QuirKEY Volume 2 Issue 2

Volume 2, Issue 2

June NEWSLETTER

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF Division 16 of the New Jersey District

QUIRKEY MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 

7/1-7/8

International Convention 

7/10

June Club Monthly Report Forms Due

In this Issue: Important Dates

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Greetings!

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Regional Training Conferences

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Meet the Presidents

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Division 1B LTG

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Key Club Information

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Important Contacts

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Greetings from your Lieutenant Governor Hey Key Clubbers!

thing from a fun diviI hope that you have all sional event, to a heartwarming service event. been enjoying your I would like to hear all summer so far. Even opinions and suggesthough school is over tions before I start remember that Key Club is not! That’s one planning for my first of the great things that divisional event. As alI love about Key Club. ways you can contact Service never ends and me via facebook, so Key Club shouldn’t phone and email. either. In a few days, I will be heading to InYours in caring and ternational Convenservice, tion! I will be having a special edition newsletter on that soon! I hope that you all look forward to it! Also, as it is the summer. I would love to hear what sort of divisional events YOU would like to see. It can be any-

Erik Lim

Erik Lim, Lieutenant Governor of Division 16

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Regional Training Conferences

Ethan Santos Wong from Tenafly

“Overall the RTCs

were very fun. I was able to meet up with some Key Club friends and had a blast at the event..”

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The New Jersey Regional Training Conferences that took place at Bloomfield High School was a very informative, as well as a very fun, experience. The event started out with a bagel breakfast, an introductions to the Lieutenants Governors of New Jersey, and an ice-breaker. Personally I thought the ice-breaker could have been a little more organized, but I’ll get to that in a second. And finally there was a quick rundown of the upcoming Key Club events to kick off the conferences.

The first panel that I attended was the Vice President conferences; there I learned what it takes to be an excellent V.P. as well as gaining a full understanding of what the Vice Pres. does, besides being the sassiest person in the meetings. Next I attended the Ice-breaker panel

where I found out what icebreakers were used for, to try and break the anti-socialness between two strangers. And ice-breakers seldom work at times, but other times they create awkwardness between everybody in the room. The third panel I saw was the Public Speaking conference, there I gained more knowledge about speaking in front of a crowd, as well as quite a few laughs but I’ll come back to that momentarily. The final conference I saw was the Brand Guide panel, where I was introduced to the basic guidelines and assets for any Key Club related documents.

And now, some thoughts and experiences I have about event. First, I thought the ice-breaker in the beginning could have been better planed, because I no-

ticed that when the LTGs told everybody to split into groups there would be those semi-antisocial people whose don’t really know what to do, and that includes me. A possible way to resolve this is to divide the groups manually.

But let’s step away from negative things; let’s get to some funny moments, the entire Public Speaking conference was funny, with Christina Xiao and other attenders of the panel popping in some funny comments now and then. But overall the RTCs was very fun, I was able to meet up with some Key Club friends and had a blast at the event.

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Meet the (Past) President - Joe Viola As my final year of high school has neared its end, I look back at the memories I have had in the past few years at Emerson JuniorSenior High School. Some are lovely, hilarious and joyful, while others are the kind of memories that make you cringe when they come to mind. However, one of the best aspects of my high school years was Key Club.

The Key Club has taught

performer.

me so much, including

Although my senior year as

leadership, teamwork, and

President, was, unfortu-

organization. It has also

nately, prevented due to

helped my character im-

various issues, I am so

mensely and truly shaped

pleased to have been a part

me into the person I am

of Key Club the past few

today. I feel that with the

years and hope to see my

I was immediately inter-

skills I have gained through

club and the many others in

ested in the club my fresh-

this incredible club, I can

the area and the country

man year, and I am so glad

take on whatever I set my

thrive and accomplish eve-

that I joined when I did.

mind to in my exciting (and

rything they wish to.

nerve-wracking) future as a

Meet the Presidents - Hailey Graf My name is Hailey Graf and I am the current President of the Secaucus High School Key Club. My favorite subject is science and I love to volunteer. On my free time I enjoy shopping and socializing with my friends.

My number one goal for this upcoming school year is to expand the idea of teamwork throughout our club. It’s an important factor when trying to come up with new ideas. I also plan to adPage 3

vertise Key Club and hope to have membership increase. To do this I’ll talk to the new upcoming freshmen class about Key Club and what we’re about.

The best thing about Key Club is all the friends I’ve made.

Not only the friendships I’ve made with members in my club, but also the friends I’ve made from the other clubs in Division 16. I hope throughout the year I meet more people and I’m able to start even more friendships!

Newsletter Title

Cynthia Thurairajah—Division 1B LTG

Cynthia Thurairajah. Lieutenant Governor of Division 1B

“I come from a line of LTGs from my school who helped pave the way for my love for service. “

Me and Cynthia

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Hey Division 16!

My name is Cynthia Thurairajah and I’m the Lieutenant Governor of Division 1B. I’m an incoming senior at Egg Harbor Twp High School and have been in Key Club for four years. I come from a line of LTGs from my school who helped pave the way for my love for service. Key Club has given me the chance to be a leader, but more importantly help people around the world. I’ve been a part of lots of clubs and activities since I was little, like track and basketball, but nothing has brought out my personality more than Key Club. I hope that as an LTG I can bring my own division closer together, as well as work with other divisions in our district. After attending Key Leaders, Fall Rallies, DCONs and soon ICON, I found people who bring out the best in me, and I’m sure many of you can say the same thing. Shout out to our other half, Tenafly! I hope to see many of you at our upcoming district wide events and have a great summer.

Yours in Caring and Service, Lieutenant Governor of Division 1B Cynthia Thurairajah

Cynthia with District Secretary Kelly Tran

Me, Cynthia, and Tenafly Co-President Marisa Wong

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KEY CLUB Mission Statement Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.

Vision We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide.

Core values The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.

Pledge I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Motto Caring–Our Way of Life

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Division 16 of the New Jersey District

Next Issue...ICON! Hi Everyone!

Thank you all for reading my second edition of QuirKEY. I like to have articles recapping the events that happened in the division for those of you that could not make it.. For my next issue of the QuirKEY I will be having a special ICON coverage! I hope that you all look forward to it and as always, have a splendiferous day!

Important Contacts of the NJDB District Governor Ryan Clarkin governor.clarkin@gmail.com

District Secretary Kelly Tran dsectrank@gmail.com

District Webmaster Yuya Ong njwebmasteryuya@gmail.com

District Treasurer Penny Xu njtreasurerpennyxu@gmail.com

District Editor Pak Chau district.editor.pak@gmail.c om

Lieutenant Governor 16 Erik Lim ltgerik@gmail.com