Division 34 South’s Newsletter
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june 2021
Volume 8 • issue 1
MONTHLY ISSUE Look out for Division & Club Updates!
Salutations, Penguins! We’re off to a great start so far in the 2021-2022 term. I’m proud of everything you’ve accomplished already, with club elections, fundraisers, and service events galore. Keep up the spectacular work, and let’s try to maintain this energy throughout the summer! Are you excited for Key Club Training Conference coming up this month? The theme is Studio Ghibli, and you bet we’ll be inserting as many references and puns as possible throughout the event. The other LTGs of Region 17 and I have been working hard to make sure that this year’s KCTC is as engaging, educational, and enjoyable as possible. Plus, we’ll be holding a fundraiser leading up to the weekend of the training conference—get ready for some delicious boba! As always, please feel free reach out to me if you ever need anything. I’m available via email, text, Instagram DM, Facebook Messenger, Zoom, FaceTime— whatever you need, really. Don’t forget to thank Immediate Past Lieutenant Governor (IP LTG) Cheryl Bai for all of her incredible work last term, and please also be sure to congratulate Adithri on her very first division newsletter!
Waddling in Service,
MADELINE CLARA CHENG
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Hello Key-ute Penguins!
Happy June!! I'm so excited for the upcoming Summer vacation and I'm sure all of you are too:) I'm so excited to be your knew Division News Editor for 2021-2022! I am currently a freshman at Lynbrook High School and I have been a part of Key Club since the beginning of my high school experience. I'm so excited to be the new editor and I hope you all enjoy reading this newsletter and all the future ones as well! There was one main thing I wanted to cover in this letter. Congratulations to everyone on such a great school year! All of you have accomplished so much this year and I'm so excited to see all the fun events planned for the next school year. Great job to everyone for sticking with it and putting in great efforts despite this confusing year. It's been amazing for me to see everyone around me in this club being so optimistic and cheerful even though we're all online. In a way I think this year has been able to bring us closer together as a Key Club family and I'm so grateful for that. Thank you all for putting in consistent effort in your work, that's what is encouraging me to make my first newsletter and the many more to come!! Thank you for everyone who reads these newsletters, it means a lot to us! I hope it brings a little more light and positivity in your day. It's such an honor to be able to compile all of your achievements each month in the newsletter. This newsletter is a compilation of all of YOUR achievements, y'all should be proud of yourselves. Anyways, that's all I have to say for now, enjoy! As always, feel free to reach out to me at any time through email, Instagram, or Messenger:)
Waddling in Service,
ADITHRI SHARMA
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LTG & DNE LETTER
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From LTG Madeline Clara Cheng and DNE Adithri Sharma.
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GOALS & POINTS NEW division goals for the 2021-2022 term.
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A recap of all of our accomplishments this year!
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CLUB SPOTLIGHT
A look at what each of the clubs have been doing for the past month.
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APRIL & MAY PROJECTS Recap of the April DCM, May DCM and April DWS (Color-a-Smile).
PENGUINS OF THE MONTH Congratulating all of our exceptional members for this month.
NEW DIVISION LEADERSHIP TEAM Congratulating and welcoming our new division leadership team!
RECAP PHOTO ALBUM
DISCTRICT NEWSLETTER Overview of the district newsletter The Buzzing and CNH links.
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STAY KEYNECTED! Division contact information and a thank you.
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275 dues paid members 3,200 service hours $4,000 for PTP 4
sion Leadership Team i v i D w ! Ne Lieutenant Governor: Madeline Clara Cheng Tech Editors/Social Media Coordinators:
Leanna Chun & Carolann Dong
Executive Assistants:
Lauren Gaela & Emi Kosakura
Service Project Coordinators: Hannah Su & Reeya Sawhney
Secretaries:
Lydia Lu & Joyce Lui
Fundraising Coordinators: News Editor: Adithri Sharma
Kavya Kaushal & Sriya Pillutla
Spirit Coordinators:
Sami Frehner & Mangala Hangodimath 5
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APRIL DCM
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MAY DCM
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COLOR OF SMILE
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Service Dash and Game Night Saturday, April 24 2:00-4:00 PM
This was the first DCM of the term where there were service project speedrun of Rice Race, St. Jude letters, reading books to kids in need, and much more. For the bonding portion, attendees were given an option to choose between Jackbox, an online escape room, or watching anime together!
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May Banquet END-OF-THE-YEAR TERM-GALLA Saturday, May 15 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Zoom Banquet tinyurl.com/34sbanquet21
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This banquet was a fun evening where we celebrated the accomplishments of this past year. This night included awards, speeches, and many memories!
