VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 SEPTEMBER 25 2015
The Crusader Key Arthur L. Johnson Key Club Newsletter
Highlights Miracles for Myeloma 5K Summer Recap First Bake Sale Fall Rally
The Start of School, Service and Wonderful Things! Welcome Back Key Clubbers! Summer was a great time to relax, enjoy the sunny days and take a break from school. But the best part about school returning in September is Key Club! This service year is going to be filled with exciting and some brand new events and projects for members to participate in. September has already been a busy month for Arthur L. Johnson’s Key Club!
1st Meeting
ALJ Key Club Not Just A Club, But A Way Of Life
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Contents
All newsletters will be posted on the website!
Summer Recap …………………………………...Page 3 First Meeting ………………………………….…..Page 4 Letter from the Secretary…………………….…Page 5 Miracles for Myeloma 5k …………….…….….Page 6 Second Meeting…………………………….……..Page 7 Bake Sale……………….. ……..…………....….….Page 8 New Website Launch ………………………..…Page 9
Charity Yard Sale…………….…………………..Page 10 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF…………..……….Page 11
Fall Rally………………...………………………….Page 12 Burger Eating Contest………………………….Page 13 Wrap Up…………………………………………….Page 14
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Key Club Takes A Beach Trip
What did you do all summer?
By: Brianna Lukaisewicz Vice-president
On July 26th, the Kiwanis club had their summer K-Family picnic in Toms River NJ. This was a time for people from all the different branches of the K family to come together, from the K-kids, builders club, Key club (of course), Circle K, and Kiwanis. When the picnic first began, we started off by going around to the different beaches near the bay where the picnic was being held and cleaned up the trash around the beaches. It was such a great experience getting to clean the beaches with different members of the K-family from all over!
After the beach cleaning we all returned to enjoy some BBQ food made by the Circle K members! Later on came the activities. First we all went outside and had a sandcastle building contest. Of course, the key clubbers built the key club logo symbol as our sand castle. After the sand castle contest, there was a water balloon toss contest which quickly turned into a water balloon war! Needless to say our little war turned into another service project with us all cleaning up the water balloon leftovers. To top off the picnic, there was a throw a pie at a circle K district board. Whoever put in the most money in got to throw a pie. Our district governor, Josie, got to throw a pie at the Circle K district governor. Overall, it was a day filled with service and fun!
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Thanks For Coming to the First Meeting! n September 9, 2015, the first 2015-2016 official service year meeting was held inside Arthur L. Johnson’s cafeteria after school. Once again, the new board introduced themselves to the crowd of key clubbers, new and old. The amount of new faces present at the first meeting was so refreshing and gave great hope for the new year. After a brief introduction of each board member, the upcoming events were read aloud to the crowd of members. Like last year, two guest speakers, the Pask’s joined the first meeting to explain the significance of the upcoming Miracles for Myeloma 5k on September 26, 2015. The members were moved by the heart-felt speech delivered by Mrs. Pask who is diagnosed with the disease. At the end of the guest speaker’s speech, members were directed to the back end of the cafeteria to sign up for upcoming events. Some freshman members personally introduced themselves to the board and asked their questions pertaining to Key Club. A total of 208 students signed in the first meeting! O
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“I think the entire freshman class signed up for Key Club this year” -Mrs. Zamboni Club Advisor
5k Run/Walk Miracles for Myeloma September 26, 2015
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A Letter from the Secretary
Personal Hour Logs are due October 1st !!
This year we decided to try something new with the way we would keep record of everyone’s hours. I have created an excel spreadsheet in order to keep up-to-date records and to allow members to know their hours at all times. To assist in this effort, I have also created an hour log sheet. For all students who wish to participate on daily pre-school aftercare visits or PTA babysitting, this hour log is MANDATORY. The reason for this is because it is extremely difficult for a board member to go to every aftercare/babysitting event. So in order to get an accurate record of who attends these events, we are depending on you. If members want to use their logs to record any and all hours, they can. For everyone no matter what, the hour logs will be due on the 1st of every month. Once I receive an accurately completed hour log I will use it to update the master hour log so that we can update our records monthly. The logs will be accepted earlier than the first, but no later unless specified at one of our meetings. For those not attending the babysitting events, the logs will serve as a double check for us. We will have your hours already from the sign in-sign out sheets at every large event. Personally, I highly recommend using these hour logs especially to the underclassmen. By the time senior year comes around and you are applying to college and scholarships, it will be difficult to remember all of the great community service events that you participated in. Therefor to help you later on, I advise making a photocopy of your hour log so that you have one to keep for your own record and one to submit to me. If you want an hour log, either go to Mrs. Zamboni’s office or speak to one of our board members. I hope we have a fun and productive service year! —Georgia Stavrakis ALJ Key Club Secretary aljsecretary.georgia@gmail.com
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Volunteers are needed for set up before the event starts, run tattoo’s and face-painting services, participate in the walk/run by joining ALJ Key Club’s team and clean up after the race is over.
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172 students signed in the second meeting!
