Region 7, Division 1S Volume 3 // Issue 6
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EDITOR
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
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PROJECTS
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PAST EVENTS
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UPCOMING
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CONTACT
Editor’s Corner Hey, Key Club! Happy Halloween! I hope you enjoyed the themed events this month. I know I had lots of fun. Keep Volunteering! -Lexi Cepak, NCKC Editor
LETTER FROM THE CO CO--
VICE PRESIDENT J O R D A N
P E Y T O N
Key Club officers pose for a group photo to be featured on NCKC’s website, nchskeyclub.com.
Hey everyone! Make sure to check out our new District Project, Conversation on Conservation! Conversation on Conservation is a project that is focused on maintaining, protecting, and improving our communities. It will focus on water, deforestation, and pollution. Your first task for “The Conversation on Conservation” is a local task. This task involves improving your community by cutting back on unnecessary indulgences and promoting growth of environmental awareness in your community. Also, make sure to stay active in Key Club! I’m really thankful that we have so many new members this year because having more members means getting to impact the community in a more meaningful way! You’re awesome.
Yours in service,
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NCKC Vice President
HARVEST FEST Some volunteers were assigned the Cake Walk in which kids were allowed to make rounds around the chair until the one in charge said stop, then the one with the number called is the winner of a prize. The kids genuinely enjoyed the game and were so happy to receive delicious prizes such as cupcakes and candy. Other volunteers were dispersed to the registration booths and vendors. At the regisOn Saturday, October 31, 2015, North Crowley Key Club volunteered at the annual Harvest Fest at Northside Community Center. The event originally was created to be outdoors, but due to the rain, it was moved indoors. However, the rain didn't stop the festivities and excitement as families from different communities joined together for the Halloween celebrations. North Crowley Key Clubbers arrived at noon to help set up. First, the volunteers checked in with the organizers, then were assigned to package bags with candy,
tration booths, volunteers helped check in guests and introduced them to the raffle. At the vendors, volunteers assisted the "Bluezones Project", which was a familiar group north Crowley key club had helped before. It wAs great to see and help familiar faces again! As the event started, the gym filled with hundreds of people dressed in costumes and Halloween attire. Volunteers readily passed out candy and assisted each child while keeping their booths organized. The harvest fest then filled with cheer,
chips, water, and pens. The volunteers formed laughter and amusement as different dance groups gathered to perform. There were an assembly line to smoothly get the task done. Everyone increased their speed and
many dances including Zumba dance, cultur-
challenged each other to go faster as the
al dances, and young star dances. Watching
task became more familiar. The volunteers
the kids and families have fun warmed every-
turned a simple task into a fun and friendly
one's hearts as they grew "at home" to the
competition.
community center.
Once the bags were packaged, volunteers set them out on each vendor table. Article By: Daisy Doan
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BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME pieces for the kids to glue on to the toilet paper rolls. It was tedious but very fun making the templates we wanted to use. From 10-11 we always work on making a craft for the children and picking out books. The books we picked had to be Halloween themed, the same as our craft, because the Barnes n nobles story time theme was Halloween. Halloween Barnes n Nobles My name is Jordan Peyton and I am one of the North Crowley Key Club Vice Presidents. Recently I went to one of the Barnes n Nobles events that happens every Saturday from 10-12. It was so much fun! We haven't gotten to make an actual interactive activity for the kids in ages so it was really fun trying to figure out what to make for the kids. On Halloween day a bunch of members came to help us out at Barnes n Nobles. We all had something to do and coming together to create a craft was one of my most favorite parts of Barnes n Nobles. We decided to use toilet paper rolls and make little Frankensteins, jack o'lanterns and ghosts with the kids.
At 11 we had a couple kids show up to hear us read to them. We had the members who dressed up read to the kids and it really looked like they had a fun time! Not only were our members having fun with the kids, reading and helping them with crafts. We also had our immediate past LTG of 1S south up and help All of us had to cut out so many us out, An Bui.
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Article By: Jordan Peyton
President Daisy Doan helps a child with her jack-o-lantern craft at Barnes and Noble Storytime for Halloween.
I got to see how much the members looked up to her. As someone who had graduated and was in key club for a long time with a high position, it was a honor for the members to get to talk to her and learn so much. They saw that even though you have graduated and moved past key club you are always warmly welcomed back! I really want to continue to encour-
age our members to keep on going to Barnes n nobles story time every Saturday. Barnes n nobles has given us an amazing opportunity to read to kids every Saturday and I look forward to continuing working together with them. I hope our members always learn how to have fun with what they're doing, increasing their creativity and learning to love what they do.
