The Beaver Tree 2023-2024 | December Edition | Issue 6

Brooklyn Tech

Key Club

Table of Contents 04 Editor's Note 06 Tech Key Secret Santa 07 TikTok 08 Articles 20 Upcoming Events 23 Divisional + District + INTL 27 Find the Buckys?

28 Word Search 29 Club Pledge 30 Closing

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Editor's Note Hey Key Clubbers!!

I hope everyone had an amazing break with friends and family! For the seniors, be sure to congratulate yourself for completing multiple college applications, if not all of them on your list.

Along with all the festivities, Key Club does not stop! I always love the Key Club events in December as many of them are holiday themed. The Cabinet and Executive board have also been working very hard this December preparing for their LTC awards. I can’t wait to see what they all come up with and know they will be amazing!

Be sure to continue on your key club journey by attending multiple events! While midterm week is arriving, regents week will be a great opportunity to volunteer and take a break from studying. As always, free to email me at editor.thetechkey@gmail.com, or message @thetechkey on instagram. Until next time!

- Rachel Lu

Articles I would love to hear from more members about their experiences in Key Club. You can contribute to the Beaver Tree by writing an article (+10 pts) and sharing pictures (+5pts) after attending an event!

Articles are just a quick paragraph about your experience at the event! It should take no more than 10 minutes to write one!...................................

Submit Here!

Find the Buckys Hi there I'm Bucky the beaver, the Tech Key's beloved mascot! While reading this newsletter, take note of the amount of times I appear. At the end, there will be a google form for you to fill out. If you spotted me the right amount of times, you can get +5 points! (P.S. The one on the cover counts but the ones in pictures don't!) Happy searching!

Tech Key Board’s Secret Santa This December, the Tech Key’s Cabinet and Executive board hosted a fun secret santa! The board members were able to bond through this gift giving activity. They found out who their secret santa was at the Tech auditorium. We hope you all found ways to celebrate and relax with friends and family this break!

TikTok @bthskeyclub

is our first year utilizing this platform and it has already captured the vibrant energy of the tech key. Shout out to Visual Media Co-Head Kimberly who has created many of these fun videos with the board members!

Uploads of Dec

CHECK OUT OUR TIKTOK! This

Articles Articles Articles Fundraiser Articles 1 Bowling 2 Corlears Hook Park Holiday Festival Articles 3 Squarrel Cafe Fundraiser Chinatown Christmas Festival 4 BetterArticles 5 December General Meeting Articles Articles Articles

Big thanks to those that submitted articles for this newsletter!

Bowling Fundraiser Bowl 360 Ozone Park The Tech Key had their annual Bowling Fundraiser! Key clubbers were able to bond and destress from school as they had fun bowling for two hours straight.

There was a raffle where the winning member would receive a jar of candy and a snowman plush.

Stay tuned to this event next year!

Raffle winner!

12/3/23

Corlears Hook Park Holiday Festival 12/9/23 479 Cherry St We participated in Corlears Park’s annual holiday festival! Volunteers helped the staff with the ornament making table and helped kids decorate their ornaments. Shout out to the key clubbers that attended!

Olivia Mohindra Corlears Hook Park Holiday Festival

On December 10th, I went to Corlears Hook Park to volunteer at their annual holiday festival! The event had ornament decorating tables and coloring tables for kids to have fun at. There was also a Christmas tree for us to decorate. We helped set up the park before families started arriving. During the event, we helped out at some of the tables and helped kids with ladders to reach higher parts of the tree. When it became dark, there was a tree lighting, and people started to leave after that.

Then, we helped clean up by putting away tables and chairs and some of the games that were set up. During the party, a guy who had a pet bunny came over. The bunny was super cute and him and his owner come to the park a lot since the bunny can walk around in the grass there. They also had snacks. It was a super fun event!

Squarrel Cafe Fundraiser PawPatrol x Squarrel Cafe 12/16/23 Squarrel Cafe, Atlantic Ave This was the first single service fundraiser of the service year! We hope our members enjoyed the many drinks and treats offered at Squarrel Cafe while playing their favorite board games with friends. All proceeds were donated to MeowSquad, a non-profit organization aimed to support the welfare of cats. We had a great time collaborating with PawPatrol and thank Squarrel Cafe for supporting this event!

