Spots (!!!!!!!) 24 Contact Information
CENTENNIAL. CLACKAMAS. CORBETT. THE DALLES. DAMASCUS CHRISTIAN. GLADSTONE. GRES
GREETINGS FROM YOUR LT. GOVERN Hello Division 66! Happy New Year! I hope you all had a cheerful and safe holiday break spent with your loved ones. Although we had almost half a month off of school, you did not stop volunteering at service events. With the new year, I hope one of your resolutions involve being more active in your community. First, I would like to give a warm welcome to the next Lieutenant Governor of Division 66, Brian Nguyen! I am looking forward to what he has in store for the Division and I am sure he will bring amazing ideas to Division 66. Thank you to those who attended the DCM, you all looked so classy! With District Convention coming, there are a lot of preparations. First, we’ll kick DCON season with DCON prep focusing on posters and hug me signs. Next, a DCM with Key Club chants and additional prep, and we’ll finish off the 2015-2016 Key Club term with a banquet. I am very excited to see all of you at the DCM’s and at DCON! Even if you’re not planning to attend DCON, stop by the DCM’s to help out (who knows, maybe you’ll change your mind). Official DCON spirit gear packs and the divisional t-shirt will be shortly posted. I hope to see you soon! Yours in Caring Service, Bailey Chen 2015-2016 Lieutenant Governor of Division 66
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NOR AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
I hope you guys had a great holiday! Winter break was a great time to spend time with friends and family. Thanks to all of you who volunteered at Winter Rage! Also thanks to all of you who attended the December DCM. Congratulations to Brian Nguyen for being elected our new LTG! It's January so that means finals week but more importantly DCON is coming in a couple of months. It's time to get in the spirit of Key Club. I hope to see all of you guys there. Rachel Coyne Divisional Editor
How was everyone's winter break? I know mine was extremely important. Anyway, this past month I went to Clackamas High School's Winter Rage. This event is probably my favorite one for the year because you interact with so many of the people that you are helping directly. I had a blast and it was great to see multiple clubs from the school work together to make it a success. We also had the December DCM, which was actually the Lt. G. Election Rally! It was overwhelming to see people from all around, including some from other divisions, so thank you guys who attended. I also hope to meet more of you guys at events this new year. Good luck on finals and have a wonderful January! Brian Nguyen Divisional Assistant
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DECEMBER CLUB RECAP
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CENTENNIAL
CORBETT
Volunteered at The Grotto Volunteered at the Food Bank
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CLACKAMAS Volunteered at The Grotto Winter Rage Rock Creek Tree Planting Feed the Hungry
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Pancake br Gladstone Center Adopt a Fa with NHS
PS REYNOLDS Army Bell
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Made dog toys to donate to animal shelter Blankets to homeless shelter Balls of play dough for children’s hospital
SAM BARLOW Made holiday cards delivered to homeless shelters and retirement centers
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MEET YOUR NEXT LT 8
T. G.: BRIAN NGUYEN 9
MESSAGE FROM YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT Hey everyone! My name’s Brian Nguyen and I am your Lieutenant Governor for the 2016-2017 term! I am immensely thrilled to be serving my favorite division in the Pacific Northwest. The election rally was over winter break and I was astonished to see so many people there. There were friends, family, and even people from other divisions! Most importantly, we were there together as Key Club. I will try my hardest to continue strengthening Division 66 and hope to interact with everyone soon. Don’t “shilly-shally” (I found this word on Google as a synonym for “hesitate”!) to ask me any questions you want to know, I’ll be happy to help! A little about myself: I’m currently a sophomore at Clackamas High School. I spend most of my time playing tennis or chilling with my homies and I also like to listen to music, especially songs by Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith. Sometimes I’ll end up on YouTube watching tennis videos for hours instead of doing my homework, but that’s okay as long as I finish eventually, am I right?
As for my Key Club life, I joined Key Club my freshman year, so a little over a year ago. I had always been helping my mom with her religious activities, so when a friend back in 8th grade told me about this thing called “Key Club”, I was quite intrigued to see what it had to offer me. Turns out I ended up putting all my effort into seeing what I could offer to the club and now, the division! Every event I’ve gone to is unique in its own way and it’s always fun. After DCON is when I really became obsessed over service (Don’t get me wrong, I loved volunteering before as well!). Seeing all the Key Clubbers in the Pacific NorthBEST gathered together really inspired me to project my passion for service onto others in hopes to make the world a better place, one small step at a time. Key Club has also helped me become more social and happy overall, so I am grateful for what as well. Anyway, I am really excited to be serving Division 66 for the upcoming term and hope to continue serving alongside each and every one of you not only as the Lieutenant Governor, but as a friend. Thank you for electing me to be your Lt. G.