MUMS AND GARTERS classroom, we could see that each student was full of so much joy when they noticed that we were all holding mums and garters that were made especially for them. When I saw how happy each student appeared, I was so overjoyed by their huge smiles. It felt great to know that they would be included in the festivities for homecoming week. Each student thanked us for their mum or garter and insisted that we took a picture with them or give them a hug. J After we distributed mums and garOn Friday, October 23rd, I had the op-
ters to the students, we took pictures with
portunity to distribute mums and garters during them that captured the heartfelt moments homecoming week to the North Crowley High shared between key clubbers and the bright School Special Ed seniors! Earlier in the week, other key clubbers and I had the pleasure of creating mums and garters from scratch! I have never created a mum or garter before
and amazing students. Not only did I enjoy giving the mums and garters to the precious students, but the
best part of it all was seeing the abundance of but I received help from other members which happiness that radiated from each of them. made the process even more enjoyable! We This was one of the most memorable volunteer spent a few hours creating the mums and gar- experiences that I’ve had in Key Club beters and ended up making a total of 24! I was cause I was given the opportunity to make excited to know that each Special Ed senior
would be given a mum or garter for the 20152016 school year. During the morning of Friday, October
someone else happy. This experience served as a simple yet valuable reminder that we all want to feel included in some way. No matter what race, shape, size or form we come in, we
23rd, a few key club members and I were pre- are more alike than different in a sense that pared to distribute a mum or garter to each
we all want to be loved and accepted by
Special Ed senior. At around 8AM, we gath-
others for who we really are. Most importantly,
ered together in front of their classrooms. We
this experience reminded me that we should
were all so elated to pass out the mums and
always treat others the way that we would
garters to them. As we walked into the first
want to be treated. Article By: Danielle Scott
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HALLOWEEN PCM
Article By: Lexi Cepak
On Saturday, October 31st, Halloween, I attended Vanessa’s Presidential Council Meeting and Halloween Party. When I walked in the door, I was greeted by excited Key Clubbers dressed in festive clothing. We sat down and made cards for sick children at hospitals for Christmas and listened to Christmas music while waiting for the meeting to start. It was a great way to start off the night because I got to catch up with Jordan, Vanessa, and Sara. The PCM started shortly after Daisy arrived. We moved to Vanessa’s living room, where we started the meeting with the Key Club pledge. Next, we held our contest costume. My friend, David Correa, a Key Club member, won first place for his amazing costume. He was Grell from Black Butler. He won a Starbucks gift card, which was really nice of Vanessa to give. I won second place for my Harley Quinn costume and got candy. It was nice because I just dressed up for fun and wasn’t expecting to win anything.
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Vanessa had a lot of information to give us at the PCM. She told us that Presidential Council Meetings would now be called Divisional Council Meetings because it sounded more inclusive. She went over all of the upcoming events, and then we got to eat pizza and party.
Everyone brought food, so it was really fun. I ate pumpkin-shaped cookies and pizza on a festive, Frankenstein plate while socializing with Key Clubbers from my club and from other schools. It was a little confusing, however, because there were two guys named David. After we finished eating, we took a group picture where we all showed off our amazing costumes. We got in a line and all posed with our hands on our hips. It was super fun. After that, some people went home while others stayed at Vanessa’s for a Halloweenthemed movie. It was a really strange horror movie about a guy that was told he killed his wife and children. It wasn’t very scary, but I still had a good time with my friends. Overall, Vanessa’s Halloween party was awesome. I had a great time hanging out with fellow Key Clubbers. I can’t wait to go to Vanessa’s next themed meeting, her Christmas party. I hope more people show up because I had lots of fun meeting other people from our region and having a good time.
GREENBRIAR FALL FESTIVAL
Article By: Vincent Berardi
A few weeks ago, I went with many Key Clubbers to the Greenbriar Festival being held at the gym of a community center. Jordan and I manned the concessions table along with two adults, while the others manned the photo booths and many activity stations. The festival had a great turnout, with many people of all ages and background arriving to simply have fun at this vibrant Halloween themed carnival, orange and black decorations all about.
piece of the puzzle was community service.