Please hand in all contracts and dues ASAP! See a board member or
drop them off in Mrs. Zamboni’s office.
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The Second Meeting of September
The second general meeting was on September 16, 2016 in ALJ’s cafeteria afterschool. The day before, the board members met in the library to plan how the meeting would go. Our club advisor suggested we approach the meeting differently so keep the meetings interesting. All the students piled into the cafeteria waiting for the meeting to start while the board members handed out fliers, agendas and shirt order forms. The Key Club bell was rung and the meeting began with the board members explaining what Key Club meant to them. Then, Kristina and Brianna, president and vice-president, discussed the upcoming events like the garage sale for Tylor’s Soldier’s , the bake sale and the need for volunteers on Back to School Night. The editor, myself, then talked about one of ALJ Key Club’s biggest events: the Miracles for Myeloma 5K Walk/Run on September 26, 2015. The event needs volunteers to set up, clean up and join the club’s team online. More information about all the events can be found on the agendas. After the events were explained, Mrs. Zamboni and I gathered all the returned contracts that were handed in by the meeting to pick a winner for a free long-sleeve Key Club shirt. The lucky winner was Nicholas Serpe, a freshman member. The meeting was adjourned with Brianna ringing the Key Club bell and students began signing up for events.
Sign Up for Our Remind 101 Text @ALJKEYCLUB to 973-671-1976
The next general meeting will be October 7th in the cafeteria afterschool. The first freshman meeting will be September 30th in the cafeteria afterschool. Hope to see you all there!
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Bake Sale for Miracles of Myeloma
5k Run/Walk Miracle for Myeloma September 26, 2015 Oakridge Park, Clark NJ
On September 17th, 2015 the first bake sale of the year was held afterschool in the lobby of Arthur L. Johnson High School. Members all donated baked goods ranging from cookies to brownies to cupcakes to be sold to the student body and faculty. All proceeds would be donated to the Pask family and the 5k Run/Walk for Miracles for Myeloma. Overall, the bake sale raised 127 dollars. Also, all the money raised at the Panera Bread fundraiser will also be donated to the 5k event. Thanks to everyone who helped out! For more information about the 5K please go to: http://myeloma.donordrive.com/
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New Website Launched
The newest way to stay involved in Arthur L. Johnson’s Key Club is with our new website, created by our webmaster, Zachary Cheico. The website is full of helpful links and tabs along with a cool design. Check it out at: aljkeyclub.wix.com/keyclub
The homepage has links to all the other pages like important documents and the Key Club International website
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Spooky Service!
Take pictures & send them to the board’s emails or DM them to our Instagram! @aljkeyclub
Halloween is around the corner and this year, ALJ Key Club is asking it’s members to trick-ortreat for UNICEF this year. It’s an easy and fun way to help out the international community! All members have to do is pick up a box from Mrs. Zamboni’s office and then ask for donations on Halloween night. All proceeds will go directly to UNICEF. This year, make Halloween sweet like candy for everyone!
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Fall Rally 2015 Oh the service you’ll do! This year Fall Rally on October 11th, 2015. Fall Rally is an amazing event geared to welcoming the service year in great spirits. Our LTG has asked us to contribute posters to the event. Make the posters as creative as possible because there will be 3,000 other key clubbers at the event! Sign up as soon as possible! Don’t miss out on all the fun!
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Date: October 14, 2015 at 5:00pm Location: Clark White Diamond 1207 Raritan Rd. Come enjoy a burger eating contest at one of Clark’s favorite places to grab a bite! The event will be in honor of the ALJ student, Tylor Collins, who passed away from Ewing Sarcoma cancer. All are welcome! (Registration is closed so actually compete.)
All proceeds will be donated to the Tylor Collins Scholarship Fund. Thank you for your support!
Board Members 2015-2016 Kristina Geiger President aljpres@gmail.com Briannna Lukasiewicz V. President aljvicepresident.brianna@gmail.com Kristen Adamowitz Treasurer aljtreasure.kristen@gmail.com Georgia Stavrakis Secretary aljsecretary.georgia@gmail.com Simonne Sequeira Editor aljeditor.simonne@gmail.com Matt Gallo Editor aljkeyclubeditormatt@gmail.com Zachary Cheico aljwebmaster.zack@gmail.com
ALJ Key Club Not Just A Club, But A Way Of Life
STAY CONNECTED
@aljkeyclub aljkeyclub.wix.com/keyclub Things To Look For! Next Meeting: Wednesday Oct. 7 Freshman Meeting: Wednesday Sept. 30 Fall Rally: Sunday Oct. 11
Italian-Feast Volunteers : Pre-K Babysitting: Every Day @ 3:10pm Clark Municipal Building
Columbus Weekend Oct. 9-12
Burger Eating Contest: Wednesday Oct. 14
Magazine Collection: Throughout the year, please bring only to night meetings!
Miracles for Myeloma 5K: Saturday Sept. 26 see flier Charity Yard Sale: Oct. 3-4pm see flier
Next Newsletter Date: October 30th