Hi Key-Clubbers!

Over the course of July, we helped at the Belmont Concert Series, San Carlos Block Party, had many Zoom events, and more. Thank you to everyone who stayed involved during summer!

We had a successful summer of service with over 35 events. Now that summer has come to an end, it's time to look forward to more in-person events, incoming members, new leadership opportunities, and socials. We have committee applications and the freshman director positions open! Be sure to pay your $14 renewal fee to continue serving with Key Club and invite your friends to join!

See you at our monthly club meetings every Thursday in D12 at lunch. Throughout the month of August, we will have guest speakers, service events, and food!

Best,

The San Carlos Block Party was a fun event for community members to attend to. There were various organizations including the SPCA and zoom room. There were dogs and families everywhere, so as volunteers, we helped set up tables and chairs for people to sit in. We also had the opportunity to pick up trash along Laurel Street. My friends and I even found and picked up 714 cigarette buds! We also had fun watching the Zoom Room demonstration while we ate dinner, and helped load everything away in the end.

Daniela Cuadros, Sophomore

Attendees: Lizzie Cruz, Daniela Cuadros, Sophia Fu, Jasmine Gee, Ellen Li, Sophia Moussa, Umi Tomita, Lauren Tran, Jaelyn Chow, Sara Wilkinson, Grace Zheng

Attendees: Jasmine Gee, Naomi Hsu, Lauren Tran, Lindsay Wong

On August 3rd, we made joke books for Hospitality Homes at the Belmont Library. At the event, each of us worked on our own mini notebooks to write jokes on each of the pages. There were different colored pens that were brought, and we could decorate with drawings if we wanted to. For my book, I wrote the question on one side of a page with a drawing, and on the other side of the page, I wrote the answer and drew something else. I had fun doing this event because I liked drawing objects/people that corresponded to the joke. I think these joke books will really brighten the receiver's day.

On August 8th, volunteers did Freerice and/or UNICEF Math games over zoom. By answering questions correctly on Freerice, you fill bowls of rice, and after private donors match the rice grain donations generated within Freerice, it is donated to the WFP for their ongoing emergencies. Similarly, by playing UNICEF Math games, you can earn 25 cents per correct question, and it will be donated to UNICEF. I enjoyed doing Freerice because I was able to help people in need, and this aid might reach people all over the world even though I am not physically traveling around the world. This event was fun and light, and I appreciate that on Freerice there are many categories so that you can simultaneously study a bit.

The Freerice and/or UNICEF Math Games event was on Tuesday, August 8 and I had a great time! Over Zoom, we played Freerice trivia games and UNICEF math games to help donate resources to people in need. Freerice is the world's largest humanitarian organization that delivers life-saving food assistance and every question you answer correctly will raise 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme. UNICEF's Math Games for Good initiative helps get children into school and out of poverty and every math question you answer correctly in one minute will raise $0.25 to help them do so. I especially enjoyed trying out the different categories of trivia questions that Freerice offered such as practicing my French vocabulary knowledge. It was great playing these games while knowing that others could benefit from me answering questions correctly and I would attend this event again if given the opportunity!

Attendees:

Sanvi Adusumilli, Jasmine

Gee, Naomi Hsu, Penelope

Ng, Lauren Tran), Lindsay

Wong, and Katelyn Ye

I attended the Origami Cranes for 7/20 Memorial event and worked on making Origami Cranes throughout the month of July. Before starting, I visited the Organization’s website to find out where these cranes were going and also to find out what their mission was. I learned that this organization collects and sends out wreaths made of origami cranes and initially started to honor the Aurora Theatre shooting victims. Now, they reach out, provide support for communities worldwide who have gone through similar experiences. As I was making the cranes, I wrote messages inside the crane and decorated them on the outside. I love making origami crafts, so I especially enjoyed this event, and I am very happy that I could put my love and effort into something meaningful.

The Origami Cranes 7/20 Memorial Event is an annual service event that relies on Key Club volunteers to support and provide hope to mass shooting victims, focusing especially on the 2012 Aurora shooting. This year the event took place on July 15th over Zoom. We used colorful construction paper and stickers to decorate paper cranes and wrote upbeat messages on them. I especially enjoyed folding cranes and decorating them, as I like art. As chair of the event, I not only instructed Key Club members in the process of making origami cranes but also informed them on how the 7/20 foundation uses these cranes to provide joy to communities impacted by mass shootings. These cranes were then mailed to the Aurora History Museum and made into wreaths to deliver to impacted communities. Following this event, I felt very influential as my peers and I were directly benefiting affected communities across the US with our volunteering.

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:

Updates

● In person club meetings are resuming during the school year! Join us in room D12 every Thursday at lunch!

● Sign up for upcoming service events here!

● No Foolin’ Foot Race: Help to distribute food and water throughout the race on August 26th from 11am-12pm. Volunteers MUST be available on August 22 6-7PM for a prep meeting. Signups here: link

● The annual Beginning of the Year Ice Cream Social will be held on Saturday September 2nd from 1-2:30pm at Burton Park. There will be food, games, and distribution of remaining past term recognitions and sticker awards to past term awardees.