The Talon of T-O | Mansfield Lake Ridge Key Club | October 2021 | Volume 5 Issue 7

the talon of T-O October 2021 VOLUME 5 - ISSUE 7 DIVISION 39S - REGION 7

Lake Ridge High School Key Club

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Contents

3 Grateful & Riddle of the Month 4 Calendar of November 5 Upcoming events 6 Spirit Dress-Up Days Recap 7 Spirit Dress-Up Days Recap 8 Falling In Love With Key Club Article 9 Homecoming Wagon Parade 10 Photo and Articles 11 The UNICEF Poster 12 Service Partners 13 Service Partners cont.

14 Stay Connected (Club Info) 15 The Kiwanis Family 16 Officer Contact 17 District Contact

GRATEFUL FOR...

Being surrounded by your family and friends

Happiness! Good physical and mental health care

Education and Opportunities

Clean food, water, and warm clothes

Valuable experiences, New hobbies,

lessons, and mistakes

passion, and jobs

you learned

Share Share these these with with others others too! too!

I was there for your first, and I was there for your last.

Everyone has me, yet I am unique to you. What am I?

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ALLIES IN YOUTH Time: Every Sunday (excluding the first of the month) from 3-4:30 PM Location: 1315 FM 1187, Suite 107, Mansfield, TX 76063 Info: You will pack boxes of clothes, toys, personal hygiene

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products, and make cards to

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send to orphans in Eastern

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European countries.

Sign Up: Bring your hour log and sign up here

BOOK DRIVE

Donate any new, used, children, chapter books. 2 books for 1 hour.

Time: Ongoing Drop off at room A-228 or A-136

VETERAN'S DAY CARDS Due date: November 10th, turn in at room A-337 or to any officers Write thanking messages to Veterans and their service to our country.

Make it colorful!

KEY CLUB BIWEEKLY MEETING When: Wednesday, November 3rd Wednesday, November 17th Where: LRHS Library (3:15 - 4:15 PM)

T-SHIRT COMPETITION Be creative and creative t-shirt for our club! It can be any theme that is related to Key Club and the club's goals. Please use a website to design!

1 hour for participating and creating the design. 5 hours for the chosen

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Smithsonian Digital Volunteer When: Anytime How: Click here to volunteer online.

Hour: Base on your time log.

What: You will be transcribing and reviewing materials for the Smithsonian Museum

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Project Gutenburg When: Anytime How: Click here to volunteer online.

Hour: 1 hour per book or article What: You will be transcribing and proofreading books for the online library.

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FreeRice When: Anytime How: Download the FreeRice app or click

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here Info: You will be playing multiple-choice vocabulary games to donate grains of rice to families around the world.

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VETERAN'S DAY DECORATIONS When: November 4th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Where: Outside of A-337 Info: Decorate banners for the Veteran’s Day Breakfast. Make a poster to promote the dress out day. Prepare for Veteran’s Day Breakfast

VETERAN"S DAY BREAKFAST When: November 11th (6:30am-8:55am) Where: At LRHS flagstones Info: Set up the Veteran’s Day decorations prior to the arrival of the Veterans. Pass out food to both Veterans or faculty

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SPIRIT DRESS - UP

30 minutes for a picture of your dress-up outfits

1 hour for a group dress up picture

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Dress Up for our school spirit days and have fun!

Turn in the pictures through Reminds or to our officers!

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"fall

ING" in love with Key Club

FEATURED ARTICLE BY MADISON NGUYEN

I joined Key Club at the beginning of my freshman year, not expecting it to impact me at all. However, that thought changed as I saw the effect we made and the strong sense of community. Even though I am in many other clubs, none have affected me as much as Key Club has. Throughout my experience, I have grown to love Key Club.

One of my favorite things about Key Club is the strong sense of community. I am always excited to attend the meetings because of the warm, welcoming atmosphere. Whenever you walk into the library, you see everyone talking and having a good time. They are all meeting new people, and they are all coming together for the same reason: to volunteer and help the community. I was able to meet many people that I would not have without Key Club, and I will always be grateful for that. As much as I love attending the meetings, they do not compare to the actual volunteering events.

