WESTFIELD KEY CLUB
BLUE DEVIL BULLETIN VOLUME I: ISSUE III NOVEMBER 29TH, 2015
KEY CLUB KEEPS GOING CONTENTS Key Club Keeps Going! Look Out For the WHS Key Club Kiwanis is Coming to Westfield Dues Deadline Key Club in the News! Success on Prematurity Awareness Day Spike Out Hunger Food Bank Volunteering Top Stars
Autism Advocacy Marching in the Future Officers 2015-2016 Holiday Craft Fair Working with YAG Community Service Coat Drive Have An Idea? Upcoming Dates Dues Keep in Touch with Key Club
Key Club Keeps Going! The Key Club is keeping things going even as the temperature drops. Upcoming events include volunteering at the food bank and a craft fair for kids! Read on to find out more and get involved!
Look Out For the Westfield Key Club! Look out for an article about the Westfield Key Club in LTG Stephania’s next newsletter!
Kiwanis is Coming to Westfield The Kiwanis Club is the parent organization of Key Club and a new club is being chartered in Westfield this year! Please invite your parents and neighbors to a Westfield Kiwanis meeting on Monday, November 30th at the Westfield Y Learning Center at 170 Elm behind the Baptist Church at 6-7pm. The meeting will introduce what Kiwanis does and what Kiwanis does to help out Key Club. If your parents have questions they can contact Susan Dougherty by email at crusadersue@hotmail.com or calling or texting her at 732-3825367.
DUES DEADLINE! $15 by the meeting on November 30th! This Monday! If you cannot attend the meeting you can place dues in an envelope with your name on it in Ms. McGinley’s mailbox. See the last page for more information!
Key Club in the News! www.tapinto.net/articles /westfield-high-keyclub-members-bringawareness-o
Photo courtesy of Susan Dougherty
Amanda Szaro, Rachel Bowman, and Julie Aronson help out at the table
Success on Prematurity Awareness Day! On Tuesday November 17th, 2015 the Key Club celebrated March of Dimes’ Prematurity Awareness Day to spread awareness about the 1 in 10 babies who are born prematurely in America. Members helped tie purple bows to 1 of every 10 chairs in the cafeterias before school and sold purple March of Dimes bracelets during lunch periods. The event was a great success! We raised $92.25 for March of Dimes! Thank you to every member that helped out! If you missed the chance to buy a bracelet and would like one, we’ll have them at the next meeting for $2 and $5.
GOAL PROGRESS We are $128.46 of the way there to our goal of $190.00 for March of Dimes, set by the NJ Key Club Board! This money was raised on Back to School Night and on Prematurity Awareness Day! Have an idea on how to reach the goal? Let us know!
$190.00
$128.46
Spike Out Hunger Volleyball Tournament Sadly the Westfield Blue Volleyball Team did not return victorious from the Spike Out Hunger Tournament at ALJ High School but the event was a tremendous success! There were 12 teams competing and the Gym Class Class Scrubs from JP Stevens took first place. Ben Cook, Sarah Morton, Emily Mordkovich, Julia Mancheno, Olivia Pierce, and Sarah Hacker at Spike Out Hunger Tournament! Photo courtesy of Susan Dougherty Photo Courtesy of Emily Mordkovich The event raised over $600 and 110 pounds of food for the NJ Federation of Food Banks. Special thank you to the team members pictured above for killing it on the court and a thank you to Catherine Simon for supporting her team! If you missed the event this year there’s always next year!
Food Bank Volunteering! The date is still up in the air! We will be going to the Hillside Food Bank to help out either December 5th or December 19th! We will let you know the date ASAP.
Autism Advocacy Advocacy – to speak on the behalf for those who cannot speak for themselves
Top Stars Stars (Hours) are earned for attending meetings, volunteering, bringing in donations and attending other events. At the end of this month these are the leaders! Katarina von der Wroge Julia Mancheno Olivia Pierce Sarah Hacker
This year Key Club’s Advocacy Project is autism awareness.
Officers 2015-2016
Autism Fact #2: According to Autism Speaks, Autism costs a family $60,000 a year on average.
President – Sarah Morton – Senior Vice President – Ben Cook – Senior Recording Secretary – Emily Mordkovich – Senior
Marching in the Future Mark your calendars! On May 1st, join the Westfield High School Key Club team at the March for Babies at Rutgers Stadium! The event is organized by March of Dimes! More information to come in the future!
Corresponding Secretary – Franki Colucci – Junior Treasurer – Megan Why – Junior If you ever have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to reach out to any of the officers! With three senior officers, this could be you next year!
Holiday Craft Fair with Angels for Action On Saturday December 12th WHS Key Club will be heading over to Angels for Action in Plainfield for a Holiday Craft Fair from 1pm-2:30pm! We’ll be making various cute winter crafts with the kids plus decorating cookies and playing some games. If you are interested in helping out please fill out this google form. http://goo.gl/forms/ddM4ldvkYc
Working with YAG Key Club will be teaming up with Youth and Government and helping out at their day of service during the last week of January! Keep your eyes peeled for more information in the future.
Coat Drive
Keep in Touch with NJ Key Club
The Community Service Club is hosting a coat drive. Help out the cause and bring in a coat to your homeroom!
Courtesy of njkeyclub.org
Important Upcoming Dates Monday, November 30th – MEETING with special guest Kiwanis Member Mrs. Dougherty. Room 117 after school 1pm Saturday, December 12th – Volunteer at Craft Fair at Angels for Action in Plainfield Tuesday, December 15th – MEETING Room 117 after school
Dues! In order to be an official member of Key Club International each member must pay dues. This year the Westfield High School Key Club dues will be $15. $7.00 – International Dues $5.50 – New Jersey District Dues $2.50 – This money is used for events the Westfield Key Club hosts and supplies we use.
Keep in Touch with Key Club
DUES ARE DUE ON NOVEMBER 30th!
Join the Facebook group! The group name is WHS Key Club 2015-2016 Receive text reminders about upcoming events and important information! All you have to do is text @wkeycl to 81010 Have questions, comments, or suggestions! Feel free to reach out to an officer or Ms. McGinley directly or email us all at the club email! westfieldhighschoolkeyclub@gmail.com
Have an Idea? Have a favorite charity? Have a great idea for a fundraiser? Let us know! westfieldhighschoolkeyclub@gmail.com