Division 34 South | October 2020 Newsletter

Division 34 South’s Newsletter

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October 2020

Volume 7 • issue 6

MONTHLY ISSUE Look out for Division & Club Updates!

Hello Hello Purple Penguins!

I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! Thank you so much for attending our escape room bonding event, September DWS, RTC/September DCM, and the intro to Key Club webinar! For clubs that held them, congratulations on successful club rushes and meetings! I am very excited to see new members attending events.

Dues seasons approaches us very soon. Remember that early-bird is due on NOVEMBER 1st and on-time will be due on DECEMBER 1st. Although we are in the midst of a pandemic, collecting dues is still a vital activity. Now is the time for your creativity to shine! Brainstorm ways to encourage members to pay dues, send constant reminders, and find ways to collect dues in a safe manner. Of course, make sure to work accordingly with your ASB and Kiwanis.

This month, look out for more division-wide service opportunities, an exciting DCM to bond at, as well as virtual opportunities from both the CNH District and Key Club International! Please remember to always work your hardest to service and fundraise for your communities.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Read the rest of DNE Alayna's newsletter to learn about branches of the Kiwanis family, monthly recognition, club updates, and more! I hope to see you at our service and bonding events this month!

Waddling in Service,

CHERYL BAI

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Hello Key-ute Penguins!

Happy almost Halloween ya'll! Hope you all have been doing okay with school lately :D I'm not a person to go all out on Halloween, but I am always super excited to dress up and eat a bunch of candy with my friends >:D I know Halloween plans will definitely be different this year but maybe it's something to be happy about. For someone who gets scared from pretty much anything, I'm personally grateful that I won't get jump scared by anything... hopefully.

In the end, it's a true reminder that it's okay to be scared sometimes, and that there are valid reasons for why you might be. No matter what, there will be people there to support you when you're scared, and you will always be able to get through. I can promise that. I mean, look at me! I'm just like you, a high school student, and I've been able to persevere through the scariest and toughest of times, not knowing what the outcome will be. I know everyone's experiences are different but something else I can promise you is that it WILL get better. I mean it.

There's nothing to be scared about when you ask for help, No judgement at all; people are just here to help you! Growing tough skin is hard. I've been told many times to, and I'm not there. But it's all a process of improvement! Getting to know myself better, and learning along the way. It's all about believing in yourself! Anyway, I hope you enjoy looking through this newsletter, thanks for reading this! :)Â

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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KIWANIS FAMILY

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Features the organizations and programs from Kiwanis

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AUGUST PROJECTS Recap of the August Banquet/DCM, recognition, DWS, and spotlight of the month!

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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 & LINKS Overview of the district newsletter The Buzzing and CNH links.

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STAY KEYNECTED! Division contact information and a thank you.

X / 300 dues paid members 1,441.5 / 3,000 service hours $109.50 / $4,500 raised for PTP Cupertino: 656 points Mountain View 371 points Homestead: 294 points Monta Vista: 103 points, Fremont: 61 points, Lynbrook: 58 points, Gunn: 51 points, Los Altos: 34 points, Menlo-Atherton: 22 points, Palo Alto: 16 points

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Our Kiwanis Family!

Read more at keyclub.org/about/ kiwanis-family

"Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Each year the Kiwanis family dedicates more than 18.5 million hours to service and raises more than US$100 million for local and global causes. Our members come from all walks of life, all corners of the globe and from every age group and ability. But make no mistake about it— we are family."

K-Kids is where elementary school students begin developing their hearts for service. This student-led service leadership program builds leadership skills and strong moral character while giving students an opportunity to participate in service projects.

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Bring Up Grades, or BUG, is Terrific Kids is a student recognition program that promotes character

a program designed to provide recognition to students who raise their grades to an acceptable

development, self-esteem and perseverance.

“Terrific” is an acronym for Thoughtful, Enthusiastic,

range and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next. Recognition includes

Respectful, Responsible, Inclusive, Friendly, Inquisitive and Capable.

