August Newsletter - Carlmont Key Club

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Hey Key-Clubbers!

I hope your first month of school went well! It was amazing to see all of you back at our weekly club meetings in D12! The room was packed with so many enthusiastic faces ready to get involved!

The first month of the school year started off strong with many in-person events and our boba club fundraiser. Key Club will be selling boba at every home football game this season, so come support the club and enjoy some delicious boba at the game!

If you are a new member and have any questions about how key club works or what we do, please feel free to ask me or any other club officers any questions you have! We would be happy to help and our contact information can found on the last page of every newsletter. As always if you have any suggestions for the newsletter, please let me know! I look forward to seeing you all at future service events and club meetings!

Jennifer Luo Signing off,

Jennifer Luo

Carlmont Key Club Newsletter Editor 814104@seq.org

Hey Key-Clubbers!

In August, we wrapped up our summer events, which marked our decision to transition to exclusively in-person events to foster a greater sense of community. At the clubs fair, we got over 180 sign-ups from interested freshmen who we entered into a free raffle for a club shirt!

Club meetings have stayed very interactive by having guest speakers, including an outside organization, talking to members about volunteering to help special needs kids learn soccer. Other guest speakers were Key Club alums who answered members' questions about college and how Key Club continues to help them after graduating! In addition, we have been having more members of the board present slides to keep meetings fresh and engaging. We have also been promoting leadership by opening applications for freshman and sophomore directors and reopening committee applications.

We had many successful events, including Victorian Days, San Carlos Adult Community Center Hawaiin Luau, and the San Carlos Block party. In addition, at our board and committee meetings this month, we discussed and plan to implement plans for club boba fundraisers at football games, posting more photos of members on our Instagram, and our PTP fundraiser for the September SOSP. The board is excited and ready to recruit and serve club members and our community!

A quick reminder that Carlmont will be hosting the first DCM of the school year! If you are interested in going to FRN (fall rally north) at Six Flags it is mandatory to come.

President

Photographer: Lizzie!

At the event Making Soul Boxes, we created origami boxes and wrote impactful messages and drawings on the top. These handmade boxes will be sent to Soul Box Project, an organization that uses art to reveal the gunfire epidemic. Each soul box holds a place for a victim of gunfire. Everyone made one or two soul boxes. The things that we wrote and drew on the boxes were hopeful and impactful. I felt relaxed while making the soul boxes; the methodical process was calming. At the same time, I felt sad because the examples I looked at to get inspired for what I should write on my box were a reminder of all the real people and families that suffered due to gun violence. I would recommend this event to others because it is artistic and relaxing to make crafts. It also brings awareness to the gun violence epidemic currently widespread throughout the US. Overall, it was meaningful to read others’ messages on the boxes and create our own.

Katelyn Ye, Junior

On Saturday, August 26th, I attended the San Carlos Hawaiian Luau hosted at the San Carlos Adult Community Center. Guests got to eat Hawaiian dishes while listening to live music. Along with other Key Club volunteers, I cleared the guests' tables after their meal and helped stack chairs and fold tables after the event was over. The live musicians were kind enough to teach us a traditional Hawaiian dance, which was an exciting way to end the night. Overall, this event was an amazing experience, and I look forward to attending more in the future!

Attendees: Lindsay Wong, Caelyn Cheng, Camile Ching, Umi Tomita, Cricket Lee, Hanna Kent, Elizabeth Cruz

Caelyn Cheng, Junior

The San Carlos Hawaiian Luau was yet another great experience at the Adult Community Center! Volunteers were able to help serve and clean up after a traditional Hawaiian dinner and performance, ultimately experiencing the festivities and music along with the Adult Community Center patrons in attendance. It was so rewarding to help others while having a great time, and my favorite part of the night was definitely learning how to do the Hukilau dance with my fellow Key Clubbers. I’m excited to return to the center for another service opportunity!

Cricket Lee, Junior

I volunteered at Victorian Days at the San Mateo County Museum of Natural History on August 20th. There are a few different crafts you can help kids with so I was focused on helping kids make and decorate Victorian-inspired paper hats. It was really fun to see the kids and occasionally parents get really excited about decorating the hats with feathers and ribbon. I would definitely recommend this event to anyone who likes to make crafts!

