Viking Newsletter | Lamar Key Club | Volume III Issue VIII | March 2022

VIKING NEWSLETTER MARCH 2022 LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL REGION 7 DIVISION 39N VOLUME III ISSUE VIII

LETTER FROM

THE EDITOR Hey Guys!

I cannot believe that the year is ending in another six weeks! This year has flown by so fast. I hope that everyone finishes off this year strong and that senioritis isn't hitting too hard :) Enjoy this March Newsletter and check out the new service opportunity for this month: Bringing in the Books. Get to know your Senior Representative and Historian this month. Get to know Rose Tungnung, a sophomore at Lamar High School who wrote this month's HOTO. This year our team isn't going to LEDCON, but you can find out about it on the district website: tokeyclub.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FUN FACTS ABOUT YOUR OFFICERS 5 HOTO - ROSE TUNGNUNG 7 MARCH REVIEW 9 APRIL OUTLOOK 11 GOALS THIS MONTH - MOI TUNGNUNG 13 TRAINING THE NEW OFFICERS - SAMIR ZAMAN 15 A MOMENT IN KEY CLUB - MARIELA MORALES 17 CLUB OFFICERS 19 WHEN CHANGE COMES KNOCKING - HALEY WEHR 21 DISTRICT NEWS & OFFICERS 23 KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL'S COLLABORATIVE AND SERVICE PARTNERS

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SENIOR REP MY FAVORITES COLOR: green RESTAURANT: Omi ARTIST: 5SOS SERIES: All of Us Are Dead COLLEGE CHOICE: UTA or TCU DESIRED MAJOR: Business

EXTRACURRICULARS AVID Lamar Youth Ministry

Academic Decathlon

Hi I’m Moi! I’m the Senior a pass Representative this year. I have been a part of Key Club since freshman year and I’ve genuinely enjoyed my time here. Each year, I make new connections with other Key Club meme bees that have a likeminded goal as me. Key Club has also taught me the importance of community service and it’s great effects. Hopefully, future members will get the same experience out of Key Club like I did!

3 |Fun facts about your officers

Something important to me is traveling. I live the experience of going from one place to another and seeing new things each time.

Traveling makes life a little less routine and adds something different to each day.

MY DUTIES Make slides for monthly meetings Assign work to other reps/officers Speaker Notes Writing monthly articles Planning socials

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HISTORIAN MY FAVORITES COLOR: beige RESTAURANT: Omi ARTIST: Jorja Smith SERIES: The Witcher COLLEGE CHOICE: UTA DESIRED MAJOR: Nursing

EXTRACURRICULARS LHS varsity track and field

HOSA HALO NHS

Hello, I’m Layla and your Key Club Historian! This is my fourth year in key club and my experience has been very productive and exciting. I have been able to volunteer in many great opportunities that not only has helped my school but also my local community. Throughout these events I was able to talk and enjoy the company of different people. My overall experience with key club has been positive and I will definitely continue to volunteer.

Something important to me are my books.

Books have been a big part of my life. They are filled with emotions, advice, adventures, and knowledge. The best part of reading is coming home from a long day, getting into something comfortable like pjs, and unwinding to book that transports me into a different world.

MY DUTIES take pictures at events write monthly articles help with powerpoints Planning socials

4 |Fun facts about your officers

HUMANS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA

BY ROSE TUNGNUNG

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Hello! My name is Rose Tungnung. I’m a Sophomore at Lamar High School and this is my first year in Key Club. I was born and raised in India for 6-7 years until we moved to the U.S. I’m the youngest of 3 in my family. I like to read and

During the Fall Festival at River Legacy I met another girl who went to a different school. At first we didn’t talk to each other but as time passed we got to know each other more. By the end of the day I had made a new friend who I would have

sometimes write during my free time and I also like listening to music. I love being able to hang out with my friends

never met had I not volunteered for the festival.

I recently applied for an officer position

and spending time with them. I’m currently in the D&D club that goes from 3-5pm every Friday. I went to Butler Elementary and Shackelford Junior High before going to Martin High School

for next year, so I look forward to being able to work with others to help the club if I get the position. I also really look forward to being able to volunteer for more events and making some great

during my freshman year then transferring here.

When I was younger I never understood the point of volunteering. My mom would always volunteer to help out at the church with different events and bring us along. I always hated having to go because I was forced to and I thought I had better things to do. However, after seeing how much our service helped the

memories. I’m also excited to meet new people and make new friends throughout my time in Key Club. I am thankful for being able to be a part of the Key Club family.

people at church I started to understand why my mom always volunteered. I started to volunteer more at our church and participated in the service projects that were available.