Brian Nguyen
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Lieutenant Governor Elect of Division 66 Pacific Northwest District Key Club International briannguyenpnw@gmail.com
ABOUT BRIAN NGUYEN Favorite Color: BURGUNDY Favorite Book: THE HUNGRY CATEPILLAR Favorite Song: Photograph by Ed Sheeran or Love Yourself by Justin Bieber Favorite Food: JOJOS Favorite Quote: "Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.“ Taraji P. Henson Guilty Pleasure: Playing tennis for 6 hours straight, watching Netflix/Crunchyroll, eating jojos, procrastinating, staying outside, walking in the dark, and reading articles about random stuff. Favorite Key Club Service Event: Winter Rage
S A V E
Send frequent updates to all clubs through emails, social media, phone, et cetera because a lot of posts are made on Facebook and not everyone has access or chooses to use it. Associate with more divisions and act as a liaison to improve learning experience and give members more chances to connect with a greater variety Key Clubbers. Verify which clubs require assistance or reactivation and visit them to get a better of understanding of what they require support with. An example of this would be reactivating the Rex Putnam HS Key Club. Extend reach not only to high school clubs, but other members of the Kiwanis Family as well, such as K-Kids for the elementary schools and Builders Club for the middle schools.
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MEMBERS OF THE MONTH CENTENNIAL KEY CLUB: AUNALYN COLIPANO “She is an outstanding member that strives to do her best to do as many events as possible. She was one of our fearsome members that braved the snow and cold for three hours volunteering at the event. We hope to see more of her in the future!”
SAM BARLOW KEY CLUB: SOLEIL NAVARRO “ Thanks to Soleil for being so involved” Thank you for being your club delegate as well! NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS “One month where Centennial is first on Super Spots” “To get the Clothing Closet in our school up and running for families in need” “Write 2016 instead of 2015”
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DATES TO REMEMBER JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
- January DCM: Saturday January 16th from 4:30 PM to 5:45 PM at Gresham Library - DCON Club registration deadline: January 25th
- FINAL Registration deadline: Feb. 1st - February DCM: TBA - Extra DCON preparations
- MARCH 18-20th: DISTRICT CONVENTION!
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What Happens at DCON? FRIDAY -
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Travel to Seattle Meet and Greet Opening Session -
Keynote Speakers Caucusing Dinner
SATURDAY Entertainment -
Forums Service Fair Talent Show Awards Winners Retire & Install new District Board - Dance
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DCON TIMELINE
MEMBERS OFFICERS DEC: Talk to parents about DCON DEC: Fill out page 22-23 on from DCON Section A DEC: Attend the December DCM (mandatory for ALL DCON attendees) JAN: Pay for Convention JAN: Attend January DCM FEB: Attend February DCM MARCH: Attend March DCM MARCH 18th-20th: Attend DCON
DEC: Talk to school administration to get trip approved DEC: Find chaperones (1:10 adult: student ratio, background checks JAN: Confirm DCON attendees from your club JAN: Fill out Page 24 from Section A JAN: Advisors register ONLINE JAN: Fill out Section C for awards FEB: REGISTRATION PACKETS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY FEB. 1st 2016
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION
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The ELIMINATE Project
A BABY DIES EVERY
11 MINUTES It only takes $1.80 to provide a vaccine to save a mother and her future children.
HOW YOU CAN HELP SPREAD AWARENESS DONATE TO ELIMINATE BUY ELIMINATE MERCH (FILL OUT FORM)
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LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a non profit organization raising awareness and fundraising to benefit children. All proceeds raised go toward hospital equipment, staff training, research, and healthcare for children whose parents cannot afford to pay.
March of Dime focuses on bringing awareness, preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. March of Dime brings attention to the health of babies and helps people understand the effects of unhealthy babies.
UNICEF is the only organization of the United Nations solely dedicated to helping children. All donations are used to provide water, healthcare, sanitation, and other necessities in more than 150 developing countries.
