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a mESSAGE FROM THE Hello Blue Turtles!

I hope you all are having a great summer so far!

With only about a few weeks left of summer, it’ crazy how we’ve accomplished so much already!

On July 17th, we had our 4th DCM already! Thank you to all of you who attended. At the DCM, we played ice breakers, caught some pokemon, and made dog toys for our local shelters!

On July 23rd, we had another service project for ya’ll! It was the LA Ronald McDonald House BBQ. Volunteers helped by serving food to others, setting up, and preparing the food!

Let us make a man.. I mean leader out of you! On Sunday, July 24th, we had our annual Officer Training conference where new club officers got their training for the term! It was MANDATORY for all officers, however members were highly encouraged to attend. It was great seeing you all there!!

I wanted to say thank you to all of you who have attended these past events throughout the term so far! With only a few weeks left, let’s continue to “just keep swimming.”

In Service,

Samantha Voong Lieutenant Governor Division 10 South, Region 13 Key Club International

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CLUB ARTICLES ROSEMEAD LA Food Bank

Mark keppel July Recap

San Gabriel

Featured Member: LN

Gabrielino

Swimming for Service

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Club of the month

LA Food Bank

Emily Luu HiSTORIAN, ROSEMEAD

On June 18th, many Rosemead High School (RHS) Key Clubbers were very excited to be volunteering at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

The L.A. Food Bank is a non profit organization that provides food and other resources to those in need and conducts awareness campaigns to reduce hunger. The Regional Food Bank has distributed 1 billion pounds of food since 1973 and continues to provide food to more than 300,000 individuals a month, all of which is possible with

July Recap

the help of over 20,000 volunteers annually.

With the help of another club, RHS Key Clubbers sorted 10,000 pounds of bread!

RHS Key Club president Nathan Tang expressed his thoughts on the service.

“It was a really cool experience actually, I didn’t even feel like I was volunteering! The staff was really nice and we were able to get a LOT done,” Tang said. “We even made friends with the other volunteering group working with us!”

Brandon Lo HiSTORIAN, MARK KEPPEL

Like most summers, the temperatures rise and the air conditioners are set on high. However, even the devastating summer heat did not stop Mark Keppel Key Clubbers from providing service in the month of June.

Members participated in many events, such as the Alhambra Neighborhood Clean Up, South Pasadena Senior Basketball Tournaments, Annual Print Fair, and Home of Angels YMCA service.

At the Neighborhood Clean Up in Alhambra, members assisted the neighborhood in cleaning up various areas in an effort to improve its appearance.

For Mark Keppel Key Clubbers, the most satisfying feeling is to be of service to members of their community.

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Featured member: Lucy Nguyen While some members joined Key Club with their friends and classmates, junior Lucy Nguyen joined because of family.

Throughout Nguyen’s childhood, her brother told her tales of Key Club.

“I had an older brother that was heavily influenced [while he was] in Key Club,” Nguyen said. ”I was stoked about it and thought that it was my job to take over the ‘Key’ family line.”

However, when Nguyen joined Key Club, it was not exactly what she expected.

“It was different compared to what my brother told me. I was

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Jenny Luu TECH EDITOR, SGHS

expecting to do a lot of service, meet enthusiastic people--people that actually do service and not [join] just for Fall Rally South,” Nguyen said.

While Key Club’s environment was not what Nguyen had expected, as part of her home school’s board, she has plans for change.

“My goals during this term is to have a greater increase in membership, a better bond with the cabinet, and to actually get stuff done,” Nguyen said.

Nguyen believes that Key Clubbers are all united by the same passion.

“We’re all here for the same reason,” Nguyen said. “[We] love helping others!”

Swimming for service In collaboration with the Home of Angels association, Gabrielino Key Clubbers and volunteers from neighboring schools met at Granada Park on Jun. 28 to help special needs children and young adults swim. Participants learning how to swim were known as “angels” for the day.

Volunteers were separated into color-labeled groups and briefed on how to work and communicate with special needs children.

Afterwards, volunteers who knew how to swim were quickly assigned to angels that were considered either “low function” or “high function.”

Volunteers who could not swim were put in charge of either helping angels change in the locker rooms or watching the pool deck.

For the next two hours, each volunteer accompanied and was in charge of one angel.

Volunteers overseeing younger angels played with pool floaties and beach balls in the kiddie pool, while those watching young adult angels taught their angels how to work in a team and play “basketball.” While the task was only partially accomplished and volunteers were only able to teach the angels how to slam dunk the beach balls into baskets, everyone had fun.

Andrea Widanta HiSTORIAN, GABRIELINO

When the two hours were up, volunteers helped the angels rinse off and change into their normal clothes. At the end of the service, volunteers ate and shared their experiences in helping the angels. For many, this event was their first experience working with special needs people; for many of the angels, this event was their first swimming experience.

Steven Foo, a fellow Key Club member, commented that this service “changed how [he] looked at the disabled people”. He describes his experience as “life-changing” and unlike any other he has ever participated in.

Steven and his angel, James, were awkward at first, but once the two got to know each other better, Steven says that they “felt more comfortable…and that made [him] feel accomplished.”

Key Club is all about giving members opportunities for new experiences and personal growth while helping their surrounding and international community. While this service may have seemed small, working with the angels from the Home of Angels community was a truly heartwarming and enjoyable new experience for many Gabrielino Key Clubbers.

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Thank you for reading!

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CONTACT Samantha Voong

lieutenant governor d10s.ltg.cnhkc@gmail.com

Vicki Cai

executive assistant d10s.ea.cnhkc@gmail.com

Kacie le

executive assistant d10s.ea.cnhkc@gmail.com

Anthony Vuong

secretary d10s.sec.cnhkc@gmail.com

Kelly Ho

tech editor d10s.te.cnhkc@gmail.com