The Salmon Sentinel Zx
May Newsletter|Vol. 1|Issue2
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. My first month as Lieutenant Governor has been extraordinary and I feel extremely lucky to be a part of such a dedicated and hard-working division
Table of Contents Page 1- May DCM Page 2- DCON Recap Page 3- ICON Update Page 4 – Eliminate Page 5- Daffodil Fundraiser Page 6- Mushroom Compost Page 7- Key Club 101
In Caring and Service, Pranav Arya Division 11/18c Lieutenant Governor pranavaryaltg@hotmail.com (604) 300-1997
Pages 9,10 & 11 – President Reports Page 12- Contact Information
May DCM
Location: Abby Senior Conference Room (Enter through Public Library)
Date: May 17th Time: 2pm-5pm This month at the May Divisional Council Meeting, we will be having Innie Outtie wills. These consist of the outgoing executives giving small gifts to their incoming executives to help them in their upcoming term. Also, we will be having a potluck so bring snacks to share! See you all there! P.S.-Make sure you R.S.V.P on the Facebook event
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.
Daffodil Fundraiser This month, the Bateman Key Club spearheaded a fundraiser in which they, with the help of the entire division sold daffodils around the community for KCCP. Over the duration of the fundraiser, $3800 was raised for KCCP! Well done Bateman Key Club and all other members that helped!
Mushroom Compost Fundraiser
The Annual Mushroom Compost Fundraiser was held this month by the Yale Key Club. In addition to the sales of mushroom compost, there was also a garage sale.
Key Club 101 Division Number: 11/18C Mascot: The Salmon Schools: Abbotsford Senior, Abbotsford Traditional, Bateman Secondary, Garibaldi Secondary, GW Graham, Yale Secondary, Past Ltgs: Shirley Chow, 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.
Presidents’ Reports Abby Senior So far at Abby, we have been busy planning the school wide event 30 Hour Famine! The event is happening on May 23rd and we are so excited to unite as a school to bring awareness for the cause! All the money we raise will go towards the Free the Children Adopt a Village program. We are planning to go to We day through Free the Children next year as a club! Our club has also made bows and we are selling them for $3 to students and teachers to support the Adopt a Village program. We are planning to take the bows door to door to sell them! We are planning an event for June to bring awareness about Key Club and K.C.C.P. , most likely “Key Club Candy Grams”. A really neat idea which a member in our club came up with! Maegan Mckay Solh This past month Solh Key Club of G.W. Graham organized the finalities of the 30 hour famine and coffee house events. The coffee house function has been moved to May 22nd during lunch in order to have a better turnout and maximize donations for the Rice Raiser charity. There will be a bake sale and entertainment provided by students during the event. The 30 hour famine will be overnight May 9th-10th if we have enough participants. All participants are required to pay a $20 donation going towards the Eliminate project. The event is from 5pm Friday to 10am Saturday. We will be putting on a variety of activities, including a movie and “The Amazing Race” scavenger hunt, as well as a pancake breakfast in the morning. The new executives have now been fully integrated! The outgoing executives are assisting us in learning our new positions and are demonstrating excellent mentorship. Erin Steele
Bateman “Hey Key Clubbers! How do you feel?” Hi everyone, for those of you that don’t know me, my name is Anthony Miyagi and I’ll be taking Yujin Song’s place as RBSS Key Club President for the 2014/2015 year! I am looking forward to working with my executive team. April has been an incredible month for our club! Both DCON and Key Leader were great experiences for our club members and there has been a noticeable increase in our club pride and spirit! Immediately after DCON, our executive team went hard to work organizing our first project for our term. It was a huge success with over half of our club members participating! For the door-to-door fundraiser, close to 35 Key Clubbers showed up from various clubs to help raise money for KCCP! Bateman Key Club would like to thank Abby, Yale, ATSS members, as well the Kiwanis advisors for helping us out! Together, we raised a grand total of $3821.50. For every $3 raised, Kiwanis will donate an additional $1 towards the cause; this will bring our total to over $5000! An estimated of 150-200 volunteer hours were served during the fundraiser’s duration! Thanks everybody for your support! I would like to introduce you to our member of the month, Tina Lin for outstanding service. For the Daffodil Fundraiser, Tina volunteered over 11 hours in one day as well as helped out at other events. Outstanding job! Finally, I would to thank all the outgoing executives on behalf of Bateman for their tremendous service to our club and community, as well as for being such outstanding role models. Yujin and her team grew our club extensively during her term; it is now our turn to carry on the torch! Bateman Key Club will miss you all <3. Outgoing
Incoming
President: Yujin Song
Anthony Miyagi
VP: Brenna Kwon
Mikayla Cudmore & Sally Lee
Secretary: Nicole Peters
Hanna Araza
Treasurer: Daniel Liebe
Isha Bode
Anthony Miyagi
Yale April was a very fun month for the Yale key clubbers! Our members volunteered at the Walk for the Rice Reason, and despite the rainy weather, they happily cheered on contestants. Additionally, several members attended the District Convention in Seattle and Key Leader in Hope and gained multiple leadership skills and more knowledge about Kiwanis. We also sold and delivered daffodil grams at our school to support KCCP. Furthermore, a few of our active members participated in Anthony’s door to door daffodil sale. Moreover, our vice president, Sung Il asked our members to write a letter of encouragement to the surviving students from the ferry incident in South Korea. The ferry sunk with hundreds of high school students, with still approximately 100 bodies remaining in the ship. We are hoping that our prayers and letters will provide some support to these surviving students. We additionally held our election and I am excited to introduce the incoming executives: Jane Kim, Angela Li, Laura Egolf, Eugenia Long, Kourtnie Sohl, and James Chooi. It has been an amazing year and journey as member and President, and I hope our key club will continue to grow and serve our community! Rachel Lee Garabaldi The Spring time for Garibaldi Key Club has been a very successful, and eventful one to say the least! On May 1st, the club had a big dinner, where we celebrated the induction of the new executive board, and honored those that moved on! The club would also like to thank both Key Club and Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor’s, Ann Penner and Pranav Arya for attending the dinner, and everyone else who came to celebrate Key Club, and our new board. Furthermore, Garibaldi’s Key Club participated in a food drive, working out of the Pitt Meadows food bank to raise more than thirty thousand pounds of food. The same food bank also hosted an easter egg hunt that many Key Clubbers and Kiwanis Members helped with.The most recent and largest of our events was the Rebels for a Cause Water walk that was organized by Key Clubber and former Editor, Sara Stanley. The event was a huge success, with a lot of fun and help from many Key Clubbers, Rebels for a Cause members, and helpful students! The Key Club has a lot planned for the remainder of the school year, and as of now are currently helping the local Kiwanis Club with their hanging basket sales – which seems to be going fantastically. Either way, with this being my last Presidents report, despite the fact that I am no longer President, I Nick Nichols, want to thank all my dedicated members for their loyalty to Key Club over the past year and a half; I would also like to thank The Kiwanis Club of Golden Ears for all their help with everything Key Club. Thank you to Ann Penner and Pranav Arya for being fantastic Lieutenant Governors. I look forward to seeing the direction of Key Club at Garibaldi as I move on to university, and I hope to see all of you Key Clubbers later on, as I hope to be an active member of Circle K at UBC. Thank you! Nick Nichols
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