T-O Key Club 2C2S Wolfpack No Place I'd Rather Be // Issue 6

THE WOLFPACK Texas– Oklahoma District | Division 2C2S NO PLACE I’D RATHER BE ISSUE: 6

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LEADERSHIP MEMBERS PROJECTS REGIONAL MISC Learn more about your Lieutenant Governor, District Board, I.T., and Key Leader

Learn more about Membership

Look out for advertisements of important projects for the year

Check this page out for information over the Region 8 Luau

Check out some articles and information about being a part of the Divisional Board

LETTER FROM YOUR

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Hey everyone, Your Lieutenant Governor Tien Huynh here, I’m so proud of all of my clubs because I can definitely see our division growing and more reports are coming about. I feel like we are becoming more active and you have no idea how happy that makes me feel!

If any of you have questions or need help feel free to contact me at Ltg2c@tokeyclub.com! All of the District Board Contact Information is shown at the end of their Bios so make sure to check it out! I hope you continue to enjoy my newsletters!

Recognition: Congratulations to Sachse High School for winning the Region 8 Spirit Stick! Your club chant was absolutely adorable and you all deserved to win without a doubt.

Great Job! Reminders: Clubs remember to receive Early Bird, dues must be sent out by October 25th.

Clubs please turn in reports and newsletters every 5th! Turn in your websites to Katie, Bobby or me! P.S. UPDATE YOUR COCI!

Get to know your

T-O Board

Hello T-O District!

I’m Kaitlyn Wilson and it is an honor to be your new Texas-Oklahoma District Governor! I can’t wait to meet all of you! This year we will be incredible, because we will be serving others by working side by side. My main goals are: Unite the K-Family, Update the District Website, Serve our Communities, Increase our Membership, and Visit every region. The 2014-2015 Governors Project is to assist the Children’s Miracle Network. I encourage all of the clubs to get involved with this amazing organization. We are going to have an amazing year together serving our communities! If you need anything please contact me at governor@tokeyclub.com. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Now let’s get started in our new year of serving others! Contact: Governor@tokeyclub.com

Hey T-O Key Clubbers!

My name is Samuel Kinnin and I am so excited to be District Secretary! I look forward to meeting so many people. If you see me don’t be shy! Please stop and say hi. I am always around my phone and will answer your questions or anything else you want to talk about through any source I have. .. A little about myself is I love the colors blue and green, my favorite food would probably be watermelon, and I love to listen to music. By being District Secretary, I hope to help clubs serve to the fullest of their potential. My main goal is to provide help in any way I can. I will be sending feedback each month to help clubs improve on reporting.

My other goals are to create a newsletter showcasing clubs, update resources, and every month have a vlog to help answer questions or give tips on reporting. I look forward to a fantastic year of service and I hope you are too! MAIL ALL REPORTS TO: 323 Garmon Dr. Early TX 76802 Contact: secretary@tokeyclub.com

Get to know your

T-O Board

My name is Colin Gonzalez, your 2014-2015 Texas Oklahoma District Treasurer, and I am ridiculously excited for this Key Club Year!

To start, I want all of y’all to feel like I am accessible to you and I am willing to help y’all with anything you need at any time! I am currently a junior at Mansfield High School, Division 39S, Region 7. I have dedicated my time and effort to Key Club since my freshman year, although I initially joined to learn what Key Club was all about, help others, and hang out with my friends. So naturally when I started I had no idea that Key Club International was a thing, but all that changed after attending my first DCON. This sparked my interest in Key Club and I have only grown my love for this organization since. Outside of Key Club I am also involved with National Honor Society and Student Council where I hold the position of Student Body Representative. Despite this other activity involvement, Key Club will ALWAYS take priority over any other organization. Contact: Treasurer@tokeyclub.com

I’m Emily Zhao, the 2014-2015 T-O District Editor. I preserve a healthy obsession over the color purple, and I have a refined taste for tomatoes. In addition, I utterly love Key Club! During my term as District Editor, I aim to give feedback to each and every club newsletter. I also hope to further increase the Tex-O-Key audience so that all Key Clubbers across Texas-Oklahoma will utilize it as a helpful resource. In addition, I want to help club editors create beautiful masterpieces of newsletters. Feel free to invite me to any fundraisers, service projects, and meetings.