I recently became a member of Key Club as I have said before. I joined because Key Club gave me an opportunity to help even more people. I love that we have multiple ways that we can serve our community and provide for them in any way that we can. My favorite part of volunteering is meeting new people and making friends.

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Bringing in the Books On April 29th we will have a day where members can volunteer to read to students at Butler Elementary.

It will be at 1:15 during the school day For absence to be excused, you must have a form (found in room 284) filled out by parent CONTINUING

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Arlington Public Library: Books with Wheels Work to make arts and crafts for APL's Books with Wheels program George W. Hawkes Downtown Library (3:30-5:30 pm April 18th) Must sign up using link, do not attend if you didn't sign up!

Charity Miles https://miles.app.link/8H4Q6ZnAKab 10 miles/hr - it's not hard! Just take your phone on walks.

Make sure you’re in our group! We’re supporting March of Dimes, a Kiwanis Partnership Free Rice (UN World Food Program) Group Code 29JTX24F Maximum 5 hours, so 2500 grains of rice Download the app or use the website: freerice.org Humans of Texas Oklahoma (Due April 30th) Become our featured HOTO member of the month!

Write 450-500 words about your key club experience, and include a picture of yourself.

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Lamar Key Club Website https://keyclublamar.wixsite.com/lhskey Find all the important information here including opportunities, meeting presentations, cord and stole requirements.

Log Your Hours! https://tinyurl.com/vv4bvmv4

Email Us! keyclub.lamar@gmail.com

Follow Us: @lamarkeyclub

Get Newest Information @vfndkey1 10 April Outlook

MARCH 2022

Goals this Month GOALS FROM THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE

by Moi Tungnung

The regret I once had is turning into appreciation and gladness as I am able to be a part of a club like this.

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In many high schools around the United States, Key Club is very common and known among many students. It’s most well known for its focus on community service. This was the case when I joined the club upon entering high school.

However, the club and its purpose was never a concern to me through my years in Key Club. However, upon becoming an officer this year, my views have changed.

The sentiment of being in Key Club simply to have the credentials and an extracurricular activity to add to my resume followed me through all years of my club experience. It lasted up until the beginning of the school year. I was always the type of member who would go to service events to earn hours. I would never willingly and happily participate either.

The club was somewhat of a chore and sci-fi it’s to do to make my resume look better. I didn’t care much about the purpose of my actions and never tried to learn either.

Truthfully, I wouldn’t even be in Key Club if it were not for the fact that my friends had joined and asked me to join as well. Further down the line, when Covid had also hit, I became the type of person who would try to find loopholes around how to earn a lot of hours without exerting any effort. At that point in time, my only motivation was the hope of getting a cord for graduation. That is also how I started my senior year in Key Club.

Except, what changed was the fact that I applied to be an officer. Applying to be an officer was never a consideration in my head during my first three years in Key Club.

What led me in this path was sadly because of my desire to look good for colleges and scholarships.

However, a lot of things have changed for me after gaining a position. As a result, my views of Key Club have changed drastically.

Being an officer has shown me the importance of helping the community and the joy it brings to others and yourself when you do so. In a way, through assuming the position as an officer, I felt a sense of responsibility to lead others into the mindset of serving others around us.

In that way, my mindset was also changed in the process. At the beginning of the year, I felt as if it was a mistake to take on a higher role within Key Club. I felt that I wasn’t cut out to do a job I had no passion for.

However, after serving the Key Club at Lamar and the community, I’ve slowly begun to understand the importance of the club and its purpose. The regret I once had is turning into appreciation and gladness as I am able to be a part of a club like this.

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TRAINING THE NEW OFFICERS

BY SAMIR ZAMAN In key club, every officer must know their role inside and out so they can perform at their very best. Similar to how we need to tailor clothes for a perfect fit, we must mold our new officers to suit their duties and place in the club. With so many positions and responsibilities, training the next generation may seem daunting, but it will be a journey for everyone involved.

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I have had my fair share of teaching experiences throughout the years. I was a Microsoft Office tutor for a year and I’ve trained eight people to be master baristas at Starbucks. In every session and activity, I built a bond with every person I’ve worked with. This allowed me to learn about different learning styles, mindsets, and attitudes toward their task or role.

However, the training for key club will be different and special in its case.

We are training to create club leaders. Leaders who inspire and encourage club members and handle administration and the logistics behind the scenes of the entire operation. Every officer from the class reps, to the top dog president, must have a sense of leadership and hard work ethic to succeed in their role. This concept brings a big challenge for the current officers. How can we best prepare the future officers and ensure the growth of the organization we are leaving behind?

