Region 7, Division 1S Volume 4 // Issue 7
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EDITOR’S CORNER
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
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PROJECT
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PAST EVENTS
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UPCOMING & ONGOING EVENTS
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CONTACTS
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Editor’s Corner
Finals and Christmas break are near! That means lots of stress and finally stress-free. Keep volunteering!
-Kelly Le, Editor.
On Saturday, November 12th, NCKC hosts a Build-A-Bear Social, and all bears will be donated to Safe Haven.
Hello everyone!
I hope we all had a good Thanksgiving break, and now let’s get ready for finals and finally Christmas break! Managing school and club activities can be difficult, so try to balance those things out. Don’t forget to sign up for our Remind101!
Yours in service, NCKC President
Yerasly Duran
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Article by: Tina Tran The 34th annual Fort Worth Parade of Lights was hosted by XTO Energy Inc. on Sunday evening, November 20th, 2016. There were over 125 floats, walking units, performance groups, automobiles, and there were even equestrian unit entries. Additionally, there were nineteen awards given out, with the Grand Prize awarded to the hundred and ninth entry, Ronald the Ramblin’ Rattler and Friends. It was incredible to see all the local schools, businesses, and organizations come together and put on this parade that brought our entire city together. Families lined up along the streets just to catch a glimpse of the stunning floats. This was a huge event, and they knew they wouldn’t be able to pull it off alone. So their solution? Volunteers! Lots of volunteers! The volunteers received a neon yellow long sleeve shirt and a red Santa hat. Furthermore, we were given a list of parking garages that would be free of charge for volunteers and parade marshals were offered to park at Panther Island. NCKC volunteered as parade marshals from 3 pm to 8 pm. The parade marshals were assigned to walk in front of their specified float and maintained at least a forty feet gap between their floats. The route went straight through the heart of downtown Fort Worth and was approxi-
mately three miles long. That means that there were three miles worth of people lined up to
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watch the parade come by! Even in the cold evening, people continually cheered on as the parades passed by. Their faces were struck with awe by the vibrant colors and beautiful decorations of the parades. What was most memorable to me was seeing the children’s faces lit up when they saw Santa in his red sleigh passed by. They jumped up and down in excitement like little elves, and it was so adorable! It was astounding to see what can be established when everyone works together. I enjoy our larger events, simply because I get to meet other people with the same interest and aspirations as me. We all love to help our community in every way possible; even if it is just picking up trash off the roadside. Every little action counts towards a greater tomorrow. The interactions I saw at the parade gave me hope for future generations. Even though it was a competition with an award going to the best float, no one lost sight that at the end of the day we were all just people trying to bring the community together. Different float entries, put the competition aside and helped each other make last minute adjustments to their floats. Overall, it was a wonderful event and a constant display of great sportsmanship all night long!
FALL VOLUNTEERING EVENTS
Article by Vincent Berardi
popular in our area, and Key Clubbers get to volunteer as one of the scare-ers! They dressed in costumes and professional makeup to fit the role. Hangman’s is also greatly popular among members due to a very unique experience of scaring people as opposed to being scared! Hangman’s House of Horrors lasts all through October so there are plenty of opportunities for members to earn hours here.
Our club has done many different fall volunteering events! Fall is our busiest and most diverse season when it comes to volunteering. Many of our first events are festivals and carnivals. For example, we have Grace Fall Festival. Key Clubbers head to our local Grace Lutheran Church and set up for the coming outdoor carnival. This includes food, games, rides, and information stands. We set up our own stand for North Crowley Key Club and have a dart game for people to play. If you manage to pop the balloons, then we let you win a prize! The Grace Fall Festival and all the other carnivals during the fall season are very engaging to the members as there is a diversity of roles one can take, and accommodations such as free food, raffles, and being able to play some of the games really reel the members. Another one of our major events is the locally-famous Hangman’s House of Horrors. This is a haunted house that’s very popular in our area, and Key Clubbers get to volunteer as one of the scare-ers! They dressed in costumes and professional makeup to fit the role. Hangman’s is also greatly popular among members due to
One of my favorite events is called the Parade of Lights. The Parade of Lights is a citywide event in November where artists use their creativity to craft fantastic parade floats, then send them downtown where the people vote on the best parade. Us Key Clubbers get to march as escorts down the streets of Fort Worth with thousands of people cheering! It’s incredibly thrilling. Though, in my opinion, the best part is the setup where the parade floats blare music and everyone dances to it like it’s a party. Parade of Lights is definitely one of our most popular events. As for how do we plan to keep members interested? We have actively updated social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram, as well as an updated Remind101. This helps maintain our member base, though I think the best way we are keeping members is through spreading the idea that the events are in fact fun. Officers take tons of pictures at each event, and then we display them on the website, social media, or simply personally circulate them, and tell members how fun it was with visual proof. This excites members and gets them talking about Key Club, which not only maintains our member base but also increases it! I think we will be very successful in this regard.
