October 2009 Volume 5, Issue 2
Stuyvesant High School Key Club
The Locksmith LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT It is with great pleasure that I welcome the Stuyvesant High School Key Club of 2009-2010 to the new service year. I hope to learn from each and every individual member, and to get to know everyone on a more personal level. Don’t hesitate to stop me in the hall and give me a quick, “BOOMBA!” The 2009-2010 service year is going to be a huge one, because there are so many changes that we as a cabinet wish to implement. Not only do we wish to preserve our tradition of excellence, but we also want to make the club more fun and relatable on so many levels. We will continue to both volunteer and walk at popular events, like MSABC (Making Strides against Breast Cancer), AIDS Walk, and March of Dimes, in addition to helping various gardens and parks around the city. Our help in cleaning, weeding, mulching, and planting is crucial in beautifying our city amidst the cement and pollution. We also volunteer at soup kitchens and we help monitor outdoor events. While a majority of our events will require traveling around the city, we are also trying to diversify the locations of the volunteer opportunities we offer. Hopefully we can find some events in your local area, and if not, please let us know! If you find that your schedule this year allows for little time to volunteer outside of the school week, we do offer other opportunities to earn service credit, such as submitting to our newsletter, helping to print and put up flyers around school, decorating our bulletin board on the second floor, fundraising, and more. This is a club that seeks to change. It is evident that we are high school students, no longer children, but not yet adults. However, each hour, each minute, each second that an individual reaches out to help another is another dollar, another full stomach, another smile. The change we make may seem insignificant at first, but together, I truly believe that we can make a difference in the world, starting with our own school and our own communities. Key Club is dedicated to volunteer work and community service, but more importantly, I wish to foster leadership in every single member. It is my sincere hope that at the end of each service year, the members will be able to take something away from their experiences, and feel both empowered and encouraged to seek something greater than what they are limited to. With that, I wish everyone a successful 2009-2010 service year! Sincerely. Bette Ha President of the Stuyvesant High School Key Club