MAKE A blanket day

On Saturday, March 4th, Project Linus hosted their Annual Make a Blanket Day! This spring birthday themed day was filled with Unis from all over the division and general Santa Clarita students who joined together to make blanketsforillandtraumatizedchildren.

Each volunteer brought their own individual fleece to make their blanket, but the wonderfulpartoftheProject Linus community is that everyone joined together to maketheblankets.

Overall, the event was a successful one with 670 blanketsmadeanddonated tothoseinneed<3 play in the rain! elizabethgeorge elizabethgeorge

Play video games and eat korean pancakes noeltsan noeltsan farahmbem farahmbem Sleep, or read a book zayankabir zayankabir Read!!!

Listen to music and watch the rain fall :D arifrye arifrye phoebewalters phoebewalters

Sleeping.

Listen to music and sleep annesebastian annesebastian car surfing reneeagatep reneeagatep

Last year’s Club Food Day, I remember constantly being asked why Key Club was called Key Club, and if we were a club that made keys. No, we don’t make keys in Key Club. But in an effort to recruit more members at Club Food Day, the officers told anyone who stopped by our booth that Key Club was called Key Club because it “opened the doors to success and new opportunities”. We were just joking back then. As I’m writing this and reflecting back on the past 2 years of my Key Club experience, I now realize the truth in this statement.

Key Club has undoubtedly opened up a window of opportunity in my own life. I never imagined I would be speaking in front of hundreds of people, or leading chants while standing on stage. Through this club, I’m thankful to have forged invaluable friendships, strengthened my commitment to civic engagement, and learned valuable lessons that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to have served as the founding President last term, and AOC’s first Lieutenant Governor this term. Without a doubt, the best part of serving in these positions has been the bond I’ve been able to form with the amazing members who make Key Club so special. To Joni, Teddy, Renee, and Kat, thank you for embarking on this journey with me and building something so remarkable from the ground-up. You all taught me the importance of being in the moment and getting out of my comfort zone. To this day, I can’t believe I was singing BTS and shoving cupcakes in my face in front of a classroom full of people. To Maria and Hasvita, you both will undoubtedly carry on the legacy of our club. It was a pleasure to be able to work with you both and I know you two will do amazing things.

Speaking of legacy, I had a conversation withTeddythatIwanttoshareinthisfinal newsletter. We talked about what kind of legacy we both would leave behind at AOC. It didn’t take us a minute to think before we both agreed that our legacy would be starting a Key Club here at AOC. It was a difficult process chartering this club, but it was worthwhile. I’m so proud to see how much the club has grownfrombackthentonow.Myhopeis that it continues to grow in the future, so that many more AOC students can experience the joys of being a part of such an amazing club and community of people. To me, Key Club is a family. To the members reading this newsletter, what’sKeyClubtoyou?