Students work with their

being placed on the school’s BUG Honor Roll; a pizza, ice cream or other food-themed party; and receiving certificates and buttons.

classroom teacher to establish goals to improve behavior, peer relationships, attendance or school work.

Key Club members around the world Builders Club, designed for middle school students, encourages members to focus their passion and energy on serving others. They learn selfconfidence and become tomorrow’s leaders through teamwork, goalsetting and action.

are learning how to lead and stand for what’s right through service and volunteerism. In partnership with their local Kiwanis club, high school students are making a positive impact as they serve others in their schools and communities.

Key Leader gives high school students an opportunity to experience the personal development, growth. During the three days at Key Leader weekends, students explore new ideas, accomplish exciting challenges and Breakthrough is an opportunity for students to serve a community other than their own. Open exclusively to Key Club members, this immersion experience allows attendees to engage in service while learning from those working beside them and from community members who serve

build enduring friendships. Key Leader is guided by these five principles: personal integrity, personal growth, respect, building community, and pursuit of excellence.

regularly in the location.

Aktion Club is the only service club for

Circle K International is the world’s largest student-led service organization for college students. Now in 19 nations, this group is among the most passionate of Kiwanis-family members when it comes to service.

adults with disabilities. Members develop confidence and self-esteem by adopting leadership roles within their clubs. They also discover their own talents as they use them to help others.

Since 1915, these adult volunteers have been serving the children of the world through fundraising and hands-on service projects. Kiwanis created its family of sponsored leadership clubs to help people of all ages develop the heart to serve, answer the call to lead and accept the courage to engage. By working together, we can become an force for good in the world for children and communities.

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D34S Banquet SUNDAY

AUGUST

2ND,

2020

We celebrated the accomplishments of the 20192020 term and said goodbye to immediate past Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Pan at the August DCM/Banquet! We also covered the final numbers from the term, watched a recap of past events, and watched awards being presented!

President of the Year Madeline Cheng Mountain View Secretary of the Year Ashley Cao Fremont Editor of the Year Nancy Qi Lynbrook

Vice President of the Year Roderick Sou Homestead Treasurer of the Year Alayna Lee Mountain View Member of the Year Jedric Rosales Fremont

Kiwanis Advisor of the Year Lizanne Verzic Faculty Advisor of the Year Mountain View Kiwanis Rika Hirata Menlo-Atherton 7

Member Retention Homestead Cupertino

Most Service Hours Fremont Key Club

Most Funds Raised 1st - Mountain View 2nd - Homestead Key Club Most Improved Club Menlo-Atherton Key Club

Lt. Governor's Award Michaela Pennebaker Monta Vista

Most Spirited Homestead Key Club

Club of the Year Mountain View Key Club

Lt. Governor's Award Cheryl Bai Monta Vista

Recap Video tinyurl.com/d43s1920 recapvid Thank You Rebecca tinyurl.com/d34s1920 thankyouvid

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AUGUST DWS

Letters of Love Love for the Elderly

We wrote letters and recorded short videos for elders that have been affected by Covid-19! Â

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RECOGNITION MEMBER OF THE MONTH Silvia Faraboschi of Gunn Key Club

OFFICER OF THE MONTH Caiden Leipelt of Cupertino Key Club

ADVISOR OF THE MONTH Lizanne Verzic of Mountain View Key Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH Gunn Key Club

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SEPT 13, 2020 Learned more about different recogition opportunities for members at division, district, and international level.

POSTPONED Fall Rally North: May 1st 2021 Fall Rally South: April 24th, 2021

Read more at cnhkeyclub.org

X / 38,000 dues paid members 133,595.12 / 900,000 service hours X / $260,000 raised for PTP

UNICEF #JOINOURHIVE2020 #CNHKEYCLUB

on Instagram!

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OUR CLUBS CUPERTINO

This month, we promoted Charity Miles as our EOTM (Event of the Month) through our website and it was very well received. Our club reached over 900 miles by the end of August and is still increasing.

