The Carlmont Post - January Newsletter

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January

Carlmont Key Club

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Messages from Newsletter Editor and President

December Member Recognition

Past Fundraisers and Social Events

Past Service Events

Club Updates December SOSP: Providing Basic Needs Going Bananas Upcoming Events

Division Updates Stay Connected

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Newsletter Editor Hey Scots!

Happy New Year! Cheers to 2021, a year soon to be filled with new service opportunities and fundraisers. I am blown away with you guys’ dedication and resilience through the pandemic. Despite the challenges presiented, everyone did a phenomenal job with continuing to serve our community.

In December we had lots of service opportunities and ongoing events. We also wrapped up the PTP Bracelet Fundraiser and ended up raising a total of $1,000! Thank you guys so much for your hard work and dedication, this couldn’t have happened without you.

We are kicking January off with four service events, an ongoing event, and more division updates to come! Start the new year strong by serving your commuity to the best of YOUR ability. I hope to see you guys soon!

Stay Safe,

Claire Tseng

Claire Tseng Newsletter Editor tsengclaire95@gmail.com

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Hey Key Clubbers!

I hope everyone had a great winter break. I know this holiday season was extremely different from others but hopefully everyone had a great time spending time with family and relaxing at home. We’re halfway through the school year (yay!) and before you know it summer will be here :D For our second club meeting of 2021, we will be celebrating the end of our first semester and recognizing you guys for all your hard work this year. Definitely mark this event on your calendars and I hope to see everyone there!

With the new year coming, we also have lots of events in store so definitely check out the newsletter’s calendar for all our upcoming events.

And lastly, I’d like to give a huge thank you to all of you for such an amazing year. Although it has definitely been difficult adjusting to life online, you guys have made Zoom meetings so much more meaningful with your dedication to service and Key Club. I’m looking forward to the rest of this term with you guys and I hope to see you at one of our future events!

Thank you and have an amazing 2021,

Ashley Zheng

Ashley Zheng President ashleyzheng934@gmail.com

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January January Member Membe Members of the Month

Madeline Chu

Sophomore Madeline has been consistently going to club meetings and events and showing great dedication towards Key Club! She’s also hosting her first event this month!

Georgie Rauls Sophomore Georgie is an extremely passionate Key-Clubber and she can be found at many of our events. She has gone to club, division, and district events. Georgie is incredibly involved and dedicated towards our club!

Officer of the Month

Raffle Winner Lina Saleh

Sophomore Congratulations! Contact Iain Weissburg to recieve a free boba guys or starbucks drink delivered to your doorstep!

Lisa Nguyen

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Senior Lisa, one of our vice presidents, has done an amazing job assisting our committees and is always willing to help. She puts in lots of time and effort into Key Club, which is shown through the various events she assists and hosts on both the club and division level.

err Recognition Recognition Sticker Awards

Gold Silver 6 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 3 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker Georgie Rauls (7.33) Annabel Chia (7) Eden Abrams-Scheppler (6.25)

8 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 5 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker Alice Finkelstein (18.83) Claire Bing (17.1) Claire Tseng (13.5) Hailey North (12) Austin Brazil (11) Madeline Chu (10.88) Kaitlyn Fong (10) Mandy Mah (9) Lauren McCarthy (8)

Bronze 4 hours of service in 1 month Reward: 1 Sanmatic Laptop Vinyl Sticker Allison Hoang (5.5) Hailey Wong (5.5) Lisa Nguyen (5.5) Jocelyn Owen (4.75) Maya Kornyeyeva (4.5) Katarina Povinec (4) Iain Weissburg (4)

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Madeline Chu - Sophomore

Warm-Up America was a fun and relaxing event that I enjoyed greatly. The service event followed the weekly Wednesday key club meeting and consists of hand knitting scarves to donate to the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake City. The Rescue Mission of Salt Lake City was created by a foundation called “Warm Up America� where their job is to provide scarves, hats, and blankets for people in order to keep them warm. We focused on scarves for this service event. During the event, members learned how to hand-knit scarves and the pattern being taught was pretty simple. While knitting the scarves, I found myself having a lot of fun just seeing what the scarf would look like. I would definitely do it again since it is so easy and knowing that my scarf would be helping someone in need was reason enough to keep knittin all the event was very rewarding since I got to learn a new skill and use it to help others!

