THE POST Volume 4 | Issue 05 CARLMONT September Carlmont Key Club Division 34 North | Region 17 | CA-Nev-Ha
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01 Messages from Newsletter Editor and President 03 Member Recognition 12 September SOSP: Pediatric Trauama Program Into to Key Club Structure September Events Stay Club,AcronymsConnectedDivison,District, & International Updates17162104 August Events 0301
If you’re new to Key Club, you might get confused by terms and acronyms used at meeting and in this News letter. Definitely check out the Acronym explanations on page 12. I’ve also provided more explanation to events that go above the club level. If you’re unsure about the levels of Key Club take a look at page 16.
A Me ssage from your
Sunbathing in Service, Manya Kumar Sophmore 2022-2023 Newsletter 811704@seq.orgEditor
EditorNewsletter 1
Hey Everyone!
For this September release, I have implemented a fall theme! Feel free to reach out with any questions about Key Club and feedback you have for the newsletter :)
I hope you all had a great start to your school year! If you’re thinking about joining a club, Key Club is a great choice since it has fun social events, events that benefit the community and give you service hours, and it has a lot of leadership opportu nities including committees and internship opportunities. Also, we have an upcoming ice cream social on Septem ber third! It’s a great way to make some friends, eat free ice cream, and experience the welcoming and fun side of Key Club
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A Message fro m your
Best, Alice Finkelstein Senior 2022-2023806047@seq.orgPresident
I hope your school year is off to a great start. It was so great meet ing you at our first club meeting of the school year and at our vari ous events throughout August! We started off our member recruitment in mid-August with the freshman orientation clubs fair and we’ll be continuing to recruit new members throughout September. Thank you to all of the new members who have joined, we can’t wait to have you with us this year! We also hosted Di vision 34 North’s first Division Council Meeting (DCM) of the school year, where we made notes to middle schoolers and origami bookmarks, hosted a book drive, and had so cial activities such as an apple-eating contest. Other event highlights from August include the San Carlos Family Campout, where members helped serve breakfast and led arts and crafts, the Redwood Shores Annual Levee Cleanup, and the San Carlos Kiwanis’ Luau Fundraiser!
We have lots of exciting events planned for September, including notecard making for Ukrainian refugees, a Carlmont campus clean up, and helping out at Nesbit’s “It’s a Party” event where we’ll be running various games. We have plenty of Zoom events throughout the month too, so you can complete service from any location! I also highly recommend attending our Beginning of the Year Ice Cream Social on 9/3 to learn all about Key Club and get to meet us! We will continue our weekly club meetings on Thursdays at lunch in Room D12 - I hope to see you there :)
President
Hey Scots!
Please reach out to me if you have any questions or if you just want to talk!
August Member RecognitionAugust Member Recognition
RitikaSophmoreRawat
Committee Member of the Month
Officer of the Month
She’s been really helpful and has been consistently checkin in on progress. She’s also really sweet to work with!
Ritika has been working super hard with the fundraising committee to plan out fundraisers such as the boba fundraiser and the bracelet fundrais er. She is very responsive andcated!dedi
She’s been very active this month and is super involved with Key Club events!
Member of the Month
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Rhiannon Windeler Senior
Erica SeniorTam
David Diaz Senior
On August 6th our club joined a zoom club for our event. The event’s goal was to make soul boxes for the victims of a shooting. We spent about 2 hours creating the origami boxes to later send in through the mail. The experience was great, it was relaxing and fun to make the boxes and allowed me to relax during a stress ful week. I also thought that it was a great opportunity to give back to those who are grieving in an accessible way. Overall, I had fun and felt sympathy for the victims involved.
7 Volunteers for 20 hours
Soul Box Making
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Cricket SophmoreLee
The San Carlos Family Campout was a lively event hosted by San Carlos Parks & Recreation at Burton Park. Families brought tents and chairs to set up on the baseball field, then enjoyed fun-filled activities Key Club set up and games such as s’mores making, barbeque, ring toss, and crafts! The magical night ended with a showing of the Disney movie Encanto, which everyone enjoyed before sleepily turning in to tents for the night. In the morning, vol unteers served a delicious breakfast of juice, coffee, and donuts. This event was definitely one of my favorites! It was so sweet to see everyone together as a community and having fun, which was much needed, especially after the COVID-19 lockdown. volunteers for San Carlos Family
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for 16.5 hours
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Family Campout
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The Kiwanis Club of San Carlos is the Kiwanis Sponsor of Carlmont Key Club since March programs and their
10 volunteers for
San Carlos Kiwanis’
for 48.25 hours
Sara SophmoreWilkinson
Kiwanis’ Luau Fundraiser
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The San Carlos Kiwanis’ Luau Fundraiser event raises money to benefit our local youth & activities, community service projects, scholarships, and school Service Leadership programs. We were able to set up some of the event, assist at the check-in room, sell raffle tickets, help with the auction winners, and clean up. It was a really great experience meeting everyone, watching the entertainment, and also for club bonding. We also got free dinner and were able to bring home some leftovers! We had 10 volunteers for a total of 48 hours.
