2C2S T-O Wolfpack Paradise // Issue 7

THE WOLFPACK Texas– Oklahoma District | Division 2C2S KEY CLUB PARADISE

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LEADERSHIP CHARITY SERVICE UNITY CONNECT FUTURE WORK DISTRICT Learn more about your Divisional Board

Preferred Charity Advertisements

Service Projects

Meetings

Check out the Kiwanians this month!

Upcoming events!

Important things to get done!

District Information and Board

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Governor About me: I’m a crazy, outgoing, bubble tea loving violinist that loves to take long walks outside, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COLD! I have an unhealthy obsession for The Strokes and like any other girl, shopping. I can not live in a world without cheesy pick up lines and puns. I’m super duper clumsy, but I mean after you get to know me you’ll be fallin too (; JK! I’m not afraid to dance to the beat of my own drum or sing loud even if it’s not perfect! MOST OF ALL, I will do “whatever it takes” for my WolfPack!

Hey everyone! Make sure that you all are getting your reports and newsletters turned in on the 5th of each month! I know that I have been pushing a lot of you to turn in reports and turn in dues, but these things are vital for your club so please get them done! I also know that some of you have been struggling, so send your reports in 6 days early for me to check!

My divisional event committee is working so hard for all of you! They are creating many fun filled events for the future so please check your emails from time to time. If any of you raised money for $250 for UNICEF, please click this link to turn in the money: http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/ theELIMINATEproject/SLP/TrickortreatforUNICEF.aspx Aside from that, one of my goals for our division is to raise $3000 MINIMUM for the ELIMINATE project. This will not only be raised with the division, but we will also add in the total your club raises individually as well, so fundraise away! This is an amazing cause to fundraise for. Also congratulations to Sachse High School for winning the Divisional Chant Competition and Raquel Palma for getting an article accepted into the Tex-O-Key

Yours in Service, Tien Thi Huynh

Hello, I'm Steve and I love key club! My mission for key club this year is to have ALL students gain leadership skill and have fun at it! Beyond key Club, I am an avid bicyclist who absolutely loves UT Austin; UT Austin is my dream school. I also love anything mechanical related like cars, airplanes, aerospace, you name it.

Committee Chair: Steve Nguyen

Hey, 2C2S! I am Chris. I am your Division Executive Assistant and I hope I can get you the best of the best information quickly and efficiently this year. I am currently a sophomore this school year, and I love Key Club with a passion. My hobbies include long walks on the beach, and crying myself to sleep. I am also really super obsessed with anything flavored mango, and I enjoy swimming. Executive Assistant: Chris Do

My name is Shanon Quach and I am currently a senior at Garland High School. Go owls! Food fanatic and perfectionist, I also love to make people smile.

Blessed with great family and friends, they have influenced me to become the person I am today. Greatly involved in school, I am currently an International Baccalaureate student, National Honor Society officer, an officer for my school and vice chairwoman for our division of Key Club. I love surrounding myself with service and get active in the community in every possible way. I can't wait for the great events and activities planned for the rest of the year.

Vice Chair: Shanon Quach

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Club Hill Carnival On October 24th, 2014, Garland High School volunteered at Club Hill Elementary for their annual Halloween Carnival! Hundreds of kids from the area came to trick or treat in a family safe environment and got the opportunity to play plenty of fun games with the Key clubbers and I! Jorel Decipulo, one of the key clubbers, was in charge of a game where kids would have to put their feet into a box of soft figurines and pick some out with their toes. I (Tien) worked a station where kids could make ghosts with a big bag of marshmallows. Steve Nguyen and Jessica Le worked the pumpkin race station. Overall, the cute trick or treaters had a blast and it definitely was thanks to the hard work of Garland High School Key Club!

Keep up the good work!

Jump high, shout loud, we’ve been working hard and proud! On October 24th, 2014, North Garland High School Key Clubbers fieldtripped out of class to go to Bradfield elementary school’s annual field day! The kids were more than excited to have a day outside to spend time with Key Clubbers, play games and get candy! These wild kids had so much fun running around with over 15 games and 2 bounce houses. This event was truly a success, even though Enoch (the clown) made two kids cry!

Great job NGHS!

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I am seriously super duper proud of how ing! It is really hard for me to drive to all of y ing I don’t drive and some of your schools a things from your advisors, and the ones I ha better each time! Your members are defini portant to your meetings. Aside from that, y fix as officers as well and discussing those is you need help with your meetings let me k and well adjusted to your schools!

Quick tips! If your meetings start to bec up! Add in some incentives such as food or fun icebreaker to get everyone bonding!

Meetings

w all of your Key Club meetings are goyour meetings right afterschool considerare hours away, but I hear such great ave been able to attend get better and itely getting into Key Club which is so imyou guys are realizing what you need to ssues at your board meetings! If any of know, but so far they are phenomenal

come the same every week, change it r giveaways, or maybe incorporate a

For 3 weekends in Lewisville, the Suburban NW Kiwanians hosted a spooktacular Haunted Castle!

