VIKING NEWSLETTER | VOLUME lV ISSUE lll | 10/22

newsletter OCT 2022 | Volume lV Issue III

Lamar High School | Region 7 Division 39N

Working for a CAUSE, not for Applause

Service Opportunities // October Review // Favorite Service Events

Written by Luke Walsh

editor's note Hey yall! Crazy to think think that its almost the end of October and the 2nd to last 6 weeks of the semester. Be sure to read this months news letter to see what we did for activities and to see what you missed as well! Remember to record those hours and stay tuned for new events.

Have a great day! - Luke Walsh

1 | Editor's Note & Letter from the President

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 3

EDITOR'S NOTE CLUB OFFICERS

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NOVEMBER CALANDER

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OCTOBER REVIEW

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OTHER INFORMATION

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

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(FALL)ING IN LOVE WITH THE KEY CLUB - NICK ASTIE

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FAVORITE EVENT SO FAR LUKE WALSH

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HOTO- SARA LIM

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EVENTS SO FAR - LUKE WALSH

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KC INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

PRESIDENT

Sara Lim kc.lamar.president @gmail.com

VICEPRESIDENT

Zac Hattendorf kc.lamar.vicepresident @gmail.com

SECRETARY

Rose Tungnung kc.lamar.secretary @gmail.com

TREASURER

Luke Anderson kc.lamar.treasurer @gmail.com

SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE

WEBMASTER

Kaiden Cheng kc.lamar.webmaster @gmail.com

Nicholas Astie kc.lamar.seniorrep @gmail.com

Hey there!

Do you want to Represent your class in Key Club? Contact an officer Now!

HISTORIAN

N.A kc.lamar.historian @gmail.com

Hey there!

Do you want to Represent your class in Key Club? Contact an officer Now!

JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE N.A kc.lamar.juniorrep @gmail.com

SOPHOMORE REPRESENTATIVE

N.A kc.lamar.sophrep @gmail.com

3 | Club Officers

club officers

EDITOR

Luke Walsh kc.lamar.editor @gmail.com

DISTRICT GOVERNOR

district officers

Johnanthan Perz governor@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT SECRETARY

Dylan Dam secretary@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT TREASURER

Emily Zhang treasurer@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT EDITOR

Bethany Tran editor@tokeyclub.com

CONVENTION LIASON

Lendall Andal

cl@tokeyclub.com

TECHNOLOGY PRODUCER Minori Kikuchi techproducer @tokeyclub.com

CONVENTION LIAISON Lendall Andal @tokeyclub.com

REGION 7 ADVISOR

Siya patel region7@tokeyclub.com

4 | District Officers

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2nd APL BOOKS WITH WHEELS 5 | Upcoming events

20th LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE NOVEMBER HOTO

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9th Mission Arlington

This month we continued we did our annual river legacy fall festival where we saw a lot of out key club members sign up for the morning and the afternoon. We also volunteered at the big Tex 5-10k run were we got up around 5 am to help those runners. There was also the monthly APL books on wheels and the mission Arlington. We also had our trunk or treat event where you'd have to bring candy in for service hours.

6 | October Review

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES (NOVEMBER) Free Rice by UNWFP STEP 1: go to freerice.com or download the free app STEP 2: log in & our group with the code: YCFUFCSL STEP 3: start doing trivia! each question = 5 grains of rice donated 1 hr/ 100 grains, 6 hrs max YOU CAN COME HELP OUT AT MISSION ARLINGTON. IT IS THE 2ND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 4:30-6:30PM. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, JUST SHOW UP. ADDRESS: 210 W SOUTH ST, ARLINGTON, TX 76010

Arlington Public Library Events

Mission Arlington

Our club also participated in Arlington Public Library events. Come join us at the Arlington Public Library every month to work on crafts for the Books on Wheels projects. This counts as sponsored service hours :) It it at 4:30-6:30 in the Young Adult Area on the second floor. It will be on October 18th, link to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/62drfr5w For online volunteer opportunities, book/movie recommendations will be accepted. These recommendations will go into the APL Teen newsletter that is sent out every other week. There should be at least two copies of the recommended item in the system. 2 recommendations for 1 hour and you can only submit 2 recs/month.

Here's the link https://tinyurl.com/cywvmnk6

Women's Shelter Donations

A service opportunity that we're introducing this month is the Women's Shelter where you can donate essentials to families in need. Bring the items to room 284 by November 12th! 3 items/1hour and maximum of 3 hours. Items that you can bring: Reynolds wrap, wax paper, baggies, napkins, paper towels, dish soap, counter cleanser, window/glass cleaner, kleenex tissues, shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste/brushes, combs/brushes, hand sanitizer, mirrors (small), cotton balls, books (fiction), small flashlights with batteries.

