July 2017
Volume 5 | Issue 3
D34N Official Newsletter Region 17 Cali-Nev-Ha District | Key Club International
Table Of Contents
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In This Issue... pg.2... LTG's Message pg.3 ... Banana Points Rankings pg.5... Club Summaries pg.9... Events pg.19... DCM's pg.22... Awards pg.23... Meet the DLT and TC pg.30... Division Resources pg.33... Contact Information pg. 38... DNE's Message pg.1
Lieutenant Governor's Message Summer has officially begun, and I know that a lot of you will be traveling, sleeping, hanging out with friends, and enjoying summer to the fullest extent. In addition to your movie marathons and TV show binge sessions, I strongly encourage you all to also continue serving your community throughout your summer. Make use of your free time to make a difference! This is the perfect time of year to start planning ahead. With more free time and flexibility, board members can get together to create an annual plan (or modify it) for the rest of the term. Listing ideas for service events and fundraisers, planning out future board meetings, and figuring out ways to increase attendance or membership are just a few things you could accomplish in the next month or two. July is also one of the greatest months to hold fundraisers. You can have a lemonade stand on a busy street, an ice cream social with your club, or a movie night this month to raise funds for your club, the Pediatric Trauma Program, Project Eliminate, or another awesome cause. Take advantage of vacation time! Julys Spotlight on Service Program focus is to Go Outdoors! This means you could hold beach clean ups, car washes, or even help out at a summer camps to go along with this month's SOSP focus. If you do host an event that connects to this month's theme, then submit an article and visual to the District Newsletter Editor. You can always contact me or another DLT member for more information. As for Monthly Report Forms, I cannot stress how important it is to submit them on time and complete them correctly! I also want to emphasize the importance of collecting service hours and correctly inputting them onto the Monthly Report Form so you have a chance to be recognized by the District. Keep attending events throughout summer (KCTC, July DCM, etc.) and I hope you all have an APE-tastic summer! Please contact me if you have any questions :-) See you all soon! With the spirit of service, Kayla Tai Division 34 North Lieutenant Governor
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Banana Points D34 North Rankings for July 1. South San Francisco (679 Points)
2. Carlmont (523 Points)
3. Aragon (431 Points)
4. El Camino (170 Points) 5. Lowell (105 Points) pg.3
6. San Mateo (100 Points) 7. Hillsdale
(75 Points)
8. Mills (50 Points) 9. Notre Dame
(40 Points)
10. Burlingame (20 Points) 10. Westmoor (20 Points) 11. Sequoia (5 Points)
12. George Washington (0 Points) pg.4
Club Summaries South San Francisco This month, South City participated in the Kiwanis Special Games, Maker Faire, Relay for Life and many other service events. To close out the year, we distributed stoles to qualifying seniors. We also fundraised during finals with Krispy Kreme to lighten up everyone's week. Finally, we made ribbon leis to sell during graduation.
-Kristie Poon
Lowell Unfortunately we haven't been too active lately. We had some members attend the May and June DCMs. Hopefully we will become more active over the summer.
-Jason Fong
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El Camino
-Umar Patel
This month our club, El Camino, hosted its first fundraiser! We sold Tpumps at our senior graduation and raised around $300 for PTP! This year most of our board and a couple of members also volunteered at the Tour de Cure, both at setup and on the day of the actual race. The club officers have also began to think ahead for future summer events. We have planned to attend KCTC and also have set a date for our June board meeting. Other plans that have been set in motion are our beach cleanups, we plan to have three this summer. Finally, another exciting service event that could possibly be happening is a partnership between SSFHS's and ELCO's key club's to clean up Westborough park and also garden there.
Carlmont
-Jonathan Deridal
Our club has done several events last month. These events include Second Harvest Food Bank, San Carlos Kiwanis Hometown Days BBQ, Leis Making Session at our lunch meeting, Tour de Cure, and helping out at Ralston's Graduation event. We also had a Tpumps fundraiser during a school event in which we sold out in 10 minutes. Furthermore, we had our End of the Year Celebration Meeting where we showed recognition to those who served 15 or more hours of service this semester and other awards. We plan on having our board meeting and planning of the year meeting tomorrow as well as planning on attending KCTC.