Just seeing everyone working together to help others, always puts a smile on my face. My favorite and most memorable event will

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always be my first one.

I first felt an attachment to Key Club when I attended my first in-person volunteering event at Elmer Oliver Nature Park. That day, I was worried since this was my first event, and I was not sure how it was going to go.

However, my worries quickly melted away within a few minutes. While I was picking up trash, I was able to talk to and connect with the other club members. The atmosphere was very friendly, and I was able to feel like I belonged. I was genuinely enjoying cleaning up the park even though it was hard work in hot weather, there was not a moment where it was bothersome. Not only that, but we could see the impact that we were making.

By the end of the day, we had many bags full of trash, and the park looked significantly different. This experience gave me a positive outlook on the club, and it was not only because of the kind smiles of gratitude that we got for cleaning the park.

As I volunteer more, I never lost the feeling of joy that I had when I first joined. As I continue my journey throughout the rest of high school, I cannot wait to see how much more my bond will grow. .

Lake Ridge Key Club's officers and members decorated a wagon with full of pencil boxes, bags, and notebook donations at the Homecoming parade.

The theme was "Travel Around the World".

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easy volunteering hours?

Take volunteering photos and write articles for Key Club!

Due date: Anytime Info: You will be writing articles about anything that is related to Key Club or your experiences with Key Club.

ARTICLES REQUIREMENTS: IT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 400 WORDS, A TITLE, AND A PHOTO INCLUDED. 1 HOUR PER ARTICLE. PHOTO SUBMISSIONS- 15 MINUTES FOR EVERY APPROVED PHOTO Submission: Submit articles to lakeridgehskeyclub@gmail.com and submit photos through the Key Club Canvas you can find the link to on our Teams

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SERVICE PARTNERS

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Click on the LOGOS of these organizations to learn more about our service partners!

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STAY

Connected Lake Ridge High School Key Club https://lakeridgekeyclub. wixsite.com/lrkc

T-O website

https://tokeyclub.com/

Key Club International https://www.keyclub.org/

Social Media & Resources

@lrhs.keyclub

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@LRKeyClub

Text @lrhskc2020 to 81010 to join

The Family K-Kids

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Builders Club

A student-led program for elementary school students to build leadership skills and strong characters for service.

A student-led service organization for college students

A service club for middle-school students that helps them to improve selfconfidence, teamwork, and goal setting skills.

Aktian Club

Key Club

Kiwanis

A service club for adults with disabilities that helps them to discover their talents to help others and to develop confidence.

A service organization for high school students that provides opportunities to serve, improve leadership, and personal growth.

An international service organization that sponsor leadership clubs.

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Officer Contact PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT

Neva Khan Destin Drummond lrhskcpresident@gmail.com lrhskcvicepresident@gmail.com

SECRETARY TREASURER

Elizabeth Mingle Ethan Clark lrhskcsecretary@gmail.com lrhskctreasurer@gmail.com

HOURS COORDINATOR

Bisola Okunola lrhskchours@gmail.com

SERVICE COORDINATOR

Olivia Wurtz rhskcservice@gmail.com

EDITOR Nhi Nguyen lrhskceditor@gmail.com

WEBMASTER

Madison Nguyen lrhskcwebmaster@gmail.com

Contact our officers if you have any concerns or questions!

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District Contact DISTRICT GOVERNOR

Lilian Thai governor@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT EDITOR

Anushka Ranjan editor@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT SECRETARY

Ginna Galindo secretary@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT TREASURER

Makayla Hsieh treasurer@tokeyclub.com

CONVENTION LIASON

Val Hennessee cl@tokeyclub.com

TECH PRODUCER

Noah Obuya techproducer@tokeyclub.com

DIVISION 39S LTG

Lauren St Clair ltg39s@tokeyclub.com

International Trustee

Salma Eldeeb salma.eldeeb@keyclub.org

REGION 7 ADVISOR

Melissa Greene region7@tokeyclub.com REMIND CODES Text to 81010

T-O District @todistrict Secretaries @tosecs Treasurers @totreas Editors @toeditors Webmasters @towebs

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