I’ll try my best to attend these to see all of your magnificent faces! Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions or request feedback on articles and newsletters. I’m always happy to give tips and suggestions to further enhance your publications. Contact: Editor@tokeyclub.com

Get to know your

T-O Board

Hello Texas-Oklahoma Key Clubbers, My name is Andrew Loh and I will be serving as your 2014-2015 Convention Liaison! I am currently a senior at Mansfield High School and I am so pumped to be working towards creating an unforgettable convention with the rest of the District Board. For DCON 2015 I have a couple of goals: to increase the hype and excitement about DCON, to pay special attention to the forums taught, to revamp aspects of convention from the Welcoming Activity, to General Sessions, and to downtime in general, to create more promotional items to get more information out, and most importantly, to commemorate 100 years of Kiwanis service worldwide. Don’t forget to keep on serving and I hope to see YOU at DCON 2015! Cl@tokeyclub.com

Hey there everybody, My name is Tien Huynh and I am your 2014 -2015 Lieutenant Governor! Since this newsletter is completely Key Club I’ll utilize this section to tell you more about me! I am hoping to major in Violin performance out of state. I currently play guitar, violin, and piano. I am rank 3 in tennis, I’m an Academic Decathlon nerd, a P.A.L. Mentor and I am president of the NGHS Orchestra. Just so you know. I am obsessed with Deadpool, The Strokes, and dresses! You can probably catch me at the mall carrying 20+ shopping bags AYE DOLCE GABANNA CAN DO NO WRONG or at a local coffee shop (because how else do you think I get all this energy?) Anyways, I can’t wait to meet everyone from your clubs. Say Hi don’t be shy! Contact: ltg2c@tokeyclub.com Region Advisor: Dennis Hogan Region8advisor@tokeyclub.com

Bang Barry Seng The Eliminate Project Update

Great news: As of September 22, 2014, Kiwanis-family Service Leadership Programs have raised US$3,138,600.28 in total funds. These funds will save or protect more than 1.74 million women and babies from maternal and neonatal tetanus. Key Club International has raised US$2,718 in the last weeks - Congratulations on your lifesaving efforts! Please send in any funds you have in your club treasury by September 30th, to celebrate our end of the Kiwanis year achievements.

Welcome Aaron to the SLP subcommittee: Aaron Cheung from the New York district has been selected as the new representative from Key Club International for the SLP subcommittee. Congratulations to Aaron, and if you have any questions about the current work of the committee, please contact Ben Scranage atben.scranage74@gmail.com, or Aaron Cheung at aaroncheung.ltg@nydkc.org.

Youth Opportunities Fund The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is an endowed fund for Key Club International held within the Kiwanis International Foundation. This fund uses earned interest to help Key Clubs and Key Club members serve the world by providing grants for service opportunities. The fund also provides academic scholarships for higher education. The Youth Opportunities Fund is established through a portion of your Key Club International dues and through the purchase of G. Harold Martin Fellowships. YOF grants can help you take action. Look around and identify the things that need to get done in your school, community or world. The application is due October 15th. You can find more information and the application here: http://www.keyclub.org/service/fund/yof/yofgrant.aspx.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with the application!

Project Happiness: Key Club International has teamed up with Project Happiness, a nonprofit organization with the mission to empower people to create greater happiness within themselves and their communities. Attached is information that will help in understanding the benefits of collaborating with Project Happiness. Contact me if you’d like to learn more about the long-term goals, prospective impacts, and recruitment benefits of Project Happiness.

Promotional Materials: The Pacific Northwest District Editor, Jenny Zhang, created outstanding promotional materials. The materials have been slightly altered so all of Key Club International can use them. The documents attached are: "What's Up with Dues?" *For districts with dues that are US$12.50* Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Get ready for Halloween! Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a perfect way for you to fundraise for The Eliminate Project. Trick-or-Treat boxes are available through the Kiwanis Family Store. Clubs can order up to 8 packages of 25 boxes (200 boxes total) through the store. If you are needing more boxes due to a specific circumstance, please contact campaign@TheElimianteProject.org.

Thank you!

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Piney Woods Camp 6272 East US Highway 287 Woodlake, Texas November 14-16

Key Leader Come learn leadership skills and meet new people!

Why join Key Club?

Key Club is not only the largest, but it is also the oldest volunteer service organization in the world. Key Club is open to people of all gpAs, you don’t need to make a specific grade to join this club! Just join and learn about servant leadership, volunteer, and make new friends from all over the world! Key Club is completely student based, even on the international level, and not many clubs hold that aspect! I absolutely fell in love with Key Club and accumulated multiple friends throughout this journey, so come along on the adventure and JOIN!

How do I join Key Club?

Attend you’re the first key club meeting at your school or speak to an officer. They should give you an application, then you pay your dues of $13 for international and the district. (Unless your school club has their own dues, then you would need to pay more.) Once everything is settled, you should be able to attend events and volunteer!

If you need contact information for your club officers, contact me at ltg2c@tokeyclub.com and I’d be more than happy to help you out!

Step by Step MUC with Swaggie Treasurer Colin Gonzalez

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Go to www.Keyclub.org/MUC to access the Membership Update Center.

Click Register/Reset Password, Clubs with new faculty should do this, Clubs with faculty from last year use last year’s information.

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The faculty advisor must enter his/her email address. You should receive a confirmation email to reset a

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password with a hyperlink.