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San Mateo This month, San Mateo focused on attending events and reviewing the past months of our term. This month, we focused on improving ourselves for the coming school year, delegating tasks to individual officers, setting up guidelines, and working on projects for the upcoming months. We had our club visitation, where we were given extremely helpful advice, and also individual meetings between myself and the board members to establish responsibilities. Overall, this month's focus was to prepare ourselves for the upcoming school year, and making sure that we were ready to bring all of our new Aqua
-Krithika Thanigaivelan
Westmoor During the month of June, Westmoor Key Club has not been very active, although we have been brainstorming for more fundraising ideas to possibly allow key club members to attend events without spending money from their own pockets. We have also been preparing items such as posters for our Club Fair which will be some time during the year.
-Samantha Chen
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LIST OF CLUBS WHO HAVE NOT SUBMITTED CLUB SUMMARIES -ARAGON -HILLSDALE -BURLINGAME -GEORGE WASHINGTON -NOTRE DAME -MILLS -SEQUOIA
Thank you to the clubs who sent their club summaries but to the clubs who haven't, please remember to submit your club summary by the 15th before 6:00 P.M. Even if you haven't done anything the past month, you can still write about what you are planning to do.
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EVENTS
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Tour de Cure On the weekend of June 10-11, South San Francisco's Key Club went to Palo Alto to volunteer for the Tour de Cure. On Saturday, we took a van there at 9 AM with 2 volunteers from elco's key club. Saturday was for preparation for the actual event Sunday. We helped set up garbage/recycle/compost bins throughout the area and helped load the inventory for the rest stops. This meant organizing boxes of food, loading things onto vans, etc.. We left at 2PM. On Sunday, we had to leave at 5AM. We had a lot more to do the next day because it was the actual event. We put out tablecloth and helped cheer for the cyclists. We ran the children's area and helped facepaint, play with playdoh, etc.. Then we helped clean up and put away trash cans, tablecloth, etc.. We didn't have to do hard stuff like put away chairs and tables because they hired a company to deal with all of that, which made things easier. On both days, we met other key clubbers from other divisions like division 34 South.
-Patrick Choi, South San Francisco
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Maker Faire Sunday, May 21, I volunteered at Maker Faire. Maker Faire is a big convention where people show off their creative minds and awesome inventions. Since we had some trouble signing in as green travelers, we went in a normal travelers instead. As travelers we were given different tasks from the staff helping us. The main man Casey was our guide and taught us how to take out the different tasks. He gave us the important job of passing out the liability wristbands needed to partake in the different activities at Maker Faire. While passing out the wristbands, it was amazing to see how many diverse and smart minds came out to see all the incredible inventions. If you ever get the chance, I would really recommend volunteering because it was really fun and you get a free pass to Maker Faire once your’e done with your job. Joanathan Yabut, South San Francisco I had an fascinating time volunteering at Makerfaire. With my role as a Green Traveler, I received a t-shirt and lanyard with a name badge attached. There was a somewhat brief training on sorting waste. Afterwards, all the Green Travelers and I were assigned to various disposal stations around the venue. I was stationed at one near live music, numerous food booths, and luckily under some shade. My task was help the attendees divide their waste into recycling, compost, and landfill. It was painful seeing the amount of waste generated, especially the items that had to be sent to landfill. Such items included plastic straws, plastic forks, and wrappers. Some of the people who came by were interested in how the waste was sorted and appreciated our service. Reducing my waste consumption and disposing responsibly is something that is important to me, so I was glad to help others sort their waste. Belinda Yu, Carlmont
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​ 2 volunteers were present at Maker Faire on May 21st, 2017. We arrived at about 9AM and left at 4PM. When we arrived, we had some difficulty signing in but were able to figure it out. The event was very well organized and once we got in, our supervisor Casey explained all the logistics. We were "travelers", meaning that we were stationed anywhere that needed volunteers around the event. Casey first sent us to the West Gate with a clipboard and we were responsible for having participants sign a liability agreement and handing out wristbands. We took a lunch break at 12 and continued giving out wristbands until 4. The event definitively did not disappoint and we were entertained by some of the coolest gadgets and drones ever. Despite the hot weather, we're looking forward to participating in Maker Faire next year!