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JANUARY DCM: DCON PREP AND OFFICER CHECK INS WHEN: Saturday, January 16th from 4:30 to 5:45 PM WHERE: Gresham Library, 385 NW Miller Ave. Gresham OR, 97030 WHY: Prepare for DCON by making divisional posters and hug me signs! WHAT TO BRING:
Poster paper according to your assigned color: - Clackamas, Damascus Christian, Portland Lutheran, and The Dalles: BLACK OR WHITE -Centennial, Corbett, Gresham, Sandy: YELLOW -Reynolds, Sam Barlow, Gladstone, Rex Putnam: BROWN OFFICERS: DCON INFO! 22
Secretary Report
DCM/ PCM
Communication
MSC.
Total
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81
10
13
890
20
60
10
34
910
5
6
10
10
515
VP Report
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Before
Editors Report
SUPER SPOTS SCOREBOARD
Centennial
746
10
Clackamas
776
10
Corbett
467
7
The Dalles
38
Damascus Christian
56
Gladstone
224
Gresham
107
Portland Lutheran
70
70
Rex Putnam
0
0
10
38 3
10
7
59
3
10
12
266
6
10
10
133
Reynolds
379
10
20
24
10
11
454
Sam Barlow
290
10
20
3
10
2
335
Sandy
32
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SUPER SPOTS BREAKDOWN 10- Vice President Reports 10- Editor Reports 20- Secretary Reports 3- DCM/PCM (Per Member) 10- Communication throughout the month 30- Msc. Tasks that need to be completed
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District Governor
TYLER BOSSER
tylerbosser.pnwgov@gmail.com (253)-(355)-(2783)
District Treasurer
SUVIR COPPARAM copparam.suvir@gmail.com (425)-(445)-(6199)
District Convention Chair
Ryan Miura
pnwconventionchair@gmail.com (503)-(490)-(0041)
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District Secretary
TRAN HOANG
tranhoang.pnwsec@gmail.com (971)-(267)-(9235)
District Editor
JoJo Saunders
jojosaunders.pnweditor@gmail.com (206)-(790)-(7510)
APPOINTED OFFICERS AMY HUNG: CONVENTION AIDE RIA BAINS: CONVENTION AIDE TONY ZHANG: COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TIFFANY WONG: MEMBERSHIP GROWTH AND REACTIVATION CENTER HANNA HUYNH: K-FAMILY RELATIONS DIRECTOR JAG BAINS: DISTRICT PROJECT DIRECTOR
Centennial H.S.
Gladstone H.S.
Clackamas H.S.
Gresham H.S.
President: Tommy Nguyen Vice President: Kenny Chu Secretary: Amanda Ly Treasurer: Phet Pitsnukanh Editor: Stephanie Hout
President: Hung Le Vice President: Lauren Phan Secretary: Lynda Hoang Treasurer: Karla Leung Editor: Elizabeth Prasansouk
Corbett H.S.
President: Momo Wilms-Crowe Vice President: Josh Layton Secretary: Cloey Shostak Treasurer: Nick Rosenthal Editor: Alyssa AnDyke
The Dalles H.S.
President: Leslie Secretary: Marina Diaz Treasurer: Carol Aviluz
Damascus Christian H.S.
President: Moses Wakefield Vice President: Micah Swanson Secretary: Ben Wescott Treasurer: Silas Marvin Editor: Beau Moody
President: Annah Sargent Vice President: Kaitlyn Storer Secretary: Noelle Basham Treasurer: Abby Hubbard Editor: Abby Hubbard
President: Hannah Hohbach Vice President: Emma Triplett Secretary: Kiana Rodriguez Treasurer: Austin Gardner Editor: Hannah Triplett
Reynolds H.S.
President: Veronica Villegas Vice President: Kayla Cha Secretary: Kayla Cha Treasurer: Laura Molina Editor: Phoenix Tweedy
Sam Barlow H.S.
President: Caylie Washburn Vice President: Sheilai Xiong Secretary: Nathan Booth Treasurer: Joy McDonalds Editor: Lenora Davis TBA: Rex Putnam, Sandy LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: BAILEY CHEN
EMAIL: baileychenpnw@gmail.com CALL/TEXT: (971)570-2214
@PNWDIVISION66
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PHOTO CREDITS: STEPHANIE HOUT, PETER MACH, DAVE MCMILLAN, ALLYSSA ANDDYKE, BRIAN LE, BRIAN NGUYEN, CLACKMAS KEY CLUB GOOGLE.