EHTHS Key Club Newsletter Volume XVII Issue 8

Volume XVII, Issue 8| October 30, 2012

THE KEY CHAIN The Official Newsletter of the Egg Harbor Township High School Key Club

Trick-or-Treat in the Street

Key Clubbers Help ELIMINATE’S Partner UNICEF Page 4

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KEY CHAIN CONTENTS Ar t i c l e s

Featured Article

2| Contents & Editor’s Letter 3| President’s Letter President Valerie Wong talks to her “Key Cubs” 4| The ELIMINATE PROJECT Trick or Treat with UNICEF : dates, times, places, and more 5| Events Key Club Induction Dinner: Heroes of Service 6| Events Hardcore Haunted Hayride and Halloween Latin Carnival 7| Events Atlantic City Marathon at Dawn 8| International / District Key Leader deadline 9| Photo Wall 10| Fun Page 11| Contacts and Reminders

On the Cover: Egg Harbor Township High School Key Club will participate in the up coming Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF event once again!

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“ AC Marathon at Dawn! ” - Tired Key Clubbers wake up early in the morning and helped out at the Atlantic City marathon. Clubbers go from comatose zombies into ecstatic cheerleaders - Page 7

, Editors Letter Hey Key Clubbers, Anyone else feel like they’re going to die from all this school work yet? It’s been a stressful month and I’m pretty sure the next month won’t be any better but hang in there!

We got some fun projects to help relieve some stress. Fall Rally just passed so the next big thing we’re waiting for would probably be Induction Dinner and Key Leaser which are some events that I hope you guys are thinking about attending! We started off great this year! Let’s keep it up!

Yours in Caring and Service, Pak Chau EHTHS Key Club Bulletin Editor

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MESSAGES & ELIMINATE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Egg Harbor Township Key Club President’s Birthday is coming up on November ! Mark your calendars for November 16th where we’ll wish her a happy early birthday at Induction Dinner!

Hey Cubs!

I hope you all are doing well, as per usual. I know that the month of October has been rather slow for Key Club…but no worries! We will start picking it back up with the rush and hustle of Induction Dinner. For those of you who don’t already know, Induction Dinner is an annual dinner we have with our own club in the school cafeteria. This year, our theme is “Heroes of Service!” You can be any superhero, or even villain, that you’d like, but remember: no costumes! I don’t want to see ANYONE with spandex. I’m not letting you in.

Here, you will get your membership card and Key Club pin! Keep updated on our Facebook page for more details!

Also, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is THIS WEEKEND! Remember to check where you’re going to meet up in the corresponding neighborhoods (Fernwood, Reserves, Cedar Crest, La Costa/Crystal Lakes)! Unlike Induction Dinner, you are ALLOWED to wear costumes! It is highly recommended that you do. Just imagine a bunch of Key Clubbers walking around after Halloween, raising money for UNICEF. Isn’t it great? J Well anyway, I hope you guys are signing up for projects and attending them!

And remember that ALL the officers are here to help you guys! Don’t ever be afraid to talk to me if you need to ask a question, need someone to vent to, or just to say hi. I don’t bite (but Stevenson might). Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

In Caring, Love, Friendship, and Service, Valerie Wong EHTHS Key Club President

WENDY’S NIGHT Do you want to help out the ELIMINATE Project and save lives of mothers and their newborns? Do you want to eat while doing it? The EHTHS Key Club is hosting a restaurant at Wendy’s on November 30th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm. With each purchase,15% of the total helps eliminate Maternal Neonatal Tetanus (MNT). Help show your support by eating as much as you possibly can and get hours doing it! Bring your receipts to an officer.

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THE ELIMINATE PROJECT

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UNICEF Drawing Contest. Youth.UNICEFUSA.org.

During the annual Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF event, Key Clubbers go around the neighborhood to ask for donations to help children around the world.

Along with its many partners, ELIMINATE is one of UNICEF’s biggest partners. Egg Harbor Township Key Club will be visiting several developments to collect donations. These developments include Lacosta Lakes, Crystal Lakes, the Reserves, Cedar Crest, and Fernwood. Each Key Clubber will be dressed in a festive to promote the event which will take place November 6th and November 7th.

This year, each box has a special feature. The boxes are blank allowing people to draw and design to their liking and to spread the festive Halloween spirit.

In addition to the new feature, UNICEF is also hosting a contest to see who can design the most creative and well-drawn boxes. The box designs will be due

by October 26th. Egg Harbor Township Key Club will also be hosting a contest. The judging will be done by the OCC board the winner of the contest will receive service hours. There might be multiple winners so start drawing on the boxes soon!

