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RANDALL KEY Volume 3 | Issue 8 | January 2018 “Service
never goes out of style!”
Randall High School Key Club | Region 1 | Division 7/33
CONTENTS
Table Table Of Of Contents Contents
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Table of Contents
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DCON Announcement
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Editor’s Note
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LTG
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Chili Cook Off
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Big Cheese
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Calendar
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Bookmark it!
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Contact us
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Partnerships
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Editor’s Note Hey Key Clubbers! I’m so excited to see how much work we’ve already done this year. Not only that, but I am extremely excited for the upcoming DCON! Also, don’t forget that meetings are now held in room 601W on Mondays during Flextime! I hope you guys enjoy this article! Yours in Service, Chantha Dalena Le
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CONGRATULATIONS
Welcome Our LTG!
LTG REBEKAH WILLIAMS The idea of the Lt. Governor position never really occurred to me before it had been mentioned to me. Our school sponsor, Cassi Unger, was the one to bring up actually running for the position of Lt. Governor, and at first I was very
Rebekah Williams
skeptical about it. I had never really thought about being such
a big part of the Key Club community, I’d only just joined the school’s board this year. But with my connection to our Regional Advisor, Olin Norrid, I’d thought that I would have help and a way to check that I was doing what I needed to be doing. I’ve always wanted to be apart of the club before high school, and that led me to being apart of the board. By being apart of my school’s newspaper staff, I think that skill will be a major part of being Lt. Governor. The Lt. Governor is suppose to send out news reports to other clubs to keep them aware of what’s going on in the Key Club community, and I think my ability to help distribute news is going to be a big help. I was excited at the idea of helping clubs better themselves and their community. As I was the only candidate running for the position, I was able to fully express my excitement and qualification of the role. With a large part of our board and club being apart of the senior class, I have high hopes to help boost the clubs membership for incoming years and keep all clubs alive and going. I want all communities to feel the helpful hands of Key Clubbers and I want the Clubs to see how their help has impacted their schools and communities. I won’t be sworn in until this year’s DCON, and I’m looking forward to it. Before that can happen, I will be attending a training that will teach me how and what to help and do my job best. I will also attend the TO district board meeting over the summer. This position in our community, I’m hoping, will teach me and prepare me for certain goals and obstacles in life. I hope to gather skills that I will need, and to help spread and teach these skills to others. I am glad I decided to run and I hope that the outcome not only helps my club but many more.
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ARTICLE
Chili Cook Off By Dalena Le
The Chili Cook Off is an annual event in Amarillo, TX that takes place at the Rex Baxter Building. The cook off was hosted by the Panhandle Down Syndrome Guild, allowing all proceeds to benefit Make A Wish. This event was open to the public on January 14th. There, attendees were allowed to try over 75 differents types of chili made by different organizations, companies, and corporations. This event is a lot like another event we had this month, called the Big Cheese. However, rather than cooking macaroni and cheese, chili was served. In addition, there was also a live band that performed throughout the event so attendees can listen to live music while walking through the booths and trying some homemade chili. At this particular event, we helped with the set up. When we arrived, we were greeted by a few women who were regulating the amount of people coming in and directing them to the correct location. After telling them that we were a part of the Randall Key Club, they then directed us to the event coordinator. Once we had chatted with her for a while, she then walked us to the area we would be helping prepare for the event. When I arrived, there were already a few members from my club who had begun setting up. In addition, there were also people from different schools who had also volunteered their time to set up. We were instructed to take empty plastic cups and group them with a napkin and spoon. Then, these would be placed into boxes so they would be easily stored and accessible during the event. We continued doing this for a
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while, creating a system with the people around us. While we did this, the live band was warming up and practicing, so we had a lot of fun doing so. It was a pretty laid back job so I was able to joke around and talk with my friends while still completing the task at hand. Near the end, the whole building began to empty out. Different businesses finished setting up their booths for the next day. We could smell the chili they had been preparing and soon, the band put up their instruments and turned off the speakers. Yet, we still had a large stack up cups to finish filling. Although the service project was particularly exciting, I still had a lot of fun doing it. I know that the work we did benefited the event the next day as well. Not only that, but I was able to form deeper bonds and relationships with those in my community.
ARTICLE
The Big Cheese event is hosted annually by the Hope and Healing Place. Although the event is open to the general public, all donations are welcome and given to the Hope and Healing Place. At the event, different companies, restaurants, and even high schools create large portions of macaroni and cheese to serve to attendees. The attendees are then allowed to vote on their favorite booth. The winner is then announced at the end of the night and given a prize. The Big Cheese is a very popular and fun event in Amarillo.
Big Cheese
By Kami Velarde
The macaroni and cheese booths
were set up all around the edges of the building for the people to form an assembly line while sampling all of the dishes. The people were allowed to use their ticket to drop into a box that would vote for who they thought had the best macaroni and cheese dish. Not only was there a people’s choice award, there were awards for kid’s choice as well as judge’s choice. At the end of the night, the winners of each event would be announced and would also receive free publicity. Of course, this event is perfect for food businesses of all kinds because of its competitive aspect. At the event, each volunteer was assigned to clean up trash, take orders, and serve the people in the VIP section. Of course, being friendly to each and every guest was very important. In my personal situation, I work for a cafe and bakery called Girasol. Our booth was set up in the corner of the building where we served our special “Creamy Cremini Mushroom with a tri-blend of Muenster, Cheddar, and Parmesan Macaroni.” Of course since I was a part of both situations,
I switched back and forth between the two options. At first, I started off with key club and set up chairs and tables all around the large warehouse-type building. After that, I began to walk around to different tables and ask the very important person or VIP guests about which places they wanted me to get them macaroni from and what they would like me to get them to drink. The lines for each restaurant were long lines that wrapped around the building so getting food and beverages for people took a long time. After serving people for a while, I walked over to the Girasol booth to start serving the mushroom macaroni. Over seventeen hundred people visited our little booth set-up in the corner. And of those seventeen hundred people, we received tons of votes for people’s choice. Although we did not end up winning, it was still a night of service and fun.
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Randall McDonald House @ 5 - 6 pm
ANNOUNCEMENTS DISTRICT PROJECT
abandoned :
The goal of the project is to help lift up the homeless company and make sure no one is left behind. We want to be DONE with the word ABANDONED.
DCON dallas, tx The district convention takes place in the Sheraton Hotel of Dallas, TX. At DCON, clubs from all around the Texas-Oklahoma District meet.
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CONTACT US
Officer Information MADDY SHEFFIELD President (806)679-0329 ANDREW SOMERVILLE Vice President (806)382-3386
VICTORIA PINA-SMITH Historian (806)683-1796 KAMI VELARDE Parliamentarian (806)340-3471 CHANTHA DALENA LE Editor (806)340-4535 CHLOE ASHTON Membership Secretary (806)676-2877 MADALYNN REID Membership Secretary (806)679-7283 JESSICA HARRIS Recording Secretary (806)341-5785
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SABRINA PALMA District Governor governor@tokeyclub.com (972)762-1021 SHELBY MORTON District Secretary secretary@tokeyclub.com (806)316-6857 FOSTER HILLIS District Treasurer treasurer@tokeyclub.com (325) 642-9012 STEPHANIE TRAN District Editor editor@tokeyclub.com (832)955-2245 DAJAH BROOKS Convention Liaison (918)938-1015 ABBEY DIGGS Lieutenant Governor (806)640-3109 OLIN NORRID Regional Advisor (806)679-7565
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