Division 34 South’s Newsletter
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SEPTEMBER 2020
Volume 7 • issue 5
MONTHLY ISSUE Look out for Division & Club Updates!
Hello Hello Purple Penguins! I hope you are all having a good time adjusting back to school virtually! For seniors, the dreaded college application season has begun, and from a fellow senior to another, I wish everyone the BEST of luck. If you are ever feeling overwhelmed, make sure to communicate effectively so that you are not stressed. If you ever need someone to talk to, you can always count on me! With the beginning of a new school year, it is also the time to start thinking about member recruitment. This term, I highly encourage everyone to promote Key Club on social media, as well as introduce prospective members to events online. Your division leadership team is currently working on various materials for recruitment, including events, social media filter, and more! Make sure to be on the lookout for those. This month, get ready for our very exciting escape room social, division-wide service events, as well as Region Training Conference 2020/September DCM! Although school may be back in full swing, service never stops and I hope that you will be able to join us at all of these events. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Read on in DNE Alayna Lee's newsletter to learn about club updates, monthly recognition, and more!
Waddling in Service,
CHERYL BAI
Hello Key-ute Penguins! Thanks for being here to read the September Newsletter! I hope all of you are well! :) I know that all of us are in school at the moment and it may be difficult to go back into the swing of things. That's alright though! Always remember to prioritize, take breaks, ask for help, and remember that there will always be room for improvement. As a DNE, I know how stressful life can get especially since school only adds up to the amount of tasks you have to work on. I totally understand the feeling of burnout and stress where it can feel completely overwhelming. It is not something easy to overcome. Fortunately, there are ways to deal with it. A good way to deal with this by continuing to persevere and take time off for yourself to find that spark of inspiration again. Everyone is different though, so just take the time for yourself to reflect and find peace. It's always great to vent about it too, and you always have people to talk to. I will always be here for you guys no matter what,, so if you want to chat about anything, I'll be here for you! :D
Waddling in Service,
ALAYNA LEE
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LTG & DNE LETTER
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From LTG Cheryl Bai and DNE Alayna Lee.
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GOALS & POINTS
Updates on district-wide events/annoucements
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CHARITIES
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Lists and explains some of our preferred charities
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JULY PROJECTS Recap of the July DCM, division recognition. and update on other projects.
CLUB SPOTLIGHT Articles and visuals of what has been happening within our clubs!
Division goals and penguin popsicle points!
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DISTRICT RECAP
THE BUZZING Overview of the district newsletter The Buzzing.
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STAY KEYNECTED! Division contact information and a thank you.
X / 300 dues paid members 697 / 3,000 service hours $81 / $4,500 raised for PTP Mountain View: 42 points Lynbrook: 37 points Monta Vista: 31 points Fremont: 28 points, Cupertino & Gunn: 26 points, Los Altos: 20 points, Homestead: 19 points, Menlo-Atherton: 12 points, Palo Alto: 5 points
Our Preferred Charities & Partners! PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PROGRAM (PTP) PEDIATRIC TRAUMA REMAINS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND INJURY AMONG CHILDREN AGES 14 AND UNDER IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MISSION OF OUR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PROGRAM (PTP) IS TO DEVELOP LOCAL PROJECTS WHICH WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUR THREE-STATE DISTRICT WHO ARE KILLED OR INJURED BY TRAUMA, ENSURING ALL CHILDREN LIVE HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE LIVES.
*our main preferred charity!
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND (YOF) THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND IS AN ENDOWED FUND OF THE KIWANIS CHILDREN’S FUND WHICH PROVIDES GRANTS TO KEY CLUB AND KEY CLUB MEMBERS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. YOF GRANTS CAN HELP YOU TAKE ACTION. LOOK AROUND AND IDENTIFY SERVICE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN YOUR SCHOOL, COMMUNITY OR THE WORLD. THEN APPLY FOR A GRANT.