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If rejected, put in a request to update faculty information

to membershipservices@kiwanis.org Then go back to step 3 After setting new password, you should be able to log in. It is self explanatory but For more details view : (www.youtube.com/watch? v=-qV47Ue5uas)

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Thank you to the best Region of all Region 8 love!

Thank you to everyone that attended the Luau! The fried rice, pizza, cake pops, etc were fantastic! I definitely hope all of you had a good time and I’m looking forward to another event! I had a great time playing games and making dog toys with you all!

Divisional Project Suicide takes the lives of nearly 40,000 Americans each year.

This might just sound like a statistic, but in reality it means so much more. On October 4th, 2014, roughly 20 Key clubbers arrived at Reverchon Park in Dallas to support Suicide attempt survivors and families mourning over someone dear to them that they have lost. We watched humans cross the ballooned arch not only looking for hope, but smiling because key club gave them something to hope about.

The division joined hands and chanted as Out of the Darkness Walkers passed! A -F-S-P Heroes are what we see. We all knew that the ones out there supporting the cause are true fighters. It was phenomenal to see all of the key clubbers say “This event was so fun”, not because of the free food or because of the wristbands, but because they had the chance to make someone happy.

After cheering for all of the walkers/runners, a few guest speakers came up to tell us various stories. One of the speakers was a Dallas Independent School District Trustee. “I work to help the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender children… These students continue to live in fear. One boy, afraid to ‘come out of the closet’ had chairs thrown at him in class and was looking to be saved.” When we heard the stories, we couldn’t help but feel our heart break. No one deserves that kind of treatment. Suddenly the speakers saddened voice, turned positive, “But you all are doing something good today. You guys are spreading hope, and you guys are here because you don’t care what sexual orientation, or race you guys are. You all have the same goal in mind.” Words like this makes me know that I volunteered for something I will be proud of for the rest of my life.

Thank you to everyone that came, and thank you to Steve Nguyen for helping with Transportation!

Divisional Assistant:

Christopher Do Chris Do is the 2C2S Assistant for the 2014-2015 year. He is absolutely outgoing, sweet, fun, and he is obsessed with Key club!

If you need any help from him feel free to contact him at Chrisn_do@yahoo.com. He has an amazing talent for graphic designing, but singing not so much‌ Just kidding!

Make sure to get to know him because he will be helping out with plenty of Divisional Events!

Want to be a part of the Divisional Team?

Apply for Divisional Event Committee here: https:// docs.google.com/forms/d/1UF4XSCpLrbCcUSz9k3R5OG7y4SR4yXj9xTZ2vL3zQo/viewform

Ask your officers about Divisional Shirts! $8.50 Donations to Children’s Miracle Network

Color Up Fun

by Shanon Quach Garland High School Starting the school year off with an array of colored powder on your hands and face marks the end of another successful 5K Color Up. Stained from head to toe, the rainbow exemplifies the beauty of service. Still able to see the stars, I woke up before the sunrise and headed to the Granville Arts Center. You can call it a calm and peaceful morning if you subtract the blaring song of “ Single Ladies.� It puts a smile on my face seeing volunteers alike waiting for their instructions regardless of the chilly temperature and the earliness of morning. I love everything that comes with the bustling and excitement of a race. Other clubs such as 5K Crew and HOSA were also there to represent the face of Garland High School. Believe it or not, this would be my first race to volunteer and it turned out to be an amazing experience.

Of course I have participated in various runs, but never have I offered my service at one nor did I do it with Key Club. As a new member, I was buoyant! Getting together with a group of my friends, we were assigned at Central Park to spray the colors on the runners. Making our way to the park, I entered a friendly competition of who can get there first with a friend. Basically, we sprinted to the color station, out of breath, gasping for air. I felt like I was a runner in the race, pushing myself with determination and willpower for a great cause. From the park, we were distributed shirts according to color and sent away to our stations. Let's just say, purple is my favorite color so therefore I was assigned to that station. What a great event, when I was able to intermingle with other organizations having the same mentality of serving others. Preparing for the hundreds of people coming through our runway decorated with waving flags shaped like feathers and a mist of purple, my body tingled with good spirits.

My favorite moments comprises of witnessing the perseverance of each individual breaking through the foggy arch, renewed with energy as the cheers of the volunteers raise in volume. From toddlers to elders, the unification of everyone creates a beautiful harmony as we work together for the benefits of others.

By the end of the event, a last hoorah to thank all for their services and participation, we ended the 5K with a burst of colors across the sky, hands in the air, heads held high, and a feeling of accomplishment.

Texas Oklahoma Division 2C2S North Garland High School | Garland High School R.L. Turner High School | Hebron High School Creekview High School| Berkner High School Jesuit Prep. School| Sachse High School Hillcrest High School| Bryan Adams High School Irma Rangel| Rockwall Heath High School Sunset High School| Terrell High School Rockwall High School| Woodrow Wilson High School Photo creds: Jennifer Nguyen