Vol. 1 Issue 7 OCTOBER 2012
ALOHA. BEAVERTON. CENTURY. FOREST GROVE. GLENCOE. HILLSBORO. SOUTHRIDGE. SUNSET. WESTVIEW
DIVISION 65 NEWSLETTER
PACIFIC NORTHWEST KEY CLUB
HEY KEY CLUBBERS, HOW DO YOU FEEL?!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE COVER PAGE
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UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR & KEY CLUB SERVICE
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SECRETARIES
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UPCOMING EVENTS & PRESIDENT LTG EVALUATIONS
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2012-2013 DISTRICT PROJECT INTRODUCTION
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DISTRICT PROJECT MERCHANDISE & PROMOTION
6-7
PROJECT: EDUCATE OPPORTUNITIES
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KEY CLUB GEAR
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AUGUST DCM MEETING MINUTES
10-11
KEY CLUB ESSENTIAL CHEER, CHANT, AND PLEDGE
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LETTER/DISTRICT BOARD CONTACT INFORMATION
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UPCOMING EVENTS October 7, 2012
Key Club Night (Portland Timbers vs. Sounders) $22 @ CenturyLink Field 7:00PM
October 13, 2012
Key Club Haunted House Corn Maze @ Sauvies Island Pumpkin Patch 8:30PM
October 19, 2012
LTG Visit at Sunset @ Sunset High School 2:40PM
October 21, 2012
KEY CLUB SERVICE PARTNERS
Key Club Night (FC Dallas vs. Sounders FC) $22 @ CenturyLink Field 6:00PM
October 24, 2012
LTG Visit at Southridge @ Southridge High School 2:45PM
October 28, 2012
October DCM @ Cedar Mill Library 2:00PM-3:30PM
October 28, 2012
Crewneck Order #2 Due to Katie C.
October 31, 2012
LTG Visit at Westview @ Westview High School 2:40PM
October 31, 2012
President Evaluation of LTG Report Due
November 1, 2012
Key Club Dues Due (Early Bird)
November 5, 2012
DAY 1 KEY CLUB WEEK “Show Your K In Every Way”
November 6, 2012
DAY 2 KEY CLUB WEEK “Kudus to the Key Players”
November 7, 2012
DAY 3 KEY CLUB WEEK “Connect the Ks”
November 8, 2012
DAY 4 KEY CLUB WEEK “Bring A Friend to Key Club”
November 9, 2012
DAY 5 KEY CLUB WEEK “Do It Your Way”
November 16, 2012
EARLY BIRD DUES ARE DUE
November 25, 2012
November DCM @ Cedar Mill Library 2:00PM-3:30PM
December 2, 2012
Key Club Dues Due (Regular)
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” — Dalai Lama XIV
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SECRETARIES: PLEASE READ! Since all caps and bold letters weren’t enough for the last 5 months…
REMEMBER: Late is never. Collect all of your club Board Members’ contact information
First/Last Name, School, Grade, Board Position, E-mail Address, Phone Number (Indicate Texting Abilities)
HILLSBORO, I AM STILL MISSING YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION!
E-mail susiethan.d65ltg@gmail.com the completed contact information.
Complete your Secretary Reports by the 5th of every month at: http://bit.ly/pnw_club_report http://bit.ly/pnw_club_report http://bit.ly/pnw_club_report http://bit.ly/pnw_club_report here’s a whole page!
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KEY CLUB NIGHT W/ THE SOUNDERS! WHO: ALL KEY CLUB MEMBERS WHAT: KEY CLUB NIGHT W/ THE SOUNDERS WHERE: CenturyLink Field WHEN: Check “Upcoming Events” for Date/Time WHY: One ticket to a Sounders game is ~$33 but now they’re cheaper! Get them by 15 days before the game you want to go to! 25%-33% of every ticket purchased will be donated to Project Educate! Invite all of your club members for a great game in great seats and fun, club bonding! For more information, please visit: https://www.box.com/s/4439ccf48d3d387e98a2
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR VISITS WHO: ALL DIVISION 65 HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUBS WHAT: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR VISITS WHERE: Your High School! WHEN: NOTE: If you r high school is not on the “Upcoming Events” calendar, please contact me to reschedule my visit. WHY: Lieutenant Governor visits is actually one of my favorite parts of being an LTG! I will be evaluating all of your board members and meeting structures to see that everything is going smoothly and to help you in any way I can! I’d like to give a brief speech and/or presentation so please notify me a week prior to my visit which your club would prefer! I am visiting your clubs to share more about Key Club on the District level and get everyone motivated to serve the community. I look forward to visiting you and your club!