HUMANS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA 8 | November - Service Opportunities

Write an article for an hour!

Talk about yourself and your journey in Key Club Send us a photo of yourself It has to be at least 450 words Thank you to Nick Astie for writing the October HOTO!

(Fall)ing in love with the Key Club By

By Nick Nick Astie Astie

My name is Nick, and Key Club has made a massive impact on my life. It’s allowed me to meet new people, support my community and most importantly see the impact we make as a club in our community.

There have been countless times in my Key Club journey where I’ve seen people light up because of the help we are providing. This is why I fell in love with Key Club. Being able to be that aid and support and seeing the joy filled eyes of the people we impact, truly makes me ecstatic to be a part of an organization that is centered around making a positive impact on our neighborhood and surrounding communities. One instance I can vividly remember from volunteering, was at the canned food drive at Mission Arlington. Me and my friends had worked in the mission arlington food pantry for a few hours, we were stacking, and organizing the canned foods. After my friends and I had finished working on putting all the canned foods away, Tilly (the founder of Mission Arlington), had come around and saw the work we had done. Seeing Tilly’s eyes light up and her childlike smile made me so happy I couldn’t help but smile back. Another volunteer opportunity that comes to mind was a fall festival at a local elementary school. I was running a booth at the festival when a lady and her daughter came up to me.

Photo of Luke and I (I'm on the left) at Mission Arlington

They were interested in the activity I was responsible for, which was the photo booth, but the lady realized she didn’t have her phone! She wanted to take a photo with her kids, so I offered to take the photo for her and send it via text. The woman was overjoyed when I told her this, and gladly agreed to take the photo with my phone.

Once I’d taken the photo and sent it to her, the lady thanked me with a huge smile on her face and went with her kids throughout the rest of the festival. These are just two of the countless times I’ve experienced this through Key Club that have made me fall in love with the organization. Being able to positively impact someone's life even at our young age in high school, truly makes a difference, even if you might think otherwise. Seeing everyone's faces that I have made a positive impact on through my efforts has truly made my time here at Lamar High School so special. I would definitely recommend to everyone at Lamar and anyone else who is in high school to reach out and see if their school has a Key Club Organization. It truly makes a difference in your life and the lives of others in the school and community.

9 | (falling) in love with the Key club Nick Astie

Favorite Event So Far By By Luke Walsh ByLuke LukeWalsh Walsh

I would say my favorite service this year definitely has to be the river legacy festival. The river legacy fall festival is the annual festival held at river legacy park in North Arlington around the fall. I did go last year but I would say that this year was better than last year. The previous year's festival was pretty good though. I met a lot of people that year and made some new friends along the way too. It was also kinda miserable for me too. I stood in the gaming stand and had to do dino bowling. I had to deal with kids which was fine but tiring because you had to use your back a lot to help the kids with the bowling pins. I also spilled water on my jeans which did not feel nice. At the end of the day though, I would say that it was worth the six hours of effort. On the other hand I would say that this year's festival was a lot better. I was more prepared for it, by bringing things like comfortable clothes and a good quality water bottle so I can stay hydrated. I did take the afternoon shift like last year, I would’ve done the morning shift but no one was doing the afternoon one. I got there in a transport van with some people I knew from school and went to the festival. They did put me in the games again but this time I got to relax a little more because of the game I got which was dino toss. I got to relax and they gave us some Chick Fil La too which tasted great. The crowd of people that came by was mostly polite too, and it was nice to see people have fun at this place. I was at that booth for about 3 hours then one of the people from my school wanted to switch jobs with me, and I agreed.She was doing a bouncy slide type of game.She said that it was chaotic over there due to the hyperactive kids, but when I got there it wasn’t too bad. Sure I mean there were some crazy kids there, one of them even almost tipped the bouncy house over .

But it was nice, I got to sit there and relax for the next couple hours and watch everyone have some fun. After 3 more hours it was time to clean up, we started by dismantling things like chairs and tables. Then we started to pick up tables from around the park. It was actually kinda cool, we got to ride around in an atv with little storage attached to it. While the labor was not easy, glad I didn’t lose my fingers, it was fun. After that we got on the van and I went home. Overall a pretty good experience.