Patrick Choi, South San Francisco
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Kiwanis Sausage Supper Every year at the Hometown Days event in San Carlos, the Kiwanis of San Carlos sells dinner at Burton Park. Dinner included a sausage, beans, and salad. Key Clubbers help to prepare and serve dinner to the guests. I enjoyed interacting with the Kiwanians and seeing the volunteers have so much fun working together. Belinda Yu, Carlmont
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Second Harvest Food Bank The volunteers and I helped pack protein-dense foods. We packed cardboard boxes filled with food that were either pull-top (ready-to-eat) or non pull-top (require a can opener or preparation). Examples of pull-top items include peanut butter, soup, and cans with the pull-top lid. Non pull-top items include microwave meals and cans without the pull-top lid. The weight of the food couldn't exceed 28 pounds. Before packing, we had to check the date on each food item to ensure that it wasn't too old and look out for items that were recently recalled by their companies: two brands of canned tuna and canned spaghetti. I noticed that this food sort was more complex then the past ones I have been to. Sadly, this was my last time attending a food sort as a high school student. However, I will definitely return to participate soon.
Belnda Yu, Carlmont
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LEIS SALE On June 2nd from 8AM-3PM, Key Club sold ribbon leis and double leis during South San Francisco High School's Graduation. Due to some complications with ASB, who was also selling leis, we had to make a deal and split the profits. Leis were sold for 5 dollars and double leis for 10. Since ribbons didn't cost much, we earned a strong profit of 156 dollars. We sold along side ASB, who were selling other products such as orchid leis and shirts. We also had to compete with other companies that were selling leis outside of the school, which problably took away some of our customers and profits. Overall it was a decent fundraiser.
Patrick Choi South San Francisco
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Krispy Kreme Fundraiser During May 30th and 31st, several key club officers sold Krispy Kreme Donuts outside of school after class. We charged a dollar per donut and 10 dollars for a box(12 donuts). We bought 25 boxes for 143 dollars and sold them all for 236, earning a profit of 93 dollars. We sold most of our boxes the first day and quickly sold the rest on the second, so next time we will probably buy more donuts to sell. This marks the first of hopefully many successful fundraisers this term
Patrick Choi, South San Francisco
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Ralston Middle School Graduation The Ralston PTSA volunteers, Key Clubbers and I helped set up hundreds of chairs in preparation for the graduation taking place in the afternoon. We began bright and early at 8am. While the company unloaded the chairs, we relocated the chairs into sets of rows and columns. A few hours later, I helped manage the table where guests could help themselves to water bottles to beat the heat. Finally at post-graduation, we picked up several pieces of trash and helped put away the chairs.
Belinda Yu, Carlmont
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Carlmont Key Club Interclub at Division 34 Kiwanis DCM On June 21, 2017, Carlmont Key Club members and officers attended the Kiwanis Division Council Meeting at 7pm at The Friends Meeting House in Palo Alto. Vice Presidents Emily Nguyen and Isabella Mattioli, Former Vice President Belinda Yu, Treasurer Rebecca Jiang, and Advisor Rosie Jimenez went to the event and listened in on both recent and future Kiwanis business. Carlmont Treasurer Rebecca introduced the meeting with an inspirational story, and Isabella and Emily spoke about Carlmont's recent events. Kiwanis representatives discussed the outcomes of Tour de Cure, membership demographics, and election results. The meeting overall was very educational and interesting.
Rebecca Jiang, Carlmont
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May DCM I have been to many DCMs before, but none has been more stressful yet awarding as this one. For starters, this is the first DCM that I have ever helped organize and it was very stressful. From planning the activities to discussing the cost we had to do it all. However, seeing that the DCM turned out to be a success made it all worth it. The first hour started off with the usual DCM agenda with the exception of the DLT announcements as well as the Eliminate Week presentation. Afterwards, we had lunch, which included pizza, lemonade and assorted sweets. Afterwards, we participated in water balloon activities. I had a lot of fun planning the DCM but I'm sure glad that it's over.
Richard Tang, Aragon At the May DCM, Carlmon Key Club had 6 members and 1 advisor present. We learned about the ELIMINATE SOSP and had a water balloon battle.
Isabella Mattioli, Carlmont
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Richard Tang, Aragon
At theOn 9 between 3-5:30PM, South San MayJune DCM, Francisco brought Carlmon Key Club6 members and one adviser to 6the June DCM had members and in San Carlos. We divided into groups and completed a scavenger hunt. 1 advisor present. We donated We then learned aboutmoney the for PTP by spending money to buy SOSP chances for guessing how much ELIMINATE candy wasa water in a jarbaland buying pies to throw on and had executive assistants and our LTG. A total of 84 loon battle. dollars was raised. We then listened to our EAs talk about several topics such as fundraising tips andIsabella KCTC information. Mattiolii , After we revealed who wonCarlmont awards of the month, we took pictures and left.
