Division 34 South Newsletter
VOLUME 9 • ISSUE 2
THE
PINGU POST
july '22
d n e ' s LETTER l e t t e r DNE'S Hello hello Penguins! I hope you all have had a great start to your summer break! Besides working on this month's newsletter I've been spending time with friends and family :) Let me know what you guys have been up to! I'm definitely looking forward to an in person Key Club Training Conference this month! Fun fact I actually had my Key Club moment at KCTC 2020 as an incoming sophomore. I remember being pretty nervous as it was my first big Key Club event and I didn't know anyone going into it. Even though it was online I still had a good time meeting new people while learning more about Key Club. Meeting all the Region 17 LTGs and workshop presenters definitely inspired me to continue my journey in Key Club. I am extremely grateful for that day. Hope you all had a great time at the June DCM / OTC. Officer training conference definitely got me hyped for this term! Enjoy the rest of your summer :) Feel free to reach out to me any time through Messenger, Instagram DM, or email!
Waddling in Service,
Lauren Gaela
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l t g ' s LETTER l e t t e r LTG'S Salutations Penguins! I hope you are having an amazing summer! Are you excited about KCTC? KCTC will be hosted IN PERSON this year at the end of July. It will be a Region 17 event, which means you get to meet Key Clubbers from San Francisco to Monterey! Divisions 34 North, 12 East, 12 West, 12 South, and 43 will be present at KCTC. KCTC is a wonderful learning experience for ALL members and you also get a chance to participate in some fun bonding activities. Overall, it will be a fantastic event, and I cannot wait to see you all there! Thank you to everyone who attended our June DCM! Special shoutout to the officers who stayed for the Officer Training Conference after our June DCM. After getting to know the officers, I know all the members in 34S are in good hands this term :D Be on the lookout for some amazing service and fundraising opportunities from our lovely DLT! I hope to see you all at the exciting summer events. Have an amazing summer, Penguins!
Waddling in Service,
Sriya Pillutla
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LTG & DNE LETTER
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Letter from DN Lauren Gaela and LTG Sriya Pillutla
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GOALS Division goals update
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CLUB SPOTLIGHT Meet two officers from our division!
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PENGUINS OF THE MONTH Congratulating all the exceptional members of the month!
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CLUB UPDATES Check out what our clubs have been up to in the past month!
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DISTRICT NEWSLETTER Overview of the new district newsletter The Bumble TImes and CNH links.
ARTICLES & VISUALS Find a list of service opportunities you can do at home!
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EVENTS Photos from the June DWS and DCM/OTC
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Find a list of service opportunities you can do on your own!
MEET THE DLT Check out the DLT intros + their favorite Disney sharacters
SUMMER VOLUNTEERING
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STAY KEYNECTED! Division contact information and a thank you.
DIVISION
ICY!
GOALS UPDATE
260 Members
102/3000 $3,000 Service Hours Funds Raised
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MEET THE DLT
Meet the 2022-2023 Division Leadership Team & their favorite Disney Characters!
Sriya Pillutla (she/her)
HEY HEY PENGUINS!!! My name is Sriya Pillutla and I will be serving as your Lieutenant Governor for the 2022-2023 term! Fun fact, I joined Key Club because my favorite color is purple and I really wanted Key Club merch from D34S (it’s safe to say I achieved my goal). In addition to my quantitative goals for this term, I want to build a closer community and make sure each member has the opportunity to get involved in our division. Outside of Key Club, I am part of the Mountain View High School Science Olympiad team and play badminton. I can’t wait to get to know each of you this term :D
Lieutenant Governor
Kimberly Bowman (she/her) Executive Assistant
Kelly Chu (she/they) Executive Assistant
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Hey penguins! I'm Kimberly, a rising junior, and I'll be one of the Executive Assistants for this term. I've always appreciated Key Club's ability to make community service accessible and fun, so I'm delighted to be able to serve on the division board this year. Outside of Key Club, I'm a fan of badminton, acting, writing, and using Canva to make moodboards and all sorts of things. This year, I hope to improve member attendance and connection at division events---meeting other Key Clubbers has been one of the best parts of my experience the past couple years.