2007. The club hosts this event every two years to raise funds to support their local community their sponsored Key Clubs.
At Freshman Clubs Fair which took place one day before school started, Key Club had a booth to recruit new members. In total, 40 people visited our booth! Committed to helping the community through service, our officers showed fresh men the benefits of joining. These include open leadership, community service hours, and a strong sense of community! If you’re interested in joining Key Club, definitely attend our weekly Thursday meetings!
At Freshman Orientation, members of the board recruited new members for Key Club!
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Manya SophmoreKumar
5 Key Club Members and 40 sign ups Freshman Clubs Fair
Swarali Save Senior
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Cranes for a Cure
10 Volunteers for 30.17 hours
The Cranes for a Cure service event took place on August 7th over Zoom. During this event, volunteers used colorful paper to fold origami cranes. We went into breakout rooms and were able to talk to other participants through out the two hours of folding. These cranes will later be delivered to an organi zation called Joey’s Wings, which supports those who have pediatric cancer. They’ll either be strung into garlands and sold to generate funding for cancer research, or gifted to young patients. Overall this event was really fun, and it was rewarding to know our work will directly help raise money to support the fight against pediatric cancer!
DCMs (Division Council Meetings) are when all the key clubs in our area from diffferent high schools like Carlmont, Notre Dame, and Aragon all meet to update each other on how each club is progressing. This month, Carlmont hosted the event! There are also always fun events! In this DCM, there was an apple eating contest, a service event, and cupcakes!
20 Carlmont Attendees for 35.75 hours
August DCM
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Jennifer SophmoreLuo
The August DCM was hosted by Carlmont’s key club this month at Laurelwood Park in San Mateo. This was my first in-person DCM so it was really great to meet Key Club members from other schools. There was a book drive so many people brought piles of books to donate. We made origami bookmarks and wrote en couraging notes to incoming middle schoolers. Lastly, we ended with an apple eating contest which was very fun and delicious, and celebrating our LTG, John’s birthday with cupcakes. Overall, this was a great DCM experience and I am look ing forward to attending more in the future.
SAA Captain: Sargeant At Arms Captain
CNH or Cal-Nev-Ha: California-Nevada-Hawaii District
DCM: Division Council Meeting
** See page 10 for articles about Carlmont Key Club member’s experiences at ICON
R: Region (We are Region 17)
** If you attend DCON 2023, you’ll have a chance to become the SAA for our club.
EA: Executive Assistant
ICON: International Convention
This term, I will have a page of all of the Key Club acronyms used at club and division events in the Newsletter! Find the most useful ones below.
** This DLT position is not open to rising seniors.
DNE: Division Newsletter Editor
KCTC: Key Club Training Conference
MRP: Member Recognition Program
OTC: Officer Training Conference
PTP: Pediatric Trauma Program
ACRONYMS acronyms
DLT: Division Leadership Team/District Leadership Team
** This the September SOSP
** This year’s KCTC was on July 24th
LTG: Lieutenant Governer
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SOSP: Spotlight on Service Program
** Most of the clubs from CNH attend DCON!
** Anyone can come, so be sure to attend the September DCM!
** John Hillyard is our new LTG for the 2022-23 term!
DCON: District Convention
D: Division (We are Divison 34 North)
- RTC (Region Training Conference) is on October 8th and 9th at Camp Jones Gulch. People from different regions are invited to an overnight trip to learn more about Key Club, listen to Keynote Speakers, attend workshops, and perform skits!
Our first club meeting was on the 25th at lunch. Be sure to con sistently attend our club meetings every Thursday at lunch in D12 (Mr. Miskelly’s classroom). Before then, there are a few in-person and online service events to attend! There are origami events and clean-ups!
UPDATES updates
2. Complete the google form application Link to form: https:// **Treasurer3.carlmontkeyclub2021.wixsite.com/website/join-usPay$20(or$14forreturningmembers)incashtoColinZhangatournextin-personclubmeeting.ClubmeetingsareeveryThursdayatlunchinclassroom D12.
- Key Leader is at Camp Jones Gulch on November 18-20. (Friday 5:30 pm-Sunday noon.) It is designed for today’s young leaders. Key Leader fo cuses on service leadership and personal integrity. Please contact Advisor Rosie Jimenez if you are interested to attend or receive a full scholarship of $275 before September 31. The link to sign up is: https://jonesgulch.cnhkeyleader.com/#registration
- Attend the September Dare DCM on the 24th! Since it’s a dare DCM, you can pay to make your friends in Key Club to a dare! All proceeds will go to PTP.
Division Updates
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How to Join Key Club
1. Complete 3 hours of service with Key Club. ** RSVP for service events here:
Complete these three steps to join!
We kly Club Me tingse e
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This recognition program is often abbreviated as MRP. Following this table below makes you eligible for recognition by our district. Our district includes all Key Clubs from California, Nevada, and
UPDATES updates Member Recognition Program
There are sereval ways for Key Clubs to participate in this month’s SOSP! Raise money for PTP, ask members what service means to them, having an interclub, or having boba fundraisers at a shop or foot ball games.