ON THE OTHER HAND… CLUB PRESIDENTS! The District Board is requiring every Club President to evaluate their Lieutenant Governors so please fill out this survey by October 31, 2012.
http://bit.ly/pnw_ltg_eval Please keep in mind that I want you all to be brutally honest! I can only push myself to be a better leader, as Lieutenant Governor, if I know where my flaws are!
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PRESENTING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL 2012– 2013 DISTRICT PROJECT!
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NAME OF PROJECT: “Project Educate” MONETARY GOAL: USD $30,000.00 (JMD 2,659,500.05) OBJECTIVE: Helping to support the development of early-childhood & primary education in the developing country of Jamaica. HOW WILL THE MONEY BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS EACH CONTRIBUTION? GOAL #5 30,000 High school scholarships for 10 students across Jamaica GOAL #4 27,050 St. Mary School (yet to be confirmed) school supplies GOAL #3 23,050 Online classroom assistance to 150 students across Jam. GOAL #2 20,050 Wakefield Primary School assistance for a new Library GOAL #1 12,050 Mona Heights Primary School supplies & library equipment
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PROJECT: EDUCATE CHARITY TEES
$15 EACH
PROJECT: EDUCATE CHARITY WRISTBANDS
$1 EACH You are all strongly encouraged to support this project by selling tshirts and/or wristbands at your high schools! If you would like to order some to sell at your high school, please contact me as soon as possible! Another good idea is to come up with fundraisers on your own! Please help this year’s District Project become a success by working together to Educate Jamaica!
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MARKETING AND PROMOTION “I CARE” CAMPAIGN
People will send in their pictures, a quote, their name, and title A promotional picture will be created for them Spread the news via social media websites! PROJECT: EDUCATE WEBSITE
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/CLUB COMPETITIONS LIETUENANT GOVERNOR COMPETITION (POSSIBILITY):
DCON Award
LTG or Club Member of the division that raises the most money will win a free trip to Jamaica and the Jamaica District convention
DCON District Project Award
PEN-PAL SYSTEM
Voluntary list of Lieutenant Governors and clubs who want to talk to Jamaican Key Club members!
Pen-pal directory will be in the marketing and fundraising kits that will be produced soon by the District Project Committee
FOR MORE INFORMATION... PLEASE CONTACT ME OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
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#YOLO CHARITY TEES These t-shirts were sold at Seattle Rally but LTG Rachel still has leftovers! If you are interested in purchasing one, please let me know and I will bring you one home after the Tri-K District Board Meeting in October. Each t-shirt is $15 and will go to the Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Program (KCCP).
DIVISION 65 CREWNECKS October 28th is the deadline to order crewnecks! Contact Katie Chanthakhoun for more details :) $20
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SEPTEMBER DCM MEETING MINUTES I, Lieutenant Governor of Division 65, officially call this DCM to order on September 31, 2012 DIVISION 65 GEAR: CREWNECKS “WE SO FLY. SIXTY FIVE! The second round of orders are due on October 28th to the Spirit Gear Committee (Christon Senekham, Sarah Lee, Katie Chanthakhoun) $20 a crewneck. POTENTIAL CAR WASH/FUNDRAISING IDEAS Every school must have a fundraising project for the Division. Due date: December. Club Presidents, please keep me updated on your progress in planning your club fundraising project. I will keep this site updated on your work. KEY MOTHA’ BANQUET Mother’s Day Themed event. Silent Auction. Talent Show (Presentation). Relatively Semi-Formal. Dinner. Admission Tickets. Etc. We will be breaking off into committees to further plan this event during the October DCM! CLUB BOARD TASKS Presidents, evaluate me. Secretaries, do your reports. ‘Nuff said. CLUB RUSH Ideas: pamphlets, Spirit Gear flaunting, sign in page for contact information, scrapbooking, etc. I will be creating a Division 65 family tree so you will have that as a reference for all of your club members! FIRST CLUB MEETINGS The first meeting is one of the most important meetings of the year. Please keep it well organized, informative, but also fun! Icebreakers, Key Club 101 Information, food, games, etc. Do whatever you please but keep in mind the well-being of your club and club members! Projects are required every single meeting. It is helpful to have take home fliers or informational agendas for the club members to keep. Lastly, please make sure that your club members learn the cheer AND the pledge. Good luck!