Hey everyone! My name is Kelly Chu, and I am a rising sophomore at Lynbrook! I will be serving as one of your Executive Assistants for the 2022-2023 term, as well as one of the Project Chairs for Lynbrook’s Key Club. I joined Key Club in my freshman year because of its friendly community, and I love to participate in the activities and fun service opportunities they provide. In my free time, I like to make music and create digital art and designs. My goal for this term is to foster good communication between the clubs in D34S, since communication is key to building a successful Key Club community.
Hello hello, Purple Penguins ! My name is Lauren Gaela and I will be the News Editor for this term. This upcoming school year I will be a senior at Homestead High School where I serve as my home club's Vice President of Projects. Other than volunteering in Key Club or playing basketball I enjoy photography and finding new music. My goal for the newsletters is to continue to feature different Key Clubbers and opportunities! Feel free to reach out if you ever need or just want to talk! Lauren Gaela (she/her) News Editor
Hi everyone! My name is Megan Tang and I will be one of your Tech Editors for this term! I will be a Cupertino High Sophomore soon, so hopefully, I can get my driver’s license this summer. My favorite food is rice, and I have an obsession with everything related to mushrooms! However, I’m not very good with plants; at this point, I’ll have to get a cactus :’D. I really like studio ghibli films and one of my favorites is The Cat Returns! I’m sure this term will be a great one, and I hope you guys are all having a nice summer! Megan Tang (she/her) Tech Editor
Hi Purple Penguins! I’m Ellie Yao, and I’m so grateful to serve as one of your Tech Editors for the 2022-2023 term! I’m a rising senior at Cupertino High School, where I also serve as their Key Club’s Secretary. In my free time, I enjoy going to the beach, shopping, and hanging out with my friends. Though this will be my first year serving for the Division, I’m so excited to see what the new term holds and hopefully meet you soon! Ellie Yao (she/her) Tech Editor
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Hi everyone! I’m Adithri Sharma and I will be serving as one of your Secretaries for the 2022-23 term! This is my second year being a part of the DLT and I’m so excited to be a part of another fun-filled term. Fun fact about me, I love to sing! I’ve been singing since before I can even remember, and it’s always just been such a big part of my life. Along with that, I have also been playing the flute since elementary school. This year I’m really looking forward to having many more in-person events, and meeting all the new members. See you all soon! Adithri Sharma (she/her) Secretary
Hey d34s! I’m Susan and I’m super excited to be of the secretaries next term :) A couple of quick fun facts about me: I love dance, I really like listening to music and reading (send me any book/music recs!), and I am an avid pineapple on pizza supporter!! I hope to meet some of you guys soon at our future events and can’t wait to see what next term brings!
Susan Chen (she/her) Secretary
Hi! My name is Jazlyn Dias and I’m one of the service project coordinators for this term! I’m a rising junior at Mountain View High School! My favorite part of Key Club is how fun everything about it is, I’ve never attended an event I haven’t enjoyed! Some of my hobbies are baking, listening to Taylor Swift, and playing the piano. I also love competing in my school’s Science Olympiad! My goals for this term are to arrange large scale service projects that can help members make a significant impact and help everyone gain as many service hours as possible! Jazlyn Dias (she/her) Service Project Coordinator
Hi Key-uties! My name is Reeya Sawhney and I’ll be serving as one of the Service Project Coordinators this term. My favorite part of Key Club is being able to meet new people and make new friends! Outside of Key Club, my hobbies include listening to music, going on drives with friends, and reading. My all-time favorite movie is Howl’s Moving Castle and my favorite artist is either DPR Ian or Frank Ocean!
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Reeya Sawhney (she/her) Service Project Coordinator
Hey penguins! My name is Clara Takahashi and I will be serving as one of your fundraising coordinators for the 2022-2023 term! I am a rising senior and also serving as secretary for MVHS Key Club. I love to dance and go on drives listening to my MANY playlists. My goal for this term is to include more fun bonding events for fundraising and volunteer hours. hope to see some of you this summer!! Clara Takahashi (she/her) Fundraising Coordinator
Hi! I’m Hannah Su and I’m so excited to be serving as one of your Fundraising Coordinators this term! I love to bake single-serve desserts and bullet journal. I’m looking forward to this new term with all of you!