What does SOSP stand for?
PTPFundraiserBracelet
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We are raising fund by asking friends, families, and busi nesses to donate a minimum of $5 for PTP. In response to their donation, we are giving them a PTP bracelet to thank them for their dona tion.
SOSP stands for Spotlight on Service EveryProgram.month we have a different organization that we direct our service projects towards.
Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP) Septmeber SOSP
PTP is a charity that aids children with trauma which develops local projects to reduce the number of of children who are killed ot injured by trauma, ensuring all children live a happy, healthy, and safe life.Our district CNH (California-Nevada-Ha waii) has a month-long initiative during the month of September. It promotes and encourages service and the recognition of members in the Cal-Nev-Ha District. The initiative emphasizes Key Club’s aspect of being a service organization, allowing members to focus on this purpose through out the month of September.
- 18 regions
As a new member, Key Club’s structure may seem confusing, but the diagram above is a greatly helpful resource that breaks everything down. Our club is just a small part of a very large organization that is split into the following four levels: Club, Division, District, and International.
- District level is all of the divisions in a selected area (ours is all divisions from Cali fornia, Nevada, and Hawaii)
- Our district (CNH) is the largest of all 33 districts of Key Club International with:
Key Club Int’l encom passes all clubs with in its 33 districts and other countries not included in a district
- 44,000 members
Each division is made up of various clubs in a defined territory led by a Lieutenant Governor Division 34 North
- The divison is in charge of overseeing a set number of clubs (15 for D34N) and guiding them through events with other clubs, connecting them to the district and international level, and merging everyone together into one Key Club family.
Intro to Key Club Structure
- Key Club International is made up of all of the Key Clubs around the world. An international event that you can attend this term is ICON in person or virtually July 6-10. **See page 20 for more details.
- Club represents anything that you do solely for our club, whether that be partici pate in a fundraiser, running for a position as a committee member, etc.
Each club is made up of at least 15 members led by a President Carlmont Key Club
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- 763 Key Clubs
Each district is made up of one or more states led by a Governor Cal-Nev-Ha District
- 80 divisions
Arts for Little Hearts - Crafts and @1:00pm-3:00pmCards Cranes for a @4:30pm-6:30pmCure Painted Painted Hearts - Notecards for @2:00pm-4:00pmRefugeesUkrainian Color a @4:30pm-6:30pmSmile Bookmarks for Liberation @4:30pm-6:30pmLibrary San Carlos Day of @9:00am-4:00pmService Date!theSave Sunday Monday Tuesday September Events 17 5 6 18 20 25 26 27 1219 1311 We are employing a hybrid method for events! Pink boxes are for online events and orange is in per son Find events with green boxes in the newsletter!division 4
AYSO VIP @9:40am-11:00amProgram Bookmarks for the Younique Foundation6:30pm@4:30pmAYSO VIP @9:40am-11:00amProgramFRNPrep#1@1:00pm-2:30pm Carlmont @3:30pm-5:30pmCleanupCampus NESBIT It’s a @5:30pm-8:30pmparty Beginning of the Year Ice @1:00pm-3:00pmSocialIceam DNE & ChallengesLTGDue AYSO VIP @9:40am-11:00amProgramSeptemberDCM@3:00pm-5:00pm Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 18 2 714 15 17 21 22 23 241016 28 1 3 8 9 Making Cat & Dog Toys for Lo cal Shelters @10:00am-12:00pm 29 30 Interclub with Notre Dame6:30pm@4:30pm-
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Made by our DNE, Katarina Povinec!
@d34naquaapes @d34n2021 to 81010 Key Club D34N Aqua Apes19
Steve frenchkey2@gmail.comBeckwith
Fundraising Chair
North LTG
Kiwanis Advisor
Faculty Advisor
Rosie rosjimenez2@gmail.comJimenez
Membership Development Chair Soleil 806500@seq.orgDam
Matt mmiskelly@seq.orgMisKelly
Kaelyn 811204@seq.orgTam
President Alice 806047@seq.orgFinkelstein Vice President Katarina 806450@seq.orgPovinec Vice President Erica 806536@seq.orgTam Secretary Grace 806623@seq.orgKimberg Secretary Jennifer 814104@seq.orgLuo Treasurer Colin 814326@seq.orgZhang Newsletter Editor Manya 811704@seq.orgKumar Webmaster’s Assistant Avirral 806596@seq.orgAgarwal
Lina 808525@seq.orgSaleh
Service Project Chair
Webmaster Swaraali 806759@seq.orgSave
Sophmore Class Director
Mandy Mah
Kiwanis Advisor
Division 34
John d34n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.orgHillyard
ChairPublicity/Communications
Contact our2022-2023Board
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Elizabeth 813439@seq.orgCruz
Ritika 811793@seq.orgRawat
Social Event Chair
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