Henry Li Squarrel Cafe Fundraiser

On December 16th, Single Service had its first fundraiser with Squarrel Cafe around Atlantic, and collab with BTHS Paw Patrol. Obviously, for most key clubbers and Paw Patrol members this was an easy commute because it's right next to our school. Since of that, they were able to maximize their 2 hours of gameplay with any boardgame in the vast catalog that Squarrel Cafe had. They also had a vast array of drinks that each participant could get for free because it was included with their entry fee. It was a super cozy event with everyone having fun playing boardgames and drinking boba. Personally, I think it went especially well because boardgames were a great bonding experience and even if members went in alone they could easily have collective fun with the whole group without it being awkward at all. In the end, Single Service made around 200 dollars, which was 40% of all proceeds, for Meow Squad, an organization which we have worked with in the past.

Better Chinatown Christmas Festival 12/17/23 Bank of China, Tangram We collaborated with Better Chinatown! At this event, many key clubbers, even from other schools such as Bronx Science and Stuyvesant, helped hand out gifts and contributed to the Christmas parade that filled the streets of Flushing, Main Street.

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December General Meeting 12/21/23 Virtual We had our general meeting on Zoom this December!

There, LTC awards were introduced and we really hope our members consider applying to some of them. We were very grateful to have many guest speakers at this meeting including LTG Anastasia, NY District Governor Amy, last year’s District Webmaster David Chen, and our former president Jen Li!

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Upcoming Events FABSCRAP Come volunteer at the FABSCRAP Brooklyn Warehouse! Volunteer duties will include sorting through fabric samples and readying them to be saved for reuse. Volunteers will be offered fabric for free, as well as a 30% discount on any additional materials!

Please make sure to also sign up for this event through their link HERE and review the volunteer and media waiver linked in the event description with your parent.

Date: January 13th Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM Location: FABSCRAP Brooklyn Warehouse Hours & Points: 3 hrs & 15 pts

Onsite Form HERE

Fill out the onsite volunteer form first!

Sign Up Form HERE Fill out this form for Key Club after!

Seeds in the Middle for MLK Weekend of Service Come join Seeds in the Middle this MLK weekend for a day of service.

Volunteer duties will include putting up flyers, overseeing their juice stand, and helping to sell raffles.

Please make sure to also sign up through their link HERE (Select Sunday, Jan. 14, Giving out Flyers for Tastes of Brooklyn (Smith Street, Cobble Hill/Carroll Gdns, 1/14), and Run Juice Stand - bake sale - with Youth, Sun, Jan 14) Date: January 14th Hours & Points: 2-6 hrs & 10-30 pts Location 1: Carroll Gardens Shift 1: 1AM - 12PM Shift 2: 12PM - 2PM Shift 3: 2PM - 4PM

Onsite Form HERE

Location 2: Fill out the onsite volunteer form first!

Hamilton Metz Field Sign Up Form HERE Shift 1: 11AM - 1PM Shift 2: 1PM - 3PM Fill out this form for Key Club after!

Senior Extravaganza for MLK Day of Service January 15th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and also a national day of service. One way you can participate in this day of service is at Kings Bay Y, an organization that strives to build and strengthen communities and foster relationships among individuals and institutions in Brooklyn. Volunteers will help combat the growing issue of social isolation among seniors by engaging in uplifting recreational activities and joining in intergenerational lunches.

Please make sure to also sign up through their link HERE! Date: January 15th Time: 8:00AM - 2:00PM Location: 3495 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11229 Hours & Points: 6 hrs & 30 pts

Onsite Form HERE Fill out the onsite volunteer form first!

Sign Up Form HERE Fill out this form for Key Club after!

Little Essentials Come join us to volunteer at Little Essentials! Volunteers will assist in sorting and packing childrens items, such as clothes or new diapers, to later be donated.

Please sign up before January 24th, so Little Essentials has enough time to issue guest passes to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Guest passes will be sent from little essentials to your email. Please make sure to bring proof of vaccination! Also, make sure to bring water since it isn’t available in the warehouse.

Date: January 25th Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM Sign Up Form HERE Location: Building 131 Brooklyn Navy Yard 11205 Fill out this form for Key Club after!

