REGION 3 | DO4N | KEY CLUB
The Ottador Vol 8 Issue 2
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What is PTP? What is MNT? Online Service Week E-card Making For Heros Zoom Bonding May DCM Recap
Contact Us Bradley Vu | President bradleyvukc@gmail.com
Ben Vo | Vice President benvobgkc@gmail.com
Sunny Do | Secretary dosunnykc@gmail.com
Katie Cao | Treasurer
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Dylan Nguyen | Tech Editor dylannguyenbgkc@gmail.com
Cindy La | Senior CD
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Katie Doan | Junior CD katied04nbgkc@gmail.com
Serena Nguyen | Sophomore CD serenanguyenbgkc@gmail.com
Annie Danh | Freshman CD anniedanhbgkc@gmail.com
Emily Tran | Member’s Relations emilytranbgkc@gmail.com
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PTP, also known as the Pediatric Trauma Program, was first founded in 1984 and combats pediatric trauma, the leading cause of death found in children under the age of 14. The Pediatric Trauma Program aims to educate people to prevent injuries and help those who are afflicted by trauma to lead safe and healthy lives. - Peter-Pham Tran
What is MNT?
Maternal/Neonatal Tetanus, is the condition in which newborns suffer extreme pain due to their sensitivity to light and touch. MNT is most known to affect not only newborns, but also mothers, especially in countries with little to no access to health care. Programs, such as the Eliminate Project, rely on donations to achieve their goal of preventing these needless and painful deaths. With the help from members of the Kiwanis Family, including our very own club, Kiwanis’s partners are able to buy equipment to treat Pediatric Trauma and MNT to ensure patients’ future lives. To help: donate to the Eliminate Project, make a contribution to Kiwanis’s PTP fund. So far, the Kiwanis Family’s contributions to MNT and PTP have been largely successful, with close to 110 million dollars being donated in the fight against MNT and equipment and grants issued to partner hospitals for PTP. Why Should We Fundraise? Both MNT and PTP are highly preventable! With immunization, future mothers are able to welcome their children into the world safely with no worry about the constant pain that they or their children might undergo due to MNT in the months after birth. With education, people are able to prevent unintentional injuries and trauma to children. Donations of any amount to these causes contribute to the vision of a brighter future for women and children. - Peter-Pham Tran
Online Service Week
During the week of April 13th to 19th, Division 4 North hosted an online service week for otters to earn their community service hours. Due to quarantine, many services and events had been canceled, so this was a great opportunity to spread awareness about the alarming pandemic from home. The members would post on their Instagram stories every day for a week based on the theme pertaining to that day. The week started off with Mental Health Monday where members posted ways that people could keep a healthy mindset during quarantine. On TP Tuesday, people would post photos of them with their own toilet paper and spread the importance of not overbuying. Wash Your Hands Wednesday consisted of emphasizing the importance of staying sanitary during this time through a photo or video. Members also showed their appreciation to their teachers for planning distant learning on their stories. On Fun Fact Friday, there were fun facts posted about COVID-19 to spread awareness of its severity and what can be done to further prevent it. Otters were able to demonstrate new methods of handling the implemented social distancing with their friends on Social Distancing Saturday. Finally, the service week would end off with Stay Home Sunday where members would reiterate the importance of staying home and social distancing. There was overwhelming participation as many members of the division took up this great opportunity to help spread awareness on the situation through a fun activity on social media. The service week was also a good example of showing that helping the community was still possible even if we are forced to stay at home. - Annie Danh
E-Card Making For Heros Right now, we all are going through a pandemic that has prevented us from doing services that we usually do such as gardening, marathons, and festivals. However, there are many other events that we can do during this quarantine. One event I have done to help the community was making fantastic cards and donating it to staff that is helping in this pandemic. These staff can be anyone from teachers, school staff, or even hospital workers. For their hard work, we must do anything to help provide them motivation, so I decided to make cards for these workers, who are trying their best during this pandemic. I made as many cards as I could to help as many workers during this event. All these cards contain positive messages to help motivate them to do their best. Some examples could be “ Shine bright”, “You are otter this world”, or “Stay Pawsitive”. I tried to include as many puns to make the message a little funny and happy for the workers. All these cards were very fun to make as it was letting me get artsy and creative. While the cards are providing a fun experience for me. They also are helpful to the many workers in the pandemic trying to prevent this virus. I recommend making cards to help out the community and at least help the workers of this pandemic. - Cody Nguyen