Color - a - Smile APRIL DIVISION SERVICE EVENT SATURDAY APRIL 3RD, 4-5:30 PM TINYURL.COM/APRILSERVICE21 MEETING ID: 964 1466 4668 PASSWORD: D34S
THIS WAS A BONDING EVENT FOR OUR DIVISION WHERE WE COLORED TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY! ALL THE PIECES WERE DONATED TO COLOR-ASMILE. 9
DCM'S OF THE YEAR
AUGUST
OUR ANNUAL BANQUET WAS HELD ALONG WITH THE AUGUST DCM TO CELEBRATE THE PAST TERM AND ALL OF 19-20 LTG REBECCA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
SEPTEMBER
RTC & SEPTEMBER DCM. REGION 9 AND 17 CAME TOGETHER FOR A NINTENDO-THEMED TRAINING EVENT, FEATURING NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS AND BONDING OPPORTUNITIES!
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DECEMBER
D34 NORTH AND SOUTH HOSTED THE SECOND HOLIDAY-A-THON, WHERE WE HELD OUR DCM, PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS, BONDED WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE OF OUR DIVISION, AND EVEN PARTICIPATED IN A SHORT SERVICE PROJECT.
JANUARY
CONCLAVE AND JANUARY DCM. WE HELD THE JANUARY DCM AND ELECTED MADELINE CHENG FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW AS OUR LTG FOR THE 21-22 TERM.
MARCH
WE HELD OUR MARCH DCM, THE LAST DCM OF THE TERM, WHERE WE GOT TO PLAY BEAN BEAN BEAN TO FIGHT WORLD HUNGER.
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OTHER EVENTS OF THE YEAR
SERVICE WEEKDAY 1 THE FIRST DAY OF OUR SERVICE WEEK WHERE WE PLAYED FREERICE TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM!
ESCAPE ROOM SOCIAL
AN EXCITING BONDING EVENT WHERE WE SOLVED AN ONLINE ESCAPE ROOM PLANNED BY SPIRIT COORDINATORS.
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CRAFTING INTO 2021 WE HELD A JOINT SERVICE EVENT WITH D34N AND CIRCLE K'S SUNSET & GOLDEN STATE DIVISIONS WHERE MEMBERS CREATED BOOKMARKS AND COLORING PAGES TO BE DONATED.
SERVICE WEEKDAY 7 THE LAST DAY OF OUR SERVICE WEEK WHERE WE MADE COLORA-SMILE PAGES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND OVERSEAS TROOPS!
UNICEF DAY
WE CELEBRATED ONE OF KEY CLUB'S PREFERRED CHARITIES IN A FUN AND EDUCATIONAL EVENT WHERE WE LEARNED ABOUT UNICEF BY LISTENING TO AN ENGAGING PRESENTATION, PLAYING GAMES, AND SENDING LETTERS TO SENATORS.
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LTG CANDIDATE TRAINING CONFERENCE A JOINT EVENT BETWEEN REGIONS 9 & 17 WHERE WE RECEIVED TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AND YEAR AS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FROM CURRENT LT. GOVERNORS.
THANK YOU KIWANIS AN INTER-DIVISION WIDE SERVICE EVENT WHERE WE MADE GET-WELL CARDS FOR PAST D34N KIWANIS LTG DEREK LUBICH!
KEY TO COLLEGE
HOSTED BY CIRCLE K, KEY TO COLLEGE WAS FULL OF INFORMATIONAL AND FUN PRESENTATIONS ABOUT COLLEGE AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
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HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST A BONDING EVENT WHERE WE PLAYED TRIVIA GAMES, JUDGED COSTUMES, AND SHARED HALLOWEEN MOMENTS HOSTED BY MENLO-ATHERTON.
KC WEBINAR
WE HELD AN ENGAGING INTRO TO KEY CLUB WEBINAR WHERE WE COVERED KEY CLUB STRUCTURE, OUR DIVISION, BIG EVENTS, AND MORE!
SERVICE WEEKDAY 5 DAY 5 OF OUR SERVICE WEEK WHERE WE WROTE CARDS FOR PEOPLE AT THE KIWANIS FAMILY HOUSE.
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Wyatt Pedersen
~Member of the month~ Gunn Key Club Devan Melwani
~officer of the month~
Mountain View Key Club Sara Moreno
~advisor of the month~
Homestead Key Club Deidre Fager
~Advisor of the month~
Mountain View Key Club Mountain View Key Club
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~club of the month~
OUR CLUBS CUPERTINO
This month, we held two officer meetings and two member meetings. In our first member meeting, we announced our Member of the Month, Event of the Month, our fundraiser results, and our new officer board for the next term! In place of our usual family time, we hosted a service time where members had the opportunity to gain service hours! In our second meeting, we held a Game Night for our members, with a wide variety of activities to do for everyone to continue to get to know one another! Throughout the month, we held three service sessions, with one of them taking place during Spring Break. The service projects we did were: Cranes For A Cure, Free Choice, and Dog Toy Making.
FREMONT
This month has been quite busy for us. We finished training the new executive board and had out first board meeting in the beginning of May. We discussed all the ideas we had for the upcoming term. We decided to create a discord to encourage member bonding and we are currently working on a Schoology group and a website. Also, we created an updated service at home guide compiling all the service projects members can complete at home. We had our final member meeting of the year on the 18th. We wrapped up the year with introducing the new exec board and playing freerice.
