Paschal Key Club Volume 4 | Issue 12 Our Key Clubbers proudly show their support for the Blue Zones Project
March 2016 Newsletter
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Fun Fact: March used to be the first month until the Gregorian calendar began to be used in 1752
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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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IHOP with Joy
Children's Miracle Network
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Be Green
DCON
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Meet the Board!
Upcoming Events!
George C. Clark Book Shelving (4-5pm) Boys & Girls Club Mentoring (3:30-5:30pm)
DFW Family Expo (10am-5pm)
BB - Braille Bibles (4-5pm)
Race for the Cure (10am-4pm)
emailed weekly during summer! Agape - Agape Feeding the Homeless (5:30pm) Ronald McDonald House Dinner (4-6pm) Recycling Club (3:40pm)
will be Painting the Jail forAgendas DCON (12-3pm)
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A Note from Your 3President and Editor Hey Key Club, I can't believe this is the last month of my term as President. I have learned so much from this experience, and it has certainly been fun and enriching at the same time. We have helped our community in so many different ways, and I think it's safe to say we've made an incredible impact on our school, and on Fort Worth. It's been amazing to see everyone within the club grow close as a group, and it'll be really hard to leave PHS and everyone who I know will continue to make this club awesome next year. You all have done an incredible job, so congratulate yourselves! Whether we make Top 25 or not, we must recognize that we did the best we could. After all, the service is what's important, not the ranking. I am so proud of what we've become, and I know that next year's board will impress us all. Congrats to: Diana as President, Suji as Vice President, Morgan as Secretary, Reid as Treasurer, and Sydney as Editor. Looking forward to hearing about what you guys achieve! Yours in service, Page Trotter
Hello, Key Clubbers! writing ever as
Wow, this year has gone by in a flurry! Even as I'm writing this, I can't believe that this will be my final note an editor. We've done some pretty great things to better our surroundings this year. Kudos to you all! Although this month is the last term for the old officers, we'll still be able to work alongside and with Key Club. Thank you all for the efforts you've put into our beloved club this year, and I know that y'all will make next year even better. 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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IHOP with Joy by Diana Lee
Mary McMillan (left) and Chloe Underwood (right) hanging out at the bake sale
On National Pancake Day, March 8, Paschal Key Club went to nearby a IHOP for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. It was nice to work with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals again since the organization provides about 32 million patient visits each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. IHOP generously offered free pancakes that day, accepting donations instead of payment to support Children's Miracle Network. Several Key Club members went to enjoy the pancakes and donate some funds! It was heartwarming to see people’s eyes light up not only for the free pancakes, but for everyone helping to raise money to help the kids in the hospitals. Later, I was shocked to find out that Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals had raised about 3.9 million dollars! It was definitely one of my favorite Key Club socials: we got to help kids in hospitals, enjoy pancakes, and hang out with other Key Clubbers. I can’t wait to go again next year!
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Banking at the Coming up Food Bank in a few weeks!!!!!
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 Post ones which had been stored for weeks. Surprisingly, most pictures with #todcon2016! of the vegetables were fine with the exception of a few moldy ones that I cannot bear to describe in detail. This type of sorting could only be done by volunteers, not machines, and through the process, we were able to provide more food and satisfy the hunger of those who have fewer blessing than us.
April 21-24, 2016
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88 Be Green by Sue Youn Oh
Every Monday and Wednesday after school, a group of students join forces to collect recyclable material from all the classrooms and offices of R. L. Paschal High School. The school goes through several pounds of paper, plastics, metals, and glass every day, so we make sure that those reusable and recyclable materials aren't simply thrown into the waste bin. Some days, all the recycling becomes too heavy to carry on our own, and a cart has to be used to transport it to the recycling bin. Preserving our planet and spending and saving our natural resources is key to the survival and sustainability of future generations. Walking the hallways of the school and scavenging recyclable material may not seem like a big deal to some people, but the sum of all the matter is tremendous. In addition to the weekly recycling, a recycling fair is held, where people can come to learn about various ways to recycle, what can and can't be recycled, and get rid of old and broken electronics, Styrofoam, or clothes. Recycling benefits the entire world, and everyone should incorporate it into their lifestyles.
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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>