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MAJOR EVENTS EVENTS

Key Club Induction Dinner 6:30pm - 8pm . Admission $13 . Formal Attire.

HEROS OF SERVICE 11.16.12 @ EHTHS Cafe

Food. Talent. Fun. The admission fee for the Annual EHTHS Key Club Induction is subjected to change depending on the catering host. The induction dinner will include a full buffet dinner followed by a talent show featuring special talents from the Key Clubbers, an induction ceremony for new Key Clubbers as well as some ice breakers to get the night started for some fun! Bring a friend or parent to join the party! ď ś

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EVENTS

Hardcore Haunted Hayride

BY CYNTHA THURAIRAJAH Recording Secretary

What’s Halloween without being scared? Every year the Scullville Volunteer Firefighters put together an event that lasts the entire month of October. I’ve been going for the last three years and I can say that each year has brought new memories. There are tons of little kids that get scared but many have a great time as some of the zombies and vampires run around and even dance as we wait in line. The main attraction of the “Terror at the Junkyard” is the haunted hayride. A thirty minute hayride where different phobias came to life. Clowns, hospitals and tons of spiders surround the tractor with many fire fighters and Key Clubbers trying to terrify the customers.

Little kids may get scared easily by some of the make up on the zombies and rag dolls, but the older kids and adults are a bit harder to scare. Train lights and sound effects made me jump but the Christmas section of the hayride was new to me. “Snow” fell from the sky, probably to lighten the mood of the seven year olds on the ride. After the hayride most kids choose to go to the maze, but this year I decided to explore some of the other parts of the junkyard. With the chilly weather of fall, lines for warm apple cider were long and many of the Key Clubbers were dressed as creatures slowly walking up behind customers to give them a good scare. A special thank you to; Javier Fernandez, Tommy Lam, Josh Chin, Jess Pamfilo, Patrick Tsui, Ahsan Ikram and Selena Xaysana who donated over 15 hours each, every weekend to help make this event a success! 

Carnival of Horror On Saturday October 13th, the Latin Carnival took place. This was my second time volunteering at the Latin Carnival and it was more fun than the first. I had volunteered to help out with some of the games and I loved it.

The feeling you get being able to make someone smile is one of the best feelings you can get and I think many others who volunteered would agree with me. That is what we did Saturday, we made kids smile. We had about 200 kids come this year; the most we had ever gotten. Many kids left happy that day.

The Latin Carnival had all kinds of games. Some include bowling, ring

BY KRISTOPHER TRAN General Member

toss, twister, hula hoop contest, musical chairs, limbo, and much more. I gotten the opportunity to help out with ring toss, hula hoop contests, and bowling. When you're constantly busy and moving it makes the job go by so fast. The Latin Carnival also had costume contests and art tables where we had people face paint, make masks, and paint nails; something that was really popular with the kids. Some of the other popular attractions were the piñatas which were all handmade along with the maze. Overall, the Latin Carnival was such a great experience. I will definitely be attending again next year!

BAT Committee Chair Jessica Pamfilo (top right), general member Javier Hernandez (top left), Evan Diep (mid-top left), Zach Sennett (midtop right) as well as many other Key Clubbers help out at the Terror in the Junkyard Haunted Hayride attraction. The make-up was self applied and the proceeds of the attraction goes towards the EHT volunteer fire department. General member Cristel Villagarcia (mid-bottom) and general member Kristopher Tran help out at the Halloween Latin Carnival where kids get to get to do a variety of games and activities including a scary maze, bowling, ring toss, mummy wrapping, face painting, fortune telling and more!

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INTERNATIONAL/DISTRICT

AC Marathon at Dawn

$8,155

BY CRISTEL VILLAGARCIA General Member

AMOUNT RAISED BY THE AC MARATHON THAT WILL BE DONATED TO PREFERRED CHARITIES.

The Atlantic City Marathon was an exhilarating day filled with hopes and dreams for the runners. People cheered for family members that were participating. Key Clubbers supplied the runners with Gatorade, water and emotional support to keep them moving and to tell them they’re amazing. It felt good to actually see the last runners run back because they wanted to achieve something they started. With our amazing camera man Pak Chau shooting amazing pictures we got pictures of people trying their hardest. The marathon was a truly inspirational event

that in the future I hope we can watch again.

The weather was harsh and frigid but with the warmth of all our Key Clubbers, we got through it. The most amazing thing was Kristopher Tran and Hai Lee crossing the street and picking the cups from the way.