Hannah Su (she/her)
Fundraising Coordinator
Hii penguins!! I am Angelina Kondo and I’m slipping in joy to be serving as your Spirit Coordinator! Key club has given so so much to me and I hope to show you just how much it has to offer. From screaming our hearts out at FRN to receiving awards at DCON, I cannot wait to make memories with all of you! In my free time, you can find me playing volleyball, petting my cats or listening to music. I’d love to get to know you so please don’t hesitate to reach out and I’m bee-yond excited to see what we accomplish this term!! Angelina Kondo (she/her) Spirit Coordinator
Hii!! My name is Shriya and I am going to be one of the Spirit Coordinators for the 2022-2023 term! I am a rising senior at Monta Vista High School where I am also the Project Chair. I love to bake, listen to music and spend time with my friends and family. Fun fact I literally love pickles and I’m obsessed with watching movies, good or bad!
Shriya Shekatkar (she/her) Spirit Coordinator
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EVENTS
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JUNE DWS
Service Coordinators Jazlyn Dias and Reeya Sawhney host their first Service Event!
JUNE DCM/OTC June DCM & Officer Training Conference
BEE our guest at ⮕
Key Club Training Conference on July 24th at Oak Meadow Park (233 Blossom Hill Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032) More details and information coming soon!!
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ARITCLES and VISUALS
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Gunn Key Club Final Meeting
On May 20th, Gunn Key Club held their last meeting of the school year. The club presidents provided pizza. It was pretty successful as over 30 people came. We were able to celebrate a successful year and send out reminders for the summer and the upcoming next year.
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CLUB SPOTLIGHT Meet two Key Club Officers from Division 34 South!
Q: What are your goals for your club next term? A: My main goal is member engagement. Key club usually has a really high turn out in the beginning of the year and it dies down in the second semester. I think it’s important to have consistency within a club, especially one that is about giving back to the community. I want to achieve this by holding more service events for Fremont’s club specifically, and provide some sort of incentive to stay. Q: What made you stay in Key Club? A: I always loved volunteering, just never found the opportunities to keep doing it. so having a club which allowed me to do so at least once a month was a great opportunity for me. Q: What are your own summer plans? A: For this summer, I’m working a job at five guys! As well as visiting my brother in Virginia this week. In July, I’ll be flying to Texas to visit my girlfriend. Aljona Reyno
Fremont Key Club Secretary
Q: What are your goals for your club next term? A: Plan meetings during school hours, plan bi monthly at school service events, help brainstorm super cool fundraisers next term. Q: What made you stay in Key Club? A: I loved making friends and going to cool service events meeting people. With this club it’s easy to balance the school social work life. Q: What are your own summer plans? A: Through the summer I went to Costa Rica with my spanish class as an immersion activity. I also went to Colorado and went fly flushing and hiking with llamas.
Zoe Cohn Los Altos Key Club President
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Check out some service opportunities you can do on your own, provided by the Service Project Coordinators Jazlyn Dias and Reeya Sawhney
Be my eyes -This is an app you can download and be connected with someone who is either blind or has low vision, you can then provide assistance through a video call! Best buddies -You can participate in a number of different ways to provide support, friendships, and connections with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities! ACS discovery shops - You can find a local ACS (American Cancer Society) discovery shop near you and contact them and start volunteering. You’ll be able to gain experience of working in retail while still serving the community! Hope’s Corner - Hope's Corner a local soup kitchen! Tasks include checking in guests, keeping the space clean, offering and replenishing supplies, helping prepare food, *** have to be 18+ to volunteer alone, 13+ with adult Grassroots ecology - Throughout the year, you can look for opportunities with Grassroots ecology to help improve local wilderness and learn more about the environment! Centro Latino de San Francisco - This is a community center to help meet the economic and social needs of elderly individuals! You can help by being a meal service worker, preparing and packaging food, helping with arts and crafts classes, and doing so much more! Food runners - This is a program that delivers food to individuals who are in need of it! You would be helping to pick up excess food from restaurants and delivering it to outreach organizations! Presidio Trust volunteer program - This is a type of stewardship volunteering where groups of volunteers help to clean up the Golden Gate National Parks. You can help out in a number of ways including helping in forests, gardens, habitats, and nurseries. Save the bay - You can support the environment through this volunteering opportunity
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PENGUINS OF THE MONTH Jazlyn Dias Member of the Month Mountain View Key Club
Alan Lu Officer of the Month Fremont Key Club
Ms. Sarah Michelet Faculty Advisor of the Month Fremont Key Club
Lizanne Verzic Kiwanis Advisor of the Month Mountain View Key Club
Mountain View Key Club Club of the Month 15
OUR CLUBS CUPERTINO ---
FREMONT --
GUNN --
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HOMESTEAD We had an officer training and are now preparing for member recruitment and club rush in August.