Patrick Choi, South San Francisco
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Awards CONGRATULATIONS TO...
Member of the Month Patrick Choi
Club of the Month
Dave Kim
Officer of the Month San Mateo
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MEET Your
Division Leadership Team AND
Task
Coordinators OF 2017-2018 pg.17 g.23
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The Division Leadership Team- Executive Assistant
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y name is Isabella Mattioli, and I serve our division as an Executive Assistant! I also serve Carlmont Key Club as Vice President. I am super excited to make more friends this term and to be more involved with our division. I am currently a freshman at Carlmont, so this was my first year in Key Club. I remember the very first event I attended, which was a Division Council Meeting, and it was about two days after I first joined Key Club. I recall being very confused by all of the cheers and acronyms, but we played games and I had a ton of fun. I specifically remember this day because I instantly felt so valued and involved with Key Club, although I had just joined. This was one thing that pulled me into Key Club, and ever since then, I have been getting more and more involved. Outside of Key Club, I am in my school’s Clubs & Culture commission of ASB. I am also the outgoing President of my class at my National Charity League chapter. I am on my school’s Improv team, and in some clubs such as Baking Club, Reach Out Club. Another huge passion of mine is animals, thus why I volunteer at the SPCA kitten nursery. If have any questions, or just want a friend, please text, call, or email me; I love to talk!
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The Division Leadership Team- Executive Assistant
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y name is Umar Patel and I will be serving you and D34N on the Division Leadership Team as an Executive Assistant for this upcoming term. I am so excited to work with all of you at future Key Club events and help make our division even more APEtastic than it already is. As of right now I am a sophomore at El Camino High School and this past term was my first at being president of my home club, and I am also going to be serving El Camino’s Key Club as president for this upcoming term. My passion for Key Club and service arose when I attended one of my first Key Club service events at a Halloween carnival at a local elementary school. I realized the power of service and the personal reward gained from helping my community. From that point on, I began attending more Key Club events including DCMs and such. And here I am now! Growing up I loved playing sports. From my days playing baseball and soccer to AAU basketball, I think I enjoyed sports so much because of how the things I learned inside the lines of the playing field carried over to my own life. I learned many life lessons such as teamwork, perseverance, and staying calm under pressure, and I hope to apply many these ideals to my executive assistant role. In my free time I enjoy playing for my school’s basketball and tennis teams, watching movies, and going out with my family. High school can be stressful at times (or let me rephrase that: almost ALL the time) but by distracting myself with these things I find sometimes I can get through things that I may never have thought I could get through. Outside of Key Club I am also president of FutureLab, a club I designed last year focused on using innovation and imagination to solve real world challenges. I am also part of my school’s Drama department, the East Bay Leukemia Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night committee, and the Think Big National Team which is part of the Jefferson Awards. I am also part of my school’s Ecology club, Students in Action, and CSF. I am so excited to work with all of you this year. Feel free to contact me by phone or email if you have any questions or concerns. I can’t wait to get to know you all! Stay Awesome!
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The Division Leadership Team- Executive Assistant
y name is Kristie Poon, and I'm the third and final Executive Assistant for 34 North. As of now, I'm a Freshman serving as the President of South San Francisco High School's Key Club. I joined Key Club in order to follow in my brother's footsteps thinking that I could hopefully make my parents proud. At the end of the day, I stay for a completely different reason. I feel in love with the organization and serving my community. Key Club has given me a sense of belonging, and I suddenly wasn't some random Freshman at school anymore. At my first Key Club event, the Walk to End Alzheimer's, I was actually completely alone. My friend who was supposed to go with me ended up sick (coughmichaelcough). Groups of 3-5 people were being deposited at every corner, and of course, friends stuck with each other. Eventually, I was thrown in a group with some Juniors and a Senior (AARON TSE!) from my school. It was the most awkward thing ever, and I honestly wouldn't like to experience it again. Later in the day, they opened up to me and I actually ended up enjoying that day very much. We cheered for the walkers and shared a watermelon on a skateboard. That might've been my Key Club moment... At school, I serve as the Freshman President and I will be serving as Sophomore President next year. Besides ASB, I'm also in Hallyu Club, a Korean Culture Club. We dance. That's about it honestly. As for random things you really don't need to know about me... I'm really good at taking ugly pictures. I love Capri Sun. I'm probably the most abnormal out of the 3 Executive Assistants... I also love Peppa Pig. I enjoy drawing. I'm extremely blunt... I use unnecessary periods while texting, so it may sound like I'm angry when I'm really not. I suggest you think twice before befriending me because you may regret it a bit. I'll look forward to meeting you all in the future. Until then, work hard to get your service hours! If you want to talk, feel free to email or text me. I suggest the latter because it's more efficient. Social media is also a good way to keep in touch, so that works too. Honestly, it's whatever you prefer. I apologize in advance for my cringiness...