Maya Kornyeyeva - Junior

This event was extremely relaxing to do, and the completion of it went right as schedule half a roll of yarn to make two 5-foot long finger-knitted scarves, and attached them to single strand of yarn woven through intermittent loops. This was definitely a new experie cause I had never finger-knitted before, but I found the instructions simple to follow and fun to compare scarf lengths and colors in breakout rooms, and I absolutely loved the m of lofi and pop). In the end, I was able to drive my scarf up to our club dropbox, and I h need of a little extra warmth this winter season.

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ACC Reassurance Calls Ongoing Event Claire Bing - Junior

8 volunteers 23.89 hours

For the ACC Reassurance Calls project, participants were calling senior citizens that are a part of the San Carlos Adult Community Center to check how they were doing and to tell them about the new programs that the community center is offering: free online zoom classes and a free curbside lunch program. Each volunteer started with 32 calls, though they could always call more, and used a script to make sure they covered all of the information they needed to give to the seniors. These calls were very important because many of the seniors who used to attend the community center are now isolated because of the coronavirus and aren’t getting the interaction and assistance that they used to. Many of the seniors that I talked to were just happy that there were people who cared enough to call them, and one woman even said that I made her day! It felt nice to reach out to others and show them that there were people who cared about them.

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Jocelyn Owen - Sophomore Throughout the month of December, participants of the Operation Care and Comfort donation drive gathered food, hygiene products, and clothing, along with creating handmade cards that would be included in care packages for deployed U.S. troops. I collected items around my house which included toothbrushes, floss, cans of pringles, and packages of cup noodles. It’s great to be able to donate some of the extra products at home to contribute to creating these care packages. Additionally, I wrote a few cards of encouragement to bring some positivity to the soldiers.

After, I dropped off everything at Carlmont’s scots gym. I’m happy that these items and cards will go to benefit soldiers and brighten their day!

Mandy Mah - Freshman Operation Care and Comfort is a program that allows people to donate essential items and food to US veterans and those who serve the country.

Donations such as candy, toothbrushes, and puzzle books are accepted.

Scavenging through the house for items such as travel-sized hygienic products, individually packaged food, and playing cards made many Key Clubbers more productive, all while adding to the pile of donations for Operation Care and Comfort. Although the drop-off box for donations under the table was a little hard to locate, I was happy to see donations overflowing when dropping off a bag of travel-sized toiletries. Overall, Operation Care and Comfort was an excellent opportunity to give back.

Operation Care + Comfort Ongoing Event

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D34N D34N December December DCM DCM

Saturday, December 5

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Katarina Povinec - Freshman The D34 December DCM was a Charlie Brown themed holiday event that members from both divisions could attend, which made it a great opportunity to meet others interested in Key Club and attend various activities with them.

During this event, there were several workshops that attendees could choose from: Gift Giving 101, Maximizing Your Online Key Club Experience, and Member Recognition and Retention. I found that the two I attended were extremely informative and well structured, with slideshows that were not overcrowded with information and presenters that were constantly engaged and eager to teach others. Additionally, the main service event that earned members a half hour of service was the Macy’s and Make-a-Wish Letters to Santa. I really enjoyed this service event since the online e-cards were very customizable and made me nostalgic for the holidays of my childhood when I would write a letter to Santa every year and mail it through Macy’s Mailbox to the North Pole. All in all, I found this year’s December DCM to be a cheerful and festive experience that brightened up my day and got me into the holiday spirit with its many joyous activities and the kind people that attended the event.

