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KEY CLUB Little Bit of History About Us
Cloverdale High School is situated in a rural community in northern California, about 80 miles north of San Francisco, in the middle of what is considered wine country. In recent years the community has attracted more and more retirees because they are fascinated by the beauty of the surrounding countryside and they enjoy the close community spirit. There are approximately 400 students in the high school. The Cloverdale Kiwanis Club sponsors the high school Key Club. The Cloverdale Key Club held its first meeting in October of 2006. Since that time, the membership has varied from 22 to 59 paid members in any given year. Listed below are some of the club accomplishments from our most recent year: 2011-12 We had seven officers with six members applying to be an Executive Assistant. Five seniors graduated with a Key Club medallion, having performed at least 15 hours in community service during the year. We had a Cali-Nev-Ha “Outstanding Website”, as well as a Facebook site for distributing information We donated the most money of any club in our division for the Pediatric Trauma Program at Fall Rally, donating $1,400. We earned an Early Bird patch for affiliating by November 1st We earned a UNICEF patch for our efforts in the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program, donating $250.00. We earned a District Tree patch for turning our Monthly Report Forms in on time We earned a Diamond Level Distinguished Club patch for our over-all program of activities - only the top 1% of the clubs in the world received this award. We won a Distinguished Single Service Award medal for our project on “Save the Rain” - this was in the “silver” club membership category; and we represented the Cali-Nev-Ha District in international competition, where we won a second place trophy! We won a Major Emphasis Program medal for our “Migrant Education Program” project; and we represented the district in international competition for this event. Our club Scrapbook won a Distinguished Medal and represented Cali-Nev-Ha in international competition. One of our members applied for and received the District Distinguished Member of the Year Award. Our members sent in an application for Kiwanis Advisor recognition, and our advisor was inducted into the Jack Luther Hall of Fame as Kiwanis Advisor of the Year. We received a Kiwanis Family patch for our banner. Two of our club officers won Distinguished Officer medals, and three won Outstanding Officer awards. We had a strong bond with our local Kiwanis Club, participating in several projects together. The most notable included: the Kiwanis Crab Dinner, the Kiwanis Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast, regular volunteer work at the Cloverdale Food Pantry, and creating a Citrus Fair exhibit display. We regularly attended Kiwanis meetings, including Kiwanis Board meetings. We helped sponsor a Builders Club at our local middle school.