As the event winded down and vibe of the party settled, you could see the satisfaction and enjoyment everyone had as they walked out the door, giving a handshake as honest as their gratitude. The festival was a success, and I was more than happy to have contributed to such a wonderful conclusion. This really showed me how active Key Club truly is in our community, we are present in many fauInitially I was a bit nervous, I wasn't cets of life, there to serve when needed. I exactly experienced when it came to was overjoyed to participate and gift my holding lines of hungry customers. A fee service to a good hearted event, and it is transactions in, the anxiety subsided and I definitely something Key Club should conslipped in to the "Let's do this" attitude. tinue providing their time to. Greenbriar One hour in and I was mentally in the festival gifts an eye opening experience zone, ready to handle the surge of hungry that can really provide the perspective to festival goers. I was so fascinated and a member on what it means to do comwarmed by the fact that putting on a munity service, by seeing the fruits of your smile would bring a reciprocal smile across labor face to face with the people we the table. The whole process was so simhelp. ple too, a customer comes up, kindly asks for what's on the menu, and I give a nod of acknowledgment, and a run down of what we have, without forgetting my recommendation and a light hearted joke. They hand over the tickets, I hand over the food, everyone is happy. It was surprising to see how volunteering to interact with the community would be so fulfilling, as if I was missing in my life and the final
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HANGMAN’S HOUSE OF “monster mom” took us to our designated room, where we were to scare people. It was a mirror room. At first, we bumped into all of the mirrors because the strobe lights made it really confusing. After a while, we learned our way around. Eventually, we couldn’t even tell that the strobe lights were flashing because we were so used to them. Our job was to mislead people and waste their time, which was something we In October, I attended Hangman’s House of Horrors with my friend David. I was really excited to get to volunteer at Hangman’s because I didn’t get to participate during my sophomore year, but my experience last year was amazing. This is one of my favorite events because Halloween is my favorite holiday. When we arrived, Jordan and Sara met
were very good at. We methodically led people to all of the dead ends. We even sent multiple groups back through the entrance of the room, which we found hilarious. Overall, my experience at Hangman’s was a great one. I had an even better experience than I did last time because I loved confusing people and I got put in a room with my friends this year. Plus, a bunch of people were freaked out by me, but others gave me lots of
us and took us to the waiting room, where we compliments on my eyes, which was nice. waited in line for what seemed like hours (due Since we were at the end of the maze, to our anticipation) to get assigned our roles we had to go home last. Before we left, I for the night. David and I were mirror shades. bought a t-shirt for myself and Jordan to comNext, we got our costumes, black robes with memorate the memories, and then I spent at hoods. After that, we went to the makeup least ten minutes in the makeup room strugroom where a lady painted our faces and gling to wipe my makeup off before I went talked about all of the bad luck Hangman’s home. At the end of the night, I was really had been having. She painted our faces tired, but the experience was well worth it. If white. To my surprise, I actually can be paler you haven’t volunteered at Hangman’s, than I already am. make sure to go next year! After our faces were painted, our Article By: Lexi Cepak
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UPCOMING EVENTS DALLAS PARK PUMPKIN PATCH– November 6th from 6 -8pm at Dallas Park Elementary
BUILD-A-BEAR SOCIAL - November 7th from 3– 6pm at Build-a-Bear Workshop in Ridgmar Mall
30 HOUR FAMINE LOCK-IN– November 10th at Jordan’s Housefrom 9pm-9am
ONGOING EVENTS AGAPE MEAL: Every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Broadway Baptist Church
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BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME:
Every Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble
CONTACT President, Daisy Doan: nckcpresident@gmail.com Vice-President, Jordan Peyton: nckc.vicepresident@gmail.com Vice President, Olivia Courtney: nckc.vicepresident@gmail.com
Editor, Lexi Cepak: nckc.editor@gmail.com
Historian, Sara Al-Midany: nckc.historian@gmail.com
Secretary, Danielle Scott: nckc.secretary@gmail.com
Vice-Secretary, Karen Duarte-Escobar: nckc.vicesecretary@gmail.com
Treasurer, Year Duran: nckc.treasurer@gmail.com
Parliamentarian, Crystal Phan: nckc.parliamentarian@gmail.com
Webmaster, Vincent Berardi: nckc.webmaster@gmail.com
Officer At-Large, Elias Laura: nckc.officeratlarge@gmail.com
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Vanessa Casta単eda, Lt.G of Division 1 South: ltg1S@tokeyclub.com
Rachel Iselin, District Governor: governor@tokeyclub.com
Lily Nguyen, District Secretary: secretary@tokeyclub.com
Emily Zhao, District Treasurer: treasurer@tokeyclub.com
Matthew Riley, District Editor: editor@tokeyclub.com
Megan Reynosa, Convention Liaison: CL@tokeyclub.com