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Georgie Rauls - Freshman Holiday Card Making x Scarf Knitting was a cheerful, festive division wide service event hosted by Jefferson and Carlmont. Decorating cards with holiday and winter illustrations and writing cheerful messages in the cards was enjoyable. It was nice to know that seniors at the Reunion Court of Kingwood and the Grace Care Center of Cypress would receive my cards and perhaps smile at the wintry illustration and the holiday wishes. After the Holiday Card Making segment of the event, we finger-knitted colorful scarves for Warm Up America’s Rescue Mission of Salt Lake City project. We listened to joyful holiday music throughout the event, and I appreciated the opportunity to volunteer on my first day of winter break! :D

D34N D34N Card Card Making Making and and Scarf Scarf Knitting Knitting Friday, December 18

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Join Key Club

CLUB UPDATES

Complete these three steps to join!

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1. Complete 3 hours of service with key club.

2. Submit the application (email 806523@seq.org for it) to Rosie, Carolina, Ashley, Kaitlin Leung, and Britney (contacts on page 20).

3. Venmo $20 ($14 for returning members) to @Rosie-Jimenez-29

Buddy Program Contact Erica Tam to join!

(650) 863-5762 806536@seq.org

Meet other members of Key Club through our buddy system! You will be randomly assigned to another key clubber and have the opportunity to get to know them by playing games or just by having a conversation. A new partner will be matched with you every month!

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Gold Silver

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ecognition Program Frequently asked questions

Coordinating Events Interested in leading coordinating, or have a good idea to present?

Contact: Claire Tseng or Sanjna Sood - Service Project Committee Erica Tam - Social Events Committee Carolina Cuadros - Members Development Committee

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J a nu ary SOSP: Community Outreach What is community outreach?

What does SOSP stand for?

SOSP stands for Spotlight on service program.

Every month we have a different organization that we direct our service projects towards.

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Carlmont Key Club has volunteered at the second harvest food bank for the past few years. When the pandemic hit, they were in desperate need of volunteers to help sort and distribute food. Today, the number of unemployed continues to rise. Email Sanjna Sood for volunteer opportunities and be on the look out for updates.

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The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals are a non-profit organization that raises funds for children’s hospitals, medical research, and community awareness of children’s health issues.

More than 10 million kids enter a children’s hospital like UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals across North America every year.

To provide the best care for kids, children’s hospitals rely on donations and community support, as Medicaid and insurance programs do not fully cover the cost of care.

Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has helped fill those funding gaps by raising more than $7 billion, most of it $1 at a time through Miracle Balloon icon campaigns. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible.

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January Events Save the Date!

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Wheels Origami (1:00-3:00pm) Reading Partners Bookmark (3:30-5:30pm)

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(1:00-3:00pm) Cranes for Cancer (3:30-5:00pm)

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Kaiser Letter Writing/ Club Meeting @3:15-5:15

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Sew Hearts for Babies/Club Meeting @3:155:15

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Bobabia Fundraiser

Virtual Notes for UCSF (4:30-6:00pm)

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Give an Award Interclub @3:15-4:30

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Hair Accessory Making Social Service @3-5

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Great job guys!

Keep participating in our service events and online fundraisers!

January SOSP!

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Read the Division Newsletter!

Made by our division newsletter editor, Amber Chia <3

Read it here!

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President Ashley Zheng ashleyzheng934@gmail.com Vice President Lisa Nguyen lisanguyen2003@gmail.com

Webmaster Anmol Gulati 804127@seq.org Assistant Webmaster Kaelyn Tam 811204@seq.org Service Project Co-Chair Sanjna Sood sanjna1sood@gmail.com Membership Development Chair

Vice President Martin Zhong 799304@seq.org Secretary and Communications Chair Kaitlin Leung kaitlinleung@gmail.com Assistant Secretary Britney Fong 803335@seq.org Treasure Iain Weissburg 798926@seq.org Newsletter Editor and Service Project Co-Chair Claire Tseng tsengclaire95@gmail.com

Carolina Cuadros carolinacua@gmail.com Publicity Chair Maya Kornyeyeva 803455@seq.org Social Event Chair Erica Tam 806536@seq.org Kiwanis Advisor Rosie Jimenez rosjimenez2@gmail.com Faculty Advisor Matt MisKelly mmiskelly@seq.org Division 34 North LTG Kristen Carpio d34n.cnhk.ltg@gmail.com

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