Luke, Kaiden, and Seema, at the 5k Tex run

10 | Favorite event so far - Luke Walsh

How the Key Club Changed me

By Sara Lim Hello, my name is Sara Lim. This is my fourth year in Key Club, and I am the Key Club President here at Lamar! I play the violin in the symphony orchestra at Lamar, and I’m also on varsity tennis. I enjoy drawing/painting and cooking in my free time (if I’m not drowning in homework haha).

Volunteering has always been a part of my life since my parents brought my siblings and me to many volunteering events throughout our childhood. And when I found out that Lamar had a club that emphasized volunteerism, I was elated to join! Joining Key Club last year as a freshman, I didn’t have very high expectations. But, as I started hanging out and volunteering with the people in Key Club, I realized that this club wasn’t only about volunteering and bettering the community; but a family. Key Club is one united family to me.

Unlike other clubs, Key Club reaches out to people/organizations to help them!

It’s an amazing family to be a part of. Going to service opportunities together and growing as a better human being is a valuable outcome of being in Key Club to me.

As I mentioned previously, I play the violin. I started playing the violin in 4th grade of my own will because I thought it sounded pretty. I don’t only participate in the orchestra in school, but I use my ability for others too. For example, at Christmas, my mom organizes a group of my friends and me to go sing and play carols in nursing homes. Doing this brings smiles and joy to the people watching us. It also brings me joy to see that we’ve brightened their day. I’m glad that I can use my violin “skills” to make others happy in our community.

A fun fact about me is that I sow! I’ve been sowing masks for my local church drive, and now I’m sowing masks for the Lamar band booster club. I also plan on sewing masks in the near future to donate to a hospital called Scottish Rite because they’ve helped me when I had to go there for a year and now I want to give back to them. I hope that here at Key Club we can start a sowing service opportunity to donate masks to our community too!

I look forward to creating more memories in Key Club during my last year of high school! I can’t wait for Christmas. And most of all - I can’t wait to volunteer with the Key Club family again.

11 | HOTO Sara Lim

The key club so far has planned quite a few events. It's only up to november and we have already had a lot of opportunity services. We have our monthly Arlington Public library or APL books on wheels service. This service is where people go to the Arlington public library and help around and they also do things like arts and crafts. This event is usually from 4:30 to 6:30pm and is usually on wednesdays. The other occasional service we have is the Mission Arlington services. Mission Arlington services can vary from time to time. One time they had us paint a wall for them, and help them stack books into bookshelves for the kids. Another time they had us help sort out shoes and sheets for them. Then stock the shelves for one of their stores. There are events we had unique to this year, like the 5-10k fun run. We had to get up around 5am and get there at 6am to help people with running. I worked to hand the people medals and water as well, while other Key club members helped them sign up and get their shirts. That was a fun event to help out at. Another event we had was the annual River Legacy Fall Festival. This festival is where we helped out with things like concessions, games, and many more things. You could choose the morning shift 10-4pm, or the afternoon shift 4-10pm. Each of them would be 6 hours long. Unlike other events this one usually happens once a year usually. We have also had other events at River Legacy events like Privet patrol. The Privet Patrol happened at the River Legacy park. We went there to pick up this invasive plant called privet. We got there around 10 and the event lasted until around 12pm, while it was hot and hard labor it was a fun event to be at. The other events they offer all the time are the online ones. One of these online events is the free rice event. Basically on this website you help with questions and every time to get one right you get a grain of rice, you keep on doing this and then eventually you fill a bowl or rice. What this actually does is feed hungry people around the world by feeding them rice through this website. I believe that you get 1 service hour for every 1000 grains of rice you fill. I'm sure there's more events I forgot about but these are the ones I remember having so far.

Luke, Zac And Rose at Viking fest

12 | Events so Far - Luke Walsh

Key Club International's Collaborative & Service Partners Landscape Structures (LSI) has joined Kiwanis International as a vision partner to bring play to communities across the globe. LSI is proud to provide high-quality 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.

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-on international experience implementing projects that improve health and education outcomes for inneed 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.

13 | KC International's Partners

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.

The Army strives to strengthen local communities Register for one month of through service and to build character and fitness, reach your health leadership among youth such as Key Club members. goals, and change lives.

Through the Kiwanis Speakers Army personnel can Join individually or create a connect with Kiwanis-family clubs at club meetings, team. Your involvement raising awareness of what today’s Army can provide creates community, and it and offer access to local Army support and helps Project Happiness resources. The Army also gives exceptional educate youth and people of all ages—by providing opportunities in higher education that can help proven tools for greater happiness and well-being. young people throughout their lives.

Preferred Charities

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.

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KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE: KIWANIS.ORG TEXAS-OKLAHOMA DISTRICT WEBSITE: TOKEYCLUB.COM