Paschal Key Club Volume 4 | Issue 6 Cristina Sandoval (left) and Leslie Torres enjoy distributing food at the UCC Mobile Food Pantry
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September 2015 Newsletter Division 1S | Texas-Oklahoma District
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What's Inside: Upcoming Events!
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2015-2016 District Project
A Note from Your President and Editor
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Trinity Trash Bash
An Icy Downpour
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Cruisin' in Cowtown
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DCON Theme
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Meet the Board!
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Upcoming Events!
Agape - Agape Feeding the Homeless (5:30pm) George C. Clark Book Shelving (4-5pm)
Recycling Club (3:40pm)
BB - Braille Bibles (4-5pm)
McLean Mad Hatter 5K (7:30-10:30am)
Botanic Garden Plant Sale (8:30am-2pm
Division 1S Social (11am-11pm)
Streams and Valleys Run (5-7pm)
Agendas will (4pm) be emailed Lily B. Clayton Family Spirit Night
Honored Heroes Run (6:30-11am)
Cutting Edge Social (8pm)
weekly during summer!
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A Note from Your 3President and Editor Hey Key Club! We have had a successful month of September, completing a total of 193 service hours as a club just this month! Keep looking out for more service opportunities - there will be some things on the agenda that we have participated in for years, as well as some new events. I encourage everyone to approach a member of the board if you have an idea for a project, social, or fundraiser. We should have as much variety as possible on the agendas! Key Clubbers: continue to serve our community in the best way possible. Remember that if you are in National Honor Society, you can use Key Club hours for your yearly requirement. Also, don’t forget about the 15 hour requirement due by the end of March to be able to go to DCON. The theme for this year is Mission: Impossible, so get pumped! Yours in service, Page Trotter
Hello, Key Clubbers! Fall is finally here, and so is the season of below 90 degree weather! Seriously, I consider that one of the best things about fall. We don't see a whole lot of leaves changing color in Fort Worth, so I decided to give y'all a little taste of that through our newsletter. Thank you all so much for continuing to serve the community and school, even with school and other activities crowding our lives. Shout out to seniors filing college applications on top of homework and clubs and sports and everything else. Y'all are amazing. Also, many thanks to all who wrote articles and sent pictures for our newsletter! I would not have a life without y'all. Great work, and let's keep on serving! Yours truly, Sue Youn Oh
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2015-2016 DISTRICT PROJECT: The Conversation on Conservation
Conversation on Conservation focuses on maintaining, protecting, and improving our community and environment through conservation of electricity, water, and gas.
Key Club will be focusing on three main branches of the environment throughout the year: 1. Water: How can we cut back on our daily usage of water, work to keep our water clean, and provide water to those in need? 2. Deforestation: This topic goes hand in hand with the defense of animals. It is our job to help stop the rapid deforestation happening everywhere, destroying habitats and natural resources. 3. Pollution: How can we keep the air clean, cut back on fossil fuels, and stop daily pollution? information taken from http://tokeyclub.com/2012-2013-district-project-the-eliminate-project/
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An Icy Downpour by Inho Kim
On Friday, September 18th, Key Club members helped run McLean 6th Grade Center's tribute to the ALS disease. The event revolved around 6th graders who volunteered to simultaneously pour a bucket of water over themselves at the front of the school. The Key Clubbers arrived beforehand in order to prepare the buckets the 6th graders had brought. At first, there weren’t many buckets, but as soon as the dismissal bell rang, the number of buckets multiplied tremendously. Unfortunately, there was only one hose available for all the buckets. In addition, we had to fill the buckets with ice. The Key Clubbers barely managed to fill the buckets in time, only to realize that some buckets were too heavy for 6th graders to lift. After several water transfers between full and empty buckets, we were a little wet, but finally ready. The kids came soon after, and spilled water on their way to the front of the school with their heavy buckets. But it was alright, and since some 6th graders couldn’t carry the water at all, I helped carry a bucket and gave extra water for those who had spilled. All our hard work came to fruition when the kids all drenched themselves and laughed amongst themselves. A river of water streamed down the steps and into the streets. Overall, it was great to help out the school and watch kids give take part in something greater than themselves and partner with those inflicted with ALS.
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Trinity Trash Bash by Diana Lee
Trinity Trash Bash 2015 was on September 19, and although it started at the crack of dawn, I was thrilled to see that many Key Clubbers had also gotten up early. We met up at Shannon’s point and walked along the river with giant trash bags and picked up trash with trash picker-uppers. We split up into two groups in the beginning, but we met up at the end and saw that we collected quite a bit of trash, mainly plastic bottles and pieces of paper. I’ve noticed that many people who weren’t even in Key club woke up early to participate in the Trinity Trash Bash, helping the community one trash bag at a time! The Trinity River now looked a lot cleaner than before, and after picking up around 4 bags of trash, accomplishing our task, our group decided to go to Chick-fil-A. At Chick-fil-A, everyone talked and got to know each other. We also went to the Trinity Trash Bash after party, where everyone got snow cones. I believe the trash bash is one of those events during the school year that brings all the Key Clubbers closer together, and I can’t wait for next year's Trash Bash!
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Banking at the Food Bank 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
DCON 2016 Theme:
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 ones which had been stored for weeks. Surprisingly, most 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.
GET PSYCHED!!!!!
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Cruisin' in Cowtown by Jillian Daugherty
In the early morning of Saturday, September 12th, I attended a service project called the Cowtown Classic Bike Ride. Fellow Key Clubbers and I helped our local Kiwanis club manage a rest stop along the bike path. Some Key Clubbers made Gatorade and passed out water, pickle juice, and cookies, while others cut oranges, bananas, and pickles so the bikers could eat and refuel. At the stop, kids and adults relaxed and enjoyed themselves before setting out to cycle once more. Many bikers had decorated their helmets or bikes, which were entertaining to see, and expressed to us their gratitude for getting up early to help out at the stop. This was my 3rd time helping out at this project, and once again, I am glad I was able to help.
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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>
paschalkeyeditor@gmail.com
Region 7 Advisor: Ms. Newsham <reg7adv@gmail.com> District Officers: Rachel Iselin (Governor), Emily Zhao (Treasurer), Matthew Riley (Editor) <Position@tokeyclub.com>