The Salmon Sentinel ]
June 2014|Vol.1|Issue 3
Greetings from Your Lieutenant Governor
Hey Division 11/18c! I am extremely excited to be your Lieutenant Governor for the 2014-2015 year. I am a grade eleven student at Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. I served as Club President last year which was when I developed my love for Key Club. I enjoy playing video games, rugby and football. Serving is my passion because I truly believe that if one of my actions can make someone’s day better or even make them smile, it was worthwhile. I am looking forward to meeting each of you during the course of this year. I hope to see you all at the DCMs and Canada Rally (more information to come). I am so lucky to be a part of such an outgoing and enthusiastic division. The passion for service I see in your eyes continues to inspire me. I hope I will be able to serve you all well this year. If you ever need to express concern, discuss ideas or just talk about Key Club, do not hesitate to contact me. These first few months working with you guys has been an absolute pleasure. Seeing all of you excited Key Clubbers makes me love Key Club more and more every day.
In Caring and Service, Pranav Arya Division 11/18c Lieutenant Governor pranavaryaltg@hotmail.com (604) 300-1997
June DCM – Year End Barbeque Picnic at Mill Lake!
This month’s Divisional Council Meeting will be held at Mill Lake Park and will consist of a BBQ and Picnic. We are having this DCM to say farewell to our graduating seniors and to prepare for the next year! Information will be given about Canada Rally and this upcoming year. Bring a friend and enjoy the sun!
When: June 21st @ 12pm – 5pm Where: Mill Lake Park – Pool Area
School Responsibilities ATSS: BBQ Garabaldi: Chips and Pop Solh: Cups, Plates and Cutlery Yale: Hot Dogs Bateman: Burgers Abby Senior: Buns Sehome: Something American It would also be great if a few members of each club could bring sporting goods (ie. soccer ball, volleyball, frisbee etc.) See you all there!
DCON Recap
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION UPDATE Why Go?
Price: $895 Place: Anaheim California Dates: June 30th-July 6th
ICON 2014
International convention is an amazing opportunity to see Key Clubbers not only from across the states, but around the world. You have the chance to bond with your District, vote on the IBoard, and see Key Club at a whole new level. More information will be out this April, but payments are usually due around mid may! Don’t have money? Ask your local Kiwanis Club!
This year’s District Project is….ELIMINATING MNT! What is MNT? In 30 countries around the world, maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) can quickly turn the joy of childbirth into tragedy. MNT kills one baby every nine minutes. Its effects are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. There is little hope of survival. And tetanus kills mothers too.
Can MNT be stopped? Yes! MNT is highly preventable. Just three doses of a 60-cent immunization protect mothers, who then pass on the immunity to their future babies. Together, Kiwanis and UNICEF can stop this disease.
Who suffers from MNT? MNT is caused when tetanus spores, found in soil everywhere, come into contact with open cuts during childbirth. The disease strikes the poorest of the poor, the geographically hard to reach and those without health care.
Why hasn't MNT been eliminated already? UNICEF has helped to successfully eliminate MNT in many countries. But in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, it still strikes babies and mothers who have little or no access to health care — either because they are poor, live in remote areas or are caught in humanitarian emergencies. More funds and resources are needed to reach all babies and mothers at risk.
Our Preferred Charities – Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a non-profit organization that raises money for children in hospitals. Through their efforts, CMN Hospitals save thousands of children annually through their investments in research, training and financial aid. There are over 170 hospitals endorsed by Children’s Miracle Network in the United States. Key Club International supports Children’s Miracle Network by sponsoring fundraising events. Key Club made Children’s Miracle Network an official Preferred Charity in 1997. There are several hospitals that the Pacific Northwest District supports. Key Clubbers can help Children’s Miracle Network by hosting and participating in fundraising events in their communities. Additionally, CMN also works to increase awareness of their supported hospitals so Key Clubbers can also give their parents and fellow students information about Children’s Miracle Network and the hospital they promote in their area. Examples of fundraisers include: Pageant for Miracle Kids Cook off/eating contest Making and selling trinkets like bracelets and earrings Sports tournament – soccer, dodgeball, tennis, etc. Rubber duck race 5K fun run
Miracle Weekend at BC Children’s Hospital
On June 1st, Key Clubbers joined other members of the K-Family including Kiwanians and CKI-ers at BC Children’s Hospital. Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Program presented a cheque to the hospital along with various other charities. KCCP raises money for the hospital through the help of the K-Family. KCCP donates money to the fellowship program at BC Children’s. Their annual contribution of $75,000 goes to pay for the expenses of the oncology training of a doctor who, after completing his training, will go back to South Africa and open the first oncology hospital in his home town. Thank you all for your contributions!
Key Club 101 Division: 11/18C Mascot: The Salmon Schools: Abbotsford Senior, Abbotsford Traditional, Bateman Secondary, Garibaldi Secondary, GW Graham, Yale Secondary, Sehome High School Past Ltgs: Shirley Chou, Eli Costea, Virginia Waughn
Structure Individual Key Clubs belong to divisions, which belong to districts, which comprise Key Club International. Districts There are 33 organized districts. Each district, normally defined by state or nation, tends to match a similar Kiwanis district and is led by a governor, who is elected by delegates at the annual district convention. Divisions Districts are divided into divisions and each division has a lieutenant governor, a student leader who carries out the district’s policies and provides support to the clubs. Clubs Key Clubs are established in a high school or equivalent institution. A community-based club also may be chartered. Elected officers can include president, one or more vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, editor and one director from each class.