Christina Yip, Senior

Taking place each August, the Redwood Shores Levee Cleanup is an event I look forward to every year; it's always guaranteed to be a good time. Though I've been participating independently for the past 8 or so years, this time I volunteered with Key Club, and it could not have gone better. I picked up many, many pounds of trash and found some of the strangest things with my group, like a message sealed in a bottle and an old rotary phone! For me, there's just something so satisfying about picking up a long line of garbage along a neglected fence, looking back, and seeing nothing but gloriously trash-free bushes and pine-needle ground cover. It's like I'm helping nature take back its place along the levee, which contributes to it being one of the most picturesque and beautiful areas in Redwood Shores. Helping create a clean community is one of the best and easiest ways one can volunteer-- it benefits everyone, including the people, the wildlife, the plants, and the environment. I'm really looking forward to volunteering again next year, and I recommend everyone to do the same in their local communities.

Tymofiy Kornyeyev

The Send a Smile 4 Kids event was held over Zoom on Saturday, August 19, and was a lot of fun! We were making encouraging cards with personal messages that were signed by us for Send a Smile. Send a Smile is an organization whose mission is to let cancer patients know that they are not alone through greeting cards that provide hope, love, and support. I enjoyed making cards with fun and colorful drawings and uplifting messages, knowing that they would hopefully be able to put a smile on someone's face. I felt good making something meaningful and had a great time at this event!

Sanvi Adusumilli, Junior

The Family Campout was a great event that the San Carlos Parks and Recreation hosted for the community! On day two, we helped out by cleaning up the area and folding tables and chairs to reset Burton Park. Volunteers were also helping out by serving food for the community, and we got a t-shirt for our participation! The community had a good night and the staff appreciated our help in resetting the space!

Daniela Cuadros, Sophomore

Key Club is selling boba at every home football game!

At our first home game on September 1st, we sold 130 cups of boba and raised $419!

Come support the club and enjoy some delicious boba at future home games! The next one will be on September 29th.

What are sticker awards?

Sticker awards are awarded to members who complete over 4 hours of service in a month! Volunteer for 4-5 hours to earn bronze, 6-7 hours for silver, and 8+ hours for gold. You can redeem your stickers at our meeting Thursday, September 14th at lunch in D12.

GOLD: 1 sticker

SILVER: 3 stickers

BRONZE:5 stickers

Earn hours and redeem your stickers to decorate all your belongings!

Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP)

WHAT IS SOSP?

SOSP stands for Spotlight on Service Program. Every month, we have a different organization that we direct our service projects towards.

Pediatric Trauma Program

In order to promote the CNH (California, Nevada, Hawaii) district goals of service, CNH focuses on a different theme for service each month! By fundraising, volunteering, and hosting events, clubs are able to support and participate in the CNH Spotlight on Service Program Focus.

We are currently fundraising for the Pediatric Trauma Program through our PTP Bracelet Fundraiser where we are making bracelets for PTP fundraiser donors who donate a minimum of $5 to save children from trauma death. We will pre-pack the bracelet kits and distribute them to member volunteers, and we’ll be collecting the bracelets at every Thursday club meeting.

ongoing in september

What is Key Club’s PTP Fundraiser?

For a minimum of $5 donation through the PTP Donation Form, donors will receive a Carlmont Key Club hand made bracelet to thank them for their donation.

How can you help?

● Reach out to your family, relatives, friends, and people you know, like your dentist, doctors, coach, etc.

● Tell them about PTP and Carlmont PTP Fundraiser.

● Ask for their support by donating a minimum of $5 or more toward PTP to help save children’s lives from trauma injury caused by accidents.

● Email them the PTP Donation Form

● Track the time you spent in raising money for PTP Fundraiser and report the hours every week. To receive service hour credit.

● Follow the PTP Donation Script.

Congratulations to Jasmine Gee for being the 2022 PTP Bracelet Top Fundraiser, raising $100 for PTP! She earned a $25 amazon gift card!

Top Donation Producer who raised > $100 will receive $25 Amazon Gift Card.

You can make these bracelets on your own time or with friends and bring them to the next club meeting to be collected!

At Camp Jones Gulch

Saturday Oct. 14th 12pm - Oct. 15th 12pm

The purpose of this conference is to experience motivational programs, divisional spirit rally and make new friends from all over the Bay Area! Region 9 and 17 (us) will be in attendance during this 2 day and 1 night event. There will be educational workshops presented by LTGs and Executive Board members and alternative activities such as a dance, board games, and a campfire where groups performs their skits. Sunday morning, after breakfast, is filled with team building activities and a closing session. RTC is an event that is full of energy, fun, knowledge, and yummy food!