With a smoke machine, hard work, scary costumes, and a fall festival surrounding this castle, the fundraiser was a big hit! Executive assistant Chris Do and I had such a fun time scaring everyone including Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor Shawn Wade. Even though some kids cried, (I’m talking about you Shawn Wade, just kidding) we definitely had a blast!

Congratulations to Nila Wilhelm and Paul Stolar for the Elimidallions and Thank you for your donations!

You two are so kind and generous! You both deserved the medallions!

Thank you for everything you two do!

Trinity Trash Bash November 15, 2014 113 N Poydras St Suite 207 Lewisville TX 75057 Lewisville citizens have asked and now KLB is bringing back the Trinity Trash Bash!

Hoping to raise awareness and appreciation of the Trinity River, Lewisville Lake, their respective shorelines, and 16 local creeks that feed into these waterways, KLB is hosting a Trinity Trash Bash Celebration on November 15th, 2014 to help clean our beautiful City of Lewisville's waterways. Come one, come all!

Liver Life Walk November 15, 2014 Reverchon Park 7550 Maple Ave. Dallas TX 75219 Looking for a FUN volunteer opportunity?! Enjoy your time with the American Liver Foundation as a volunteer for the 1st Annual, dog-friendly, Liver Life Walk DFW on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Reverchon Park to help raise awareness and much needed funds for the over 30 million Americans affected with liver disease.

During this 5k or 1k walk, volunteers are needed in one or more of the following areas: Registration, Clean up/ Set up, Water stations, etc. Volunteers are needed for one or both of these shifts: 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Turkey Trot November 27, 2014 Downtown Dallas City Hall by convention center The Capital One Bank Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot is the largest Thanksgiving Day event of its kind in the country. Starting from humble beginnings 42 years ago at White Rock Lake, it has grown into the undisputed "Way to Begin Thanksgiving Day" for thousands of locals as well as those who travel to share in our great event.

Dallas Christmas Feast December 6, 2014 Kleberg-Rylie Recreation 1515 Edd Rd. Dallas TX 75253 Calling all Groups and Individuals!! We need extra hands and hearts to help serve hundreds of families in Dallas a Christmas feast. For some we are their only means of a holiday meal for the season, so join in now and show the community you care.

District Updates Make sure you all are constantly checking Tokeyclub.com!

Club Officer Forum Applications for DCON dates are now postponed up until December 1st! Please apply! 

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Turn in your dues BEFORE November 31 to be on time please!

The theme for the December/January Tex O Key is Winter

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Top 5 service projects for September are up on the district website Top 25 clubs for the second quarter is up! 

District Convention theme will be announced on November 10, 2014!

ARE YOU READY?

UNICEF MONEY IS DUE DEC 31 Please send your UNICEF money in if you raised $250+

UPDATE COCI PLEASE

Check out my emails and facebook posts because Senior Scholarships are now 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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Monday, Nov 3 Show your K in every way—Show people what Key Club is all about! Spread the word by wearing Key Club gear and publicizing Key Club Week in local stores, your school Web site, community newspapers—even on the radio. Officially announce Key Club Week in your community with a proclamation and refer to the Key Club public relations manual to get great tips on how to publicize Key Club in your community.

Tuesday, Nov 4 Kudos to the Key players—Personally thank all the Key Club supporters you know—teachers, advisors and other Key players. Write thank-you notes, host an appreciation dinner or do something uniquely your own style to recognize the contributions of these special people.

Wednesday, Nov 5 Connect the Ks—Key Club is the largest high school service organization in the world and is a member of the Kiwanis family. Celebrate the entire family of Kiwanis by getting the whole gang involved. Connect with local Kiwanis, Circle K International, Builders, Kiwanis Kids or Aktion clubs and team up for a joint service project.

Thursday, Nov 6 Bring a friend to Key Club—More members = more service. Increasing the amount of service Key Club performs increases the impact Key Club has on the world. Bring a friend, or two, or more to your next Key Club meeting. Download recruitment resources.

Friday, Nov 7 Your way—This is your club’s chance to do its own thing and make its mark. Pick a project, plan a recruitment party or combine activities from the other Key Club Week days. Whatever idea you choose, take it and run with it.

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

I’m really looking forward to attending key leader to further strengthen my leadership skills. It’s a really good price for everything that you get to experience and it is a chance for everyone to make great life long friends. It is open to anyone!

SIGN UP!

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

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

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

Region8advisor@tokeyclub.com

Ltg2C@tokeyclub.com

BANG BANG What I hope to accomplish: I hope to spread community service and the message of caring around the world for Key Club International. Through Key Club, I want to bring the opportunity of service to others so they can change the world.

-Barry Seng

Maria Palazzolo International President

Kevin Zhang International Vice President

#Palabowlo

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