Firstly, we must give a thorough explanation of our roles to our successors.

Line up and explain our duties and solo responsibilities and job. Without the officers knowing how to complete their respective jobs, then the logistics will fail and the foundation will crumble.

The emphasis on their primary jobs allows for a successful team of operators who can keep their foundation solid. Once the new officers have extensive knowledge of their roles, we can move on to collaborative work. As an officer team, the officers must work inclusively and corroborate on future meetings, events, or service ideas. There is a certain threshold that every person hits when trying to juggle many things on their plate without the support of others around them. Rather than making futile attempts at handling every email or meeting, it is best to consult your fellow officers for their assistance in completing tasks together. This allows for the best work efficiency.

The majority of knowledge that I pass down to my successor will either be things I learned along my journey, things I wish I did better with, or small things I did not have the chance to implement during my time as a key club officer. I believe this method of teaching will allow for the next era to achieve bigger and better things that the past teams could not.

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A MOMENT IN KEY CLUB

BY MARIELA MORALES Being in Key Club has given and presented me with many opportunities, I have now thankfully been able to experience a lot of situations that I wouldn't otherwise have without Key Club. Each situation has been uniquely virtuous and exciting, different personalities, people, situations but nevertheless very delightful. However I think my most recent and memorable moment in Key Club was the Kiwanis Pancake Day Breakfast at the First United Methodist Church of Arlington.

I never honestly knew what was going to happen when I attended a Key Club event and that made it slightly exciting and nerve wracking. Pretty much it always went the opposite of how I thought it would go.

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Nevertheless I was able to in a way change my perceptions of certain things at these events and see things differently. And well the Kiwanis Pancake day was no different! Originally that Saturday morning I had woken up very late, my goal the previous night was to have woken up very early, have breakfast, watch TV and take things slow but basically it went the complete opposite. At that point I was feeling very awful and was even pondering about straight up just canceling and not going.

I sat there looking down at the Uber app thinking and thinking, whether to press the confirm button or not, no one was home so I had to pretty much make the decision myself, typically I would ask for my sisters opinion or my dads, I guess that way it felt like the decision was not made fully by me. I pretty quickly realized though that me staying home and ditching would be very selfish and unprofessional. As silly as it sounds I thought of my Key Club members and felt bad, really bad so I sucked it up and put my big girl pants on and went to the Kiwanis Pancake Day. I remembered I arrived late and when I entered I felt a slight dread but a spark of excitement as well. From what I recall I was pretty much greeted by Daniel and another Key Club member (Samir) when I arrived, they were very happy and jolly. And what can I say it definitely rubbed off on me. All of a sudden I felt animated and realized that just having someone familiar at the event with me was good enough. It felt like an energy rush and like I could conquer the world, it definitely felt magical. These events definitely left me breathless at the end of the day which was quite shocking but at the end of the day I felt proud of myself and content with whatever I did.

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These events definitely left me breathless at the end of the day which was quite shocking but at the end of the day I felt proud of myself and content with whatever I did.

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BY HALEY WEHR Dear Lamar Key Club, I have never been one for change. I’ve kept my hair roughly the same length since the seventh grade, and I have yet to experiment with the colorful hair dyes I see all around me, despite how tempting they seem. I’ve always worn the same style of jeans, stuck with the same crowd of people, and even put off getting braces for two years because I was afraid of how my new smile would look. To me, change has always been a hurricane waiting to catch me off guard so that it could sweep me off of my feet and into a world unknown. Although I hate to admit it, I sobbed and sobbed on my final day of eighth grade as I slipped out of the Shackelford Junior High orchestra room for the last time, because, truthfully, I had no idea where the years in front of me would take me.

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Would I still enjoy playing my instrument in high school? Would my friends still be performing with me side-by-side? Would my new directors be nice? Why couldn’t my eighth grade teachers just come with me? As the questions of uncertainty racked against the walls of my brain, I thought about dragging myself back to the orchestra room and staying there forever.