LOS ALTOS We worked on officer training to prepare us for the next school year. We went to the DCM's and are planning on meeting with the LTG to help improve our club next year. We are planning on attending club visitations as well.
LYNBROOK ---
MENLO-ATHERTON ---
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MONTA VISTA --
MOUNTAIN VIEW --
PALO ALTO This month, we worked on communicating with our officers and developing our website. We also set goals for this term and started thinking about service projects and member recruitment.
Presidents: please submit your monthly newsletter summaries!
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DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
and district links!
Read at https://issuu.com/cnhkc
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CNH Website
Youtube
cnhkeyclub.org
youtube.com/CNHKCtv
International Website
Newsletter
keyclub.org
https://issuu.com/cnhkc
STAY KEY-NECTED! Google Reflector tinyurl.com/34sgeneral Facebook Group tinyurl.com/d34spenguins Flickr tinyurl.com/d34sflickralbums Website d34south.com Newsletter The Pingu Post on Issuu Linktree linktr.ee/d34south Resources cnhkeyclub.org
Contact Me! Sriya Pillutla Lieutenant Governor d34s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org (650) 336-4591
Instagram @d34south
Youtube youtube.com/d34s purplepenguins
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DIVISION
CONTACT INFO DLT Lieutenant Governor Sriya Pillutla (Mountain View) d34s.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org Executive Assistant Kimberly Bowman (Mountain View) d34s.cnhkc.ea1@gmail.com Executive Assistant Kelly Chu (Lynbrook) d34s.cnhkc.ea2@gmail.com Division News Editor Lauren Gaela (Homestead) d34s.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com Secretaries Susan Chen (Cupertino) Adithri Sharma (Lynbrook) d34s.cnhkc.dsec@gmail.com
Tech Editors Megan Tang (Cupertino) Ellie Yao (Cupertino) d34s.cnhkc.tctech@gmail.com Fundraising Coordinators Hannah Su (Lynbrook) Clara Takahashi (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.tcfc@gmail.com Service Projects Coordinators Jazlyn Dias (Mountain View) Reeya Sawhney (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.spc@gmail.com Spirit Coordinators Angelina Kondo (Cupertino) Shriya Shekatkar (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.tcspirit@gmail.com
Contact DLT to send announcements through Google Reflectors.
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Presidents Cupertino Angelina Kondo angelina.kondo@gmail.com Fremont Claudia Escorcia sakura.hearts.1970@gmail.com Gunn Kaylee Wong kayleeawong@gmail.com
Los Altos Zoe Cohn lahs.keyclub.president@gmail.com
Region Advisor Rachel Shanley r17advisor.rshanley@cnhkeyclub.org
Menlo-Atherton Lani Vital 813694@seq.org Monta Vista Anika Edara & Emi Kosakura anika.edara@gmail.com kosakura.emi@gmail.com
Homestead Valerie Xu valeriexu1266@gmail.com
Kiwanis
Lynbrook Hannah Su & Sophie Yang yahannahsu@gmail.com sophie.yang2015@gmail.com
Mountain View Sami Frehner samisfrehner@gmail.com Palo Alto Olivia Hau oh46887@pausd.us
Region Advisor Valarie Brown-Klingelhoefer r17advisor.vbrown-klingelhoefer@cnhkeyclub.org
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DIVISION WEBSITE division34south.weebly.com
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DISTRICT WEBSITE cnhkeyclub.org
INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE keyclub.org