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DIVERSITY OF EVENTS
Article by: Brian Tran
was the Texas Rangers event. In this event, volunteers get to help at a concession stand at the Globe Life Park in Arlington, which was the first time we ever had an event at a place this big! How cool is that?! The event was very new because it was like a real-world job at, even though it was still volunteering.
The North Crowley Key Club is a club I believe has a diversity of events. Every year, we have numerous events for our members to participate in. The events range from city -wide events, like Parade of Lights and Turkey Trot, to local events like the Grace Lutheran Fall Festival and carnivals for elementary schools. We even have ongoing events such as Barnes & Noble Storytime and Agape Meal where members can consistently participate in. We have Barnes & Noble Storytime very Saturday at our local Barnes & Noble, and we go here to read and do crafts with small children. As for Agape Meal, we visit the Broadway Baptist Church every Thursday to help feed the homeless and have conversations with them.
While we have upcoming new evens, we must not forget about our traditional ones! one of our long-standing events that is always the first one of the year is Cowtown Classic. In this event, Key Clubbers would help set up a bike race at the starting point, which is our school. This event lasted from 5 A.M. to 3 P.M. This event is important because it serves as an introductory event for new and old members. Since it is our first one of the year, members can introduce themselves to one another and become acquainted. Furthermore, it allows the new members to get a feel of what Key Club is all about. So, in addition to these events we always have yearly plus the new events, our club offers a diversity of volunteering opportunities. That is why I believe my club has a diverse option of event. I believe this is a good thing because it gives the members more options to choose from and it lets them go all over the place, to places like downtown, and it offers a fun experience for everyone!
As you can see, the spectrum of events is vast. Furthermore, there are always new events every year to further widen opportunities for our members. For example, one of the new events we have this year
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TURKEY TROT
One of the biggest traditional events North Crowley Key Club is Turkey Trot. It is held every year on Thanksgiving Day, and it started at 4 A.M. and ended at 12 P.M. First volunteers arrived and signed in at the sign-up desk at the destination. They then received a t-shirt and began helping. When I arrived, there were already tons of volunteers there. I seriously don’t know how they could get up that early… But I soon joined the others and began unloading trucks, assembled trashcans, and organize fruits, water bottles, and yogurts… stacks of yogurts. This process took a while, but we made it a little bit more efficient by forming an assembly line from the trucks to the tables where everything will be placed. There were always tasks that needed to be done, so you would look silly if you stood around and did nothing. When all of this was done, it was around 5 in the morning. This meant that
Starbucks was open! Before the actual event started, everyone made a beeline to Starbucks to get their early morning coffee. After all of this, we had some down-time before the people in charge came and announced how the event would go. Then, they split us into groups for different tasks such as water stations, yogurt stations, etc. This year, I got to be one of the people who will be managing water stations. They gathered us into the back of a truck and split us up in different locations. We were driven to a mile and a quarter into the marathon and filled up so many little water cups for the runners – 4 tables full to be exact- and then filled up dog bowls for the people who ran with their dogs. Then, we waited. For everyone who wasn’t part of the water station management, they would load them into the back of a moving van and drop them off at random spots throughout the race to cheer on the runners and keep their spirits up. When the race ended, we were either picked up or walked back to the finish line. Then, our task this time was to clean up and get the last runners what they wanted such as snacks or water. One of the greatest things about the turkey trot is that is not just a North Crowley event, it is for anyone who wants to volunteer so there is the opportunity to meet so many new people.
Article by: Cheyenne Capuchino
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UPCOMING EVENTS
DIVISION 1 PLACE FOR GACE CHRISTMAS PARTY December 10th from 3-5 PM at Rio Mambo.
NCKC CHRISTMAS PARTY Dec. 15th from 4:30-6 PM.
ONGOING EVENTS
BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME Every Saturday from 10-12 PM.
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AGAPE MEAL Every Thursday from 5:30 7:30 P.M. at Broadway Baptist Church.
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CONTACTS President, Yerasly Duran: nckcpresdent@gmailcom Vice-President, Vincent Berardi: nckc.vicepresident@gmail.com Co Vice-President, Cheyenne Capuchino: nckc.covp@gmail.com
Editor, Kelly Le: nckceditor@gmail.com Webmaster, Brian Tran: nckc.webmaster@gmail.com
Secretary, Andrew Moon: nckc.secretary@gmail.com Vice-Secretary, Clarence ManglalIan: nckc.secretary@gmail.com
Treasurer, Elizabeth Rodriguez: nckc.treasurer@gmail.com Historian, Sandy Nguyen: nckc.historian@gmail.com
Officers At-Large: Tina Tran Parliamentarian, Iggy Previto: nckc.parliamentarian@gmail.com
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Division 1 South’s LTG, Nithure Rema: ltg1s@tokeyclub.com District Governor, Dianna Cardenas: governor@tokeyclub.com
District Secretary, Mackenzie Merbach: secretary@tokeyclub.com
District Treasurer, Leia George: treasurer@0tokeyclub.com
District Editor, Sophia Tran: editor@tokeyclub.com
Convention Liason, Chris Do: cl@tokeyclub.com
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