Looking back, I wonder what would have happened if I had stayed. I guess my parents would have eventually become worried and called the police, leading to the extraction of an emotional wreck of a teenage girl from Shackelford Junior High. (What a scene!) But, I also suppose that I never would have become the person I am today. Yes, high school brought immense changes, but these changes meant that I was introduced to tons of opportunities that I never would have received otherwise. For instance, with high school life came the chance to join new clubs, make new friends, explore a seemingly endless labyrinth of hallways, and choose from a wide range of electives. Had I stayed in junior high, I wouldn’t have ever ventured outside of my limits; and, in the words of Walsch, “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” At the moment, joining Key Club was one of the boldest decisions I made as a freshman. Feelings of unease paralyzed my body as I sat down at my first ever Key Club meeting. As we began playing a large scale hybrid of Never Have I Ever and Musical Chairs in the Lamar cafeteria, I felt extremely out of place among the crowds of upperclassmen, and even considered leaving altogether. But, remembering my battle with the orchestra room just months prior, I forced myself to stay. That’s when Emily handed me an obnoxiously lime green flash card that read “I occasionally appreciate you.” Soon, in the midst of my laughter, I realized that this is where life begins— surrounded by people who care about you (even just occasionally).

I have never been one for change. I’ll probably keep my hair this length for another five years and keep wearing navy blue skinny jeans till they don’t fit anymore. But despite this, change is always welling up around the corner, no matter how hard we try to ignore its presence. With only eight weeks left of high school, getting ready to say goodbye is a painful transition I am facing in my own life. However, I will leave you with the question: When change comes knocking, will you be dragged by fate, or will you walk through its corridor with confidence?

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DISTRICT NEWS

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There is also a Texas-Oklahoma District Website available for anything you need! the website is tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT GOVERNOR

district officers

Lillian Thai governor@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT SECRETARY

Ginna Galindo Gomez secretary@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT TREASURER

Makayla Hsieh treasurer@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT EDITOR

Anushka Ranjan editor@tokeyclub.com

CONVENTION LIASON

Kaitlyn Roehr

cl@tokeyclub.com

TECHNOLOGY PRODUCER Noah Obuya techproducer @tokeyclub.com

LTG Trinh Luong tluong.ltg @gmail.com

REGION 7 ADVISOR

Melissa Greene

region7@tokeyclub.com

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WANT TO DO MORE?

HERE ARE KEY CLUB INTERNATION PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE P

Landscape Structures (LSI) has joined Kiwanis International as a vision partner to bring play to communities across the globe. LSI is proud to provide highquality commercial playground equipment and planning consultation services that reflect the high degree of integrity that Kiwanis clubs expect.

Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works with the support of young people to END the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water.

By providing a community with safe drinking water, disease rates can drop by up to 88% virtually overnight!

Child mortality rates can drop up to 90%- overnight!

Clean water also plays an incredibly critical role in effectively treating and managing HIV/AIDS in rural communities.

23 | Key Club International Collaborative Partners

Nickelodeon currently presents two major campaigns year round that encourage action in kids globally.

Worldwide Day of Play reinforces Nickelodeon’s mission to make the world a more playful place by leading Play events across the country.

Nickelodeon’s Get Dirty campaign seeks to educate kids, families, and teachers about what they can do to help protect the planet in a way that is mindful and fun.

TeleSquads provide Key Club members with affordable opportunities to complete community service hours while gaining hands-ons international experience implementing projects that improve health and education outcomes for in-need communities. Each TeleSquad is a customized 1-9 week online course for groups of 8 or more Key Club members to build knowledge through skill-based volunteering, build cultural competency through virtual immersion, and deliver real impact through our local team by participating in live community and professional exchanges.

NAL'S SERVICE PARTNERS The Army strives to strengthen local communities through service and to build character and leadership among youth such as Key Club members. Through the Kiwanis Speakers Army personnel can connect with Kiwanisfamily clubs at club meetings, raising awareness of what today’s Army can provide and offer access to local Army support and resources. The Army also gives exceptional opportunities in higher education that can help young people throughout their lives.

Since 2014, Up with People and Kiwanis International members have teamed up to serve our communities, inspire youth and expand our impact in the world. that’s what Kiwanis International and Up with People share. Up with People programs open a door to service and intercultural understanding—whether it’s through a local show, leadership, and cultural workshops or providing service and travel experiences for young adults. Both organizations strive to ‘serve the children of the world’ and ‘empower youth to take action’ through our partnership.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

Register for one month of fitness, reach your health goals, and change lives. Join individually or create a team. Your involvement creates community, and it helps Project Happiness educate youth and people of all ages—by providing proven tools for greater happiness and well-being.

K Corps is Kiwanis International’s youth exchange program for Key Clubbers and Kiwanis-family teens. It’s a great opportunity for youth connected with Kiwanis—and for families and Kiwanis clubs as well.Through the program, clubs, families and youth develop strong global relationships and intercultural communication skills by —attending meetings, experiencing fellowship, raising funds for various causes and participating in service projects.

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