REGISTRATION

Cost is $115 if received by 9/18 or $130 if received later by 10/02; includes one night lodging, Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast

NOTE:

● First 3 new members (Freshman or Sophomore) to register and send payment by 9/15, will receive full reimbursement. Your final cost will be $0.

● Others who register and send payment in by 9/15, will receive $75 reimbursement. Your total cost will be $40.

● You must let President Manya Kumar know by 9/14 at the club meeting.

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Olivia De Voy has been working as a 911 Dispatcher at San Mateo County Public Safety Communications for a little over a year but has a total of almost 9 years of experience working with law enforcement. During her career as an Explorer, Olivia completed the basic, advanced, and leadership academies and was among the 4,000 plus Explorers who attended the National Explorer Conference which was held at Purdue University in West Indiana. She eventually worked her way up to the rank of Explorer Sergeant at her post, served as President of the Pacific Skyline Exploring Youth Association as well as the commander of the basic explorer academy. Once she aged out of the explorer program, Olivia became employed as a Community Service Officer for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office San Carlos Police Bureau while she attended San Jose State University earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a minor in Psychology. She soon became an advisor for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Explorer post where she gets to volunteer her time to help youth learn about law enforcement and public service.

Join Key Club!

Complete these 3 steps to join:

1. Complete 3 hours of service with Key Club

2. Complete the google form application

3. Pay $20 ($14 for returning members) at the weekly club meeting or by venmo to @rosie-jimenez-49 (our advisor)

Upcoming:

● Sign Up for September Events:

○ HERE

● Want to get a head start on signing up for October Events?

○ Sign up here!

● Carlmont will be hosting the DCM (Division Council Meeting) this month on Sep. 16th 3-5pm! You can earn many MRP (Member Recognnition Program) categories by attending this event!

RSVP here:

https://tinyurl.com/septemberDCM23

DISTRICT:

● SERVEtember is an ongoing, 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 throughout the month of September.

Enjoying Key Club and looking for ways to get more involved? Apply for a leadership position here!

Open Roles

Freshman Director - publicize key club to the freshman class and send out reminders/updates to keep your class involved!

Sophomore Director - publicize key club to the sophomore class and send out reminders/updates to keep your class involved!

Apply here!

Committees:

Service Project Committee - plan and coordinate service events, attend monthly committee meetings

Publicity/Communications - create graphics to publicize events on social media, post on remind to update members, attend monthly committee meetings

Fundraising - organize fundraisers to raise money for club funds and/or PTP, examples include boba fundraiser and PTP bracelet fundraiser, attend monthly committee meetings

PRESIDENT

MANYA KUMAR

811704@seq.org

(650) 850-9294

VICE PRESIDENT

ANNABEL CHIA

808279@seq.org

(650) 284-8473

VICE PRESIDENT

CHRISTINA YIP

808603@seq.org

(650) 830-2935

SECRETARY

NAOMI HSU

816120@seq.org

(650) 398-6491

SECRETARY

CRICKET LEE

813543@seq.org

(650) 339-8241

WEBMASTER

CAMILLE CHING

812551@seq.org

(650) 398-9230

WEBMASTER’S ASSISTANT

KATELYN YE

811869@seq.org

(650) 801-2262

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

JENNIFER LUO

814104@seq.org

(650)436-9314

TREASURER

GRACE ZHENG

813713@seq.org

(919) 539-3367

SERVICE PROJECTS CHAIR

SARA WILKINSON

813700@seq.org

(650) 232-9513

SERVICE PROJECTS CHAIR

CAELYN CHENG

811580@seq.org

(650) 773-0544

PUBLICITY/COM. CHAIR

UMI TOMITA

806684@seq.org

(650) 435 3988

PUBLICITY/COM. CHAIR

TALA YOUSSEF

811873@seq.org

(929) 777-1670

SOCIAL EVENTS CHAIR

LILY IVMARK

811677@seq.org

(415) 629-1046

MEMBERS DEVELOP. CHAIR

ELIZABETH CRUZ

813439@seq.org

(650) 676-5757

FUNDRAISING CHAIR

SANVI ADUSUMILLI

811522@seq.org

(650) 309-3005

FACULTY ADVISOR

MATTHEW MISKELLY mmiskelly@seq.org

(650) 200-5637

KIWANIS ADVISOR

ROSIE JIMENEZ rjimenez2@sbcglobal.net

(650) 576-9693

KIWANIS ADVISOR

STEVE BECKWITH frenchkey2@gmail.com

(650) 759-8971

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