THE RETURN OF THE
The Official Newsletter of Valley High School’s Key Club
MAY 2013 // VOLUME 1 // ISSUE 2 VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB // REGION 5 // DIVISION 28 SOUTH
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Saying Goodbye, again. A message from our previous President, Jennifer Nguyen.
Words from our new President
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Congratulations to our new President, Alonso Lopez!
Valley’s April DCM. During the month of April, Valley Key Club had the honor of hosting the April DCM.
Induction Ceremony and Banquet.
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Check out the pictures from our induction banquet!
Officer Training Conference During the month of April, our executive board attended OTC to get training on their positions.
Kiwanis Chili Cook Off Our club went to Sunset Park to attend Division 28’s Kiwanis Chili Cook off.
The Eliminate Week During May 6th-19th, our club was busy fundraising for the Eliminate Project. Here was our club activities.
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Service. That’s what we do here at Valley Key Club. Since 1981, we at Valley Key Club have dedicated ourselves to serving the community. With spirit, pride, and inclusiveness. So join us today. Learn something new. Meet a new friend. Cheer along with our club, and most importantly— serve your community.
Valley Key Club: Home of the Vikings WE ARE THE VALLEY VIKINGS Valley High School, home of the Vikings. Founded in 1981, we are located in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are sponsored by the Las Vegas Kiwanis. We are part of Division 28 South Pandas. Which is part of Region 5’s Zombie Penguins. We are part of the California-NevadaHawaii District, which are the proud CNH Bees. We are dedicated to serving our community, and we hope you join us soon. DISCLAIMER: We don’t make keys, we make a difference. COLORS: Red, White, Blue and Black. MISSION STATEMENT: Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership. MOTTO: Caring—Our Way Of Life.
I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.
VISION: We are caring and competent servant leaders transforming communities worldwide. CORE VALUES OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL: The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring and inclusiveness.
Serve with us today!
Hello Valley Key Club! On April 27th, 2013, it marked me stepping down as president and becoming the CaliforniaNevada-Hawaii District Communications & Marketing Chair. Even though I am no longer a part of the Valley Key Club Board, and I have officially stepped down as president, I know that you guys will still do amazing with Alonso Lopez as president. I am always proud of you guys for all of the service that you do. I hope you guys continue to do as much service or even more in the future. I will still continue to be active in Key Club at the club level, and I will always be here for you guys. You guys have accompanied me since the beginning of my Key Club journey. I honestly wouldn’t be here today without the support of all of you. I look forward to seeing what Valley Key Club does in the future.
In the spirit of service, Jennifer Nguyen
Hello key clubbers, my name Alonso Lopez and I am Valley High School`s new Key Club President. I am looking forward to working with all of the members to make this upcoming year a memorable one for everyone. I will work hard to help bring more service opportunities, more fundraisers and socials, and to help prepare for RTC so that we will have a definite chance of winning. My board members and I will strive to do the best job possible to make our club even better. I know this year will be a great one, and I am happy to be here.
Alonso Lopez
At the end of the month of April, Valley Key Club had the honor to host the April DCM. Below are the pictures from the first DCM of the new Key Club year.
What was your favorite part of the DCM at Valley? Alonso Lopez: My favorite moment during the April DCM was when our club was setting up for the DCM itself. We had to set everything up before members from other clubs arrived, and there was only a small amount of time to do it. Luckily, we had a lot of members helping us during those hectic hours. I was helping to put up posters when I realized that the tape we were using was put on the back of all the posters, except for two. My friend and I went back to the posters to re-tape all over again. It was funny seeing all the mistakes that we made. After the posters, we had to direct people to the old theater, where the DCM was being held. Some members came to me and asked for more tape because the tape on the directional posters weren’t properly sticking to the walls.
So, I decided to go to our club advisor’s room and get some, but while on the way, I caught a student twerking right outside of a classroom, for his friend. Our eyes suddenly locked on to each other, and an awkward and embarrassing silence came down while I walked right past him. When I reached the room, I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt. I can honestly say that this was a great DCM.
Karl Catarata: M y favorite part of the April DCM was when I joined my key club members in hectically running around the whole entire school campus. We were hectically running everywhere because we had direct orders to get specific items from places around the whole entire school. In the frantic running and quickly communicating with specific officers on my board, I realized how great my job was. I also realized how much I loved doing my job in making sure communications were still being active, and tasks were getting done. Joining my fellow members in completing specific tasks before the DCM was a great experience to look back at.
What’s your Key Club color and why? Key Club International has three main colors: blue, white and gold. As Key Clubbers, we should understand these colors in what they symbolize, and how they relate to us as key club members. Blue symbolizes unwavering character, white symbolizes purity, and gold symbolizes service. What’s your key club color, and why?
Jazzmin Roberson, Freshman: My color would be white. This is because I am very well spoken and true to myself.
Joe Aquino, Junior: The color that best represents me is blue. Blue represents me the best because of its Key Club meaning, unwavering character. I affiliate myself to this color because I myself feel that I am very stolid with my opinions and it is very hard to change that without a logical argument. Also when I feel passionate about something, I will do what I have to do to accomplish it.