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FRN Spirit Coordinator
Richard Tang, Aragon
Mariah Padilla, El Camino
DCON Spirit Coordinator
Jonathan Yabut, South San Francisco
PTP Coordinator
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Key Leader Coordinator
Emily Nguyen, Carmont
Social Media Coordinator
MNT Coordinator
Cameron Arcega, South San Francisco
Ellen Batsuri, Aragon High School
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DIVISION RESOURCESS
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Join Our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/D34Naquaapes/ FOLLOW US ON Twitter and Instagram @34north
Cyber Key:http://www.cnhkeyclub.org/
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Read the District Newsletter on Cyber Key to stay updated about what's bee-n happening in our district
http://d34north.wixsite.com/d34north
Our Division http://d34north.wixsite.com/ Website: If you want to send a message to our entire division, try using our reflector! http://groups.google.com/group/d34nAquaApes
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Contact Information
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DLT
Contact the DLT if you have any questions for them!
DNE: Andy Wu
LTG: Kayla Tai
Email: andywu454@gmail.com Phone:( 415) 837-8361
Email:d34n.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com Phone: (650) 200-7978
Executive Assistant: Isabela Mattioli
Email: Isabellammattioli@gmail.com Phone: (650) 863-3930
Executive Assistant: Umar Patel Email: upatel023@gmail.com Phone: (415) 871-3787
Executive Assistant: Kristie Poon
Email:kristiethepoon@gmail.com Phone: (650) 922-0086
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Club Presidents South San Francisco Kristie Poon ssfhs.president@gmail.com
Lowell
Jason Fong jason13fong@gmail.com
Aragon
Alex Ma ahskc.pres@gmail.com
El Camino
Umar Patel upatel023@gmail.com
Carlmont Jonathan Deridal 792330@seg.org
Hillsdale
Dinh Poon dinhpoon2000@gmail.com
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Burlingame
Anya Smith anyacamilesmith8@gmail.com
Westmoor Samantha Chen cherralin@gmail.com
Mills Cherry Lin cherralin@gmail.com
Notre Dame Madison Macha mmacha20@ndhsb.org
San Mateo Krithika Thanigaivelan naturerocks01@gmail.com
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Task Coordinators Key Leader Coordinator Emily Nguyen, Carmont
Phone: (650) 315-6292 Email: emilybcn2033@yahoo.com
MNT Coordinator Cameron Arcega, South San Francisco
Phone: (650) 580-0750 Email: cameronarcega@gmail.com
Social Media Coordinator Ellen Batsuri, Aragon
Phone : (650) 787-3009 Email: zuulunbatsuuri20@gmail.com
FRN Spirit Coordinator Richard Tang, Aragon
Phone :(650) 580-7226 Email: ahskc.sec@gmail.com
DCON Spirit Coordinator Jonathan Yabut, South San Francisco
Phone: (650) 534-8760 Email: yabutbut@gmail.com
PTP Coordinator Mariah Padilla, El Camino
Phone: (650) 892-4918 Email: mulac96@gmail.com
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The Division Leadership Team- DNE
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ope you guys enjoyed the newsletter, my name is Andy Wu, and as the new Division Newsletter Editor, I'll try to put in as much effort as I can to improve the newsletter and make it easier for you guys to get new information about the division. I'm totally open to any criticism as I think that that criticism can be very constructive. So, please just tell me about any improvements I can make in the newsletter and contact me using the information in the newsletter. I believe I can make great newsletters full of a ton of useful information, so please keep reading these if you enjoyed them. GO AQUA APES!!!
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