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SEPTEMBER DCM MEETING MINUTES CONTINUED NOTE TO SELF: Forest Grove High School and Aloha High School still need bells... SPIRIT STICK SIGNING I will bring the stick to every Key Club DCM for signing. Schools will rotate keeping it for the rest of the year. The order of schools receiving the stick will be in alphabetical order. Please refer to the cover of this edition. ALOHA, PLEASE COME PICK UP THE SPIRIT STICK! LTG ELECTIONS Elections will be held, tentatively, on November 4th. Nominations Window is open now. Nominate your friends or yourself. Current Nominees Include: Tasmia Ahmed Katie Chanthakhoun Christon Senekham David Minsub Choe Angel Mandujano PROJECT: EDUCATE ORDERS SUNSET: 100 wristbands WESTVIEW: 20 wristbands SOUTHRIDGE: 8 smalls, 2 mediums, 2 larges; 20 wristbands MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS/PROBLEMS/QUESTIONS/CONCERNS We have a club executive board at every high school because there is a lot of work that goes into coordinating meetings and projects. Please make sure that you are doing your best and upholding the commitments you made during your Key Club elections. This has always been a policy: Club Executive Board Members will be impeached if they do not perform their expected tasks. More discussion will take place soon. CLOSING PLEDGE I, Lieutenant Governor of Division 65, officially adjourn this DCM on September 31, 2012.
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KEY CLUB ESSENTIAL CHEER/CHANT/PLEDGE KEY CLUB PLEDGE I pledge, on my honor, To uphold the objects of Key Club International; To build my home, school, and community; To serve my nation and God; And combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
KEY CLUB CHEER
Leader: Hey, Key Clubbers! How do you feel?! Sea of Key Clubbers: I feel good! Oh! I feel so good! UH! (two fists, elbows tucked, downward arm thrust) Double it up. UH! UH! (two fists, elbows tucked, downward arm thrust) X2 Triple it Up. UH! UH! UH! (two fists, elbows tucked, downward arm thrust) X3 One long UH! UHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (right arm extended outward, up & down, wave-like motion) Rapper-style. Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh! (“Uh” spoken with spunky attitude, fingers extended, elbows bent and un-tucked, arms form an “A” shaped wedge, sharply chop air alter nating between right and left arms) WOOO! (clap hands and freestyle cheering)
SIZZLE
Leader: Hey, Key Clubbers! Sea of Key Clubbers: Hey, what?! Leader: Hey, Key Clubbers! Sea of Key Clubbers: Hey, what?! Hey, what?! Leader: Can you show me? Show me? How to Sizzle! Sizzle! Both: First you roll it! Roll it! Then you take it! Take it! Then you bounce it! Bounce it! Then you sizzle! Sizzle! What? What? Sizzle! Sizzle! (repeat first 5 lines) Both: First you pop it! Pop it! Then you lock it! Lock it! Then you drop it! Drop it! Then you sizzle! Sizzle! What? What? Sizzle! Sizzle!
To whom it may concern, Holla holla what’s good, Key Club Division 65? Pacific Northwest represent! For those of you who fail to understand my ultra-G (G for “Gangster”) lingo, let me break it down for you. “Holla” = sign if acknowledgement. “Good” = faring well. Thus, I am inquiring of your state of being at this swell hour. Hello, my name is Ashley Hong and I am a senior at Westview “Wow, look at all of High School. Susie Than is one of my closest friends and the BEST those attractive Key Lieutenant Governor Division 65 has Clubbers on the right of ever had! Granted I’m not in Key this quote box. If you Club nor do I know anything of Susie’s accomplishments in the club, I do not are interested in being tell a lie. I know that Susie is great at one of many her job because she has Key Club on successful and smiling her mind every hour of the day. Sometimes she has dreams about the Key Club Board club and tells me about them… Members, think about Interesting stuff. She even stole one of signing up today! You my binders during freshman year so she could turn it into a Key Club won’t regret it.” binder. That’s true dedication for you. - Ashley Hong What a vigilante. Creds to Ashley Hong for the black Key Club binder! Use it well, Key Clubbers. Use it well. To Susie: Congratulations on being such a successful LTG. I mean that from the bottom of my heart (and that’s a rarity, fellas). You’re a sassy chick with enough cool to fare well in the world. Love you!
WHAT’S UP, PNW’S DISTRICT EXECUTIVE BOARD? DISTRICT GOVERNOR Giovanni McKenzie GiovanniMc.KeyClub@gmail.com DISTRICT SECRETARY Kelsie Hoppes kelsiehoppes@gmail.com DISTRICT TREASURER Kenneth Lam K3nn3thlam@hotmail.com DISTRICT BULLETIN EDITOR Bassel Hamieh basselhamiehpnw@gmail.com CONVENTION CHAIR Andy Nguyen andy.t_nguyen@yahoo.com DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR John Jay jmjay@comcast.net ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR Suzanne Endroedy suzbeth1@comcast.net FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR
Smell you later, Gators,
Kevin Buyer
Ashley Hong
buyergang@wavecable.com
www.wesofly-sixtyfive.tumblr.com VAN (SUSIE) THAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DIVISION 65 CELL PHONE: 503-724-1208 (+text) E-MAIL: susiethan.d65ltg@gmail.com SKYPE: susiethan PROUD N’ WILLING TO SERVE CARING– OUR WAY OF LIFE