GUNN In April, we held officer elections and elected our new board for 2021-2022. We also had order forms for KEY club graduation stoles for our KEY Club seniors.
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HOMESTEAD
Homestead held a Gong Cha fundraiser at the start of April, which was successful in raising around 40 dollars for the Pediatric Trauma Program! We had an end-of-the-term social to encourage fundraiser participation and allow members to bond with one another. Our service events included environmental clean-ups, Johnson & Johnson's Donate a Photo, Support for Exceptional Care for Children (which, like PTP, helps children facing pediatric trauma), and Rice Race. During our club's seventh general meeting, the 2021-2022 officer team was announced and all officers are looking to a great term ahead!
LOS ALTOS -----
LYNBROOK This month, we worked with Superposition's Create an Impact where members created TikToks and writing pieces for the organization, Zooniverse where volunteers helped researchers throughout various projects, and Letters of Love where members created cute cards for their friends. From our Panda Express fundraiser in March, we raised $45.02 for PTP.
MENLO-ATHERTON We’ve been trying to focus on member recruitment. We’re still trying to settle in. We have had weekly meetings every Thursday doing fun service and we’re trying to plan physical volunteer work!
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MONTA VISTA
Monta Vista Key Club spent the month of April transitioning the new board into the term. Officer training sessions were hosted for board members to help them gain a deeper understanding of their responsibilities, and club meetings were continually hosted with a service event and updates being shared at each biweekly meeting. As the new term progresses, the officer board is working towards hosting summer events in-person with their Kiwanis Club!
MOUNTAIN VIEW
In the past month, Mountain View Key Club has continued to offer weekly service opportunities to members each weekend with events such as Bean Bean Bean and Zooniverse, and we continued promoting our ongoing service opportunities of Charity Miles and sorting/distributing food for the Second Harvest Food Bank. We also began planning events and fundraisers for the next school year.
PALO ALTO
We sent cards to St Judes and worked on making the board member transition as smooth as possible.
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DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
and district links!
Read at tinyurl.com/cnhdnewsapril
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CNH Website
Youtube
cnhkeyclub.org
youtube.com/CNHKCtv
International Website
Newsletter
keyclub.org
https://issuu.com/cnhkc
STAY KEY-NECTED! Instagram @d34south
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Flickr tinyurl.com/d34sflickralbums Website d34south.com
Newsletter The Pingu Post on Issuu CNH CyberKey
Linktree linktr.ee/d34south
Resources
Contact Me! cnhkeyclub.org Madeline Clara Cheng Lieutenant Governor d34s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org (650) 305-8720
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DIVISION CONTACT INFO DLT Lieutenant Governor Madeline Cheng (Mountain View) Tech Editor/Social Media Coordinator Leanna Chun (Mountain View) d34s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org Carolann Dong (Lynbrook) d34s.cnhkc.tctech@gmail.com Executive Assistant Lauren Gaela (Homestead) Fundraising Coordinators d34s.cnhkc.ea1@gmail.com Kavya Kaushal (Cupertino) Sriya Pillutla (Mountain View) Executive Assistant d34s.cnhkc.tcfc@gmail.com Emi Kosakura (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.ea2@gmail.com Service Projects Coordinators Hannah Su (Lynbrook) Division News Editor Reeya Sawhney (Monta Vista) Adithri Sharma (Lynbrook) d34s.cnhkc.spc@gmail.com d34s.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com Secretary Lydia Lu (Monta Vista) Joyce Lui (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.dsec@gmail.com
Spirit Coordinators Sami Frehner (Mountain View) Mangala Hangodimath (Fremont) d34s.cnhkc.tcspirit@gmail.com
Kiwanis Region Advisor Rachel Shanley r17advisor.rshanley@cnhkeyclub.org
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Region Advisor Valarie Brown-Klingelhoefer r17advisor.vbrown-klingelhoefer@cnhkeyclub.org
Presidents Cupertino Reid Ikeda rtikeda2@gmail.com Fremont Mangala Hangodimath d34s.fhskc.president@gmail.com Gunn Sophia Cho & Sage Leland sophiajcho@gmail.com sage5858@gmail.com Homestead Jessica Li jessicaxl2015@gmail.com Los Altos Katherine Lai katherinelai2004@gmail.com
Lynbrook Carolann Dong & Marissa Dai carolanndong.lhskey@gmail.com marissadi129@gmail.com Menlo-Atherton Savannah Prasad & Sabrina Redjaian 802595@seq.org 807021@seq.org Monta Vista Lydia Lu lily.lu926@gmail.com Mountain View Sami Frehner samisfrehner@gmail.com Palo Alto Olivia Hau & Emma Williams oh46887@pausd.us ew25918@pausd.us
Contact DLT to send announcements through Google Reflectors.
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DIVISION WEBSITE division34south.weebly.com
DISTRICT WEBSITE cnhkeyclub.org
INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE keyclub.org