Paschal Key Club Volume 4 | Issue 10 ď ś
Fun Fact: January is National Blood Donor, Braille Literacy, Hobby, Soup, and Staying Healthy month!
Mary McMillan (left) and Chloe Underwood cheer on runners at the Heroes for Hope Half-Marathon
January 2016 Newsletter
Division 1S | Texas-Oklahoma District
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What's Inside:
Upcoming Events!
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Eliminate Project
A Note from Your President and Editor
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Salutations at the Stock Show
Children's Miracle Network
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Mobilizing Resources
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DCON 2016
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Meet the Board!
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Upcoming Events!
Recycling Club (3:40pm) George C. Clark Book Shelving (4-5pm) BB - Braille Bibles (4-5pm) Agape - Agape Feeding the Homeless (5:30pm) Cleaning Up the Trinity River (2-4pm) Childcare at McLean Middle School (6-7pm)
Agendas will be emailed weekly during summer!
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A Note from Your 3President and Editor
Hey guys, It's been a great start to the year with tons of service and socials! We've had awesome attendance and I'm so proud of the effort everyone has put forth to serve the community. We have elections coming up, so be sure to run for an office if you're interested. Also, the first DCON deposit is $40 to Ms Denton by Tuesday, February 9th and I encourage everyone to go, it's an amazing experience. Please let me know if any of you have ideas for service- your thoughts are highly regarded! Yours in service, Page Trotter
Hello, Key Clubbers! Wow, an entire month has already gone by! We've had a ton of service projects this past month; we really appreciate how y'all take time out during your busy school week to lend a hand to others in the neighborhood. DCON is quickly approaching... who's excited? I'm definitely looking forward to it - last year was a blast. It's incredible meeting up with Key Clubbers from all over our district: it's a chance to meet people with the same interests and servant-like minds. As always, thank you, thank you, to all who took photos and wrote articles for this month! Yours truly, Sue Youn Oh
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What is maternal/neonatal tetanus (MNT)? MNT is a deadly disease that kill one baby every eleven minutes, when tetanus spores found in soil come into contact with open cuts during birth. How long did it take you to eat lunch? 20 minutes? 30 minutes? BOOM. 2-3 babies died of MNT, just while you were eating your meal. They suffered repeated, painful convulsions while being super sensitive to light and touch. There was hardly any hope of survival, and the mother could also have died from tetanus.
What will it take to eliminate MNT? Thankfully, MNT is highly preventable, despite its fatality. Just three doses of 60-cent immunization protects mothers, who then pass on the immunity to their babies. MNT is still prevalent in 23 countries with little or no access to health care, and more than 100 million mothers and their future babies must immunized. This will require vaccines, syringes, thousands of skilled staff, safe transportation and storage, and much more. It will take about US$110 million and deep rooted dedication to eliminate MNT. Eliminate information taken from http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/MNT.aspx
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The Mission: We increase funds and awareness for local children's hospitals. The Vision: Together we save kids' lives
What is Children's Miracle Network? Children's Miracle Network raises funds for 170 children's hospitals across North America, which use the money where it's needed the most whether that's for research, medical equipment, or medical procedures. All donations stay in the community it is given in, ensuring that every dollar is helping local kids. Since 1983, the organization has raise more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time. Information taken from http://give.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/
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Salutations at the Stock Show by Ashlie Devenney
I had a ton of fun greeting the people at the stock show. While working shifts, fellow Key Clubbers and I met some super nice Kiwanis members who helped us pass out maps and answer questions. I'd never been to the stock show, despite living in Fort Worth for several years, so all the sights were new and the events all the more exciting. The members in charge allowed the volunteers to tour the grounds in rotations and get to know the area, in order for us to be able to properly answer any questions that visitors had, and simply to enjoy ourselves. The stock show itself was really lively and pleasant, and intermittent breaks helped to keep our jovial spirits while greeting newcomers. Everyone was incredibly friendly and helpful, and they all seemed sincerely grateful that we were there to help. Apparently, our club was the largest gathering of Key Clubbers that people had seen. The gentle weather seemed to bring out more people than usual, so we were all kept busy the entire time. I had a lovely time, and would definitely volunteer at this event again next year! I highly recommend the greeting event to all Key Clubbers, especially those who like to directly interact with the people we serve, as opposed to "behind-the-scenes" service such as sorting donations, stuffing invitations, or making Braille Bibles.
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Banking at the Only FOUR Food Bank months left!!!!!!
by Inho Kim
“Volunteers are the heart and soul of Tarrant Area Food Bank. Without volunteers, it would not be possible to respond to hundreds of hungry North Texans every day.” – Tarrant Area Food Bank website Paschal Key Club answered the call on June 22nd and helped sort out the charity items given to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. One of the Food Bank polices states that every item must be checked by a person before distribution, so every volunteer, including the regulars and other service groups, took up plastic gloves and went to work. The Food Bank was extremely precise and meticulous, with sections for inedible products (such as shampoo and deodorant), drinks containing
certain ingredients, canned foods, and many more, such as snacks and condiments. Our Key Club volunteers were at first like fish wading into uncharted waters, but there were regular volunteers who had worked for years to help us. As we began to get used to it, others did too, and we were able to quickly and effectively sort items. While working at the food bank, I learned that some products are still edible long after their expiration date. It made me wonder if the expiration date was created with food banks in mind in order to provide meals to the hungry. In one session, volunteers were asked to check the zucchinis stored in the warehouse. These zucchinis were not "fresh from the store" zucchinis, but involved ones which hadnow, been stored for post weeks. Surprisingly, Get and picturesmost from of the vegetables were fine with the exception of a few moldy ones that I the last DCON or Fall with cannot bear to describe in detail. This type of sorting could Rally only be done by volunteers, not machines, and through the process, we were able to provide #todcon2016! more food and satisfy the hunger of those who have fewer blessing than us.
April 21-24, 2016
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88 Mobilizing Resources by Sue Youn Oh
All the times that I've been to the UCC Mobile Food Pantry over the past few years, I've always been a distributer. I would be more than willing to be a stocker or carrier, but Pablo (the "head honcho") usually assigns men to stock or carry, since the big bundles of food are weighty. I don't mind at all because in my opinion, the best part of this service project is smiling and handing out food. The happiness and relief shines radiantly on the faces of families passing through. It makes me wonder what would happen if programs like the UCC Mobile Food Pantry didn't exist, or suddenly were shut down. Would the families be okay? How would they make it through each month on their meager incomes? To ensure that these worries never become a reality, we must continue to give ourselves to the community wholeheartedly and never forget who and why we serve.
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Meet the Board! Page Trotter, President
Diana Lee, Vice President
paschalkeyclubpresident@gmail.com 817-946-8718
Reid Yanney, Secretary
paschalkeyclubsecretary@gmail.com 682-597-9197
Sue Youn Oh, Editor
paschalkeyclubvp@gmail.com
817-694-5124
Sujata Dalal, Treasurer
paschalkeyclubtreasurer@gmail.com 817-313-0445 Members-at-Large Parliamentarian: Carter Dickson (817-781-5909) Historian: Jillian Daugherty Social Chair: Chloe Underwood Advertising Chair: Moni Gunderson Attendance Manager: Andrea Rios Lieutenant Governor: Vanessa Castaneda <ltg1S@tokeyclub.com> Region 7 Advisor: Ms. Newsham <reg7adv@gmail.com>
paschalkeyeditor@gmail.com
District Officers: Rachel Iselin (Governor), Lily Nguyen (Secretary), Emily Zhao (Treasurer), Matthew Riley (Editor), Megan Reynosa (Convention Liason, CL) <Position@tokeyclub.com>