PIEDMONT HILLS KEY CLUB | Division 12 East | Region 17 | CNH District
may 2019
ARC REACTOR 1377 Piedmont Road, San Jose, CA 95132
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from the president meet the board 4 6 member of the month calendar 7 8 event recaps ltg banquet 12 14 meet phhs dlt upcoming event 16 club goals 17 from the media director 18 trivia 19 contacts 20 2
from the president Happy summe, Heoes! This is it; you’re finally free from school!...for the next two months a least (I’m so sorry for you summer school kids.) I hope that all of you have a great start to your summer break! Go out with your friends, destress your life, and do some SERVICE. Summer is the perfect time to be getting those hours up and giving back to your community. Already two months into the term, I can see all of the progress we are making! We’ve served hundreds of hours already and raised hundreds for our charities. It’s amazing to witness the amazing things that Key Clubbers can do, so good on all of you for showing your passion and dedication! You make me very proud. :) We have MANY things planned for this summer! Coming up soon is our FIRST official Key Club event of the term: Key Club Training Conference! If you’re interested in attending, please check my earlier post and sign up SOON because spots are limited. In addition, Relay for Life is happening next month! It’s truly a once-in-alifetime event to be with so many supportive people raising money and awareness for cancer research. Finally, there are a whole host of events happening every weekend, from service events to a possible super amazing bonding with other clubs?! All of our officers have been working very hard to make all of this happen, and we would love for you guys to join in on the fun! Thank you all for being such an amazing group of people! Our accomplishments would not be possible without all of you, so keep up the great work and relax! You all deserve the best. Flying into service,
Kathy Ton Kathy Ton PHHS Key Club President 2019-2020
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Peter Truong Steven Tran Vincent Han
Preston Tran
Jadon Tran
James Vo
Annabelle Tran
Andy Truong
Mary Tra
Kirsten Ta
Joshua Hoang
Nancy Duong Emily Vu 4
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Nicole Chen Jasmine Nguyen
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Christine Do
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Britney Sun Ann Chung
Chris Abe Jerry Xu
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Member OFOFTHE THE
Month APRIL MOTM Brandon Huang
Brandon was chosen as member of the month for the month of April because he has shown a lot of dedication to Key Club with the amount of events he’s attended! Even though he may be busy on certain days, he still makes an effort to attend all the events that he CAN attend. He works hard at any event that he attends and can bring a smile to anyone’s face. Brandon is a model Key Clubber, and one that should be recognized for his passion!
MAY MOTM Savannah Jan Savannah is a super kind Key Clubber! At any event she attends, she never hesitates to get the job done and has a lot of fun while doing so, caring for those she meets. In addition, she has attended many events in the month of May, showing her Key Club passion for service. Overall, Savannah wholly represents the Key Club core values and is a model Key Clubber!
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RUSKIN GARDEN WORKDAY
In the month of May, I hosted Ruskin Garden Workday! This event was actually part of a Girl Scout project I had been working on for quite some time, and it was the first time I brought Key Club into the mix! At the event, I had members split up into groups with kids from the local Sunshine afterschool daycare to oversee them and to help them in the garden. While one group was planting beets and onions into the beds, the other was pulling out weeds from the ground. It was really fun to see everyone interacting, and I even got the chance to talk to some members that I had never met before as well! The work was definitely long, and the day hot, but the end result was amazing, as all of the tall weeds were removed and the soil freshly planted. I hope to be able to bring more members to the garden to help out in the future!
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Event Recap
by nicole chen
BUBBLE RUN
One event I went to in the month of May was Bubble Run! Waking up to get there on time sure was difficult. We were assigned to fill up water cups for the passing runners. There was a strange contraption set up, with two huge water tanks that could spew water using a foot pedal and long hoses. We lined up plastic cups and sprayed the water through the hose and into the cups until we filled up two tables of plastic water cups. However, it seemed as if the hoard of runners was neverending! Before we even knew it, we were out of cups and had to start scrambling to fill more. As more and more runners clumped together waiting for water, the more we panicked. At one point, the foot pedal stopped working and some volunteers opted to opening the water tanks up and scooping water out. We soon formed a fast paced system. It seemed like hours until the frantic rush died down, and everyone felt exhausted but accomplished. This was definitely one of the more difficult and laborious volunteer events, though it felt really rewarding once the job was finished. The next day, my arms were sore from hoisting the heavy hose around filling cups for hours, and that's when I knew I worked hard!
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by andy truong
One event that I went to this month was Food4Others! During this event, we packaged foods with the four main ingredients being soy, rice, vitamins, and vegetables, to children in need around the world! This event was a very cool experience as I witnessed families and children working together to putting a dent into stopping world hunger. Moreover, we were able to package 140 boxes of food packages which could suffice starving children for a little more than an entire year! Nonetheless, I found this event to be super fun as volunteers were organized into tables to compete against one another in who can package the most food bags. We also made a chant in which we exclaimed, "table 7, we love food!" Ultimately, this event made me very happy, as I was able to help children around the world by packaging food, and I would definitely recommend this event to others!