Sage De La Garza, Freshman: Blue equals character. I joined key club so that I could make new friends and help out my community. While being in Key Club, I became more comfortable meeting and talking with new people, speaking in front of people, and going out of my comfort zone. I became more confident in myself. Key Club has helped me to be caring, respectful, confident, more responsible, and happier. I am happy when I am with my fellow Key Club members. I hope to have many more years of Key Club. Key Club builds character!
These were the pictures from the Induction Banquet and IP President’s Farewell Address.
Pictures from Officer Training Conference On April 27th, our board members went to Liberty High School to receive training and information on their current officer positions at our key club. Training and a service event followed at this conference. These are the pictures from the conference.
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KARL CATARATA When I first got to the Kiwanis Chili Event at Sunset Park, I had no idea what type of fun and adventure I was about to embark on. Walking up to the park, I saw none of my fellow club members at all. All I saw were other bored key club members from other schools, sitting in the shade while the Las Vegas Kiwanis advisors were getting their chili booths ready. Looking around to make sure I hadn’t overlooked at trying to find my fellow club members, I walked around awkwardly into the event with my outlying bright red key club shirt. In the far distance, I saw my fellow President Alonso Lopez, and a fellow key club member, Serena Salgado. We all were excited to see each other, and apparently, they became lost because of the fact that they parked all the way across the other side of Sunset Park. Now with my attending members in my club, we walked around and greeted other key clubbers who looked a bit bored and lonely. We then walked around to buy wristbands and pins from Key Clubs, we then were able to taste the chili and we also were able to vote on who wore the best costumes. Some costumes that were there were people dressed in banana outfits and people who wore large sombreros. A few minutes later, we were able to meet up with our past president, Jennifer Nguyen, who is now the CNH District Communications and Marketing Officer. We had a few minutes to talk to her and we also were able to meet and greet the LTG’s that were present at the event. Our club was able to meet Division 28 North’s LTG, Christopher Bui, and our own LTG, RJ Immerman. After continuing to conversate with other fellow Key Club members, we were able to play a few activities and games with other members. We also were able to learn more about our local Kiwanis and their operations. I can completely say, that this was one of the most socially fun event there was in the month of May. I hope to see more events like these in the years to come. I had lots of fun and I hope to attend the second annual Kiwanis Chili Cook-off.
The following are pictures from the Kiwanis Chili Cook-Off event. You can find more pictures, and even videos from the event, at vhskeyclub.tk !
Valley Key Club’s fundraisers and events during The Eliminate Project Week.
Spreading Awareness about The Eliminate Project On Monday, the first day of The Eliminate Project Week, all of our Key Club members took to the social media platforms to spread awareness about the project. Members tweeted on twitter, and posted pictures on Instagram with the hashtag #Elimin8 in their captions. Some members even went online to research more about the project, and how they could help out during this week.
Division Events to Fundraise for the Eliminate Project Our Key Club helped fundraise for the project by donating in two ways.
On Wednesday, during our general meeting, key clubbers donated all of their Happy/Sad Change to The Eliminate Project. On Saturday, at Sunset Park, our key clubbers attended the Kiwanis Chili Cook-Off. They bought wristbands and buttons from other key clubs to help fundraise the Eliminate Project.
Relay for Life was amazing. As soon as I got my bags checked and walked into my campsite, I knew it was going to be pure fun. As I arrived, they were starting the Luminaria Ceremony. In which, many bags were lighted in commemoration for those who lost their lives to cancer. I walked and held hands with my fellow Key Club members to commemorate and remember all of those who had been effected by cancer. The ceremony, was about 2-3 laps around the track, in pure total darkness. It gave all of us the time to reflect on those we lost, and those who survived, or are continuing to fight cancer. After the ceremony, we were dismissed to continue to walk around the campsite. I walked with a fellow Relay for Lifer, Serena Salgado. Walking for half an hour, I walked back to my campsite and joined a fellow Rancho Key Club member, Shay Robles in running around the whole entire field to find Serena. Since we couldn’t find her, we decided to go look for other key club members. In the moment, we were able to walk near the stage and a performance by “The Perks” was in progress. We stopped and sat down to watch the performance, only to find Serena at the front of audience, listening to the performance. Relay for Life South Youth was amazing, fun, and extremely exciting. I know that near year, I will make sure to arrive earlier and have more fundraisers for my team to participate in. I hope next year’s Relay for Life will be as fun as this years!
Relay for Life was an amazing experience. It brought hundreds of people together and really opened my eyes. Anyone can be affected by cancer, and anyone, myself included can help others fight for a cure.
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General Key Club Meeting
Feedback Open Meeting
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General Key Club Meeting
Tech Editor: Service Event Briefing
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Dear Reader,
I hope you enjoyed reading this second issue of “The Return of the Valley Vikings”. I hope you return to continue reading our newsletters, and continue to stay updated with our key club. Newsletter by newsletter, our club strives to communicate and serve the community with it’s fellow clubs in the division, and the non-members as well. As the current technology editor and public relations officer, I will try my best to keep on bringing you, the reader, updates from our club. Be sure to check out vhskeyclub.tk for more updates and information on our club activities. Learn more about our club, and understand how our board members are continuing to work hard to bring our members the most exciting, and amazing service events there are to offer. Thanks for reading! I hope your day brightened just a little by looking at all the great work we’ve done as a key club.
Through communication and service,
Karl Catarata
Valley Key Club Technology Editor 2013-2014
Relay for Life South Youth Performance Concert
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