President’s Reports We all know it’s summer once the sun begins to poke through the clouds in the winter. As we wrap up the 2013/2014 Key Club year, our Robert Bateman club member have been hard at work preparing for exams, as well as maintaining their Key Club duties. For the month of May, Bateman members showed their support for the teachers by attending both of their strike days, bringing them food, as well as providing the teachers with company and support. The teachers all appreciated our presence and it also help spread Key Club awareness within the staff body. On June 1, along with Mikayla, Pranav, Sahil, and myself, we had the great opportunity of going to the BC Children’s Hospital Miracle Weekend to present a cheque with our KCCP spokesperson, Darlene Smith, to the BC Children’s Hospital. The four of us also got to meet other Key Club and Circle K members. To finish off the year, we held our very last Key Club meeting on June 3 to celebrate our Club members, as well as the successes we have experienced this year. Under Yujin’s term, we managed to triple the size of the club. The 2014/2015 executive team hope to continue her team’s success. For our final service project, we will be volunteering at our own school for the Kiwanis KCCP Volley Ball tournament. With the combined efforts of the other Abby Key Clubs, we know this event will be successful like the last. Over the course of the summer, our executive team will be meeting several times to coordinate our plans next year with our fellow Kiwanis and school advisors. Anthony Miyagi President of Bateman Key Club
May has been a relatively slow month for Yale Key Club as it is coming to the end of the school year. In the beginning of the month we held a garage sale where we raised around $60 towards Destiny Rescue to support the victims of human trafficking. We also sold mushroom compost as well as children books "Happy go Lucky" at the farmer's market and raised over $1200! In June we are very excited for the end of year celebration filled with games and pizza! Additionally Rachel is hosting a Rescue Run at Mill Lake at which the money raised will also go towards Destiny Rescue. This year has been yet another amazing year for Yale and I can't wait for the many opportunities that will come next year. Shout out to Rachel Lee for being such an inspirational president! Jane Kim President of Yale Key Club
Hey everyone! This past month at our Abby Traditional Key Club we had possibly our biggest event of the year with our chartering ceremony. We had the ceremony and are now officially chartered! The meeting went great and the Kiwanis club had done a great job of organizing it for our club. We also had our elections done for the next school year, which resulted in our two new presidents: Roop Warraich and Gaurav Sandhar, VPs: Ricky Johal and Kajal Sandhar, Secretaries: Kaysha Frazier and Summer Jackson, Treasurer: Ally Ghakkar and the Bulletin Editor is Janelle Stephens. We are also sad to see our original presidents Sahil and Ekanki Chawla going and we wish them the best in the future. They had done an amazing job with the club this inaugural year and we are hoping to bring the same level of energy and excitement that they had brought to every meeting this year. The ATSS Key Club would also like the thank all of the members in our division for all the help this year and showing us how Key Club is truly an amazing club and helping to give us the drive to continue to serve others. We have our last meeting coming up on June 11th and along with the DCM it will be a great way to end of a successful year. Gaurav Sandhar & Roop Warraich Presidents of ATSS Key Club
This month Solh Key Club had our coffee house fundraiser that took place on May 22nd and 23rd. Students provided entertainment during a bake sale held at lunch, and all proceeds from the bake sale went towards the Rice Raiser charity. Over the course of the month we also assembled knitted bags that contained comfort items and candy for cancer patients in coordination with the Chilliwack Hospice Society. Our final meeting and club wrap-up was held on June 3rd!
Erin Steele President of SOLH Key Club
This May our club hosted 30 Hour Famine at our school! It was so successful and I am so thankful for all the volunteers and Key Clubbers who took the time to help with the event and also join in the famine. We had over 60 kids come to the event and we raised 1,700 dollars for Free the Children’s Adopt A Village program! We had a former key club president help supervise, and many other teachers from our school volunteered as supervisors. The Kiwanis Club hosted a delicious pancake breakfast in the morning to break the fast! I am so proud of our club, this event took a lot of work to run and it went so smoothly! We organized a photo booth, games, a movie area and other activities for the kids. We also had a speaker who is going to Haiti this summer talk about what it is like to live in Haiti and the struggles many people face day to day. Hopefully we can host this wonderful event next year. We finished off May by planning our last fundraiser of the year- an Ice Cream Sale! We are deciding to feature 3 flavours: Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry Marble. All money will go to support Eliminate! Maegan Mckay President of Abby Senior Key Club
During this month, the Garibaldi Key Club has finished and started several projects. One project that we took part in was the Water Walk, in which we raised funds for the club. It was on Friday May 9, and was a day-long event where members had to sell popcorn to people participating in the Water Walk. Although there were designated shifts for members to sign up for, what ended up happening was four grade 8 members staying at the booth the whole day; something which was greatly appreciated and praised. Other members got out of their classes when they could and helped out however they could. Also, we helped the local Kiwanis club in their annual Hanging Baskets sales which were May 3rd, 4th10th and 11th. Although it was cold and the shifts were sometimes long, we knew it was for a good cause and knew we were helping out! One project which we have decided to take a part in, is being volunteers to serve dinners at the Salvation Army Caring Place every second Friday. We have partnered with the local Kiwanis group for this year-round project and our first day was last Friday. We are crossing our fingers that this project will continue to be as successful! Anna Park President of Garibaldi Key Club
Contact Information Lieutenant Governor Pranav Arya (604) 300-1997 pranavaryaltg@hotmail.com
Convention Chair
District Governor
Cleo Tsang
Lisa Antonio
pnwconventionchair@ gmail.com
Lisaantonio.dgoccv@gmail. com
District Administrator
District Secretary
John Jay
Ik Hoon Jung
jmjay@comcast.net
ijungpnwsec@gmail.com
Assistant Administrator
District Treasurer
Tom Saunders
Aneesh Pappu
pnwtoms@gmail.com
Apappu97@gmail.com
Finance Administrator
District Editor
Kevin Buyer
Jenny Zhang
buyergrang@wavecable .com
editorjennyzhang@gmail.com
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