Main Partnerships CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK MEMBERS WORK TOGETHER BY SPONSORING FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND CONDUCTING SERVICE PROJECTS AT THEIR LOCAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CMN HOSPITAL AND INVITE A REPRESENTATIVE TO A CLUB MEETING TO SHARE IDEAS AND CREATE A PARTNERSHIP.
Partners
MARCH OF DIMES
UNICEF
SINCE THE 1940S, KEY CLUBS HAVE WORKED WITH MARCH OF DIMES TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF BABIES EVERYWHERE. TODAY, KIWANIS MEMBERS CONTINUE THAT CULTURE OF SERVICE BY SUPPORTING THE MARCH OF DIMES ALL YEAR LONG BY HOSTING SERVICE PROJECTS, RAISING FUNDS AND EDUCATING COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE CRISIS OF PRETERM BIRTH.
UNICEF IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO CHILDREN. WORKING WITH OTHER UNITED NATIONS BODIES, GOVERNMENTS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, UNICEF HELPS TO PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN’S NEEDS IN MORE THAN 150 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, BASIC EDUCATION AND SAFE WATER AND SANITATION.
Collaborative Partners
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Service Week July DCM & July DCM D34S HOSTED A SERVICE WEEK THAT WAS EVERYDAY FROM JULY 13TH TO JULY 19TH! MONDAY - JULY 13: FREERICE TUESDAY - JULY 14: MASK MAKING WEDNESDAY- JULY 15: FACTUAL INFOGRAPHICS THURSDAY - JULY 16: BLANKETS FRIDAY - JULY 17: CARD MAKING SATURDAY - JULY 18: PLARNING/BOOKMARK MAKING
SUNDAY - JULY 19: COLOR-A-SMILE
GROUP PHOTO OF OUR COLOR-A-SMILE PROJECTS! :)
August Recognition!
CLUB GUNN KEY CLUB
OFFICER CAIDEN LEIPELT OF CUPERTINO KEY CLUB MEMBER SILVIA FARABOSCHI OF GUNN KEY CLUB
ADVISOR LIZANNE VERZIC OF MOUNTAIN VIEW KEY CLUB
d34s d34s dlt dlt bingo! bingo! (the results) cracked an egg on her head pickup line!
LTG Cheryl Bai TE Leanna Chun
drawing <3 also cracked an egg on her head spirit cheer!
DNE Alayna Lee
dyed hair purple! :0
SPC Madeline Cheng
Advisor: Joshua Chang District Technology Editor: Luis Herrera-Silva Ryan Hoang (D2N) Natasha La (D2S) Van Trinh (D2S) Tyler Tran (D4E) Sophia Nguyen (D11)
Aditya Mangalampalli (D12E) Hunter Beesley (D12W) Shreyass Prem Sankar (D12W) Cody Lin (D16S) Akhil Atluri (D19N)
WE STAND UNITED AGAINST - 38,000 dues paid INJUSTICE. members The infoguide that provides information - 900,000 service about what your club hours can do to combat racial - $260,000 raised inequality is posted on for PTP the mainpage of the CNH cyberkey. (cnhkeyclub.org)
Pediatric Trauma Program
OUR CLUBS CUPERTINO
This month, we held four officer meetings mainly to discuss the new year, the creation of our website, and the process of recruiting members. We are planning on holding an informational meeting for anyone interested in learning more about Key Club and since this is the first major time we are recruiting members, we are going to utilize every single platform we have to promote this meeting. This includes our Facebook group, Instagram, email, and even the group chats from our key club families last year. We have also started a partnership with a group called COVID Networks which connects high school students with seniors from local seniors centers and they can have weekly zoom sessions of yoga, art classes, or even just chatting to bond with each other and ease any loneliness seniors may be feeling during this time.
FREMONT
We are excited to welcome two new officers; Gaby Coker and Joey Yama! This past month weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gained new members and are very excited to start holding virtual club meetings.
GUNN -----
HOMESTEAD
Our club is preparing for the next school year by keeping a close bond between the newly appointed officers, encouraging members to attend division-wide events, and making a presentation for our club fair. We will be creating a video and description showing the different aspects of our club to advertise to the freshmen.