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Event Recap
FANIME Event Recap
by jadon tran In May, I attended Fanime, which is a popular convention that is held annually in San Jose. I've always wanted to go to Fanime, and this year, I was able to experience it for the first time with Key Club. Not only that, I was able to enter for free because the coordinators reimbursed us for volunteering. At Fanime, we got to choose multiple jobs from a variety of different options. Even though I was volunteering, I had an extremely fun time because the different jobs allowed us to explore the whole convention. In the dealers hall, you could see all the cool stuff people were selling. In the gaming hall, you could watch people compete in games. In the artist hall, you could witness the beautiful works of the artists. Overall, Fanime is a really fun event that everyone should go to.
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ltg banqu
Thank you to everyone who attended LTG Banquet on May 18th! We celebrated the immediate past LTG Sabrina Huynh and welcomed our new LTG for the 2019-2020 term, Tony Hong. We also had a DCM and the new DLT was announced. We hope everyone enjoyed the food and performances.
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IN PINK
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Victor Xie Nancy Duong
Annabelle Tran
Emily Vu Meet PHHS DLT
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Nancy Duong
Division News Editor
hello hello fellow superheroes! if you couldn't tell by the title above my name's nancy duong, and i'm your upcoming vice president of service and division news editor for the 2019-2020 term! to quickly introduce myself i'm an upcoming junior and i really like dogs and digital art! as your upcoming vps and dne, my advice to you all is to manage your time well! i know that the next year may be difficult for you guys, and that school is important, but just know that it's great to go to service events as well! we all know that procrastination is inevitable, but try your best to manage your time well by starting homework as soon as possible, and spreading out your tasks evenly across the week! this may help you get more sleep, be more productive, and give you time to go to fun service events!! yay yay :--) on an ending note, i'm really excited to serve you all. don't be afraid to have a quick chit chat with me and ask for advice ! i'm always down to talk hehe love
Division Secretary what’s up, heroes?
Annabelle Tran
My name is Annabelle Tran and I will be serving as your Division Secretary for the 2019-2020 term! I am currently a sophomore at Piedmont Hills and 100% am definitely not excited whatsoever for junior year:( One thing you should know about me is that I hazve a dog and I like to talk about him quite often. He is the biggest potato I will ever know and does not like exercise or tiny, loud children (sounds like me!) If you ever see me around, feel free to say hi and ask about my dog! or ask about literally anything! promise i don’t bite D; Looking forward to meeting you all!
Emily Vu
Executive Assistant
Hola Superheroes!! My name is Emily Vu and I have the incredible honor of serving as one of your Division 12 East Executive Assistants for the 2019-2020 term! I will be an upcoming junior at Piedmont Hills and I serve as the Treasurer! When I first joined Key Club, I honestly had no idea how big of an impact it would make on me. I’ve grown so much over the years from a smol freshmen to the person I am today and I hope to just continue to grow! Key Club has been a second family to me and I hope that this family keeps growing! I enjoy playing tennis, bullet journaling, painting, volunteering, etc. If you ever see me around school, at volunteer events, or any other Key Club events please please please come at and say hi!! I would love to meet you all!! :3 I’m super excited to see what this new term has in store for us and I hope you guys are as well! See you around heroes ; )
Spirit Coordinator
Victor Xie
Hello Piedmont Hills Key Club! My name is Victor Xie and I proudly serve as 1/2 of your Spirit Coordinators this term. I've been in Key Club since freshman year and you might've seen me being the gangly 6 feet tree that I am. I joined Key Club because of the people who constantly included me, and I now understand that I need to be the person to include all of you. Even though I have taken many Ls, I'm still passionate about this club because it has changed my life and given me so many memorable memories. Don't be afraid to talk to me because I'm always down to send some memes. See ya around ;D
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Contact Kathy to sign up!
UPCOMING EVENT
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Club Goals $152/ $1500
MNT 1089.5/ 8500+
PTP $112/ $1500
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from the media director What's poppin, Heoes! Thank you so much to everyone who has read through the entire newsletter and sticking around until the end to read this. It is my honor and pleasure to present to you my first newsletter and I hope you guys continue to read them throughout the rest of the term, as well as the future newsletters from my super amazing and talented co-media director, Christine Do. I know we’ve all been counting down to this day that we’re finally out from school, but this is a reminder that service never sleeps! Go out during the summer and volunteer with your friends - it’s honestly a really great way to stay active and have fun, while also doing good for the community. I hope to see everyone there, because I sure will be! All that aside, this is YOUR time! Catch up on your much deserved sleep and destress. Just have fun and enjoy your summer...but don’t forget to do your summer homework. Thank you again for reading and I hope to see again next month for the June newsletter, created by Christine! Have a super(hero) day! Soaring to serve,
Jasmine Nguyen Jasmine Nguyen PHHS Key Club Media Director 2019-2020
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TRIVIA
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Get FEATURED in the next newsletter by messaging Christine Do (12) or Jasmine Nguyen (11) first!
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CONTACTS
kathy ton | president kathyton@tonthat.com nancy duong | vp of service nancykduong@gmail.com jerry xu | vp of admin jerryxukeyclub@gmail.com chris abe | secretary cabe2149@gmail.com
SOCIAL MEDIA
emily vu | treasurer emilyqvu@gmail.com
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