We are also participating more actively in the partnership with COVID networks: before we simply attended yoga sessions with groups of seniors, but now key clubbers lead the yoga sessions and attended the first 1 on 1 bonding chat session with a senior. The informational meeting we planned for 9/2 had to be cancelled due to new district and ASB gudielines.

FREMONT

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GUNN -----

HOMESTEAD

Our club is very excited for the new school year! Although we currently do not have an advisor, we are working tirelessly to make that happen. Despite this, we are still preparing ways to recruit members and integrate activities and events into a social distancing format. We can’t wait for what we will accomplish this term.

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LOS ALTOS

Our club has found a new advisor, and has held several officer meetings where we have discussed our plans for club day. We are excited to see the many incoming freshman who will be interested in Key Club.

LYNBROOK

This month we finally received the structure of clubs from ASB for this remote learning year. We will start to hold member meetings in one week (9/17) and have started promoting to get members! So far, our interest form has been successful and our member retention has been good. We hope to continue to interact with these members so that they say active through out the year. We have also started working on our first fundraiser of the year. This will most likely be a restaurant fundraiser from MOD.

MENLO-ATHERTON

School is back in session and Menlo Atherton Key Club is super excited to get back to work! We have held our first meetings of the year on Zoom and have a lot planned for upcoming back-to-school virtual service. We are looking forward to seeing how the rest of the term will go.

MONTA VISTA

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MOUNTAIN VIEW

Mountain View Key Club was thrilled to partake in the Charity Miles challenge this month for UNICEF! Many of our members were inspired to get out of the house and get some exercise for a good cause. We also had fun at the Division Letters of Love event. Most of this month was spent preparing for remote club recruitment season.

PALO ALTO

Kyla and I (co-presidents) have been preparing for our school's club day! Prepared for club day presentation. Kyla repaired our website so those looking to be a part of Key Club can have more info easily accessible

Presidents: please submit your monthly newsletter summaries!

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VISUALS & ARTICLES WRITING POSTCARDS TO VOTERS

PALO ALTO

We wrote postcards to citizens to remind them to vote.

Both members and officers attended. This took place on Saturday August 22.

DCON SHIRT FUNDRAISER/SCHOOL INFORMATIONAL MEETING

CUPERTINO

Our first event was fundraising for the YES! campaign, by selling DCON shirts to our community. We posted this to all our social media pages while following state and CDC guidelines. Our second event was our informational meeting.

As a club we decided to start recruitment early so that we were able to maximize the amount of members in Key Club.

We have already had 20-25 new members that are interested and some returning members as well. We will be holding our informational meeting on 9/30 as our ASB club commissioners pushed all clubs back.

AUGUST DCM

MONTA VISTA

During the month of August, Monta Vista Key Club, along with several other high school key clubs in D34s, attended the August DCM. During the DCM we partook in the "Letter of Love" Service event where we wrote letter to senior citizens who have the corona virus. All of our officers and a few of our members were able to make it to this DCM and we had a lot of fun working on this service project!

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DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

and district links!

Read at tinyurl.com/cnhdnewsseptember

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CNH Website

Youtube

cnhkeyclub.org

youtube.com/CNHKCtv

International Website

Newsletter

keyclub.org

issuu.com/cnhkc

STAY KEY-NECTED! Instagram @d34south

Snapchat @division34s

Google Reflector tinyurl.com/d34sgg

Facebook Group tinyurl.com/d34spenguins

Youtube youtube.com/d34spurplepenguins

Flickr tinyurl.com/d34sflickralbums Website division34south.weebly.com

Newsletter The Pingu Post on Issuu CNH CyberKey

Linktree linktr.ee/d34south

Resources Contact Me! cnhkeyclub.org Cheryl Bai Lieutenant Governor d34s.cnhkc.ltg@gmail.com (408) 483-6417

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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

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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

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