Hours & Points: 2 hrs & 10 pts

BTHS Key Club x URounded (VIRTUAL) URounded is a non-profit education organization that provides students K-11 with free tutoring, workshops, and mentoring sessions.

Key Clubbers have the opportunity to gain service hours by signing up to be a tutor or curriculum specialist.

Tutors will make lessons for at least 1 session a week while Curriculum Specialists will focus on creating common core curriculum slides.

The only requirements are to have higher than a GPA of 80. Check out the URounded resources below to get started! *Check out the monthly email for more information Website: http://www.urounded.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/6r8BnXZfkk Instagram: @uroundededucation Email: urounded@gmail.com

Sign Up Form HERE

Be sure to check out our emails for more upcoming events. There will be more events coming up than what is shown in this newsletter!

Reminder: Email Co-secretaries Kayla and Kevin at sec.thetechkey@gmail.com if you can’t make an event that you signed up for. If you do not email the secretaries 48 hours before the event notifying them that you cannot make it despite signing up, you will receive a point penalty.

Division 9 News The Wave December Issue Check out LTG Anastasia's Issue of The Wave from December! It contains information about our Division and District in greater detail. She did a great job and I highly recommend you to read it HERE!

LTG Interest The Division 9 LTG interest form was released!

While the form has already closed on Jan 3rd, those that applied are taking a greater step in Key Club as a leader and community builder.

We can’t wait to see who will follow Anastasia’s great work as LTG!

Follow D9 on Instagram to be up to date with our division: @nydkcd9 Join the D9 mailing list to get weekly updates.

The form is HERE.

District News Service Hours Goal - 225,000 Hrs Currently reached around 110,760 hours, 49% of the goal.

Fundraising Goal - $225,000 Currently raised $119,715, 53% of the goal.

Woo hoo! We have made great progress, keep up the good work!

The Empire Key December Issue 8 Bulletin Editor Junjin Tan published the December Issue for NYDKC! It contains board updates, and goals of the service year, and more details about how Key Club functions. Check it out HERE!

Candidate Intent Form Key Clubbers! Take a chance at applying for higher office in NY! The available positions are District Governor, Secretary, and Treasurer. You can also get Endorsement for Key Club International Trustee, VicePresident, and President. Make sure to fill out this FORM by Feb 2nd!

76th Annual LTC On March 15-17, Key Clubbers of NY district will meet in Albany! Please consider signing up to celebrate your key club endeavors. For more information, check out https://nydkc.org/ltc/, and their instagram!

Governor's Project The governor has chosen to support Room to Read for this year's governor's project. Room to Read is a non-profit organization that aims to end illiteracy and gender inequality.

District Project The New York District has voted to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for this year's District Project. St. Jude's goal is to provide free treatment to children and, most notably, combat childhood cancer.

Treasurer of the Month District Treasurer Rina Takai is choosing a treasurer for NYDKC's Treasurer of the Month. Nominate a treasurer who you believe has done a great job in their role. Fill out the form HERE.

Editor's Choice Award

Apply for the Editor's Choice Award by submitting at least 1 article and 1 photo or design from the event. The awardee will get a certificate and personal note from Junjin Tan. Apply for the Editor's Choice Award HERE!

Check out the NYDKC website: https://nydkc.org/ Follow New York District Key Club on Instagram for more updates: @nydkcd

International News 2024 Key Club ICON

Start planning for the annual International Convention event which will be on July 10-14, 2024, at Atlanta Georgia! From more information, check out this LINK!

Key Club Convention Scholarship Interested in attending ICON? Apply for this scholarship to receive $750 for this trip using this LINK! The deadline is February 1st.

“Serving in Harmony”

At the 135th Tournament of Roses Parade, President Kyle Hanson and KIWANIS leaders rode the KIWANIS float that was decorated by around 7,000 Key Clubbers and Circle K members!

Kiwanis Children’s Fund Scholarships

As an official Key Club member, you have the opportunity to apply for two Key Club Scholarships! The applications are due February 1st!

Check them out HERE.

Check out Key Club International's website: https://www.keyclub.org/ Follow Key Club International on Instagram for more updates: @keyclubint

Find the Buckys?

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Word Search

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Key CLub Pledge 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 World; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Caring; our way of life

Thank you for reading!

Brooklyn Tech Key Club

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