For the month of May, the officers of Bolsa Grande Key Club were able to do five, online sessions on zoom. Because we have recently accepted new members into the club for the spring term, it was important for them to get to know the officers, especially in quarantine when we are unable to meet in person. As the Junior Class Director, I thought that it was important to get my class involved in the club and to meet each other to create a comfortable and accepting environment. During the Zoom meetings, each officer paired up with each other to play games, bond, or just talk with each member. In my session, we did icebreakers to get to know everyone, and then we created a scavenger hunt game online. We told everyone to get an item in their home and to show it to the camera. The first person to come back with the item and yell the key club cheer would get a point. We used free boba as a prize to encourage the members to play and have fun. After finishing, we played another game of skribbl.io where members were able to play a guessing and drawing game. When the session was finished, I was satisfied with how it went because the members had fun and were able to get to know each other even more. I am glad that our Member’s Relation was able to find a way for us to bond during quarantine so that the club can learn how to be a family. I think that having our Zoom bondings made the club grow closer together. - Katie Doan I had a very fun and enjoyable experience with the zoom bonding! I joined the zoom call on May 23 at 1PM with Katie, Sunny, and Emily and it was great meeting some of the Key Club board members! To start off, a common activity we did in the meeting to introduce everyone was icebreakers. We all went around, stating our names and one thing we look forward to for the next term. Some common answers were bonding with the new members and the services to help out the community. Moving on, the officers prepared a mini scavenger hunt for the members. Basically, the officers name an object and the members would search for that object in their house and have to say “I feel good! Oh! I feel so good!” to the camera. Obviously, the first person to say it and show the object to the camera wins a point. Furthermore, we ended the zoom call playing skribbl.io. It was an interesting game but we all ended up having fun. Although there were new members that I have never really talked to before, the bonding helped me grow closer to them. Despite being in quarantine, I believe the zoom calls help members keep in contact with each other and especially helps some people with their boredom. All in all, I enjoyed the bonding experience and I look forward to future bondings on zoom! - Cecilia Pham
Zoom Bonding
!!Congrations To the New 2020-2021 Divison Leadership Team!! Member Relations: Peter Pham-Tran (Bolsa Grande) Member Recognition: Nancy La (Santiago) Tech. Historians: Alina Ho (Westminster) Tiffany Bui (Rancho Alamitos) Activities Coordinators: Holly Nguyen (Santa Ana Valley) Nellie Nguyen (Westminster) Spirit Coordinators: Katelyn Tran (La Quinta) Alexis Vargas (Santiago) Annie Danh (Bolsa Grande) Fundraising Task Coordinators: Danny Nguyen (Bolsa Grande) Angeline Nguyen (Bolsa Grande) Kiwanis Family Relations: Jocelyn Nguyen (La Quinta) Division News Editor: Jessica Bui (Los Amigos) Executive Assistants: Joleen Nguyen (La Quinta) Katie Doan (Bolsa Grande) Jamie Nguyen (Santiago)
The Division Council Meeting took place on Zoom on May 21st with 100 people attending. It was interesting to see how DCMs have changed to adjust to online circumstances because of the coronavirus. Even though we were not able to meet physically with each other, the DCM was still enjoyable because of the games and different announcements. This particular DCM was full of announcements for the new term. Vivian Du, our new Lieutenant Governor, was announcing challenges, recognition, and updates about Officer Training Conference. She was also going to reveal the new shirt design and most importantly, the elected Division Leadership Team. I was particularly excited for the reveal of the DLT because like other people, I applied for a position for Division 4 North and was waiting almost a month for the results. It was also interesting to hear each club’s monthly recap. Despite not being at school or having no in person service events, every school was able to participate in social media spirit weeks, create online fundraisers and events, and use technology to connect with members. Finally, during the DLT announcement, I was able to hear that I was the new Executive Assistant! I was so excited to be more involved with the division and to have an impact on the members and events. The DCM ended with a Kahoot. Even though it was cut off because of the time limit on Zoom, it was still fun to be able to play a game with everyone else. Overall, I thought that the DCM was a success by bringing the division together through these tough times. - Katie Doan
May DCM Recap
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