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Official Newsletter of Key Club Jamaica District: Division 2
D2 VYBZ!
Volume 4 Issue4
August Issue Key Club Facts
Where is Key Club? Key Club is represented in 30 nations: • • • • • • • • • •
In this issue! Key Club Facts ............ 1
Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Australia Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Canada Cayman Islands Colombia Costa Rica
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Dominica Germany Guadeloupe Italy Jamaica Malaysia Martinique NetherlandsAntilles New Caledonia New Zealand
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Panama Philippines Singapore South Korea St. Lucia Taiwan Italy Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States of America
Upcoming Events ............................ 2 Recycling & Littering ......................... 3 Vybz Corner! ................ 4
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KEY CLUB District of Jamaica: Division 2 Newsletter
Upcoming Events: Jamaica Environmental Trust’s Beach Clean Up Each year, Key Clubbers from all over Jamaica travel to the shoreline to give back to the Caribbean Sea. This year, once again, we’ll be taking the early trek down to the Palisados strip to join into the work. Last year, we had an awesome time! Here are some photos to bring up those memories:
Figure 1: Two members of the Excelsior Executive Board chill with the then Secretary at Jamaica College.
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caring Figure 3: The Ardenne Family
Figure 4: Can you say Paarteh?
Figure 5: Key Club Represent!
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It’s not too late to go. Just express your interest to your club president and he/she will get back to me with the number of people interested from that school. NB. The sun get’s hot, so be prepared! Bring enough water to last for an hour or so (event sponsors provide a small lunch and beverage for everyone), a change of clothing, a camera, a cell phone and bus fare. Want to know more about the JET? Click HERE! Also, become a volunteer!
Figure 2: “Darn it! My Shoe got wet!”
Figure 6: Aren't we supposed to be picking up trash?
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Recycling &Littering
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Did you know?? -A plant takes a minimum of 15 to 20 years to grow into a tree, but takes less than ten minutes to be felled, and on an average one tree can yield about 700 paper grocery bags, which will be consumed in less than an hour by a supermarket!
Under the Law! According to Section 46 of the National Solid Waste Management Act of 2001:
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A person commits an offence if he(A) Throws, drops or otherwise deposits and leaves any litter in any -The average time taken by plastic bottles public place; or to decompose in a landfill is close to 700 (b) Erects, displays (whether by writing, marking or otherwise), deposits or affixes anything in a public place or on any building, years. Plastic not only adds to landfill wall, fence or structure abutting or adjoining a public place, in space and takes forever to decompose. Used plastic dumped into the sea kills and such circumstances as t o cause, contribute to or tend to the destroys sea life at an estimated 1,000,000 defacement of that place, building wall, fence or Structure, as the case may be, and shall be liable to a penalty under section 53. sea creatures per year! (2) Where any person, on behalf of some other person employing or recruiting him for the purpose, does any act in -There is an increased demand for recycled glass referred to as “cullet” in the contravention of subsection (1) (b), the person employing or recruiting him also commits an offence and shall be liable to a glass industry. This is because cullet or penalty under section 53 unless he proves that the act done was recycled glass costs much less than raw contrary t o his express instructions and that the act, if performed as material used to manufacture glass from instructed, would not have been in contravention o f this scratch. Cullet also consumes very little Section electricity, thereby conserving energy, which translates to decrease in carbon It is therefore a criminal offense to litter! dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which are Facts! greenhouse gases that contribute to the -Litter costs the country money, aka. TAXES. carbon footprint. -Litter is a threat to public health. It attracts vermin and is a breeding So why is recycling still not a mainstream ground for bacteria. Items such as broken glass and syringes can be a health hazard in public places. practice in Jamaica? What are your -Litter can be a fire hazard. Accumulated litter and carelessly thoughts? discarded cigarette butts are the image of places, especially tourist location (cough cough) Try to start a recycling program at your home or school! Here’s what the bible says about littering: Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' This therefore means that we are the stewards of the earth. And littering not only goes against the laws of the land, but against GOD. Don’t be disobedient.
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Vybz Corner: Leader: Vibz Check! D2: boom Leader: Vibz Check! D2: Boom Leade: Vibz Check! D2: BooM Leade: Vibz Check! D2: BOOM Leade: Vibz Check! D2: BOOOOM Leader: Vibz Check! D2: BOOOOOOM! Performed by Chanting. ________________________
Divisional Cheers
Ah chicken back and tun cornmeal, Ah chicken back and tun cornmeal, That’s all D1 feeds on, Ah chicken back and tun cornmeal.
We are D2,
Ah rice and peas and curry goat, Ah rice and peas and curry goat, That’s all D2 feeds on, Ah Rice and Peas and Curry Goat.
Performed by Chanting. (The chant is started at the lowest octave and volume, almost seeming like a whisper. Each time the person starts over, their voice should go one octave and increases the volume of their voice.
Sung to: When the Saints Go Marching In - Bill Haley and His Comets version ________________________
Couldn’t be prouder, If you wanna hear us, Shout a little louder!
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Get ready for Key Club Week!
Welcome back to a new school year everyone. Make it a productive one! See you all soon.
Chadwick Anderson, Lieutenant Governor +1(876)393-2439 Jahnoi.anderson@live.com c/o Jamaica College