They then recycled all the cups. Throughout the run, we refilled any water cups with Gatorade for the runners to come. The cheering was fun; we got to meet new members and we got to know each other and most importantly survived the cold morning with our fiery passion for serive.

The event was amazing! ď ś

Key Clubbers woke up very early on a freezing Saturday and went to Atlantic City to help fill the cups up with water and Gatorade (left), cheer on the runners as they cross the 14th mile of the marathon (middle) and also provide them with a drink that that runners can grab when they pass by (right). Even though the even overall was about 6 hours, Key Clubbers kept their enthusiasm.

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Key Leader, You Know!

BY PAK CHAU Bulletin Editor

12.14.12.

Key Leader is a weekend experiential leadership program for today's young leaders. This life-changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadershipdevelopment experience. A Key Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.

Participants begin by attending a Key Leader conference, which is a weekend retreat. Large and small group workshops, discussions and team-building activities take place over the course of the weekend. Students have opportunities to learn leadership skills that will help them to change their schools, communi-

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START OF THE THREE DAY KEY LEADER WEEKEND . THE NEAREST CAMP IS THE CROSSROADS CAMP IN PORT MURRAY, NEW JERSEY. REGISTRATION IS $175 FOR KEY CLUBBERS AND THERE ARE 75 SPOTS TOTAL.

ties, and world for the better. While exploring leadership in a whole new way, participants will make amazing new friends and have experiences they will never forget. Positive, ongoing interaction with other Key Leader graduates offers continuing reinforcement, encouragement and growth of leadership skills.

Since April 2005 Key Leader has served more than 16,400 students at 317 Key Leader events in 39 U.S. states, 5 Canadian provinces, Malaysia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, El Salvador and Singapore. 

Camp Crossroads is the only Key Leader situated in New Jersey. People from New York also may attend this Prot Murray is relatively close to North Jersey and the New York area.

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KEY CLUB FUN PAGE FUN PAGE I will now be taking nominations for Key Clubber of the Week. All you have to do is fill out the nomination form below and put it into the “Editor’s Mailbox” out side Mr. Stevenson’s room and the nominee might have a chance to be featured on this page! They might even be featured in one of the games below!

Nominee’s Name: Nominee’s Grade: Three Facts About the Nominee:

Comments:

KEY CLUBBER OF THE WEEK: Kevin Vo ABOUT: He is one of the most dedicated members in the club and he went to most of the key events. Kevin likes to play video games - namely his favorite game, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations.

- CONGRATUALTIONS KEVIN You are drawing TRICK-OR-TREAT UNICEF For Pak C.

Return to Pak to consider publishing in letter.

Have some fun with a friend or with strangers: Solo: How many words can you make out of those letters?

Solo: What’s the biggest word you can make using each letter once?

Solo: What’s the biggest word you can make using the letters more than once?

Duo: Think of a word, write it on the back of this newsletter and play hangman with your friend to see long it takes for him/her to guess the word!

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CONTACT YOUR OFFICERS

REMINDERS...

Valerie Wong President (609) 742-3868, president.valerie@gmail.com

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Join the Facebook group if not already part of it and check for updates and projects!

Parth Parikh Vice President (609) 576-9885, prparikh02@gmail.com

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Mark your calendars for Friday, November 16th for the annual Key Club Induction Dinner. Admission is $13! Formal attire and capes are permitted—no spandex please.

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It’s suppose to rain on Halloween but you can still go house to house - be sure to sign up for Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF!

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October is National Dental Hygiene Month.

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Key Club week is quickly approaching!

Find a way to promote Key Club spirit and tell and officer! We might end up doing it during the week!

Vi Nguyen Corresponding Secretary (609) 742-3455, KC.NguyenThVi@gmail.com Cynthia Thurairajah Recording Secretary (609) 440-3366, recording.cynthia@gmail.com Selina Su Treasurer (609) 442-5975, Shongsu95@gmail.com Pak Chau Bulletin Editor (609) 553-3366, pakwachau@gmail.com Michael Tran Webmaster (609) 788-4845, michdaotran@gmail.com

Next General Meeting

Tiffany Luong Sergeant-at-Arms (609) 969-3333, saa.tiffanyluong@gmail.com

November 13th, 2012 Next OCC Meeting

Kelly Tran Division 1B Lieutenant Governor (609) 432-9204, ltg1btrank @gmail.com

November 6th, 2012

“Caring - Our Way of Life”

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