LOS ALTOS
During the month of August, our club has been able to find a treasurer and hosted an officer meeting. We talked about member retention at our meeting, and we were thinking about implementing penguin popsicle points or some other type of reward system. In previous years, we had this reward system, but we just never executed it well. This year we hope to fully utilize this incentive system to gain members.
LYNBROOK
We have started to update our website for the next term and we are trying to start this year off early. We have started Miles for Charity service event and that seems to be very popular among our members. We have also started other service events such as color a smile and we are continuing freerice. We are getting in contact with ASB to see if we can start fundraising for our club and for charity.
MENLO-ATHERTON
Menlo Atherton Key Club spent has been pretty busy this month. Our officers have been tirelessly planning events and fundraisers for the upcoming school year. We have also been attending the divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s week of service and making face masks. We officially reached our goal of 100+ face masks!
MONTA VISTA
Monta Vista Key Club is working on fundraisers, upcoming meetings, as well as new plans for member retention. We have also been brainstorming ways to attract new members, especially freshman.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
We have been enthusiastically partaking in all monthly division events such as the DLT Bingo Dares and Service Week, with our Vice President Sami Frehner leading the Freerice event. Additionally, as the school year rapidly approaches, we are discussing and formulating plans for remote member recruitment and promotion of our club.
PALO ALTO -----
Presidents: please submit your monthly newsletter summaries!
VISUALS & ARTICLES AUGUST DCM AND BANQUET
CUPERTINO
Promoted this month' s DCM with a graphic. This has been posted on our Facebook and Instagram. The caption for both also includes the option for speeches.
SERVICE WEEK
LYNBROOK
Members participated in a week-long event of daily service opportunities. Our Lynbrook club worked with Menlo to host Saturday' s plarning event. Overall, it was a very fun and engaging way to meet other Key Clubbers from across the division and volunteer together from the safety of our own homes.
DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
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Contact Me! Resources Cheryl Bai cnhkeyclub.org Lieutenant Governor d34s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com (408) 483-6417
DIVISION CONTACT INFO DLT Lieutenant Governor Cheryl Bai (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com Executive Assistant Jessica Li (Homestead) d34s.cnhkc.ea1@gmail.com Executive Assistant Lydia Lu (Monta Vista) d34s.cnhkc.ea2@gmail.com Division News Editor Alayna Lee (Mountain View) d34s.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com
Tech Editor Leanna Chun (Mountain View) d34s.cnhkc.tctech@gmail.com Fundraising Coordinator Joycelyn Li (Lynbrook) d34s.cnhkc.tcfc@gmail.com Service Projects Coordinators Madeline Cheng (Mountain View), Kavya Kaushal (Cupertino) d34s.cnhkc.spc@gmail.com Spirit Coordinators Jedric Rosales (Fremont), Kaitlyn Chan (Monta Vista), Jimmy Yao (Lynbrook) d34s.cnhkc.tcspirit@gmail.com
Kiwanis Region Advisor Rachel Shanley rshanley.kiwanis@gmail.com
Region Advisor Valarie Brown valariebrown0206@gmail.com
Presidents Cupertino Shana Zheng szheng843@student.fuhsd.org Fremont Andrea Maminta andreamaminta03@gmail.com Gunn Madeline Siu & Noa Shoval siumadeline@gmail.com noashoval123@gmail.com Homestead Tam-Dan Nguyen & Samantha Sung tamdan21@gmail.com smnthasung@gmail.com Los Altos Jeremy Nieda lahs.keyclub.president@gmail.com
Lynbrook Shreedevi Rao & Nancy Qi shreedevirao.lhskey@gmail.com nancyqi.lhskey@gmail.com Menlo-Atherton Isabelle Thyfault izzythy21@gmail.com Monta Vista Anjali Sinha anjalisinha108@gmail.com Mountain View Madeline Cheng madeline.clara.cheng@gmail.com Palo Alto Kyla Fu & Melina Soberg fu.kyla@gmail.com ms24605@pausd.us
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